Apostolos Kyriazis
The Sky: The Anthropogenic and Natural Environment
Lecture
Wednesday April 01st 2026 18:00 (GMT+2) Room E
Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly
Pedion Areos, Volos
Lecture within the framework of the course Introduction to Architecture II.
Tutors: Giannisi Phoebe, Kosma Anthi, Kouzoupi Aspasia, Lykourioti Iris
Bio
Apostolos Kyriazis was born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1976. He holds a Diploma (BArch and MArch) in Architecture, an MSc in Urban Planning and a PhD in Architecture and Urban Regeneration from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He has been a practitioner since 2000, with three awards in architecture competitions, two participations at the Venice Biennale of Architecture (2016 and 2018), one exhibition participation with the ECC in Venice, Italy in 2021 and numerous housing and urban planning projects in Greece, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt.
He has also been an active Scholar/Academic since 2008. He worked as an Adjunct Lecturer from 2008 to 2013 at Schools of Architecture in Thessaloniki, Volos and Xanthi, Greece. He joined Abu Dhabi University as an Assistant Professor of Architecture in 2015 and he recently got promoted to Associate Professor. He has published and presented academic research in numerous Conferences and conducts Research in collaboration with other international institutions. His field of expertise is the Neighborhood scale, urban regeneration, urban morphologies, public space, informality, social housing.
He is also an enthusiast photographer with seven participations at group exhibitions and five international awards/distinctions. He currently lives with his family in Abu Dhabi, UAE.