Back to the Modern

As part of the retrospective exhibition 'Past-forward: Stavros Economou Unarchived' hosted by the State Gallery of Contemporary Art and curated by Popi Iacovou, George Artopoulos, Michalis Sioulas, and Marina Christodoulidou, Petros Phokaides gave a talk on 'Re-appropriations of the Modern' that focused on the sustainable management of modern heritage in architecture and urban planning in Cyprus.

Coordinator:

Michalis Sioulas (Architect)

Speakers:

‘The Value of Modern Architecture in Cyprus’ by Emilia Siantou (Architect)

‘Renovations of the Modern: By whom and in what way? Property and Reuse’ by Maria Hadjimichael (Research Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cyprus)

‘Back to the Modern’ by Petros Phokaides (Architect, Assistant Professor University of Thessaly)

‘The City in Obsolescence’ (Architect / Urban Planner, Associate Professor, University of Cyprus)