MATERIART: International Intensive Studio in Architectural Design
April 10-20, 2018
TOBB University of Economics and Technology (TOBB ETU), Ankara
The Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly participates in the international program MATERIART(Art and Science of Materiality in Architectural Design Education) and the Intensive Studio in Architectural Design IP 1 ´The Figure’with the studio‘The Wall, the Screen, the Architect: Negotiating Spatial Limits’.
MATERIART is an ERASMUS+ funded project. It is organized with the collaboration of the following Universities:
- TOBB University of Economics and Technology (TOBB ETU)
- Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
- Istanbul Technical University (ITU)
- Fachhochschule Munster (FH Munster)
- University of Thessaly (UTH)
- Universidade de Lisboa (ULISBOA)
- Lusófona University, ULHT
Participants on behalf of Dept.Arch. UTH:
Tutors: Vaso Trova, Iris Lykourioti
Students: Kleopatra Balatsouka, Nikolaos Chatzipourganis, Athanasia Karagianni, Spyros Karaiordanidis, Myrto-Eirini Pappa.
Thursday March 22, 2018, 15:00, Post Graduate course room
Lecture within the framework of the course The Great Number and Nostalgia
Tutors: Iris Lykourioti, Lois Papadopoulos
Biography
Georgios Abakoumkin is Associate Professor at the Department of Early Childhood Education at the University of Thessaly. Graduated in Psychology from the University of Tübingen (Germany) and was awarded a Ph.D. degree in Social Psychology from the Panteion University. He is currently working at the Department of Early Childhood Education (University of Thessaly). He teaches courses on social psychology and research methodology in the Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate studies programme. His research interests include social cognition (peripheral cues and preferences), interpersonal relations and health, and intergroup relations (social identity).
Lecture by Rika Benveniste, 20/3/2018, 11:00, Amphitheatre.
A lecture by Bernard Cuomo will take place on Thursday, 15 March 2018 at 15:00, in the framework of the course AS1310: prêt-à-plier.
About the lecture:
Emphasizing the physiognomy of Thessaloniki's waterfront , the largest and most vital public space in the city, the association "Friends of Nea Paralia" organizes participatory actions and cultural actions, raising citizens' awareness of the use and respect of the public space, creating a platform for cultivation, implementation and dissemination of ideas about the "inhabitation" of the public space. The association, following the 60 actions it has organized, will also organize this year's performance "Nea Paralia – Nea Pasarela", a catwalk performance with the participation of students of fine arts schools, architecture, as well as professionals from the fashion world and individual creators were garments are made exclusively with recyclable materials.
Thursday 8th of March, 18:00, Room Z
March 8-22, 2018 | 9.00-21.00 daily
Foyer, Department of Architecture
In a work-in-progress format, the exhibition includes the student works that were produced during the exploration process towards the articulation of the structural design concept of an architectural structure based on a specific cultural event.
Challenging the prevailing typological practices, the course discusses structural design issues from a topological perspective.
In a teaching framework, the course consists of a series of exercises/ subsequent readings aiming to extract the concrete or abstract properties of the event and translate them to qualities of the spatial composition or/ and principles of the structural arrangement.
In a research context, the work attempts to approach the structural concept as a design resource and investigate the physical model as a tool for diagrammatic reasoning.
Please have a look at the on-line exhibition of the course projects.
Participants: J.Andritsou, A.Gkagkadelli, V.Dimara, G.Dimitriou, S.Karaiordanidis, M.Konstantinidi-Manesi, D.Koutsaka, G.Mousias, M.Tsilomitrou
Instructor: M.Vrontissi, Ass.Professor UTh
On Thursday 1 February 2018 at 8.30 pm the opening of City of Rooms exhibition will take place on the 2nd floor of the "Giorgio de Chirico" Art Center. The exhibition is organized by the Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly in collaboration with the Cultural Directorate of the Municipality of Volos.
The exhibition presents the research results of the homonymous course in Architectural Design, in the Graduate Cycle of Studies, of the Department of Architecture - University of Thessaly. In the designs, drawings and texts exhibited, hypothetical proposals are made for the activation of the redundant building stock of the city of Volos.
The large number of incomplete buildings in the center of the city and in the whole of Volos - Nea Ionia city complex reflects the difficulty in the production of space and the decrease in the demand for dwelling during the last period. The experimental nature of the lab allows a positive reading of this ominous treaty. The redundant building stock is considered as a raw material for the redesign of the urban landscape.
The exhibition is designed and curated by the teaching team Aristides Antonas/ Professor, Sophia Vyzoviti /Associate Professor, Giorgos Mitroulias/ Assistant Professor, Lois Papadopoulos/ Emeritus Professor, Nikos Platsas/ PhD Candidate, Chara Stergiou/ Post graduate student, in collaboration with the students of the course.
#cityofrooms
1 February - 1 March 2018
Monday-Friday 15.00-21.00,
Saturday-Sunday closed
Free entrance