Anastasios Tellios

Dr Anastasios Tellios
Architect, Dipl. Arch. Eng. AUTh, M.Arch (Dist.) Bartlett UCL, PhD AUTh
Professor, School of Architecture, AUTh

Anastasios Tellios studied architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Dipl. Arch. Eng. AUTh) and at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London (M.Arch Dist. UCL). He holds a PhD from the AUTh School of Architecture, in the field of architectural design and its interpretive theories. His academic research has dealt with architecture, theory and criticism, and in particular with the relationships between architecture, image and representation. In recent years he has focused on advanced architectural design, conceptual spatial experimentation, contemporary design theories, research by design and emerging technologies.

He has taught at the AUTh School of Architecture since 2008 and is currently Associate Professor of Architectural Design: Theory and Practice. From 2010 to 2020 he taught ‘Environmental design of cities and open spaces’ at postgraduate level at the Hellenic Open University. He is Director of Department B, Architectural and Urban Design, Director of the postgraduate programme ‘Advanced Design’ and Director of the research unit ‘INNEN Innovative Environments’.

He takes part in projects, research programmes and international architectural competitions in the wider fields of architectural and urban design. He has taken part in many scientific conferences and workshops in Greece and abroad, and in research and funded programmes in architectural and urban design and education. He has edited publications and monographs, including ‘Synecdoches: architecture, image, spatial representation’ (Epikentro, Thessaloniki, 2011) and ‘Agile Design, advanced architectural cultures’ (CND publications, Thessaloniki, 2014). His research has been published in books, journals and conference proceedings. He has given lectures in Greece and abroad. Parts of his research, theoretical and practical work, individually or as a team member, have been exhibited and published in Greece and abroad, in many architecture exhibitions and in Greek and international publications.

Since 2008 he has been co-founder of the Thessaloniki-based practice ‘TTDZ Architects’, with extensive experience in architecture and a large number of successful and award-winning projects and competition entries, individually and as members of collaborations past and present. TTDZ Architects works across a broad field that includes architectural design, urban design and landscape architecture.