Moraitis, Prof. Konstantinos

Professor Dr. Konstantinos Moraitis is a qualified architect (National Technical University of Athens 1978). He has 43 years of professional experience, focusing on architectural, urban and landscape design and construction. He may present 33 projects, awarded in National and International architectural competitions. Among them 10 FIRST PRIZE distinctions, 2 of them in international competitions. He is Ph.D. in Architecture and Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture NTUA, under the subject: “Landscape – Allocating place through Civilization: Exposition and theoretical correlation of the most significant modern approaches concerning landscape”. He was involved in the following didactic activities:

• 1982-1987: Scientific Assistant (School of Architecture NTUA)
• 1987-1994: Lecturer (School of Architecture NTUA)
• 1994–2007: Assistant Professor (School of Architecture NTUA)
• 2007-2011: Associate Professor (School of Architecture NTUA)
• 2011-2020: Professor (School of Architecture NTUA) Since 2021 Emeritus Professor (School of Architecture NTUA).

At the undergraduate level, he taught courses on architectural design, urban design and landscape design. He was the first to introduce, in the curriculum of the School of Architecture NTUA, lessons dedicated to landscape design (for the first time in 2004). He is also didactic responsible or participates in interdepartmental postgraduate programs of NTUA:

• Responsible for the postgraduate seminar of “History and Theory of Landscape Design” (1996-till now).
• Responsible for the postgraduate seminar “Built Environment and Development, of the postgraduate program Environment and Development - 1st stream” (2018-2020).
• Participation to the postgraduate seminar “Built Environment and Development, of the postgraduate program Environment and Development - 1st stream” (2020-till now).
• Participation to the postgraduate program “Environment and Development - 2nd stream, Environment and Development of Mountain Regions”, held annually in the Metsovion Interdisciplinary Research Centre (MIRC) in Metsovo, Greece (2016-till now).
• Participation to the Erasmus Plus joint master “Architecture, Landscape, Archaeology”, organized by Sapienza University of Rome, National Technical University of Athens, University of Coimbra and University of Naples (2019-till now).
• Didactic responsible for Ph.D. theses (12 theses successfully finished till now).
• Visiting professor in foreign universities (Sapienza University of Rome, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Frederick University of Nicosia etc.)

His research interests are concentrated on the area of Theory and Methodology of Architectural Design, Architectural Design, Theory and Design of the Landscape, Philosophy of Culture, and Philosophy of Aesthetics. His research experience includes participation in 28 programs and projects; among them the programs concerning the:

• “Touring promotion of places of archaeological importance: Organization of physical itineraries in correlation to digital guidance” (2020-2022, responsible for the research team).
• “Revolutionary Palimpsests: Historic and geographical research, concerning the nodal historical territories of the 1821 Hellenic Revolution” (2020-2021, participation to the research team).
• “Research on the historic region of Souli: Promotion, conservation and development of its cultural landscape” (2020-2021, participation to the research as an architectural design, landscape design and place branding contributor).
• “Ottomans and the Hellenic landscape: Landscape apperception in the territory of Greece, during the period of the ottoman governance, and its influence on architectural and landscape design” (2020-2021, responsible for the research team).

He has also participated and organized, as part of scientific and organization committees, many national and international seminars, workshops, scientific meetings, and conferences. Furthermore:

• Participation, as lecturer, in 36 scientific seminars in Greece and abroad.
• Participation, with presentation of lectures, in 145 conferences in Greece and abroad.

Affiliation

School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, Patision 42, Athens, Greece. Email: mor@arsisarc.gr | ORCID: https://doi.org/0000-0001-9070-3129

Book/Chapter Published

Mountain Identity and Development Aspirations

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