06/11/2021
‘Constructing Narratives’ in the malleable courtyards.
Courtyard typology was exterminated by the British Colonization. It expresses the gist of the wisdom of the tradition of the island of Cyprus forged in its history throughout more than ten thousand years. All the social and environmental, sustainable ways of living that were developed in relation to the topography, the culture, the climate, to all these conditions that comprise the identity of the island of Cyprus were aggressively attacked and by the detrimental impact of the colonization. It was deleted form the modern face of Cyprus. The urban regulations that were implemented for the sake of modernization by the British were never questioned since the island’s independence until today. The presentation will try to ‘construct narratives’ as local voices of resistance through an evolution of this spatial typology, the ‘malleable courtyard’. It will attempt to stitch the terminated stories with new ones of a social and environmental, sustainable future.
📢 Don’t miss the third SUCY architecture Seminar of the semester here at UCY!
This is a hybrid event taking place physically and online at the same time!
👤 Speaker: Yiorgos Hadjichristou
📋 Title: ‘Constructing Narratives’ in Malleable Courtyards
🗓️ Date: Thu 11.11.2021, 19:00-20:00 (EET)
📌 Venue: Ground floor, 68 Ledras St
🖥️ Live streaming: page
🔗 Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/shbxrpp6
🥂 Followed by drinks reception
🍣 SUCY: food for thought
