Dr. Athina Vitopoulou _Education _Scholarships – Distinctions

Dr. Athina Vitopoulou
Architect-eng. – urban planner
Address: Pittakou 4, 54645 Thessaloniki, Greece
Tel.: +30 2310 823250, +30 6948603005
e-mails: [email protected]
_Education
2010: PhD degree in History and Civilisations, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
(EHESS), Paris (Très honorable avec félicitations).
1998: DEA «Projet Architectural et Urbain : théories et dispositifs», Ecoles d’Architecture and
Institut Français d’Urbanisme (IFU) / Université Paris 8 (Mention Bien).
1997: Diploma in Architecture, School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University
of Thessaloniki (AUTH) (8,94).
_Scholarships – Distinctions
2013: Post-doc research scholarship by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
2013: Research scholarship by the Foundation for Education and European Culture (IPEP).
2011: Grand Prix de Thèse sur la Ville 2011 organised by APERAU INTERNATIONALE
(Association pour la promotion de l'enseignement et de la recherche en aménagement et
urbanisme), CERTU (Centre d'études sur les réseaux, les transports, l'urbanisme et les
constructions publiques), CFDU (Conseil français des urbanistes), PUCA-DGALN (Plan
Urbanisme Construction, Architecture – Direction générale de l'aménagement, du logement et de
la nature).
2004: Scholarship for PhD by the Ministry of Culture of France.
2002: Merit within the National Competition of Published Scientific Article by Young Researchers
organised by the Greek Society of Urban and Planning History. [For the article: VITOPOULOU A.
(2000), Land reserve and "recycling" of military sites. Aspects of post-war urbanization of the
Greek city and the case of Thessaloniki, in Proceedings The Town Planning in Greece from 1949
to 1974, Volos: Thessaly University Press, pp. 167-189 (in Greek)].
1999-2002: Scholarship for PhD in a foreign country by the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY).
1998-1999: Scholarship for postgraduate studies by Panayotis & Effie Michelis Foundation.
1998: Scholarship by the administation of the post-graduate program DEA «Projet Architectural et
Urbain - théories et dispositifs».
1994: Scholarship/distinction by the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) for undergraduate
studies.
1991: Scholarship by the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) for distinction in the national exams
for admission in the School of Architecture of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH).
_Teaching experience
2013-2014 (fall semester): Adjunct faculty member in the Department of Architecture, University
of Cyprus. Studio course: Architectural Synthesis V – Urban Design (in collaboration with the
adjunct faculty member Ch. Papastergiou, Msc architect).
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2012-2013 (spring semester): Adjunct faculty member (lecturer) in the School of Architecture,
Aristotle University of Therssaloniki (AUTH). Theoretical course: History of Cities and Planning (in
collaboration with Professor P. Stathakopoulos and the adjunct faculty member Dr D. Drakoulis).
1/2013: Workshop “Thessaloniki 100+. Crisis and response: designing the fant-astic future”.
Under the auspices of the Technical Chamber of Greece and the School of Architecture, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) (in collaboration with Professor N. Kalogirou and the PhD
candidate A.-Ch. Syrakou). With the participation of Hugo Hinsley, Housing and Urbanism
Director, Architectural Association (UK).
2011-2014: Associated Educational Personnel (SEP) in the postgraduate course "Environmental
Design of Cities and Buildings" of the Greek Open University (EAP). Supervisor of seven master
thesis.
3-4/2011: Rolling workshop “From iconic to pragmatic - students redesign the city” on the redesign
of public spaces in the city. Under the auspices of the Department of Urban and Regional
Planning and Development - School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
and Parallaxi - Thessaloniki otherwise (in collaboration with Professor A. Karadimou-Yerolympou,
the Associate Prof. K. Kafkoula, the Assistant Prof. E. Athanassiou, the Assistant Prof. A.
