CONTACT INFO GEORGE PROCAKIS DIPL-ING MA (RCA) Κ4 Building TUC Campus GR-73100 Chania GREECE +3028210 37136 gprocakis@isc.tuc.gr 2A Semitelou Street GR-11528 Athens GREECE +30210 7780553 procax@otenet.gr Gotenstrasse 8 D-10829 Berlin Germany +4930 7849348 http://www.procax.eu EDUCATION Master of Arts Royal College of Art RCA, London / UK 1984-1986 MA (RCA) School of Environmental Design, Prof. John Miller / Prof. Derek Walker External Examiners: Prof. Peter Cook, Prof. Eva Jiricna Diploma (Dipl-Ing) Technische Universität Braunschweig TUBS, Brusnwick / Germany 1974-1982 Diploma Project: Urban Monastery in the Ægidien Area (excellent) Examiners: Prof. Roland Ostertag, Prof. Gerhard Wagner Honours & Awards Scholarship from the Hellenic Ministry of National Economy 1984-1986 for postgraduate Environmental Studies Publication of the Diploma Project Urban Monastery in the Ægidien Area 1983 in Architektur & Wettbewerbe (AW no. 115) ACADEMIA Associate Professor Architectural Design since 2017 Adjunct Professor Architectural Design 2016-2017 Adjunct Professor Architectural Concepts & Methods, Architectural & Urban Design 2009-2013 Visiting Professor Architectural & Urban Design 2003-2008 Dept. of Contextual Design & Heritage, Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus BTU Assistant Professor Architectural & Urban Design 1998-2003 Dept. of Urban & Architectural Design, Technical University of Berlin TUB Adjunct Lecturer Architectural & Urban Design 1997-1998 Dept. of Urban & Architectural Design, Technical University of Berlin TUB MEMBERSHIPS / CERTIFICATION Member of EAE (Societé des Architectes Hellenes) by invitation since 2017 Member of BDA (Association of German Architects) by Invitation since 1998 Member of AKB (Berlin Chamber of Architects) since 1989 Member of ΣΑΔΑΣ (Hellenic Association of Architects) since 1984 Member of ΤΕΕ (Hellenic Chamber of Engineering) since 1983
RESEARCH International Research Program linked with the TU Berlin Urban Design 2001-2002 Seminar ö_regio on transfornation and prognosis of the urban agglomeration of the binational Öresund Medicon Valley. In Co-operation with the Schools of Architecture Lund Institute of Technology (SE) and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (DK). Co-funded by the Berlin Ministery of Public Works and the European Union. Initiaton, Co-authorship and Co-operation. TU Berlin Interfaculty Research Prorgam linked with the International Summer 1998-1999 School Gleisdreieck Berlin on potentials and dynamics of the disused innercity railway area of Gleisdreieck and the possibilities of development as Public- Private-Partnership. Funded by the German Railways and under the auspices of the Berlin Ministry of Public Works. Co-authorship and Co-operation. TU Berlin Interfaculty Research Prorgam linked with the design seminar Aqua-1997-1998 ectonica an the International Urban Symposium Liquid City Project. Co-funded by the Berlin Ministery of Public Works and the European Union. Co-authorship and Co-operation. PROFESSION Consultancy Independent Architectural Advisor at Lichtvision Ltd. since 2008 International Lighting Design Company Berlin / Hong Kong / London Principal procakis_architects Berlin / Athens since 1993 Office for Architecture Design & Planning Project Manager Pleuser & Staab Architects Berlin 1991-1993 Team leader of the design and planning team for the reconstruction of 18th-century Deutscher Dom (German Cathedral) at Gendermenmarkt in Berlin-Mitte and its conversion into a Museum of German Parliament History Project Architect ELW (Eyl, Weitz, Würmle) Architects Berlin 1989-1991 Member of the design and planning team for a social housing estate in Berlin-Britz Project Architect BJSS (Bangert, Jansen, Scholz, Schultes) Architects Berlin 1987-1989 Member of the design and planning team for the conversion & extension of the building of the Ministry of Economy & Technology of the Federal State of Hessen in Wiesbaden Member of the design team for the international competition for the Deutsches Historisches Museum (German History Museum) in Berlin (3rd prize) Independent Architect Designer and planner in Athens 1982-1983 Design and planning of a multistorey residential building in Athens-Nea Smirni Design and planning of a private house in Athens-Ekali COMPETITIONS Honourable Mention EUROPANDOM / Vauclin Martinique 2000 International Urban and Architectural Design Competition 4th Prize Extension of the University of Economic & Social Sciences, Nürnberg 1998 Honourable Mention New building of the School of Film & Television, Potsdam-Babelsberg 1997
Honourable Mention Extension of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich-Schwabing 1996 Honourable Mention Extension of the Museum of Cultural History, Osnabrück 1995 3rd Prize New building of the German Library Institute DBI, Berlin-Mitte 1994 Honourable Mention New building of a secondary school, Berlin-Lichtenrade 1993 Prize ex æquo New Social Housing Estate Klosterbüsche, Berlin-Spandau 1991 Invited Urban and Architectural Design Competition 1st prize ex æquo Evolution of Lifestyles & Housing Architecture EUROPAN I 1990 Conceptual JURIES Cities + Juries Forum Suburban Challenge EUROPAN VII / Graz 2003 Promotion and support of the winning projects due for implementation. Member of the Working Panels Articulating New Polarities and Dealing with Infrastructures EUROPAN VII Suburban Challenge / Athens 2003 Conceptual Member of the Hellenic National Jury EUROPAN V Travel & Proximity / Guben-Gubin 1999 Conceptual Member of the Selection Committee EUROPAN III At Home in the City / Berlin 1994 Conceptual Member of the German National Jury EUROPAN II Living in the City / Duisburg 1991 Conceptual Member of the Panel of Experts CONFERENCES International Summer-School Gleisdreieck Berlin / TUB Berlin 1999 Research and investigation into potentials & possibilities of disused inner-city railway areas. Co-organization and participation (see also Letter of Reference of Prof. K. Zillich) Liquid City Project / TUB Berlin 1998 International Symposium on urban chances and challenges of the waterfront of Thessaloniki. Co-organization and participation (see also Letter of Reference of Prof. K. Zillich)
