2019-2022
Landscapes of Leisure and Politics
Hosted at Mesarch Lab, with inputs from prominent architectural historians at Boston University (USA) and The Technion (Israel), LeisureScapes’s primary goal is to offer a rigorous historical and critical analysis of the architecture of tourism in Cyprus, in order to reflect on the intertwinement of tourist landscapes with multiple types of politics—precisely, social, ethnic, and environmental conflicts. Among its key objectives is to shape contributions to the architectural history of modernism; cast critical perspectives on the practice of architectural design and planning in contested areas; and provide new knowledge on the urban, environmental and heritage dimensions of tourism infrastructures/building. A principal dissemination activity of this project is the organisation of an international workshop which will take place in Nicosia in 2021.
Grant: Cyprus’ Research Promotion Foundation, Excellence Hub
Partners: University of Cyprus (Host), Technion (Israel), Boston University (USA)
Research team: Panayiota Pyla (Coordinator), Alona Nitzan-Shiftan, Sibel Bozdoǧan, Petros Phokaides, Demetris Venizelos, Savia Palate, Danae Zacharia, Michalis Psaras