Papagiannakis and the Lecturer Ch. Christodoulou). With the participation of David Sim - Gehl
Architects, Copenhagen.
2-3/ 2011: 8 hours seminar in English, “Paideia” Study Abroad Program in Greece for American
students, academic cooperation between the School of Modern Greek Language and the Center
for Hellenic Studies “Paideia” – Campus of the University of Connecticut. Course: “Greek Design
and Architecture”, section: “Evolution of Greek cities and planning from the end of Antiquity to
nowadays”, lessons: “Forms and patterns of urban development in Greece from the end of
Antiquity to the beginning of the 19th century. Intercultural transfers in the Eastern Mediterranean
and the Greek Peninsula”, “Urban transformations in the European provinces of the Ottoman
Empire at the end of the 19th century”, “Thessaloniki. From the 19th to the 21st century”.
2010-2012 (fall semesters) and 2012-2013 (spring semester): Adjunct faculty member
(lecturer) in the School of Spatial Planning and Development, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
(AUTH). Theoretical course: City and Planning (in collaboration with the Associate Prof. A.
Yiannakou and the Lecturer G. Pozoukidou during 2012-2013).
2007-2014: Supervisor of 23 diploma thesis and final research papers in the School of Spatial
Planning and Development and the School of Architecture of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
(AUTH).
2005-2013 (spring semesters): Adjunct faculty member (lecturer) in the School of Spatial
Planning and Development of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). Studio courses: Urban
Analysis and Planning (2005-2008), From Urban Design to Urban Planning (2008-2013) (in
collaboration with Professor A. Anastassiadis and the Assistant Prof. S. Chadjicocoli).
2005-2010 (fall semesters): Adjunct faculty member (lecturer) in the School of Spatial Planning
and Development, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). Theoretical course: Historical
Evolution and Basic Programming and Planning Concepts renamed to History of Cities and
Planning (in collaboration with Prof. A. Karadimou-Yerolympou).
2004-2009 (spring semesters): Adjunct faculty member (lecturer) in the School of Architecture,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). Studio course: Urban planning and natural
environment: theoretical approaches and realisations (in collaboration with the adjunct faculty
member E. Athanassiou).
2004-2007 (spring semesters) and 2007-2009 (fall semesters): Adjunct faculty member
(lecturer) in the School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). Studio course:
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Upgrading traditional urban areas - Sustainable urban interventions (in collaboration with
Professor A. Anastassiadis).
2002-2003 (fall semester): Teaching contract in the program of post-graduate studies in
Landscape Architecture of the School of Architecture and the School of Agriculture - AUTH.
Theoretical course: Urban Design and Landscape (in collaboration with Professor A. KaradimouYerolympou).
2001-2002 (spring semester): Adjunct faculty member in the Department of Geomatics and
Surveying of the Faculty of Applied Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Serres.
Theoretical and studio courses: Urban Design and Planning, History of Cities and PlanningInstitutional Framework of Planning.
_Research experience
2013: Urban design and public space in Thessaloniki from the 1980’s until today. Post-doc
research scholarship by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
2013: From local to global: scientific networking and international institutions and mechanisms
while diffusing the European urban models in the post-colonial period. The example of the Greek
architect - urban planner Constantinos A. Doxiadis. Research scholarship by the Foundation for
Education and European Culture (IPEP).
2011-2014: The Black Sea and its port cities, 18th-20th century. Development, convergence and
linkages with the global economy. Research program THALES.
2010-2012: Planning Archive of Thessaloniki (PATH). Research program of the Department of
Urban and Regional Planning and Development – School of Architecture, funded by the
Research Committee of AUTH.
2004-2007: La Place, un patrimoine européen. Research program funded by the European
Commission - Education and Culture Directorate General, Programme - cadre “Culture 2000
(2004)”.
2003-2005: EUROMED Héritage II - Patrimoines partagés: savoirs et savoir-faire appliqués au
patrimoine architectural et urbain des XIX-XXe siècles en Méditerranée. Research program
funded by the European Commission.
