Exhibition of student works from the design studio RIGHT TO BREATHE and the elective course UNRULY GROUND. The works are dealing with the environmental revitalization of Volos.
Delta Art Gallery, Volos, 26/9/2023 to 12/10/2023
Innovation in Humanitarian Habitat
A place to call home?
Materializing shelters and emergency infrastructures as neighborhoods
The research laboratory "Sustainable Design & Built Environment" of the Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly, in collaboration with the "Institute of Social Planning, Organizational Change, and Urban Development of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Northwestern Switzerland" , organize a student workshop, within the framework of preparation for participation in the "Innovation in Humanitarian Habitat" actions, organized by the "Shelter Research Unit of the Luxembourg Red Cross" together with the "Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology".
The student workshop will take place in Volos at 6-10/9/2023, with the contribution of an international interdisciplinary team of architects, urban planners, and humanitarian specialists.
The workshop results will include the design of a prototype shelter for refugees and displaced persons in Sub-Saharan Africa (Sahel). The proposal must consider the following limitations:
- To constitute a sustainable solution that will cover both the emergency (3.5 m2 / per person) and permanent housing for a family of six.
- Respond to the climatic and geographical conditions of Sub-Saharan Africa (Sahel), respecting local culture, materials and building methods.
- To respond to the characteristics of the family structure of the region.
- Application Deadline: August 4, 2023
- For applications (limited entries) follow the link below https://forms.gle/dMj9F6ugPXyek9yn9
- Data "Innovation in Humanitarian Habitat" actions: https://www.list.lu/en/conference/innovation-in-humanitarian-habitat/
- More information: buildingtechnology2022@gmail.com
The Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly is pleased to announce the awarding of two student groups in the pan-Hellenic student competition for the design of luminaires. The competition entitled "Light Up" (https://eia.gr/competitions/light-up/), was announced by the Hellenic Institute of Architecture and the Master's Program "Lighting Design" of the School of Applied Arts and Sustainable Design of the Hellenic Open University. In total, 2000 Euros with be available for the first three prizes, while their commercial exploitation in collaboration with a luminaire manufacturer is also being considered.
The prize-winning proposals of the students of our Department are:
1st PRIZE: CymbaLux
IASON-GEORGE ABBOT & GEORGE HASIOTIS
19-21/7/23, Chatzini Square, Agios Lavrentios
It includes discussions, hands-on practice in a carpentry workshop and construction in Hatzini Square under the guidance of professionals.
30/6/2023 12:00
Book Feminist Theories, Aesthetic Practices and Globalized Technologies
Editors: Elpida Karaba, Iris Lykourioti
Research team: Ioanna Zouli, Valia Papastamou, Kostas Stasinopoulos, Marianna Stefanitsi
Publisher: University of Thessaly Press, 2021
Τhe Centre of New Media and Feminist Public Practices (CNMFPP), a research unit of the Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly is happy to announce the publication of its first book, an anthology of seminal feminist texts, translated into Greek for the first time, that creatively interconnect feminism, technology, art, the public sphere and public space, aiming to open a dynamic interdisciplinary and intersectional dialogue to the relevant Greek bibliography. The feminist anthology includes texts by Nansy Fraser, Audre Lorde, Sara Ahmed, Angela Dimitrakaki, Angela McRobbie, Silvia Federici, Ursula Biemann, José Muñoz, Elena Tzelepi, Athina Athanasiou and Alkisti Efthimiou, Trinh T. Minh-Ha, Christina Grammatikopoulou, Donna Haraway, Rosi Bridotti, Judith Butler, Judy Wajcman, Teresa de Lauretis, Cornelia Sollfrank, Yayo Herrero, Paul Preciado.
The publication was funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) and the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI). It is available in printed form as well as an open access e-book in Greekin the following link:
Find below the book critique (in Greek) by Tina Pandi, curator at the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) «A collection of feminist texts about women’s emancipation, technology and art» published in The Art Newspaper Greece, N. 6, April-May 2022. https://centrefeministmedia.arch.uth.gr//storage/PDF/TAN_book_6_53.pdf
For further information about the Centre's work and projects you can visit http://www.centrefeministmedia.arch.uth.gr
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