I am an architect and illustrator based in Thessaloniki, Greece. Born in 1995 and grew up in a small seaside town surrounded by lush landscapes. Such an environment shaped my identity and concerns, both as an architect and as an illustrator. After graduating from the School of Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in 2019, I started working as an architect while experimenting with digital illustrations and murals in my spare time. To me, curiosity is a key quality for any creative individual and that is why I am passionate about new techniques and perspectives and traditional crafts as well.

You can find examples of my work on my Instagram account: @alkiviades_

Together, designers and architects need to become a kind of ecosystem designers. Part of my
vocation is to design supportive solutions that help communities become more self-sustaining
and improve our quality of life. As a doctoral student in architecture, I research in the field of
sustainability pedagogy. Last summer we founded a company around a playful urban
composting system based on sustainability education. This is Compocity!

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Education 

University of Western Macedonia, Kozani September 2011 – Present  Department of Mechanical Engineering 

Thesis : Design and construction of a mold fairing 

Greek high school, Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart September 2009 – June 2011 

Professional Experience  

Afoi Pliakou oe, Pliakou Bros June 2018 – Present  Mechanical Design Engineer 

Freelancer Mechanical Design Engineer February 2015 – Present Several Projects with 3D Printing,3D Scanning and CAD design  

Oracom Technology Inc., Lenovo Corporation December 2014 – February 2017 Beta Tester for Smartphones and Tablets 

Typhoon Motoracing Team, University of Western Macedonia September 2014 - October 2016  Aerodynamics Sector Manager 

Certifications 

Solidworks CSWA, Solidworks CSWP, Solidworks CSWPA-SM, Solidworks CSWPA- WD, Solidworks CSWPA-SU, Solidworks CSWA-AM

Maria Anastasiadou is an architect (University of Thessaly) and a graduate of the Empowerment and Encouragement program (National Kapodistrian University of Athens). Ellie Petridi is an architect (University of Thessaly) and currently a student at the postgraduate programme ‘Research in Architecture: Design-Space-Culture’ (National Technical University of Athens). In 2020 they created the team LITTLE architecture. They have carried out participatory design workshops with children and adolescents. They have attended numerous conferences and seminars and they have been recently invited as presenters at the 10th International Child in the City Conference in Dublin (2021). 

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FUTURE ARCHITECTURE

MOR Studio is an architecture and engineering firm, founded in 2020 by seven sustainability enthusiasts, looking for innovative ways to design a better future. MOR Studio originated from the MOR Team TU Delft, an award-winning 2 year long design & build project for the Solar Decathlon Competition 2019. 

MOR Studio's mission is to realize net positive buildings, without any waste streams and 

affordable for all. The studio focuses on transformation projects and explores new ways of sustainable inhabitation models. Part of MOR Studio's work include: 

1. "Building a "super sustainable" house". Transformation of a vacant office building into 

starter housing. Delft, the Netherlands (2017-2019)

2. "What if you lived in an old data centre?". Transformation of an old data centre into 

student and starter housing. Utrecht, the Netherlands (2020).

3. "Family house in a nutshell". A modular design for a self-built house of 50m2. 

Groningen, the Netherlands (2020)

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Dimitra is a graduate of Marine Sciences department of University of the Aegean, while she holds a MSc degree on Fisheries Biology and Management from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her working experience includes environmental conservation and awareness actions, whereas she had the opportunity to collaborate with various working groups and institutions. Up to date, Dimitra participated in several research programs and conferences aiming to exchange knowledge on current marine environmental subjects. Through the last years, she joined different placement programs, trainings and workshops related to buildings capacity of researcher on relevant to marine ecosystems topics. Currently, she is working in the department of Marine Sciences in the Laboratory of Physical & Chemical Oceanography, with her main research focalized on microplastics in commercial marine biota of Aegean Sea in the context of her PhD, which supported by H.F.R.I scholarship program. Further, she is involved in other projects, related to marine litter assessment and monitoring.

The overall scope of the laboratory is to determine the characteristics of the World Ocean, regional seas, marine ecosystems, and their variability. Processes related to anthropogenic climatic change, as well as their impact on the determination of the physico-chemical characteristics of the sea are increasingly becoming a subject of this Laboratory's research. Indicatively, a part of its main work incudes in-situ data collection, simulation, development of methodologies and new instruments for specific measurements and laboratory procedures. The laboratory had participated on various research projects of local and European level.

Facilitated by Iris Perouliou Sergaki (iris.arch) and Vivian Doumpa (STIPO Greece)

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About Placemaking Europe:

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Placemaking Europe is a network of 2,500+ professionals around Europe, from mayors to developers and activists, represented in, virtually, all European countries, which promotes place-led development at the human scale inspired by the interaction between buildings, streets and citizens.

We develop and share knowledge; develop, test and use tools; exchange ideas; and actively shape projects together. We support and collaborate with organizations who want to work on placemaking, social life, human scale, and a better eye level experience.

Mission. We are a European network of front-runners who together accelerate placemaking as a way create healthy, inclusive, and beloved communities.

Vision. To make the spaces we live into places we love. Create a thriving, equitable, and sustainable world by joining values, passion, and action around our public spaces.

