John Stanislav Sadar

Position:

Lecturer and Technologies and Environments Coordinator, Department of Architecture

Qualifications:

• PhD Candidate University of Pennsylvania
  
• Master of Science University of Pennsylvania
• Master of Architecture Helsinki University of Technology
  
• Bachelor of Architecture McGill University
  
• Bachelor of Science, Architecture McGill University

Personal Statement:

John Stanislav Sadar was born in Canada and earned a Bachelor of Architecture from McGill University in Montreal, a Master of Architecture from the Teknillinen Korkeakoulu in Helsinki, and is currently a PhD Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He has worked in private practice with various firms in Finland, Slovenia, Canada, and the United States, and is a co-founder of the interdisciplinary design studio little wonder. His doctoral research investigates the relationship between architectural technology and ideals about the relationship between the body and the natural world. His design work has been widely published in the international arena, and has been exhibited in Australia, North America, and Europe. Meanwhile, his research work has been both presented and published internationally.

Selected Projects:                          

• 2008:  liquid sky, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
  
• 2007:  a light pour, National Design Centre, Melbourne
  
• 2007:  some kind of wonderful, National Design Centre, Melbourne
  
• 2007:  some kind of wonderful, DesignPhiladelphia 2007
  
• 2006:  Opening, Rosenthal
  
• 2006:  floating in the sea, in a hammock in the trees
  
• 2005:  It’s Your Fault
  
• 2005:  Impressed
  
• 2005:  Candle
  
• 2005:  Bulb
  
• 2002:  Toxin
  
• 2001:  SleepSexWorkEatDrinkDream
  
• 2000:  H2: salt and pepper

        Selected project images

Selected  Publications:

• “Three Projects by little wonder, Melbourne.” On Site Review: Architecture + Weather. (issue 21. 2009)
  
  
• “Sun, Glass, and Modernity.” On Site Review: Architecture + Weather. (issue 21. 2009)
  
  
• “The Healthful Ambience of Vitaglass.” arq: Architectural Research Quarterly (v. 12, no. 3/4), 2008: 269-81.
  
  
• “Building in Health: Vitaglass and Modern Bodies” Tenth International Docomomo Conference
  
  
• The Challenge of Change: Dealing with the Legacy of the Modern Movement, Rotterdam (September 13–20, 2008): 531-4.
  
  
• Rethinking Technology: A Reader in Architectural Theory. Edited by William Braham, Jonathan Hale and John Sadar. Routledge (2007).

   Reviews of design work:

• Salon (2009)
  
• Azure (05.2009)
  
• Architecture Australia (03/04. 2009)
  
• ID magazine: “The I.D. 40” (01/02. 2008)
  
• The Design Papers: The National Design Centre, Melbourne, Australia (issue3. 2007)
  
• Focus Energy: Design Center Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg International Design Award (2006)
  
• The Philadelphia Inquirer (04. 2007)
  
• Azure (Nov/Dec 2006)
  
• Metropolis (06. 2006)
  
• ElleDecor Hong Kong (02. 2006)
  
• Abitare (01. 2005)
  
• Intramuros (Sep/Oct issue 2004)
  
• Ottawa Citizen (06. 2001)
  
• Azure (Sep/Oct 2000)

Selected Exhibitions:

• 2009:  Installation: liquid sky for Out of the Square: Platforms for Living. Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Australia, December-February 2009
  
  
• 2007:  Installation: a light pour for 2007 Melbourne Design Festival: ‘When it rains, it pours.’ Birrarung Marr, Melbourne, Australia, July
  
  
• 2007:  Installation: some kind of wonderful for 2007 Melbourne Design Festival:
‘When it rains, it pours.’ Euroluce, Melbourne, Australia, July-August
  
  
• 2007:  Installation: some kind of wonderful for DesignPhiladelphia 2007. F.U.E.L Collection & Design Within Reach, Philadelphia, USA, March-April
  
  
• 2007:  Exhibition: Opening for DesignPhiladelphia 2007, AIA bookstore, Philadelphia, USA, April
  
  
• 2007:  Exhibition: Opening for Rosenthal, Ambiente 2007, Frankfurt, Germany, February
  
  
• 2006:  Exhibition: Baden-Württemberg International Design Award 2006: Focus Energy, Design Center Stuttgart, Germany, Ocotber
  
  
• 2005:  Exhibition: Avant-garde Industrial Design: Philadelphia Airport, USA, April- September
  
  
• 2005:  Exhibition: Feliciti with...: Felissimo Design House, New York, USA, October-February 2005
  
  
• 2004:  Exhibition: little wonder, ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair), New York, USA, May
  
  
• 2001:  Exhibition: Virtu 13, IIDEX, Toronto, Canada, September
  
  
• 2001:  Exhibition: Virtu 13, Design Exchange, Toronto, Canada, June-September
  
  
• 2000:  Exhibition: H2: Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto, Canada, April
  
  
• 2000:  Exhibition: TKTS2K: The Urban Center, New York, USA , May
  

Selected Conference Presentations:

• 2009:  Luminous Architecture of the Twentieth Century, École nationale supérieure d’architecture, Nantes, France, December
  
  
• 2009:  Writing Design, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK, September
  
  
• 2007:  Tectonics: Making Meaning, TU Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, December
  
  
• 2007:  Temple-Hoyne Buell Dissertation Colloquium, Columbia University, New York, USA, April
  

Selected Lectures / Juries:

• 2006:  “Big World.” Architecture Talks, University of Pennsylvania, April
  

  Guest critic:
         University of the Arts
         Seoul National University
         Ryerson Polytechnic University
         University of Waterloo
         State University of New York at Buffalo

Other Relevant Experiences:

   Academic:

• 2007-09:  Lecturer, University of Melbourne
  

   Professional:

• 2005-present:  partner, Little Wonder
• 2000-2002:  Architects Alliance, Toronto
• 1998-2000:  Montgomery Sisam Architects, Toronto
• 1997-1998:  Sadar in Vuga Arhitekti, Ljubljana