Thinking by Modelling: revisiting Frei Otto
March 26-April 26, 2018 | 9.00-21.00 daily
Foyer, Department of Architecture
The exhibition presents the student projects that were the outcome of the 3rd semester course BUILDING STRUCTURES II. This year the focus of the course was the research of Frei Otto (1925-2015), who was the recipient of the 2015 Pritzker Prize. The present theme was inspired from the exhibition "Thinking by Modelling" (5/11/2016 - 19/3/2017 _ ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany), that presented - in more than 200 physical models and 1,000 photos - Frei Otto's research at the Institute for Lightweight Structures (IL) in Stuttgart, Germany.
The student works attempt to simulate Otto's experiments - as those are presented across the IL#25-"Experiment" booklet - by employing similar methods, that is by means of experimentation with physical models. Within this context, a broad spectrum of spatial structures is presented (cable structures, funicular arches, tree-like structures, tensile membranes, pneumatics, geodesics, tensegrities, ...), thus, highlighting the variety of lightweight structures as well as the potential of the physical model as means of inquiry for structural design.
Please visit the on-line exhibition of the course projects.
Instructor: M.Vrontissi, Ass.Professor UTh
Prof.Elina Krasilnikova will deliver the lecture "CHALLENGES OF CONTEMPORARY TOWN-PLANNING AND THE NEW TRENDS FOR URBAN PLANNING IN RUSSIA”, Tuesday 24 April 2018, Room E, Dept. of Architecture. The lecture is taking place within the context of the Erasmus+ Program.
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.