The Department of Architecture [ARC] University of Nicosia, cordially invites you at the Catalysts Week Events, Lectures and Presentations

“At a point when I was stuck in my work, he asked me, ‘What is your guiding intuition?’ I replied on the spur of the moment, ‘Making is thinking.’ Richard Sennett ‘The Craftsman’

[ARC] Catalysts are elective, intensive one week courses that change every semester depending on the interests of faculty and visiting specialists. With the catalyst in place, the faculty is able to respond to newly developing research or design practices offering motivating and exciting opportunities to students and participants. The catalysts running for this semester are the following:

Architectural spaces – transformation according to organization

Coordinators: Dr Stefanos Anastasiou

Building Blocks for Social Sustainability: Refugee Estates, Agios Mamas, Nicosia

Coordinators: Dr. Petros Lapithis, Papadopoulou Anna, Alexandros Postekkis

Computational Design – Biomimetics and Architectural Space Design

Coordinators:  Maria Bessa, Eleni Mitakou

Packaging

Coordinators: Maria Eftychi- Elina Pattichi

The Catalyst Event will be framed by a series of lectures and presentations as follows:

Wed Mar. 26th                @ 18:30 – 19:30              | 6 x Short Presentations by Catalysts Coordinators 

Fri Mar. 28th     @ 18:30 – 19:30              | Catalyst Outcome, Student Presentations

Fri Mar. 28th     @ 19:30 –             | Reception

Venue: Main Amphitheatre Architecture Research Center [ARC]

31, Michael Georgalla, 2409, Engomi, Nicosia Cyprus

T: +35722842600/601 E:[email protected] W: www.arc.unic.ac.cy