CARE POD: From the Delivery Box as an Object to a Micro-Space of Care Stavros Theophanous
Description This research-driven architectural model investigates the hidden physical networks behind digital food delivery in Nicosia. While delivery apps project an illusion of immaterial consumption, couriers navigate a car-centric infrastructure, creating unseen mobility networks. CARE POD: From the Delivery…
Fragments of Urban Encounters Larissa: An Archipelago of Social Condensers Dimitris Papanikolaou
Description Fragments of Urban Encounters Larissa: An Archipelago of Social Condensers is an abstract plaster model that functions as a performative research tool developed as part of the artist's diploma thesis. The existing urban model of Larissa serves as a medium to investigate…
Form-finding of Minimal Surfaces Advanced Computer-Aided Design | Department of Architecture UCY
Description Form-finding of Minimal Surfaces refers to student projects developed in the undergraduate course Advanced Computer-Aided Design in the Department of Architecture at the University of Cyprus. The course focuses on using computer software and fabrication mechanisms as tools for architectural design, prototyping…
Redefining Ancient Idalion: A Hybrid Narrative of Spatial and Digital Experience Nikolaos Kallenos
Description Redefining Ancient Idalion: A Hybrid Narrative of Spatial and Digital Experience arises from a diploma thesis that reinterprets the archaeological site of Idalion by integrating physical and digital narratives, approaching it as part of a wider network connected to the contemporary…
2MAKEiT FabLab UCY, Department of Architecture, University of Cyprus
Description 2MAKEiT focuses on the design and construction of small-scale wooden structures, specifically urban seating, using conventional woodworking techniques, digital fabrication methods and hybrid approaches that combine both. As part of the project, students designed and constructed their own urban seating prototypes, gaining hands-on experience throughout…
A Hybrid Museum-Library for Larnaca Architectural Design VIII/Department of Architecture - UCY
Description Larnaca is redefining its cultural role as it prepares to become the 2030 European Capital of Culture. A Hybrid Museum-Library for Larnaca is a public infrastructure that connects memory, knowledge, research and the city's everyday life. The brief moves beyond exhibitions and…
Outside the City, Within the Self Visual Arts and Architectural Design / Department of Architecture UCY
Description According to Juhani Pallasmaa, architectural experience engages the entire body and all the senses, transforming space into a lived, embodied experience. This perspective served as a key theoretical reference for the students' zine and installation, Outside the…
The Body Remembers Visual Arts and Architectural Design / Department of Architecture UCY
Description The Body Remembers is a non-linear diary in which experiences are inscribed onto the body and, in turn, transform space. Each layer records a creator's memories, and together they form a shared narrative rooted in childhood. Maria's memories revolve around everyday…
En-Di-Re Vision of the Buffer Zone — An Embodied Negotiation of the De Facto Boundary Andreas Nicolaou
Description En-Di-Re Vision of the Buffer Zone — An Embodied Negotiation of the De Facto Boundary is a design-led, curatorial investigation of the UN Buffer Zone in the walled city of Nicosia. The artwork re-situates the boundary inside…
2050: A New World? Architecture and Landscapes Department of Architecture - UCY
Description There's a prevalent perception that abandonment equals suspension, stasis, a halt. 2050: A New World asks students to reframe “abandonment” as an inherent part of the lifespan of the built environment, one that embodies other kinds of presence and flow despite human…
