Academical Curriculum Vitæ Istanbul, February 2019 Name: Family Name: Vassilis Alymaras Place, date of birth: Athens (Greece), 3rd May, 1962 Studies: - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Faculty of Architecture, (Apr. '81 - Oct. '86) Postgraduate studies: - D.E.A. en esthétique, Sorbonne (Paris I), '86 - '88 - Maestria en diseño arquitectónico, división de posgrado de la escuela de arquitectura, UNAM, México, '88 - '90 (as a Scholarship holder of the Mexican Government) -Computer graphics, School of Fine Arts, Diisseldorf, '91 '92 (visitor) Email: alymarasv@gmail.com vasileiosalymaras@maltepe.edu.tr URL: www.alymaras.net 1
TEXTS / LECTURES - The Agora of Athens at 19 th May 1983 Letter to Prof Werner Oecshlin, ETH Zurich, 1991 - The walking of the blind Lecture given at the colloquium: Mensch und Raum (Man and Space), Prof Paul Good, School of Fine arts of Diisseldorf, November 1991 - The silent event of the stone Lecture given at the colloquium of the Institut of History and Theory of Architecture, RWTH Aachen, Prof. Manfred Speidel, September 1996 - The watermark of the ruins and the histogram of the architectural thought: notes on the ground, on which could be developed the architectural theory and the new metrics. Text - contribution to the Conference: Differenz und Intensität. Die poetische Kraft der Architektur (Difference and Intensity. The poetic power of architecture), Association of Architects of Hamburg, August 2000 PUBLICATIONS - Architecture, Essai sur l' art, by E.L. Boullée. Introduction and translation (French-Greek), FOR publishing, Athens, 2017 - Notas sobre una historiografia hiatal, Ediciones Asimétricas, Madrid, 2018 - Sublime vs Terror. Ruins act2 (Studio magazine # 11, January 2017, pp. 98-105) - GNORW: reinventing criticism (Studio magazine # 14, July 2018, pp. 10-19) - WRONG: correspondence from Istanbul (Studio magazine # 14, July 2018, pp. 42-49, co-author: Dimitra Figa) 2
Professional Curriculum Vitæ Professional registrations : - Technical Chamber of Greece (T.E.E.) (registration #: 65717) - Architektenkammer Nordrhein - Westfalen (AKNW) (1993-2006, registration #: A 25793) A. Commissions Single - family house at N. Philadelphia, Athens (1988, realized, owner : D. Bereris) Single - family house at Diisseldorf - Hilden (1991, realized, owner: Ing. F. Suchantke) Commercial Center and offices at Berlin - Hellersdorf (1994-1995, owner: P Kim) Façade renovation at the central building of the settlement for mentally retarded people at Müllheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany (1995, owner: Theodor Fliedner Stiftung) Renovation and conversion to a medical center of the municipal Swimming pool of the city of Müllheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany (1994-1995, owner: M.F.G.) Single - family house at Stratoni, Chalkidiki (2008, realized, owner : I. Stratzalis) 3
B. Competitions 1 I. Schools and workshops for people with special needs - School for mentally retarded people (Ilsede - Germany, 1992) - School for deaf and dyslexic people (Mutlangen - Germany, 1992) - Settlement and workshops for blind people (Kötten - Germany, 1996) - Sanatorium and clinic for senile psychiatry (St. Gallen - Switzerland, 2004) II. Museums - National Museum of Afghanistan (shortlisted, Kabul - Afghanistan, 2012) - Naval museum (Åland - Finland, 2003) - Felix Nussbaum Museum (Osnabriick - Germany, 1995) - Naval museum (Farsa - Greece, 1996) - Neanderthal Museum (Düsseldorf - Germany, 1993) III. Documentation Centers - Topography of the Terror (Berlin - Germany, 2005) - Federico Garcia Lorca Cultural center (Granada - Spain, 2004) - Friedrich Nietzsche's archives (Halle - Germany, 2001) IV. Monuments and Memorials - Monument to the Freedom of Expression (Madrid, Spain, 2006) - Memorial in the concentration camp of Buchenwald (Germany, 1994) V. Churches - Church in Ålesund (Norway, 2009) - Chapel in cemetery by Frankfurt (Germany, 1991) VI. Squares/Public spaces - Plaza Tlaxcoaque (Mexico DF, 2008) - Syntagma square (Athens - Greece, 1998) - Omonia square (Athens - Greece, 1998) - Square at Julich ( - Germany, 1994) - Square of 12 Apostles (Thessaloniki - Greece, 1997) - Reconstruction of the Souks of Beirut ( - Lebanon, 1994) 1 All participations are signed by : Alymaras Vassilis, Architect 4
VII. Energy, Infrastructures - High Voltage Tower (Iceland, 2008) IIX. Complex administration buildings - Court of Law (Paris, 2006) - U.N. House of Peace (Geneve - Switzerland, 2002) - German Embassy in Poland (Warshau - Poland, 2002) - Regensburg Civic center (Regensburg - Germany, 2002) IX. Complex office buildings - D.V.G office building (Hannover - Germany, 1996) - National Insurance office building (Athens - Greece, 1995) - Chamber of Greek Lawyers office building (Athens - Greece, 2001) - T.S.M.E.D.E. office building (Athens - Greece, 1994) 5