Dr Anastasia Karandinou
Senior Lecturer
Architecture, Computing and Engineering (ACE), Architecture
Dr Anastasia Karandinou is a practicing architect and a senior lecturer at the University of East London in the area of Architecture+Design. She has taught at the University of Portsmouth and at the University of Edinburgh and done research in the areas of architectural design, urbanism, digital media, interactive design, architecture and neuroscience. She represented Greece in the 11th Venice Biennale of Architecture as the main curator of the 'Athens by Sound' project'; her research and design projects have been broadly published, and her latest book, ‘No Matter’, was recently published by Routledge - Taylor and Francis.
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University of East London
Docklands Campus
University Way
London, E16 2RD
United Kingdom
E16 2RD - a.karandinou@uel.ac.uk +44208237033
Architecture and Neuroscience:
On-going cross-disciplinary project carried out in collaboration with partners from UK Universities and external organisations. This project is developing and refining tools and methods for associating what is happening in one's brain with the physical parameters of the space around them. Each stage of the project comprises of a series of experiments which explore the human experience in a different environments and lead to different specific applications and practical outputs.
Architecture and Sound (2005-2010):
This cross-disciplinary project examines urban and interior environments through the notion of sound. The first round of experiments involved sound recordings and interactive installations in Edinburgh. Collaborators - including Dr Martin Parker and Dr Vangelis Lympouridis - contributed to key-stages of this project. The second round of the project involved sound recordings in Athens and an interactive installation in the Venice Biennale of Architecture (2008). It was implemented by the cross-disciplinary team 'Athens-by-Sound', led by Anastasia Karandinou.
Architecture and the Digital:
This project explored through theoretical investigations and design applications the way in which media influence in way in which architects - and also users - perceive, inhabit and design spaces. Some of the outputs of this project are presented in the book 'No Matter: Theories and Practices of the Ephemeral in Architecture', published in 2013 with Routledge - Taylor and Francis.
PhD applications are welcome in the above thematic areas.
Research
Publications
- RAF (Research Accelerator Fund), University of Portsmouth, 2015: £5000 for the implementation of pilot case studies for a collaborative project between Architecture and Neuroscience.
- Centre for Art, Architecture and Design (CAAD): to support teaching relief for the writing up of the book 'No Matter' (published Sept.2013, Ashgate; Taylor and Francis)
- Funding of 300.000 Euros for the implementation of the ‘Athens by Sound’ project (2008). Greek Ministry of Culture, after competition. (Plus 50.000 Euros from sponsors)
- Centre for Art, Architecture and Design (CAAD): small grant to facilitate research in progress, 2011, 2012.
- Small project grant, University of Edinburgh, 2008: for interviews with visitors and documentation of the Venice Biennale project for research-related purposes.
- AHRC Grant for PhD research (2006-11).