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This is the public profile of maria eftychi, click here to view our interview with maria eftychiAbout maria eftychi : Maria Eftychi is a Cypriot architect currently based in Nice, France. Since 2008 she has been working as a leading architect in architectural offices in Cyprus and France, across residential, commercial and public space projects. In parallel she has taught architecture and design for more than 5 years at the University of Cyprus and the University of Nicosia. Maria holds a diploma of Architecture from Athens, Greece, where she studied with a full state scholarship and a Master's degree in Digital Tectonics from IAAC in Barcelona, Spain.
Eager to preserve a research approach while gaining practical knowledge, she has developed a series of personal projects in different categories of design. Through those, she explores the intersections of sustainability and parametric design, experimenting in form-finding processes and the use of
unexpected materials. Her project Brick-stainable, a twice awarded design concept for bricks with various bio-climatic performances, (Potomac Valley Brick, BIO 22 Biennial of Industrial Design) has led to a series of publications, expositions and conference presentations. Her jewellery series Degrade Lines, necklaces made from recycled paper, has received an A' Design Award in 2016.
STATEMENT OF ART:Eager to preserve a research approach while gaining practical knowledge, she has developed a series of personal projects in different categories of design. Through those, she explores the intersections of sustainability and parametric design, experimenting in form-finding processes and the use of
unexpected materials. Her project Brick-stainable, a twice awarded design concept for bricks with various bio-climatic performances, (Potomac Valley Brick, BIO 22 Biennial of Industrial Design) has led to a series of publications, expositions and conference presentations. Her jewellery series Degrade Lines, necklaces made from recycled paper, has received an A' Design Award in 2016.
Good Design is not necessarily a defined notion, you just know it when you run into it! Simplicity and complexity, the expected and the unexpected, logic and emotion, all co-exist as complementary contradictions in one single outcome.
ORGANIZATION:
design-m.e by maria eftychi
EDUCATION:
2000-2006, Diploma of Architecture, Athens/Greece
2007-2008, Master's degree, Barcelona/Spain
EXPERIENCE:
2016-now Architect Designer, Nice, France
2008-2016 Architect Designer, Nicosia, Cyprus
2009- 2012 part time lecturer, University of Cyprus, University of Nicosia, Architecture Department
2015-2020 Jewellery Designer, Nicosia Cyprus, Nice, France
MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
2016, A' Design Award Exhibition Series, Como/Italy, Holland / Cube design museum, Bologna Design Week, Mumbai, India / Festival of Architecture and Interior Designing
2010, "BIO 22 Biennial of Industrial Design"Museum of Architecture, Fuzine Castle, permanent collection of BIO winners, Brick Stainable prototypes, team work with Aimilios Michael, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA
2009, Brick-stainable Winners Exhibition, National Building Museum, Potomac Valley Brick Suppliers,( winners: Maria Eftychi & Aimilios Michael & Flwra Bougiatioti, Kenfield Griffin, Rizal Muslimin, Arindam Bose & Minali Singh, Hector Alejandro Modica de Caso, Lourdes Ivonne del Rio Suarez, Eric Haskin and Garry Vincent), Washington DC, USA
EVENTS:
2015 Advanced Building Skin Conference, Chair of the session, Bern Switzerland
2010 Repetition vs Replication, Speaker, Parametric Design Workshop Lecture Series, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
2010 BIO22 Award Ceremony, Museum of Architecture, Fuzine Castle
2009, Brick-stainable Award Ceremony and Gala Night, National Building Museum, Potomac Valley Brick Suppliers, Washington DC, USA
AWARDS:
2016, A' design Award Iron, in the category 'Jewellery and watch design'
2009, Brick-stainable winner, Technical Design, organizer: Potomac Valley Brick Suppliers, Washington DC, USA
2009, "BIO 22 Biennial of Industrial Design",BIO Quality Concept Award, Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
PRESS APPEARANCES:
2009, "BIO 22 Catalogue, Biennial of Industrial Design", BIO Quality Concept Award Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS:
2015, "Innovative integrated concept for an environmentally friendly and energy efficient building envelope",Conference of 'Advanced Building Skin' proceedings, Bern Switzerland
2012," Innovative Construction Component"Journal of Renewable Energy and Power Quality RE&PQG no10, Paper no 267, ISSN 2172-038X
BOOKS:
The role of the Built Environment in Education, University of Cyprus, Nicosia. Cyprus, ISBN: 978-9963-9912-3-5
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Greek, Native
English, Advanced
French, Advanced
COMPUTER LITERACY:
Autocad, Advanced
Photoshop, Advanced
Rhino, Advanced
Sketchup, Architectural level
COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS::
2013 MITx Innovation and Commercialization, online course,Edx
2013 Model Thinking, Coursera, University of Michigan
2013 Research Methodologies, University of Cyprus, Department of Architecture
2014 Package Design, Workshop/University of Nicosia/ main tutor
2014 Designing a Staircase, Workshop/ Univ. of Nicosia/main tutor
SYMPOSIUMS AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES::
2012, Scaleless - Seamless Performing a less fragmented architecture and education, Department of architecture, Munster, Germany,
2015, Conference on ADVANCED BUILDING SKINS, Bern EXPO, Canton de Bern, Switzerland, Chairing the session:'Adaptive and Dynamic Building Skin Design'
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS:
ETEK CYPRUS: 2009, Chamber of Engineers Cyprus
Chamber of Architects, Cyprus
COLLECTIONS:
2011 Museum of Architecture, Ljubliana, Slovenia, BIO Biennial of Industrial Design BIO permanent collection
JURY MEMBERSHIPS:
2020, A' Design Competition, COMO/ITALY
HOBBIES:
Reading, Writing, Tango dancing, Traveling, Nature activities, Cinema
CLIENTELE:
2009-2011, University of Nicosia, Part Time Lecturer, teaching organizing the format of the design courses
2011-2012 University of Cyprus, Part time Adjunct Faculty, teaching organizing the format of the design courses
2014-now: Architectural Design and project management of residential housing & Public spaces
2015-now: affordable design jewellery for retailers and shops,
2015-now: web design for architects small businesses, personality oriented companies!
WEB SITE:
http://www.design-m-e.com/
PORTFOLIO URL:
https://mariaeftychi.portfoliobox.net/
REGISTRATION DATE:
2016-02-24 16:49:53
COUNTRY/REGION:
France
ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional
Awards received by maria eftychi
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Degrade Line Necklace A' Design Award Winner for Jewelry Design Category in 2015 Maria Eftychi, Design-m.e for Maria Eftychi, Design-m.e |
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