2000-2001: Fixed-term contracts (CDD) in the Archives of Modern Architecture of the French
Institute of Architecture in Paris (Archives d’Architecture Moderne de l’IFA).
_Conferences
With peer review process
11/2013: Conference Changes and re-significations of the space in Greece during the crisis,
Volos 1-3 November 2013, organised by the School of Architecture of the University of Thessaly.
Paper: “From the development to the commercialization of the public property in the occasion of
the crisis”.
9/2013: 1st Conference of the Black Sea Project The Economic and Social Development of the
Port-Cities of the Northern Black Sea Coast, Late 18th - Beginning of the 20th century, Odessa 2227 September 2013, organised by the Ionian University and the Hellenic Research Foundation in
collaboration with the Hellenic Foundation for Culture - Odessa Branch and the State Archives of
Odessa Region. Paper: “The making of a new town. Rise and decline of Odessa, 18th-20th c.
(1794-1917)” (in collaboration with the Emeritus Professor A. Karadimou-Yerolympou).
9/2012: 3rd National Conference on Planning and Regional Development, Volos 27-30 September
2012, organised by the Department of Planning and Regional Development-School of Engineering
of the University of Thessaly. Papers: “From iconic to pragmatic: praxis of urban design for
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everyday life” (in collaboration with Professor A. Karadimou-Yerolympou, the Assistant Prof. E.
Athanassiou, the Assistant Prof. A. Papagiannakis and the Lecturer Ch. Christodoulou) and “The
land issue and the public space in transition: incisions in the evolution of urban space after
periods of major political and economic crises. Examples from Mexico and the Balkans” (in
collaboration with the Lecturer Ch. Petropoulou).
3/2012: 1st National Conference on Place Marketing & Branding. Strategic Promotion and
Identity, Volos 30 Mars - 1 April 2012, organised by the Department of Planning and Regional
Development-School of Engineering of the University of Thessaly and the initiative “Imagine the
City”. Paper: “Urban regeneration and place marketing: Looking for the outward identity of
Thessaloniki through an urban regeneration project in the west entrance area” (in collaboration
with the Associate Prof. A. Yiannakou and the planners D.V. Aggelopoulou and A. BartzokasTsiompras).
6/2010: 5th Conference of the Greek DOCOMOMO: Planning ideals of the Modern Movement and
the Greek city, Thessaloniki 3-4 June, organised by the Greek DOCOMOMO and the Department
of Urban and Regional Planning and Development of the School of Architecture - AUTH. Paper:
“Modern Movement, land ownership and urban tissue: possibilities of urban regeneration projects
in the centre of Thessaloniki” (in collaboration with Professor A. Anastassiadis).
9/2009: 2nd National Conference on Planning and Regional Development, Volos 24-27
September, organised by the Department of Planning and Regional Development-School of
Engineering of the University of Thessaly. Paper: “Reuse strategies for former military sites:
approaches of sustainable planning and implementation. The case of Germany” (in collaboration
with the planner M/. Karakosta).
11/2008: 5th Scientific Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Industrial
Heritage TICCIH - Greek Section: The end of the Giants. Industrial heritage and urban
transformations, Volos 22-25 November, organised by the Greek TICCHI. Paper: “Reuse of
former industrial sites: planning approaches and implementation issues” (in collaboration with
Professor A. Karadimou-Yerolympou).
8/2006: 8th International Conference on Urban History «Urban Europe in Comparative
Perspective», Stockholm 30 August-2 September, organised by European Association of Urban
Historians. Paper: « L’espace public dans la formation de la ville grecque moderne : rayonnement
et décadence de la place du XIXe au XXe siècle » (in collaboration with Professor A. KaradimouYerolympou).
