Panagiotis Dragonas
Visiting Fellow
- AffiliationUniversity of PatrasResearch Project:The Filmed Apartment: Biopolitics of Domesticity in Modern Athens
Panos Dragonas is an architect, curator and professor of architecture and urban design at the Department of Architecture, University of Patras. In 2012 he was the commissioner and co-curator of the Greek participation entitled "Made in Athens" at the 13th International Architecture Exhibition -la biennale di Venezia. He has curated -alone or in collaboration- the exhibitions "Adhocracy [Athens]" (2015), "Rethink Athens" (2013), "14F/21GR. Young Architects from France and Greece" (2012) and the "2nd Biennale of Young Greek Architects" (1998). He has also co-curated the "Rethink Athens - Urban Challenges" cycle of events at the Onassis Cultural Centre (2013-15). From 2001 to 2013 he was consultant editor of the annual review Architecture in Greece. He has published extensively on issues of Greek architecture and the city . His current research and design activities focus on the transformations of the Greek cities during the economic and social crisis, and the connections between cinema, architecture and the modern city. In 2001, he established dragonas christopoulou architects in collaboration with Varvara Christopoulou. Their projects have been distinguished in 10 architectural competitions and have been widely published in international reviews and exhibitions.