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Vivian Doumpa is an urban planner and geographer, with a specialization in (creative & inclusive) placemaking. She has international experience on placemaking and citizens’ participation in urban planning, especially on matters of public space and neighbourhood revitalization. Throughout her work she integrates aspects of socio-cultural management, non-formal education, community building and systemic change. She is an associate partner for STIPO, a netherlands-based team for urban development, and board member of Placemaking Europe network. She enjoys working on various scales, from neighbourhood level to strategic and international one, while experimenting with different topics, varying from creative and cultural economy to urban mobility and circular economy. Her heart compass is defined by two aspects, music and people, which -when followed- lead her to unexpected paths and projects related to music performance and communities in the urban scene.

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Iris Perouliou - Sergaki studied architecture (DUTH) and holds a postgraduate degree in Urban-Regional Planning (NTUA) with collaborations in Greece, Barcelona and with the Greek Ministry of Culture. However, she soon decided to follow her curiosity and go beyond the narrow limits of traditional planning by participating in research projects (DUTH). Due to these adventures, Iris has become a big supporter of collective action processes of decision making as demonstrated by her coordination of participatory design workshops as a special advisor in the Municipality of Agios Nikolaos, Crete, and her work as a leader in the Placemaking Europe network for Greece.  In 2019 Iris benefited from the influential START programme and seized the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience in sociocultural management.  Today she is the owner of the I arch office, while at the same time attends the postgraduate program "Visual Arts" on: "Art and Public Space" (U.I.).

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‘euZen Architecture’ is an international award-winning architecture office integrating landscape, natural laws and human needs in a sustainable way. 

The core of the team consists of Theodora Kyriafini, Dipl.-Ing. Technische Univesität Darmstadt, Germany, Fotini Lymperiadou, DipArch University College London, U.K., Androniki Lymperiadou, DipArch Kingston University, U.K., Konstantinos Despotidis, Dipl. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, MSc in Environmental Design of Cities and Buildings, Hellenic Open University, Antonia Efthimiadou, Dipl. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The company holds Class D professional license degree for public buildings in categories 6, Building Architectural Design and 7 Special Architectural Design.

'euZen Architecture' aims through bioclimatic, ecological, holistic and innovative design to create spaces that act positively on the user’s psychology, offer wellness, enhance health and joy. The company’s philosophy is to build with nature in a human scale, to embrace each user, following principles of green and low energy design, with low maintenance. 'euZen Architecture' specializes among others in high quality resort, spa and holistic wellness centers.

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Architect, graduate of University of Thessaly, Departure of Architecture and Construction and presently at AREA (Architecture Research) in Athens, Greece.

Emilia Kehila is a yoga instructor, visual artist and personal growth coach based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Having followed the yogic path since her youth, she found her outlook on life, as well as her home, in the practice. With over twenty years of experience, Emilia's instruction weaves movement and breath, quiet consciousness and profound awareness. As it aims to enable transitions between states of being—physical and mental, emotional and energetic—the practice focuses on both strength and relaxation, steadiness and calm, exercise without exertion.

Dr Ioannis PAPPAS, CEO & Co-Founder of GREEN EVOLUTION SA, is Director forMediterranean Region of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC). He is aMechanical Engineer, with PhD in Applied Mechanics, with over 30 years experiencein several fields of science, focusing in Sustainability for Tourism, Energy andEnvironmental Efficiency in Infrastructure and Buildings, Advising in standardizationof companies and technological implementation of climate adaptation andmitigation methodologies. He is Lead GSTC Assessor for Destinations, Auditor /Assessor for Sustainable Tourism Certification Standards, focusing in Hotels, TourOperators and Destinations, Lead Trainer and Assessor for GSTC in South EastEurope Region. In Greece, he is the head expert of GSTC team on the CollaborationContract between GSTC the Greek Ministry of Tourism on the implementation ofSustainability into the new National Tourism Strategy, head trainer in a number ofseminars and webinars, and head assessor in destinations including Athens, Corfuand Heraklion.

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Dimitris Georgiou studied mathematics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and UC Berkeley and was a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Polytechnic School of Engineering at DUTH. He worked as a visiting researcher at the University of California at Davis and at the University of Cyprus, visiting professor at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston and Providence. His research interests focus on the field of Applied Mathematics and Computational Intelligence. He has published more than 60 scientific papers in international scientific journals, proceedings of international conferences and in special volumes abroad. He has also published textbooks for the courses he taught.

He is a member of international scientific associations (AMS, ECMI, AACE. IEEE-computer society, etc.). Member of scientific and organizing committees of international scientific conferences and workshops

More than 3,500 citations to his scientific work have been identified.

Elias Messinas is an architect, urban planner, environmental consultant, social entrepreneur and social participation expert. Graduate of Yale School of Architecture, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, he holds a doctorate from the National Technical University of Athens. Elias attends the M.Sc. program on Environment and Development at NTUA, and teaches sustainable design at Patras University and Holon Institute of Technology. Elias has taught sketching and has held sketching sessions in many cities around the world, for professional and students from the Technion, Patras University, University of Kosovo, and other institutions. Elias has published his work through books, articles, catalogues, blogs and exhibitions.

He is also the author and co-editor of ECOWEEK The Book#1: 50 Voices for Sustainability and

The Book#2: 15+ Paths to Sustainability (in preparation). (ecoama and eliasblue)