5/2003: Conference Transformations of the Greek city. Socialist theory, perspectives and daily
practice, Athens 9-11 May, organised by the New Movement of Architects. Paper: “Redistribution
of urban land and production of public space in the modern Greek city”.
5/2002: Conference Eleftherios Venizelos and the Greek city. Urban policies and socio-political
upheavals, Hania 24-27 October, organised by the National Research Foundation "Eleftherios K.
Venizelos", the School of Architecture – NTUA and the Technical Chamber of Greece. Paper:
“Urban zoning : attempts of overall restructuring of the modern Greek city in the interwar period”,
(in collaboration with Professor A. Karadimou-Yerolympou).
9/2002: 6th International Conference on Urban History «Power, Knowledge and Society in the
City», Edinburg 4-7 September, organised by European Association of Urban Historians. Paper:
«Visionaries versus politicians: rejecting the resource of knowledge in building the Greek postwar cities» (in collaboration with the Associate Prof. K. Kafkoula).
9/2000: 5th International Conference on Urban History «European Cities: Networks and
Crossroads», Berlin 30 August-2 September, organised by European Association of Urban
Historians. Paper: “Aspects of town-making in Greece after the Second World War. The case of
Thessaloniki's periphery”.
12/1999: 2nd National Scientific Conference of the Society of History of the City and Town
Planning: The Town Planning in Greece from 1949 to 1974, Volos 3-4 December, organised by
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the Greek Society of History of City and Planning. Paper: “Land reserve and "recycling" of military
sites. Aspects of post-war urbanization of the Greek city and the case of Thessaloniki”.
Without peer review process
6/2013: Seminar Thinking Greece: Thinking Futures, Urmadic University HotHouse # 3,
Thessaloniki 2-27-30 June, organised by the Urmadic University. Paper: “Thessaloniki. Greek city
in crisis” (in collaboration with Professor A. Anastassiadis).
4/2013: Conference The studies in architecture: continuity and change, Thessaloniki, 25-27 April,
organised by the Department of architectural and urban design of the School of Architecture –
AUTH and the Technical Chamber of Greece. Paper: “Issues of ‘skills’ in architecture: An assay
of the ‘sources’ and the ‘links’ of the profession” (in collaboration with the architects A. Doudoumi,
Y.-P. Sarvani, D. Simonis, A.-Ch. Syrakou).
1/2013: Meeting Thessaloniki in the archives. Importance and possibilities of utilizing archival
sources for the study of the city, 29 January, organised by the Technical Chamber of Greece and
the School of Architecture – AUTH. Paper: “Planning Archive of Thessaloniki: plans and projects
after 1950”.
5/2012: Meeting La métropole en projet. Rencontre autour de Yannis Tsiomis, 24 May, Ecole
Nationale d’Architecture de Paris Belleville. Paper: « Salonique, 1912-2012 : un siècle de
fabrication de la ville. Le rôle des détendeurs du foncier public ».
5/2006: Training Workshop (pre-conference): Protection, restoration and sustainable
development of the historic urban environment, Paros 26-27 May, organised by the School of
Spatial Planning and Development - AUTH. Paper: “Town-planning ‘exercises' of urban
requalification in the historical center of Thessaloniki” (in collaboration with Professor A.
Anastassiadis).
_Invited Talks
10/12/2007: Lecture on “The problem of integrating brownfield land in the urban tissue:
approaches and strategies” in the School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens;
invited by Professor P. Kosmaki within the lab course Architectural Design 9.
17/11/2005: Lecture on “Morphologie urbaine et sociale d’une métropole méditerranéenne. Le
cas de Thessalonique” in the UFR de Sciences Sociales et des Humanités, Université de
Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ; invited by the adjunct faculty member Carmen Calandra.
_Publications
Thesis
1. VITOPOULOU A. (2010), Mutations foncières et urbaines pour la production des espaces et
équipements publics dans la ville grecque moderne. Les propriétés de l’Armée et de
l’Université et la formation de l’espace urbain de Thessalonique de 1912 jusqu’à nos jours,
PhD Thesis, Paris : Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) (593 p. and 127
p. annex of tables, records, maps and plans).
