Lecture by Prof. Nerantzia Tzortzi Associate Professor at SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE URBAN PLANNING CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING, POLITECNICO DI MILANO entitled "Design with Nature. The experience from the DbR (Design by Research) Living (with)in the Wild" on Wednesday March 8, 2023, 18:00, in Hall D of the Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Thessaly.
Summary
Ian McHarg professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in 1969, the father of ecological design, had talked about 'Design with Nature' in his book Design with Nature. Today as relevant as ever we see what elements of design nature teaches us. The lecture will also provide design examples from the Research by Design workshop “Living (with)in the Wild” on the theme 'Living in Nature' as part of the Master's Program Architecture - Built Environment - Interiors.
The lecture is organized within the course ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN ΙV-VI B: Hybrid Ecologies as part of our Erasmus+ educational exchange with Politecnico di Milano.
In the context of the course ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION IV-VI E: Right to Breathe: Strategies for the redevelopment of AGET by Professor Manolidis Kostas on Monday 02.03.2023, a lecture will be held on "Typomorphies of Landscape: The case of industrial landscape" by Diamantouli Eliki (architectural engineer UTH, graduate student of landscape architecture at TUM).
See the poster.
Student 2day-Conference Con-Texts, February 28th - March 1st 2023, 12:30
Department of Architecture
University of Thessaly
Pedion Areos, Volos
and online: MSTeams link
The conference is organized by the elective courses:
South: Space and non hegemonic paradigms of knowledge.
Tutor: Iris Lykourioti
Special Topics in Theory of Architecture
Tutor: Petros Phokaides
Discourse Analysis (Department of Language and Intercultural Studies)
Tutor: Roula Kitsiou
Student work and research has been developed through presentations and discussions during winter semester 2022-2023. Our 7th consecutive student conference is co-organized by three courses and two departments of the University of Thessaly.
Interdepartamental student organizing committee:
Basileia Apostolopoulou
Marialena Hasekidou
Ioannis Kounavis
Aliki Anastasia Koutsonika
Kalliopi-Styliani Makedi
Ligeia-Styliani Papaioannou
Hara Papounidou
Dephne-Daphne Santsak
Miranda Vacondiou
Click for the program and poster.
Blog with abstracts of essays written for the course ‘South: Space and non-hegemonic paradeigms of knowledge’
The meeting entitled "Women Architects have always been Here" is part of the series of scientific meetings "Docta Spes: The Future of Space is Now", which was launched in November 2022 by the Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly (UTh) and adopts its aim of “reflecting on the need to design a future that is habitable and socially inclusive.” It brings into dialogue distinguished architects, historians, theorists, researchers, and artists who have developed extensive interdisciplinary work at an international level. At the core of their studies and practices are feminist theories, methodologies, and practices as these take shape in diverse geographical contexts and intersect with different disciplines, from architectural historiography, art, curating, gender studies, geography, political ecology, architectural and urban design. The contributions and discussions in this meeting further draw on perspectives from archives, teaching, research, and social activism and will be a catalyst for reflection on the present and future of architectural education.
The meeting highlights the importance of gender and feminist approaches in architectural design, academic research, and collective action. It seeks to reflect on architecture as a potential field of dialogue between situated, feminist, queer, anti-racist, decolonial and de-growth perspectives and innovative models of production, work, and design. It thus attempts to articulate critical, affirmative, and hopeful responses to the future of architecture and to contemplate innovative (design) pedagogies that have spatial, intersectional, and climate justice at their core.
The meeting will take place on 15 February 2023 at the auditorium of the Department of Architecture at Pedion Areos, Volos, in person and online via MS Teams. Opening at 14:00
Download the press release and the programme.
Link: MSTeams
With the support of:
Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee (GEC, UTh)
Centre of New Media and Feminist Public Practices (CNMFPP, DArch – UTh)
Welcoming speech Kostas Manolidis (Department Head)
Welcoming speech Ioanna Laliotou (Vice Rector of Research and Lifelong Learning, UΤh)
Introduction to Docta Spes* The Future of Space is Now Iris Lykourioti
Introduction to the thematic framework of Women Architects have always been Here Petros Phokaides
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Presentations:
Digital Archive of Greek Female Architects, 1923-1981. Its Contribution to the Research and Historiography of Architecture
Helen Fessas-Emmanouil
Biographical Research: Its Contribution to Women Architects’ Visibility - Inspiration for a Socially Inclusive Design of Space
Maro Katou
Chairs / Respondents: Petros Phokaides / Katerina Chatzikonstantinou
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Presentations:
Architecture and Feminism: A Look at the Problem of Historiography and its Pedagogy
Olga Touloumi
From Margins to Center: Rethinking How We Write Women’s Architectural Histories
Despina Stratigakos
Chairs / Respondents: Valia Papastamou / Fani Paraforou
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Presentations:
New Tropes in Architecture: Dis-placed Bodies and Gendered Spatial Performativity
Anastasia-Sasa Lada
Different Approaches to a Feminist Architectural Practice
Zaida Muxi
Chairs / Respondents: Fabiano Micocci / Vaso Trova
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