Lectures
ECOWEEK has initiated, invited and hosted
lectures by a number of internationally acclaimed speakers,
specialists and leaders in their field. Among the ECOWEEK
distinguished speakers are Nobel Laureate and former US Vice
President Al Gore, speaker at ECOWEEK 2007 on Global
Warming, at the Athens Concert Hall in June 2007 (in cooperation
with Megaron Plus); UK explorer and leadership expert Robert
Swan, OBE ECOWEEK 2007 opening keynote speaker, at the
Benaki Museum in Athens (in collaboration with the British
Council).
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ECOWEEK 2011: Public Lecture Series
Admission free
Address: Thessaloniki, Greece
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Keynote & Distinguished Speakers
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Diebedo Francis Kere |
Architect
Awarded with the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture
2009 and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for
his community projects in Burkina Faso in Africa, Francis
Kere is a distinguished leading architect in sustainable and
community projects. www.kere-architecture.com
> Participation of Francis KERE to the exhibition
at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art, New York) titled "Small
Scale Big Change" at MoMA
> Interview with Francis KERE titled "PORTRAIT OF
THE MONTH" at Archi-Europe.com
> Read more interviews with Francis KERE: 1
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Francis Kere lecture is made possible through the
co-operation and support of the Goethe Institute in Thessaloniki.
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George
Hargreaves | Hargreaves Associates, UK
George Hargreaves, FASLA, RAAR is the Design Director of Hargreaves
Associates, a professional consulting firm comprised of landscape
architects and planners with offices in San Francisco, California,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, New York City, and London. Under his
design direction, Hargreaves Associates has received 34 national
awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA),
six from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), five from
the Waterfront Center, and three from Progressive Architecture.
Mr. Hargreaves was an artist in residence at the American Academy
of Rome in 2009. He taught at the Graduate School of Design
at Harvard University for 20 years, tenured there for 12 years,
and served as the chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture
from 1996 to 2003. He is the co-editor and author of "Large
Parks," a book that explores large urban parks in depth as complex
cultural spaces. And co-author of the recent monograph: "Hargreaves:
the Alchemy of Landscape Architecture". www.hargreaves.com
George Hargreaves lecture is made possible through the co-operation
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Rahel
Belatchew Lerdell |
Architect, Sweden
Rahel Belatchew Lerdell is an architect based in Stockholm,
Sweden. She studied in Paris and Amsterdam and graduated from
Ecole Speciale d' Architecture in Paris in 1996. She has practiced
in France, Tokyo, and Luxemburg before establishing RB Arkitektur
in Stockholm. In 2006 she was awarded Architect of the Year
and in 2007 the office was listed by Wallpaper magazine as one
of 101 of the world's most exciting new architects. The
office is currently working with several sustainable housing
projects in Stockholm. Rahel Belatchew Lerdell has a record
as member of jury of architectural competitions in Europe and
is a steady guest critic at the Royal Institute of Technology
in Stockholm. www.rbarkitektur.se
> Watch Rahel Belatchew Lerdell in YouTube
Rahel Belatchew Lerdell lecture is made possible through
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Louis
Becker | Henning Larsen
Architects, Denmark
Louis Becker is Principal and Partner at Henning Larsen Architects.
He has been part of the management team since 1998 and is responsible
for the company's activities on the global market. He has been
one of the driving forces behind a number of large Danish and
international projects - from significant building icons to
complex masterplans. In addition, he has been project manager
for numerous projects in Denmark, Sweden, the UK, the Netherlands,
Greece, Spain, the US, China, Syria, Saudi Arabia and the United
Arab Emirates. Louis was appointed Adjunct Professor at the
Department of Architecture and Design at Aalborg University
in 2008 after many years of teaching.
Henning Larsen Architects is the most international architecture
company in Denmark. The company was founded by Henning Larsen
in 1959 and today has around 150 employees as well as offices
in Copenhagen, Reykjavik, Damascus and Riyadh and projects in
more than 20 countries worldwide. Henning Larsen Architects
attaches great importance to designing environmentally friendly
and integrated, energy-efficient solutions. The projects are
characterised by a high degree of social responsibility, not
only in relation to materials and production but also regarding
positive, social spaces encouraging community. www.henninglarsen.com
Louis Becker's lecture is made possible through the co-operation
and support of the Royal Danish Embassy. |
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Styliane
Philippou | Architect
& Architectural Historian
Styliane Philippou is an architect and architectural historian.
She completed her studies in Architecture at the National Technical
University of Athens and her PhD at the University of Edinburgh.
