Spyros Papadimitriou

Born in Thessaloniki in 1974. He graduated from the School of Architecture of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1999) and received a Master’s in Architecture and Urbanism (2003) from the Architectural Association, London (AA DRL), on the subject: “Interactive Environments in Architecture”.

He is an Associate Professor at the AUTh School of Architecture, in Department A, Architectural Design and Visual Arts, where he has taught since 2004. Since 2016 he has been a member of the coordinating committee and teaching team of the School’s postgraduate programme “Advanced Design: Innovation and Transdisciplinarity in Architectural Design”.

He has also taught at the School of Architecture of the University of Cyprus (2017) as a visiting professor, at the School of Architecture of Frederick University (2012-2013), at the School of Architecture of the University of Thessaly (2007-2010) and at the interior architecture school AKTO Art & Design, Middlesex University London (2006-2010).

He has received awards and distinctions in international and national competitions and has taken part in many exhibitions, publications and conferences in Greece and abroad. He also curated the exhibition “digitaltopographies.com” and the book of the same name.

Since 1999 he has worked as an independent architect, entering architectural competitions and taking on projects through a network of varied collaborations. In 2011 he received the first prize for Young Architects from the SADAS Association of Architects. His built project “Paramana”, the central square of the Municipality of Thermi, received an award from the Hellenic Institute of Architecture and was nominated for the 2011 Mies van der Rohe Award.

Research and scientific interests:

Architectural Design, Architecture and Computing, Digital Media, Modelling, Dynamic Systems, Interactive Environments.