Today very sad photo ...
Aris Konstantinidis 1913 Athens - 1993 in Athens, was a notable Greek architect of modernism in Greece.
Aris Konstantinidis was born in Athens and studied architecture in the Technical University of Munich from 1931 to 1936, where he came into contact with the architectural concept of the Modern Movement. He returned to Greece in 1936 and worked for the Town Planning Department of the city of Athens and for the Ministry of Public Works. He was appointed to the head of the Workers Housing Organisation from 1955 to 1975 and t as of head of the Technical Service of the Greek National Tourism Organisation from 1957 to 1967, where he planned and oversaw the construction of a series of workers' houses and Xenia hotels. At the same time, Konstantinidis planned and realised several private projects.
He studied extensively the anonymous architecture of Greece and published three books, from 1947 to 1953, in which he examined particular examples of this type of architecture. In 1975 he published a comprehensive book concerning the anonymous architecture of Greece, entitled "Elements of Self-knowledge-Towards a true architecture". It is there that one can see how much Aris Konstantinidis was influenced by the architectural tradition of his homeland and how he drew lessons from the past to develop an architecture for his time. In his last book, entitled "Theoktista" ("God-built"), the architect once again underlined his belief that anonymous architecture as well as the landscape of Greece itself, constituted the foundations on which modern architectural practice could and should be grounded.
He taught at the Zurich Polytechnic as a visiting professor. In 1978 he received an honorary doctorate at the University of Thessaloniki. He was appointed a corresponding member of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.
Through his work, Aris Konstantinidis created architectural solutions unique in Greece, which gave birth to a modern Greek architecture
Aris Konstantinidis was born in Athens and studied architecture in the Technical University of Munich from 1931 to 1936, where he came into contact with the architectural concept of the Modern Movement. He returned to Greece in 1936 and worked for the Town Planning Department of the city of Athens and for the Ministry of Public Works. He was appointed to the head of the Workers Housing Organisation from 1955 to 1975 and t as of head of the Technical Service of the Greek National Tourism Organisation from 1957 to 1967, where he planned and oversaw the construction of a series of workers' houses and Xenia hotels. At the same time, Konstantinidis planned and realised several private projects.
He studied extensively the anonymous architecture of Greece and published three books, from 1947 to 1953, in which he examined particular examples of this type of architecture. In 1975 he published a comprehensive book concerning the anonymous architecture of Greece, entitled "Elements of Self-knowledge-Towards a true architecture". It is there that one can see how much Aris Konstantinidis was influenced by the architectural tradition of his homeland and how he drew lessons from the past to develop an architecture for his time. In his last book, entitled "Theoktista" ("God-built"), the architect once again underlined his belief that anonymous architecture as well as the landscape of Greece itself, constituted the foundations on which modern architectural practice could and should be grounded.
He taught at the Zurich Polytechnic as a visiting professor. In 1978 he received an honorary doctorate at the University of Thessaloniki. He was appointed a corresponding member of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.
Through his work, Aris Konstantinidis created architectural solutions unique in Greece, which gave birth to a modern Greek architecture
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