Dr Yannis Zavoleas

Biography

Yannis Zavoleas teaches architecture as Senior Lecturer at University of Newcastle, Australia. He taught previously as Assistant Professor at University of Patras, Greece (2008-2013) and at Technical University of Crete, Greece (2004-2008). He holds a PhD in Architectural Design from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA – 2011), an MSc in Comparative Media Studies from MIT (2004), an MArch from UCLA (2000) and a 5-year professional degree in architectural engineering from NTUA (1996). Yannis teaches theoretically informed computational techniques and generative processes in architectural design. He practices architecture since 1996. He has also been involved as co-founder and partner of Ctrl_Space Lab in Athens, a research platform, whose mission is to explore the conjunction between architectural theory and contemporary avant-garde from a socio-cultural view. He has worked as architect in USA (Amphibianarc Los Angeles, Boston), in film post-production (SONY Imageworks), as Art Director (Games-to-each research project, MIT/Microsoft); he has given over forty lectures in conferences and universities about architecture, theory, technology, communications, art; he has published (Thresholds, The International Journal of the Arts in Society, Architecture in Greece); advisory board in conferences / publications: EAAE, CommonGround Publishing; awarded in one international architectural competition (seven participations); one Research Creative Works award; won one competition in interactive storytelling; eleven research programs & workshops (organized: “Architecture & Technology: Conditions & Limits of the Metaphor,” “Code AB-USE in architectural design,” “Unbuilt,” “Surface: Digital Materiality & the New Relation between Depth and Surface – EAAE Architectural Theory Group) eleven architectural exhibitions, three short film festivals. In 2014, Yannis received the Pro Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research Creative Works. Project: "Bio-Structuralism." The Faculty Research Committee, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, The University of Newcastle Australia. In 2013, Yannis published the book “Machine and Network as Structural Models in Architecture”, Futura publications, Athens, Greece (in Greek) - ISBN: 9789609489317. In the same year, Yannis co-edited the book "Surfact: Digital Materiality and the New Relation between Depth and Surface", futura publications, Athens, Greece - ISBN: 9782930101464.

Research Interest

Architectural History and Theory, Architectural Design