Within the framework of the Erasmus+ program, the Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly co-organizes with Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture de Nantes (France), Universita Luigi Vanvitelli (Italy), Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Germany), Eindhoven Technical University (Nederland) and Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Italy) the Blended Intensive Program entitled "Hybrid Urbanscapes". The program is open to approximately 20 students from the foreign universities and 15 students from the Dept. of Architecture UTH. The BIP will take place with physical presence in Volos (1-6 July 2024) and will include a virtual phase from 15-30 June 2024. See the detailed programme here.
The informational meeting will be held in Room E of the Department on Wednesday 5/6/2024 at 1:30 p.m. with prof. Trova and prof. Micocci.
Recognition of course
BIP provides 3 ECTS and is recognized as the elective course "Intensive Design Workshop" (3rd and 4th year elective) or, as an additional activity which is recorded in the Diploma Supplement.
Financial support
There is no financial support for students from the host Institution.
Selection of students
Students of the host University interested in participating in the workshop should send an email by Sunday 9/6/2024 to Mr. Micocci: fmicocci@uth.gr attaching the following:
- A copy of their transcript of academic records
- Expression of interest on an A4 page where they explain their interest in this topic.
Selection criteria:
- The mean academic score
- The statement of interest on the A4 document
- Priority will be given to students who are participating or have participated to relevant design courses.
In the framework of the Master Program Reuse of Buildings and Complexes at the Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly, on Thursday 30/5 at 19:00 [UTC+3] on MS TEAMS will take place the online lecture from Corvino + Multari on the theme "City Branding and Architecture: The restoration of Pirelli Skyscraper in Milan".
Coordination: Fabiano Micocci, UTH
MS Teams link
Giovanni Multari (Cosenza, 1963) graduated from the University of Naples Federico II (in the academic year 1989-1990), PhD in Urban Design (1997), founded the studio Corvino+Multari in Naples with Vincenzo Corvino (10 May 1995). He teaches architectural and urban design and is a lecturer in the Architecture PhD College at the University of Naples Federico II, Department of Architecture. His thirty years of activity as an architect is strongly characterised by the coexistence of university research with design research and construction experience. His projects include: the Pirelli skyscraper in Milan, the integrated programme of interventions "i Rivocati" and Piazza dei Bruzi in Cosenza, the parish complex of the diocese of Lodi in Dresano, the New Public Prosecutor's Ohice in Catanzaro, and the redevelopment of disused areas in Mantua Hub. His main research themes, also developed within the framework of the ERASMUS + KA220-HED RECUBE programme and through his participation in the Nervi Laboratory at the Milan Polytechnic, Lecco Territorial Pole, which see him directly involved in collaborations with the Universitè Libre Bruxelles, ENSA Nantes, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Warsaw University of Technology, are: restoration and readaptation of modern architecture, architecture for the existing in fragile territories, reactivation processes in territories in transition. His main awards include the Gold Medal for Italian Architecture in 2006 for the restoration of the Pirelli skyscraper, an award presented by the Milan Triennale.
Lecture by Loukas Triantis titled Intersectional Approaches and Queer Spatialities
Friday 24 May 2024 14:00-17:00
MS Teams: https://shorturl.at/t0PaQ
The lecture will take place online in the framework of the course: SPECIAL TOPICS IN THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE II: DECOLONISING ARCHITECTURE
Instructor: P. Phokaides, Ass. Prof. Dept. of Arch, UTh.
Short bio:
Loukas Trianits is an assistant professor in the School of Architecture AUTh where he teaches urban design, urban and spatial and planning, with an emphasis on the production of space. His research interests focus on the social, political, and institutional aspects of spatial planning, development, and governance through interdisciplinary and intersectional approaches.
23/5/24 18:15 Amphitheatre of former French Institute (72 G. Kartali Str)
In the framework of the Master Program Reuse of Buildings and Complexes at the Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly, on Thursday 23/5 at 19:00 [UTC+3] on MS TEAMS will take place the online lecture from Io Karydi on the theme "Drapetsona Fertilizers: Material Sensitization & Soil Treatment".
Coordination: Fabiano Micocci, UTH
Angelo Bertolazzi
Contemporary to Permanent: Elemental Settlement by Alejandro Aravena, Chile, 2001-2004
21/5/24 18:00 room Ε
Angelo Bertolazzi (* 1978), engineer, is Associate Professor (ICAR/10) at the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (DICEA) of the University of Padua. He trained at the Department of Architecture, Urban Planning and Surveying (DAUR - University of Padua), the Department of Architecture (DA - University of Bologna) and at the Ecole Doctorale Villes Transportes et Territoires (Universitè Paris-Est), where he received his PhD in 2013.
His research focuses on the analysis and classification of existing buildings (techniques and materials) of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with particular attention to the themes of prefabrication and to the recovery project of twentieth-century buildings with new materials and light reversible structures and to the themes of fire safety engineering.
Luigi Siviero
The shape of the water. Consequences of the hydraulic risk on the landscape
21/5/24 18:00 room Ε
Luigi Siviero, PhD, Architect. Researcher at University of Padova, DICEA. He carries out research and teaching activities at UniPD with contracts, grants and research grants, participating in national and international academic research (MIUR PRIN, POR FSE, Partnership with several stakeholders) in the field of architectural, urban and landscape design. He has carried out teaching and research activities in several Italian universities (among other IUAV Universities of Venice, University of Trento, University of Padua) and abroad (University of Huddersfield, University of Lisbon). Since 2015 he has been a member of ReLOAD, Research Lab of ArchitectURban Design (director prof. Michelangelo Savino) - University of Padova. ReLOAD develops research on the transformations of the contemporary city.
15/5/24 11:00 room Ε & MS Teams
Sultan Barakat is a Professor in Public Policy at Qatar Foundation’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University and an Honorary Professor at the University of York. As the Acting Director he founded the Global Institute for Strategic Research (GISR), launched in October 2023. He is a Senior Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
Sultan Barakat is a world-renowned scholar, known for pioneering the study of war-torn societies and their recovery. Professor Barakat founded the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and directed it between 2016 and 2022. Previously, he served as the Director of Research at the Brookings Institutions Doha Center. At the University of York, he founded and led the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit between 1993 and 2019. He graduated a whole generation of peace builders and reconstruction specialists who today play key roles in resolving some of the most difficult challenges around the world.
Professor Barakat has been published widely in academic refereed journals. His most recent books include, “Russia’s Approach to Post-Conflict Reconstruction” published by Palgrave Macmillan in December 2023 and “Understanding Influence: The Use of State building Research in British Policy” published by Ashgate in 2014. His book “After the Conflict: Reconstruction and Development in the Aftermath of War”, published by IB Tauris, was reprinted twice, in 2005 and 2010. He has also written books on the reconstruction of both Afghanistan and Iraq.
Barakat has over 30 years of professional experience working on issues of conflict resolution, humanitarian response, state building and post-conflict recovery and transition. He is regularly engaged in providing guidance as a Senior Adviser and Consultant to the United Nations, the World Bank, the European Union, the Red Cross and a variety of governments. He has led major evaluations, peace negotiations and programming initiatives in Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Nepal, Palestine, Philippines (Mindanao), Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan (Darfur), Syria, Uganda (Moyo and Adjumani) and Yemen.
15/5/24 19:00 Teams