ktiriothiki is a non-existent word that was created to describe a project related to the architectural heritage of Athens, Greece. It comes from the Greek words “κτήριο” (ktirio=building) and “θήκη” (théke=case) and it means a repository of buildings, a place were building information is stored, similarly to e.g. a bookcase.[…]
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Pikionis: Filopappou-Acropolis
when the poetry of photography meets poetic architecture… How Hélène Binet’s photographs changed the way we look at architecture Πικιώνης: Φιλοπάππου-Ακρόπολη όταν η ποίηση της φωτογραφίας συναντά την ποιητική αρχιτεκτονική… Photo by Hélène Binet from Architectural Record ΙΙΙ.2019 “An image for me should never be[…]
Heritage-led regeneration – a Greek midsummer’s night dream…
Roughly this time four years ago, I published a paper that was the combination of two of my passions; heritage architecture and information technology. Experimenting with various augmented reality (AR) platforms, I thought of combining the findings of a real-life problem I encountered, while trying to obtain planning approval for the retrofitting[…]