Teaching and Experimenting with Architectural Design

442 EAAE no 35 Teaching and Experimenting with Architectural Design: Advances in Technology and Changes in Pedagogy

Vana Tentokali, Thessaloniki, Greece
I appreciated all the presentations we listened to, but I have a question for the last
speaker. I am not too enthusiastic about your approach and your results. My question
is, where are you coming from, in terms of your last statement? All this stuff must
have come from somewhere, although I suppose you will deny it.

Christos Hadjichristos, Nicosia, Cyprus
I am sorry?

Vana Tentokali, Thessaloniki, Greece
What is the theoretical background on which you have based your approach?

Christos Hadjichristos, Nicosia, Cyprus
I have been talking about the theory that I have based my thinking on. I am not a
perfect teacher, so I cannot really consciously pinpoint every stage in the evolution
of my thinking. I think that painting has been an important factor in the way I think.
I was a painter before I was anything else, so that has had a strong impact on me;
but of course I have been reading and of course I have been exposed to philosophy
and critical theory and so on, and I am aware of the issues that are important in
some other areas. I am not an expert in philosophy, but I do know that there are
some debates that are going on. Again, I cannot pinpoint one, but perhaps what I
am doing or what came out is a layering itself of all those things. So I do not know
exactly how to answer your question.

Vana Tentokali, Thessaloniki, Greece
I think you have done so from the beginning of your presentation. You declared
that your idea of layering came from your experience in painting; and now when you
explained it a second time I thought that this must be the starting point of your
theoretical departure, so that you can have these artistic results. Thank you.

Antonino Saggio, Rome, Italy
Other questions or comments? All right, then, I will close the session and we will
resume shortly with the Keynote Lecture by Neil Leach.

Maria Voyatzaki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Good afternoon, everyone. Last but not least is a typical British expression – I will
not say Anglo-Saxon to get Neil all wound-up. Our next keynote speaker is Neil Leach
with whom we have a long history. We invited him to speak in Hania back in 2003
and now we are back together to hear his recent views on the pedagogy of what we
call contemporary architectural education. Thank you for accepting our invitation,
Neil. The floor is yours..