2. VITOPOULOU A. (1998), Terrains militaires: transformations et stratégies de gestion à
Thessalonique après 1912, DEA «Projet Architectural et Urbain - théories et dispositifs»,
Paris: Ecoles d’Architecture et Institut Français d’Urbanisme / Université Paris 8 (160 p. and
annex of maps and plans).
Articles in academic journals, conference proceedings and collective works
1. VITOPOULOU A., GEMENETZI G., YIANNAKOU A., KAFKALAS G., TASOPOULOU A.
(2013, October), Theses and themes on cities and the economic crisis, π – Planning and
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Regional Development Engineers, Newsletter of Planning and Regional Development
Engineers, no 12 (in Greek).
2. VITOPOULOU A. (2013), “Revitalization or regeneration or renewal, urban”, “Barcelona, urban
strategy”, “Reuse of industrial brown fields, reuse”, “General Plan of Urbanism (GPS)”,
“International Congresses of Modern Architecture”, “Euralille”, “Krier, Léon”, “Krier, Rob
(Robert)”, “Lynch, Kevin Andrew”, “Bologna, intervention in the city of”, “cultural equipment”,
“military camps, reuse”, «Σχέδιο Χωρικής και Οικιστικής Οργάνωσης της Ανοιχτής Πόλης
“Plan of Spatial and Housing Organization of the Open City (SHOOAP)”, entries of 60 to 400
words in BOURAS Ch., FILIPPIDIS D. (eds.), Architecture, Athens: Melissa, pp. 21, 52, 59,
70-71, 94,123, 192, 208, 236, 302, 351, 364 (in Greek).
3. VITOPOULOU A. (2012, to be published), Salonique, 1912-2012 : un siècle de fabrication de
la ville. Le rôle des détendeurs du foncier public, in Chabard P., Grudet I., Thibault E. (sous la
dir. de), La métropole en projet. XIXe-XXe siècles, Paris: Editions de la Villette (to be
published).
4. ATHANASSIOU E., VITOPOULOU A., YEROLYMPOS A., PAPAGIANNAKIS A.,
CHRISTODOULOU CH. (2012), From iconic to pragmatic: praxis of urban design for everyday
life, Proceedings of the 2nd National Conference on Planning and Regional Development,
Faculty of Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos 27-30 September 2012, pp. 651-656 (in
CD-rom) (in Greek).
5. AGGELOPOULOU D.V., VITOPOULOU A., YIANNAKOU A., BARTZOKAS-TSIOMPRAS A.
(2012), Urban regeneration and place marketing: Looking for the outward identity of
Thessaloniki through an urban regeneration project in the west entrance area, in DEFNER A.,
KARACHALIS N. (eds.), Place Marketing & Branding Τόπου: The International Experience
and the Greek Reality, Volos: Editions of the University of Thessaly, pp. 133-148 (in Greek).
6. ANASTASIADIS A., VITOPOULOU A. (2010, to be published), Modern Movement, land
ownership and urban tissue: possibilities of urban regeneration projects in the centre of
Thessaloniki, in VITOPOULOU A., ΥEROLYMPOS A., TOURNIKIOTIS P. (eds.), Planning
ideals of the Modern Movement and the Greek city, The notebooks of the Modern Movement,
no 5 (Proceedings of the 5th Conference of the Greek DOCOMOMO, Thessaloniki 3-4 June
2010), Athens: Futura, 10p. (in Greek).
7. KARAKOSTA M., VITOPOULOU A. (2009), Reuse strategies for former military sites:
approaches of sustainable planning and implementation. The case of Germany, Proceedings
of the 2nd National Conference on Planning and Regional Development, Volos: Thessaly
University Press, vol. II, pp. 611-619 (in Greek).
