Fatura Collaborative & Papalampropoulos – Syriopoulou Architecture Bureau

As part of its 18th series of lectures by Greek architects, the Hellenic Institute of Architecture launched a new concept titled “Lectures & Dialogues” – a format in which two architectural practices present their work in parallel, followed by a dialogue between them and with the audience.

The Lectures of Greek Architects have historically been an iconic establishment of the Hellenic Institute of Architecture (HIA). Over the past twenty years, distinguished creators have been invited to present their work. The presentation of the diverse facets of architectural practice, alongside critical discussion, has been a consistent hallmark of this initiative. The simultaneous presentation of the work of two architectural firms, followed by a dialogue between them and with the audience, is intended to spark public conversation about architecture—its relationship with establishments, the processes of its production and critique, and its multiple expressions in both private and public spaces.

The overall coordination of the lectures on behalf of the Board of Directors of the HIA was undertaken by Anastasios Kotsiopoulos (Architect, Emeritus Professor at AUTH), Dionisis Sotovikis (Architect), and Sofia Tsiraki (Architect, Professor at NTUA).

In the first lecture of the series, participants were:

Alexandra Vougia – Platon Issaias / Fatura Collaborative
ATRIUMS, COURTYARDS, AND GARDENS – SPACES OF LIVING AND CARE
This presentation explores the methodological tools that shape the design process and the organizational structure of selected projects by the studio. Central to the research and critical inquiry are the role of architectural typology, the investigation of representational methods of architectural form, and, more broadly, the ways in which architectural work is communicated. At the same time, the work engages with emerging modes and possibilities of life that bring forth new conditions for coexistence, tolerance, and solidarity. How do these new realities shape spatial conditions and forms of inhabitation?

Papalampropoulos Syriopoulou Architecture Bureau
SAMPLING: An evaluation of the studio’s work will be attempted through the appropriation of practices such as sampling, shifting, stitching, and secondary editing in the production of architectural work.

The discussion was moderated by Sofia Tsiraki.

Alexandra Vougia (Thessaloniki, 1983). She graduated in 2007 from the Department of Architecture at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). She earned an MS in Advanced Architectural Design from GSAPP at Columbia University (2008). In June 2016, she was awarded her doctorate from the Architectural Association for her dissertation titled Estranging Forms: Modernist Abstraction and De-Alienating Tactics. The research focused on interwar German modernism, analyzing architectural abstraction as a strategy against social alienation. Since 2009, she has been a founding member of the collaborative office FATURA. She has worked in New York and Athens and has taught at the Architectural Association and the University of Westminster. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where she teaches History and Theory.

Platon Issaias (Athens, 1984) He is the director of the postgraduate program Projective Cities: MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design at the Architectural Association, where he also teaches as Diploma Unit Master (Diploma Unit 7, MArch/RIΒΑ Part II). He studied architecture at the Department of Architecture of the Polytechnic School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, graduating in 2007. He completed postgraduate studies in the United States (MSc in Advanced Architectural Design, GSAPP – Columbia University, 2008) and earned his PhD in the Netherlands (PhD, TU Delft, 2014). His dissertation, Beyond the Informal City: Athens and the Possibility of an Urban Common, supervised by Pier Vittorio Aureli, focuses on the recent history of spatial and urban design in Athens, emphasizing the relationship between architectural form and typology with urban governance and social conflicts. He has extensively published and presented papers and articles on architecture, urban design, and urban development and reconstruction policies in Greece and the Global South.

Leonidas Papalampropoulos Diploma in Architecture Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) (2004); MArch in Architectural Design, Bartlett School of Architecture, London (2005); Ph.D. in the Department of Plastic Arts, NTUA (2015). She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Patras, where she teaches Urban and Architectural Design.

Georgia Syriopoulou holds a Diploma in Architecture Engineering from the School of Architecture, University of Patras (2012, with Honors); MSc in Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences from the Technical University of Delft (2014, with Honors). Her interests focus on the role of narrative in architectural composition.

All health protocols were strictly followed
Benaki Museum, Pireos Street