ArchiTravel interviews the Director of Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, Benedetta Tagliabue.* Interview by : Virginia Giagkou, Kiki Gkavogianni (video shooting) and Maria Anagnostou (video editing). Virginia Giagkou: What is the importance of architectural tourism? Benedetta Tagliabue: In a way, tourism is now kind of a new thing happening. I’m kind of […]
Author: Kiki Gkavogianni
Related entries: 4Kiki is an architect and urban designer with experience in urban planning in the UK. She graduated from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2015 with a Masters Degree in Architecture and Engineering. She then completed her Postgraduate studies in the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL, acquiring a Masters Degree in Urban Design and City Planning. Since then, Kiki has held several positions in the local government in London, starting as a Regeneration Officer, continuing as a Planning Officer and finally as a Senior Urban Design Officer in councils of inner and outer London.
Kiki loves theatre – one of the main reasons she moved to London – and travelling – another reason to move to London as it is connected with every place in the world. One of her firmest beliefs is that cultural landscapes can be adapted through Smart City techniques to accommodate population and to keep their essential function as evolving cities. Kiki is currently on a one-year sabbatical in Australia, exploring the outback and the contemporary cities of this intriguing continent.
ArchiTravel Interviews John Clemow – RMJM Lab Principal
ArchiTravel interviews John Clemow, RMJM Lab Principal. RMJM is known as one of the largest and most geographically diverse architecture firms in the world. John Clemow talks about the character of today’s cities and the concept of affordable housing while planning in the UK. He also shares his thoughts for […]
Hotel Design Conference in Thessaloniki
Author : Kiki Gkavogianni The past weekend, 15-16 of November, a conference took place in the International Trade Fair of Thessaloniki. The theme was Hotel Design and several designers and architects explained the perspective of the architectural design in the field of tourism in Greece. The exhibition’s name was “Hotelia […]
Architects Do It With Partner(s)
Author : Kiki Gkavogianni Team work. Take a moment and think about this phrase. Many people say that we live in a society of egoism and social isolation, where young people prefer to interact in a web-world than in the real one and aren’t capable of verbal and real-time communication. […]