Yannis Zavoleas is Associate Professor at University of Ioannina, Adjunct Senior Lecturer at University of New South Wales, Sydney and co-founder of Ctrl_Space Lab, Athens. His work explores the idea of “tools for thought” to expand creativity, by also introducing themes from biology, media and philosophy into architectural design. He has received awards in design, paper writing, fabrication and interactive storytelling. His funded research “Bio-shelters: Designing reef habitats at Sydney Harbour” combines data-driven design approaches with dynamic simulation to tackle environmental problems. Co-author (with Nicole Gardner and M. Hank Haeusler) of
Computational Design: From Promise to Practice (2020); author of
Machine and Network as Structural Models in Architecture (2013); co-editor (with Nikolas Patsavos) of
Digital Materiality and the New Relation between Depth and Surface (2013).
Thesis:
Restating Artistic Value: Why Do People Pay 2,000,000 US.D. for a Urinal Signed by R. Mutt?
