Publications by Vasileios Chanis

ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΝ « ΗΡΩΑ ΤΩΝ ΗΡΩΩΝ» - Η ΔΙΑΜΟΡΦΩΣΗ ΤΟΥ Δ. ΠΙΚΙΩΝΗ ΓΙA ΤΟ ΜΝΗΜΕΙΟ ΤΟΥ ΙΩΑΝΝΗ ΒΕΛΙΣΣΑΡΙΟΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΥΜΗ ΕΥΒΟΙΑΣ

Άρθρο-αφιέρωμα που πραγματεύεται την ιστορία και την αρχιτεκτονική του μνημείου του Ιωάννη Βελισσαρίου στην Κύμη Ευβοίας. Η διαμόρφωση του μνημείου είναι έργο του 1961 και αποτελεί την τελευταία ανάθεση του αρχιτέκτονα Δημήτρη Πικιώνη. Το άρθρο προσφέρει μ ...

2024

To the ‘Hero of Heroes’: Dimitris Pikionis and the landscaping of the Velissariou Memorial

Vasileios Chanis

This essay discusses the final commission of Dimitris Pikionis, an architect known for his critical stance on modern architecture. Pikionis became renowned outside Greece for two landscape projects: the interventions in the Acropolis and the Filothei Garde ...

Informa UK Limited2024

Between the Pattern and the Type: A short parallel story

Vasileios Chanis

Historically speaking, the notion of the type was reintroduced to the larger architectural discourse as a direct consequence of the crisis of the Modern. The task of revisiting the forms of the past also dictated the return of architectural methods that ha ...

2023

In Quest of Meaning: Revisiting the discourse around “non-pedigreed” architecture

Vasileios Chanis

The title of the current contribution is “In quest of meaning: revisiting the discourse around ‘non-pedigreed’ architecture”. As a brief introduction, I would like to project the following two images. One is Villa Arpel, while the other is the district of ...

2023

In the Quest for Meaning: Revisiting Modernism’s debate around non-pedigreed architecture

Vasileios Chanis

In architectural historiography, it is widely accepted that in the aftermath of WWII, Modern Architecture found itself in the trouble of redefining its quest, its meaning, and its purpose; a crisis of the Modern before the Post-Modern. Thus, in this partic ...

2022