8. KAFKOULA K., VITOPOULOU A (2009), Visionaries versus politicians: rejecting professional
knowledge in building the Greek post-war cities, in E. COGATO LANZA, P. BONIFAZIO
(eds.), Les experts de la Reconstruction / Gli Esperti della riconstruzione, Genève:
MetisPresses, pp. 49-58.
9. VITOPOULOU A., YEROLYMPOS A. (2007, to be published), Reuse of former industrial sites:
planning approaches and implementation issues, paper presented in the 5th Scientific Meeting
of the International Commission for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage TICCIH – Greek
Section: The end of the Giants. Industrial heritage and urban transformations, Volos 22-25
November 2007, 20 p. (in Greek).
10. ΑΝANIADOU-TZIMOPOULOU M., YEROLYMPOS A., VITOPOULOU A. (2007), L’espace
public et le rôle de la place dans la ville grecque moderne. Evolution historique et enjeux
contemporains, Etudes balkaniques. Cahiers Pierre Belon, L’espace public dans le Sud-Est
européen, no 14, Paris: Ed. De Boccard, pp. 25-52.
11. YEROLYMPOS A., VITOPOULOU A. (2007), Plateia Aristotelous, Thessaloniki ; Plateia
Syntagmatos, Athina, in F. MANCUSO, K. KOWALSKI (eds.), Squares of Europe, Squares for
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Europe – Places d’Europe, Places pour l’Europe, Cracow: Jagiellonian University Press, pp.
198-199 and 202-203.
12. YEROLYMPOS A., VITOPOULOU A. (2006), L’espace public dans la formation de la ville
grecque moderne : rayonnement et décadence de la place du XIXe au XXe siècle, in L.
NILSSON (ed.), Urban Europe in Comparative Perspective – Papers presented at the Eighth
International Conference on Urban History, Stockholm: Stads- Och Kommun – Historiska
Institutet, 6 p. (in CD-rom).
13. YEROLYMPOS A., VITOPOULOU A. (2006), Salonicco· che curva come un arco attorno al
mare materno / Thessaloniki· curving like a bow around the maternal sea, in Città di Pietra /
Cities of Stone, bilingual exhibition catalogue, 10th International Architecture Exhibition La
Biennale di Venezia «Cities, Architecture and Society», Venice: Marsilio, pp. 193-197.
14. COLONAS V., VITOPOULOU A. (2006), Casa Bianca : l’histoire d’une réhabilitation, in
Patrimoines Partagés en Méditerannée. Eléments clés de la réhabilitation, Euromed Heritage
II, Alexandria: Alexandria preservation Trust, pp. 76-85.
15. COLONAS V., VITOPOULOU A. (2005), Enjeux et outils de la protection du patrimoine récent
en Grèce : de la conservation à la reconversion, in A. ABRY, R. CARABELLI (eds.),
Reconnaître et protéger l’architecture récente en Méditerranée, Paris: Ed. Maisonneuve et
Larose, pp. 91-127.
16. YEROLYMPOS A., VITOPOULOU A. (2005), Urban zoning : attempts of overall restructuring
of the modern Greek city in the interwar period, Proceedings Eleftherios Venizelos and the
Greek city. Urban policies and socio-political upheavals, Athens: National Research
Foundation "Eleftherios K. Venizelos", Department of Architecture - NTUA, Technical
Chamber of Greece, pp. 347-359 (in Greek).
17. VITOPOULOU Α. (2003, 2008), Redistribution of urban land and production of public space in
the modern Greek city, Proceedings Transformations of the Greek city. Socialist theory,
perspectives and daily practice, Athens: New Movement of Architects, pp. 237-250 (in Cd-rom
in 2003, on paper in 2008) (in Greek).
18. VITOPOULOU A., YEROLYMPOS A. (2002), The design of the university of Thessaloniki. The
importance of a long-term planning, in Thessaloniki. Scientific Annals of the History Centre of
Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki: History Centre of Thessaloniki, vol. 6, pp. 273-291 (in Greek).