She has practiced in Athens, Edinburgh, London and Paris, and
has taught architectural design, theory and history at Edinburgh
and Plymouth. Her research on Brazilian Modernism has been published
widely. She is the author of the book Oscar Niemeyer: Curves
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Isaac
Meir | Desert Architecture Unit, Ben Gurion University
Desert Architecture expert architect Prof. Isaac Meir was born
in Thessaloniki, is a graduate of the Technion Institute of
Technology and the Associate Professor and former Chair of the
Desert Architecture & Urban Planning, and Dept. of Man in the
Desert of the Ben Gurion University (2005- 2010). He has published
widely in several languages and has been Visiting Lecturer at
Environment & Energy Studies, AASA, London (1992), and Visiting
Professor at the School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University
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Thomas
Doxiadis | doxiadis+
Architecture and Landscape Architecture from Harvard, specializes
in the site planning and integration of architecture and landscape
design in a sustainable way. Teaches at Patras and Thessaly
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Prof.
Emilia Costa | Politecnico di Milano
Researcher in Technology in Architecture at the Faculty of Civil
Architecture at the Polytechnic University in Milan. Teaches
Technology of Architecture. Her PhD thesis was titled 'Architecture
and Ecology: the Polarization of the Space/Material as a Crucial
Paramether for the Design of the Environment'. She is a consultant
to the Municipality of Modena in the realisation of an ecosustainable
neighbourhood in the area of Cognento.
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Antonis Gavalas | Architects
& Associates
Antonis Gavalas is an architect engineer graduate of Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki and Architectural Association in
energy & environment MA. Has worked in Hamilton Associates in
London and since 2005 lives and works in Athens. He is mainly
designing and building residential projects that aim towards
the integration of simple sustainable measurements with progressive
architectural elements.
www.gavalasarchitects.gr
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ECOWEEK 2011: Workshop Lectures
With Registration Only
Address: Thessaloniki, Greece
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Thematic Lectures
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Vasilis
Maroulas | ARUP UK
Senior Consultant Engineer received his Diploma in Mechanical
Engineering at NTUA, and M.Sc. in Advanced Mechanical Engineering
at Imperial College. www.arup.com
Vasilis Maroulas lecture is made possible through the
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Brian Mark | Mott Macdonald
Fulcrum Consulting & CABE
Director of Mott Macdonald Fulcrum is an expert in the engineering
of sustainable cities, a member of the UK Government Renewables
Advisory Board, lead contributor to the CABE Sustainable Cities
Web based resource tool, a CABE specialist Olympics enabler
and Eco-towns design panel member. Brian Mark was a founding
partner of Fulcrum, founder members of the UK Green Building
Council and engineering designers of the lowest energy UK
university building plus aprox 100,000 zero carbon homes.
A year ago Fulcrum joined the Mott Macdonald group, international
engineering design consultants for Masdar, the worlds first
zero carbon city. Mott
Macdonald Fulcrum Consulting | www.cabe.org.uk
Brian Mark lecture is made possible through the co-operation
and support of the British Council.
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Benjamin
Gill | BioRegional Consulting Ltd
Ben, a Chartered Environmentalist with IEMA, currently works
as a freelance environmental consultant based in Athens working
on national and international projects. In Athens he established
the methodology for the Athens Green 360 programme and
has developed carbon reduction plans for 10's of members. He
is consulting on two One Planet Community projects -
one on Portugal and the other in Sydney. As Director of BioRegional
Consulting he has worked with a diverse range of clients,
looking at both community developments and management of businesses.
www.bioregional.com
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ECOWEEK speakers
ECOWEEK has initiated, invited and hosted
lectures by a number of internationally acclaimed speakers,
specialists and leaders in their field. Among the ECOWEEK
distinguished speakers are Nobel Laureate and former US Vice
President Al Gore, speaker at ECOWEEK 2007 on Global
Warming, at the Athens Concert Hall in June 2007 (in cooperation
with Megaron Plus); UK explorer and leadership expert Robert
Swan, OBE ECOWEEK 2007 opening keynote speaker, at the
Benaki Museum in Athens (in collaboration with the British
Council).
'ECOWEEK 2008: Ecology + Environment + Architecture' International
Conference in collaboration with AIAContinental Europe, keynote
speakers were 'green' skyscraper and author architect Ken
Yeang, and Landscape Designer Julie Bargmann, at
the Cotsen Hall of the American School of Classical Studies
in Athens. In 2008 ECOWEEK also hosted the director of the
architectural documentary Last Call for Planet Earth
Jacques Allard, award-winning Greek architect
Alexandros Tombazis and others.
'ECOWEEK 2009: Empowering Youth: Ecology + Leadership + Architecture'
International Conference in Athens, hosted keynote lectures
by award-winning architect Shigeru Ban, and UK award-winning
architect Ivan Harbour (Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners).
ECOWEEK 2010 speakers: Click
here
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