Το μέλλον των νησιών

Καθώς αποτελούν μια περιορισμένη επιφάνεια ξηράς που περιβάλλεται από νερό, και περιορισμένους πόρους από τους οποίους προηγούμενες γενεές έπρεπε να εξασφαλίσουν την επιβίωσή τους τα νησιά είναι περιπτώσεις μελέτης για πτυχές της έννοιας της βιωσιμότητας. Η εισαγωγή αγαθών διατροφής, νερού, και ενέργειας είναι μια μορφή “δανεισμού” πόρων από άλλους τόπους με αντάλλαγμα μια οικονομία που…

In Situ

In Situ The colloquium at ENSAG Grenoble treated forms of ”hors les murs” architectural education in which students get immersed in a variety of real situations and experiences that act as a learning accelerator. The focus and reference is the School of Commons three-year Erasmus+ program which began in Saint Laurent en Royans France last…

Three architectural workshops

Very different from each other, yet they all have something in common. A strong belief that learning occurs through observation, and by being out there, getting involved in real situations, collaborating, addressing real problems, and providing solutions with the means that the discipline affords. Most often with a constant exchange with locals, colleagues, and theorists…

The Duncan Dance Research Center Moving Ground project

The Isadora and Raymond Duncan Dance Research Center (DDRC) is a historic place in the municipality of Byron, part of the metropolitan conglomerate of Athens. Ιt was founded by Isadora Duncan and her brother Raymond in 1903. The Duncans studied classical Greek civilization and Raymond is said to have drawn inspiration for the building’s austere…

SoPHIA Social Platform for Holistic Heritage Impact Assessment

SoPHIA (Social Platform for Holistic Heritage Impact Assessment)is a H2020 program which took place in 2020 and 2021 aims to promote collective reflection within the cultural and political sector in Europe on the impact assessment and quality of interventions in European historical environment and cultural heritage at urban level. Since the second half of the…

New European Bauhaus

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ΛΟΦΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΠΠΟΥ 2031

  FILOPAPPOU HILL 2031 WORKSHOP (1 & 2) Filopappou Hill is an emblematic landscape standing next to the Acropolis, with several layers of attributes which coexist to form a natural and cultural landmark for the city of Athens. Filopappou Hill takes its name from Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos, a consul and administrator under the…

AGORA CAUMME

A research platform was initiated on the spirit of ancient Agora, aiming to widen the vision of the Mediterranean studies between the three continents; Africa, Europe, and Asia.The platform was the initiative of the department of architecture and urban design at the German University in Cairo, in collaboration with the University of Palermo. The platform presents…

Resident artist at the Transitorisches Museum at Pfyn

How can a community enter a process of self-reflection and collective planning process? This was the main question behind the Pfyn Future [Perfect] workshop which was organized on September 10, 2019 by invitation from the Transitorisches Museum at Pfyn, and to zeitgarten.ch in the small community of Pfyn, Switzerland. The workshop structure The workshop was…

Living as a universe

An apartment was renovated in 2018 as the architect’s residence. It was a 71-square-meter space apartment in a typical 60s urban building, but with some latent striking features. Among them, the strategic location of the apartment from where unique views open, with the nearby Strefi hill on one side, the Turkovounia in the center, and the…

The legacy of Christopher Alexander

Christopher Alexander passed away on March 17, 2022 Christopher Wolfgang Alexander was a widely influential architect and design theorist, and emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley were he taught for several decades. His theories about the nature of human-centered design have affected fields beyond architecture, including urban design, software, sociology, systems thinking, commons theory and others.  His legacy remains…

Victoria Square Project (VSP)

How do design practices and the scientific field of architecture respond in relation to the challenges of an era marked by environmental, political and social crises? How are lifestyles being reflected in the cities, infrastructure and the built environment and, in turn, how are spatial planning, buildings and cities shaping  prevalent societal behaviors? How does…