Maria Pantas
Ethnography and the Architecture of Situations

Tuesday October 25^th 2016 15:00
Room B

Lecture within the framework of the course South: Space and non hegemonic paradigms of knowledge
Tutor: Iris Lykourioti

Biography

Maria Pantas is a PhD Candidate, currently funded by Canterbury School of Architecture, University for the Creative Arts (UCA) to undertake her research degree titled ‘Approaches to climate change adaptation through community-driven construction projects in the Global South’. She undertook her primary research in rural Ghana building a primary school cantine as part of a local community driven organization. She is the online editor for The Architects’ Project (TAP), an autonomous initiative involved in the education and practice of architecture operating from Accra & Kumasi in Ghana with a global agenda. She is also a Board Member for the Environmental Foundation for Development (EFD) a non-profit organization in Tanzania, involved in consultation on rural development, housing and sanitation.

In 2011 Maria joined Reset Development, a London-based charity, on a two-year research based project titled the ‘Affordable Low-Carbon and Cyclone resilient Housing in South West Bangladesh.’Her focus was on developing a greater understanding on best approaches to training and education for sustainable, disaster resilient construction in the rural South West of Bangladesh.

Maria became an associate of Women’s Design Service (WDS) in 2010 and got involved in community-led design projects in Islington and Vauxhall as well as a WDS Lottery-funded project aimed at improving public toilet provision. The emphasis of her work was on: ensuring that the built environment needs of women and their families were heard, using participatory planning consultations, in order to influence planning in the borough; integrating the existing urban fabric as well as existing social housing estates into the new development plans; the creation of new play and green spaces and the potential of the spaces between buildings in the south of the borough of Islington.

She undertook her RIBA Part II in Architecture at London South Bank University with the research-based thesis, entitled ‘Seven City Farms in London’, which dealt with sustainability and community based adaptation in London. 

International workshop-forum at the Greek Pavilion on contemporary Urban Solidarity Practices.

See the poster.

Το Τμήμα Αρχιτεκτόνων Μηχανικών της Πολυτεχνικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλίας και το Διεθνές Δίκτυο για τις Ατμόσφαιρες (Ambiances International Network), σας προσκαλεί στο 3^ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο για τις Ατμόσφαιρες, που θα πραγματοποιηθεί στο Βόλο από την Τετάρτη 21  έως και το Σάββατο 24 Σεπτεμβρίου 2016.

Στόχος του 3^ου Συνεδρίου είναι να αναδείξει τις έρευνες και τις εφαρμογές που αφορούν την έννοια της  «ατμόσφαιρας» τόσο στο επιστημονικό όσο και στο εννοιολογικό πεδίο του σχεδιασμού και της καλλιτεχνικής δημιουργίας, σε μια μελλοντική προοπτική.

Μπορείτε να κατεβάσετε την πρόσκληση υποβολής εργασιών εδώ.

Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες επισκεφθείτε τον ιστότοπο http://ambiances2016.arch.uth.gr ή στείλτε μήνυμα στοambiances2016@arch.uth.gr.

The Department of Architecture of the Polytechnic School of the University of Thessaly and the International Network on Atmospheres (Ambiances International Network) have the pleasure to  annonce that  the 3rd International Congress on Ambiances will  be held at Volos from Wednesday 21th to Saturday, September 24th, 2016 .

This third Congress will attempt to take stock of research into, and applications based around the notion of ambiance both in the scientific sphere and with regard to the future of design and artistic creation.

You can download the call for papers here.

For more information visit the website http://ambiances2016.arch.uth.gr or send e-mail to ambiances2016@arch.uth.gr.

Le département d'architecture de l'Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Thessalie et le Réseau international Ambiances (Ambiances Network International), ont le plaisir de vous annoncer que le 3e Congrès International sur les Ambiances se tiendra à Volos dumercredi 21 au samedi 24 Septembre, 2016.

Friday 10th of June 2016, Dept. ARCH Amphitheatre

2/6/2016 18:30 room E

Thursday 2nd of June 2016, 15:00, Postgraduate Studies room

1/6/2016 18:30 room E

And yet it moves: 70 years of Greek Animation, Education - Production - Communication

The Laboratory of Multimodal Design and Research on Hybrid Environments (EscapeLab) and the Laboratory of Environmental Communication and Audiovisual Representation (LECAD), Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly, organise the "AND YET IT MOVES: 70 years of Greek Animation, Education - Production - Communication" symposium.

The theme of the symposium focuses on the Greek Animation­ scene in order to illuminate its contemporary approaches in the field of education, production and communication. Specifically, on the occasion of the celebration of 70 years of Greek Animation, the symposium aims at presenting the educational practices related to social and public awareness issues as well as creating a meeting point for Greek artists in order to enhance and promote the Greek production of animated films.

The meeting will be held at the Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly, Volos on Friday, 27th of May 2016