THE PROCESS OF URBAN GROWTH IN ATHENS  (PhD   field of study)

Keywords I

urban growth, land use dislocation, infrastructure, city centre

Abstract I

Research into the evolution of urban space - distinguishing between planned and unplanned development and their role in urban growth. Employing Space Syntax methods of morphological analysis of the city fabric and its transformations through time, in conjunction with geographic and demographic data and analysis of land uses and infrastructure, the research aims to :

· find underlying patterns of spatial development of the urban fabric and identify differences or similarities in planned and unplanned parts. · analyse and understand their relation to the evolution of the spatial pattern of the city as a whole, and · understand how these relate to the emergence and development of the morphological patterns of centres and sub-centres. The focus is on Athens, Greece, with comparative analysis of other european cities. The research explores the potential of a systematic approach to urban growth and regeneration as a process of understanding the functional dynamics by which the various parts of the city have evolved through its history, and of preservation of the underlying morphological principles.

1. Athens, Kifissias Avenue – configurational depth from one of the main carriers of movement between the centre and the North of Athens greater Metropolitan Area, and its relation to local centres.

Research Area II

CULTURAL BUILDINGS

Keywords II

Cultural, public (interiors), co-presence

Abstract II

Architectural Space and modes of collective Transmission of Culture :interface with building form; with art ; among people.

Spatial layout and visitors’ space use in museums and places of performance.

2. Museum fur Kunsthandwerk by Richard Meier : Detailed Spatial Integration Analysis of the 1st floor.

research area III

SPATIAL DESCRIPTIONS and types of face to face communications

Keywords III

Methodology, spatial descriptions, networks, interface, visibility, convexity

Abstract III

Development of methodology and analysis of spatial structures of co-presence in building interiors, based on visibility or access properties of human networks. Programmed and generative modes of interface in buildings and the role of architecture in their social well-being and productivity.

3. Royal National Theatre, London - Networks of co-presence in interior space : Graph of spatial relations of visitors and performers, based on visibility across levels in the theatre foyers.