Department of Architecture - University of Thessaly

Psychogyios Dimitris / Associate Professor

CREATIVE DESIGN - CAD / CAM TECHNOLOGIES

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Biography

Dr. Dimitris Psychogyios is an Architect Engineer and Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly, in the thematic area of " Creative Design - CAD / CAM Technologies".

His research interests cover the areas of Architectural Technology, Digital Construction, Sustainable Architecture, Architectural Heritage and Reuse. He also works towards the Open design-structures-technologies, Human centered shelter design and Philosophy of technology.

His doctoral thesis concerns the design and construction technologies in the era of the web paradigm, choosing cultural environments as a field of systematic observation. The contribution of his work focuses on the relation of the change of the ontology of the design object with the change of the program, the way of conception and the way of construction. His research is based on the assumption that the use of scientific knowledge and technology is not socially neutral or "innocent".

He received his Ph.D., Postgraduate Diploma and Diploma from School of Architecture of National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), and a Bachelor in Civil Engineering from Technological Educational Institute of Crete. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) since 2005, he has a large number of completed architectural projects and has participated in numerous architectural competitions. He has previously worked at the JSA Architectural Office based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He has also participated in five (5) research projects with large interdisciplinary teams. He is the author of more than 20 published papers in scientific journals, conference proceedings, etc. Furthermore, he has many years of teaching experience in the School of Architecture of N.T.U.A., in the Department of Architecture of D.U.TH., in the Department of Design and Technology of Wood and Furniture, and finally in the Department of Architecture of U.TH.

Research interests

Architectural Technology, Creative Design - CAD / CAM Technologies, Digital Construction, Sustainable Architecture, Architectural Heritage, Reuse, Open design-structures-technologies, Hybrid Environments, Human centered shelter design, Philosophy of Technology

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