19. VITOPOULOU A. (2000), Land reserve and "recycling" of military sites. Aspects of post-war
urbanization of the Greek city and the case of Thessaloniki, in Proceedings of the 2nd National
Scientific Conference of the Society of History of the City and Town Planning: The Town
Planning in Greece from 1949 to 1974, Volos: Thessaly University Press, pp. 167-189 (in
Greek).
Book and catalogue editing
1. VITOPOULOU A., YEROLYMPOS A., TOURNIKIOTIS P. (eds.) (to be published), Planning
ideals of the Modern Movement and the Greek city, The notebooks of the Modern Movement,
no 5 (proceedings of the 5th Conference of the Greek DOCOMOMO), Athens: Futura, 385 p.
(in Greek).
2. Thessaloniki 100 +. Architecture and City. Modernizations and Adaptations, Technical
Chamber of Greece / Section of Central Macedonia, School of Architecture / Faculty of
Engineering – AUTH, Postgraduate Programme in Museology – AUTH, Thessaloniki 2012,
catalogue of the exhibition, 28 p. In collaboration with Professor N. Kalogirou.
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_ Organization of conferences and exhibitions
12/2012-1/2013: Participation in the organising, scientific and research committee of the exhibition
Thessaloniki 100 +. Architecture and City. Modernizations and Adaptations,organized by the
Technical Chamber of Greece / Section of Central Macedonia, the School of Architecture / Faculty
of Engineering – AUTH and the Postgraduate Programme in Museology – AUTH in collaboration
the Organization of Thessaloniki Concert Hall. Curator of the section on the postwar period and of
planning issues of the sections on the period of Ottoman modernization and on the interwar and
postwar years.
6/2010: Participation in the organising committee of the 5th Conference of the Greek
DOCOMOMO: Planning ideals of the Modern Movement and the Greek city, Thessaloniki 3-4
June, organized by the Greek DOCOMOMO and the Department of Urban and Regional Planning
and Development of the School of Architecture - AUTH.
11/2008 and 11-12/2010: Participation in organising and curating the exhibition “Squares of
Europe, Squares for Europe”, based on the results of the European Community research project
«La Place, un patrimoine européen”, which was held firstly in the Museum of Byzantine Culture in
Thessaloniki (2008) and in the Benaki Museum in Athens (2010).
_ Participation and distinction in architectural competitions
7/2013: Distinction in the architectural competition for the “Redesign of Eleftherias Square in
Thessaloniki” (in collaboration with: CMYT Architecture urbaine, Cristiana Mazzoni // Yannis
Tsiomis, the architect and landscape designer M. Tratsela, the landscape designer E.
Athanassiadou, the transport planner Α. Papagiannakis and the electrical engineer P. Kikidis).
3/2012: Participation in the architectural competition for the “Regeneration and enhancement of
the ‘Balkan Square’ in the former military camp Strebeniotis in the Municipality of NeapolisSykaies, Thessaloniki” (in collaboration with: the architect s Y. Klidaras, E. Sira, S. Tselepidi, the
transport planner A. Papagiannakis and the planner and transport planner A. Spyridonidou).
6/2003: Participation in the architectural competition Europan 7 “Suburban challenge.
Strengthening urbanity. Residential differentiation”. Project “’Flexible systems’: Planning a
residential area in the periphery of the city, Municipality of Nea Ionia, Magnisia” (in collaboration
with: I. Dova, E. Kanaki, E. Mpalassis, S. Tselepidis).
_Participation in professional and scientific organizations
Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE); Member of the Architects Association of
Thessaloniki (SATH) ; Member of the Greek Society of Urban and Planning History (ETIPOP);
Member of the Society of Architectural Historians of France (Association Française des Historiens
de l'Architecture – AFHA).
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