Λecture by Nikos Katsikis entitled Geospatial Metabolisms on Thursday 23/10/25 at 15:00 in Amphitheatre and online.

How can we understand the spatial dimension of urban metabolism?
How does the resource supply of dense urban centers shape interdependent, operational landscapes of primary production and transform planetary space?
And in what ways can this relationship be reimagined in a sustainable, resilient, and just manner?

Nikos Katsikis is an Assistant Professor of Urbanism at TU Delft, where he coordinates the Critical Environments research group , and a founding member of the Urban Theory Lab-University of Chicago. His research combines urbanization theory, spatial design, and geospatial analysis, aiming to understand and transform the spatial dimensions of urban metabolism. He holds a professional degree in architecture from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and a Doctorate from Harvard GSD, where he served as editor of the journal New Geographies and lecturer in Urban Planning and Design. He has also taught at the Royal College of Art, the Architectural Association, and the Politecnico di Milano, and serves as an external advisor to the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. His forthcoming books include Data-spheres of Planetary Urbanization and Environments of Planetary Urbanization (Jovis, 2025).

https://criticalenvironments.nl/
http://www.terraurbis.com/

In the framework of the course
EKTOS POLIS: Researching the Urban Otherwise - Wanderings across Extended Urbanisation
Observatory of the Countryside
Tutor: Metaxia Markaki

For the connection link, please contact memarkaki@uth.gr

See the poster.