Dr Athanasios Lazarou

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2014 - 2019	Graduate of Architecture	Tectvs

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2024	University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD
  2012	University of Adelaide	Australia	Masters of Architecture
  2010	University of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelors of Design Studies

• Research Interests

  Architecture Social and political philosophy Architectural History and Theory Architectural history, theory and criticism Architectural computing and visualisation methods

• Conference Items

  Year	Citation
  2015	Lazarou, A. (2015). “Greece and the Referendum: Mapping the Space of public assembly within European Membership”. Poster session presented at the meeting of ‘Europe: New Leadership, New Directions?’ EU Centres Conference. Auckland.

• Original Creative Works

  Year	Citation
  2024	Authors: Lazarou A. Title: ‘Practices of Destruction'. Description: N/A. Extent: 3200 x 2400 x 1600mm.

• Curated or Produced Public Exhibition or Events

  Year	Citation
  2024	Lazarou, A., & Cronin, A. (2024). Together X Tomorrow: Art and Architecture Symposium for the South Australian Nature Festival (No. Of Pieces: 10am - 4pm) [Public Symposium]. Art Gallery of South Australia.

• Theses

  Year	Citation
  2023	Lazarou, A. (2023). Between Before and After: Architecture in a Time of Crisis. (PhD Thesis).

• Internet Publications

  Year	Citation
  2024	Lazarou, A. (2024). Making Marks, Inscribing Solidarity. Runway Journal.
  2024	Lazarou, A. (2024). Desire for Difference, a review of Gay Betrayals - Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings / Leo Bersani (Afterall, 2022). Bittersweet Review.
  2023	Lazarou, A. (2023). To be Radical is to be Intimate, a review of Radical Intimacy - Sophie K Rosa, Pluto Press (2023). Bittersweet Review.

I hold a strong commitment to integrating design theory and practice and possess the agility to teach the practice-led model of design studio while also being intellectually comfortable within the knowledge frameworks of history and critical theory and advanced digital technologies. 

Courses Co-ordinated (Undergraduate & Professional Degree Programs, University of Adelaide)

- DESST 1504 Representation I (2016-present)

This course introduces the traditions and origins of representation in architecture and landscape architecture, including: architectural drafting conventions, fundamental drawing principles and graphic techniques. Design thinking and representation are taught hand in hand; several different methods of graphic communication and their relationship to the design process are explored, including freehand sketching and drawing plans, sections and elevations, rendering, one and two-point perspective, axonometric drawing, composition and graphic layout skills.

- ARCH 7035 Critical Historical Practices (2019, 2023-present)

This course focuses on the critical interpretation of architectural and landscape architectural history and its strategic relationship with contemporary design thinking and practice. Critical Historical Practices is focused on a disciplinary production of knowledge - architecture as a ‘discourse’ rather than as poetic production. 

- DESST 3515 Representation III (2023-present)

This course explores innovative representational ideas and techniques in both a practical and theoretical context in the discipline of architecture and landscape architecture. Students will explore how physical and digital techniques and tools influence architecture and landscape architecture in the 21st Century through advanced digital modelling and visualisation, including data modelling, video and advanced rendering, and model making. Photography, rendering, 3d-scanning, and hand-skills are taught alongside the conceptual framework of cinema in an exploration of the increasingly visual culture of the architectural discipline. 

- GEOG 2135 Urban Futures (2021)

More than half the world's population live in cities, making humanity a predominantly urban species. Drawing on Australian and international examples, this course explored the processes, potentialities and problems of urbanisation. It introduced students to different ways of explaining growth and change within cities; the diversity which exists across cities; and how urban inequalities - such as in housing - are exacerbated and addressed. Students examined the environmental consequences of urbanisation, prospects for creating sustainable cities and the role of urban governance in securing social and environmental justice.

- DESST 1505 History Theory I (2016-17)

Studio Leader (Undergraduate & Professional Degree Programs, University of Adelaide)

- ARCH 7043 Final Architecture Project (2021-present)

- ARCH 7035 Experiential Studio – Venice Offshore (2023)

- ARCH 7032 Studio Cultures (2017, 2019-present)

- DESST 1506 Design Studio II (2022)

• Board Memberships

  Date	Role	Board name	Institution name	Country
  2024 - ongoing	Co-Chair	Runway Journal	Open-access Digital Publishing Platform	Australia
  2023 - 2025	Director	FELTspace	Gallery	Australia

• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2018 - 2020	Member	Education Committee, South Australian Chapter, Australian Institute of Architects	South Australian Institute of Architects	Australia

• Position: Lecturer
• Email: athanasios.lazarou@adelaide.edu.au
• Fax: 83134377
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Horace Lamb, floor Level Four
• Org Unit: Architecture and Landscape Architecture