PRESENTATIONS Conferences / Symposia Hans Poelzig (1869-1936) Exhibition and Conference / Khaniá / Crete 2009 Hans Poelzig & the Signs of the Times Essay on the social and professional background of this eminent architect of German Expressionism as a Professor at the TUB Sciences in Dialogue Congress of Pedagogy / Schwerin 2004 Teaching & Public-Private Partnership Essay on new funding models for university courses based on the interactions of the public and the private in the urban domain International Summer-School Gleisdreieck Berlin / TUB Berlin 1999 The Urban Development of Berlin as a Divided City 1945-1989 Essay on the differences in urban and infrastructural development / arrest within Berlin as a city with two political systems Liquid City Project International Urban Symposium / TUB Berlin 1998 The Sea & the City - an Urban Interface Essay and Critique of ten international projects dealing with re-invention and re-design of the urban waterfront of Thessaloniki as Cultural Capital of Europe Forum of Ideas & Implementations EUROPAN I Conference / Madrid 1991 Barriers vs. Filters Essay on the winning project of terraced duplex-units on a site in Berlin-Tiergarten Other Presentations Thoughts on Formal & Conceptual Complexity 2013 / Beirut Campus Lebanese American University LAU The Transformation of the Public / Classical Societies 2005 School of Archæology / Winckelmann Institute Humboldt University Berlin Densifying the Periphery / Trends & Hazards 2004 Aedes Architecture Gallery / Berlin Videor Ergo Sum (I am Visible Therefore I am) / 2003 The Private Domain as a New Public Topos / Dept. of Conceptual Design & Heritage Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus The Italian Rationalism 1926-1943 & the Tendenza 2000 / La Sapienza University of Rome On the Importance of External Space / Residential Projects of Le Corbusier 1996 Architects Chamber Berlin AKB Manifestation of the Eclectic & Morphology of a Transcription 1990 Gottfried Semper's Gallery at the Zwinger Forum in Dresden Bender-Mielich Gallery / Munich
TV PRESENTATIONS Athens: Un-Civil-ized City / 3rd unit 2012 Televised interview on a specific Athenian typology of multistorey residential buildings, the Polykatoikía. Internet TV / Greek Architects' Channel (http://www.greekarchitects.gr/tv.php?category=275&video=575#first_division) The City, The Country, The River - News from the Water 2003 Interview as an expert and critic on the new government buildings and public areas of Berlin and Potsdam on the banks of the rivers Spree and Havel. German National TV, RBB Channel PROJECT PUBLICATIONS Housing - Planning & Building in Berlin & Brandenburg / Stadt & Land Publishers 1997 Publication of the designs for two residential buildings in Berlin-Tiergarten and Berlin- Altglienicke as part of the social housing program of Berlin and Brandenburg Stadt / Haus / Wohnung (90s Social Housing in Berlin) / Ernst & Sohn Publishers 1997 Publication of the designs for two residential buildings in Berlin-Tiergarten and Berlin- Altglienicke as part of the social housing program of Berlin and Brandenburg Urban Renewal Masterplan / Kyffhäuser, Thuringia 1993 Publication of Project / Impulse Magazine EUROPAN I Implementations / Pandora Editions 1991 Publication of the first version of the modified winning entries for Berlin-Altglienicke The New Acropolis Museum / 2nd International Competition 1990 Publication of competition entry / Hellenic Ministry of Culture Evolution of Lifestyles & Housing Architecture EUROPAN I 1990 Publication of winning entry / Federal German Ministry of Public Works Evolution of Lifestyles & Housing Architecture EUROPAN I 1990 Publication of winning entry / ARCH+ Magazine no. 102 Rail d' Habitation / Evolution of Lifestyles & Housing Architecture 1989 Publication of winning entry / Techniques & Architecture Magazine / Regirex Publishers F Evolution of Lifestyles & Housing Architecture EUROPAN I 1989 Publication of winning entry / Bauwelt Magazine no. 24 Evolution of Lifestyles & Housing Architecture EUROPAN I 1989 Publication of winning entry / L' Architecture d' Aujourd' hui Magazine no. 266 Urban Monastery in the Ægidien Area 1983 Publication of the Diploma Project in Architektur & Wettbewerbe Magazine no. 115
REFERENCES Prof. Emer. Alexander Tripodakis MUrbDes Urban and Architectural Design 92, Vassilissis Sofias Avenue GR-11528 Athens / Greece +30210 7770 195 atripodakis@gmail.com Prof. Emer. Inken Baller Dipl-ing Head of Dept. of Contextual Design and Heritage Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus BTU 92, Hasenheide D-10967 Berlin / Germany +4930 6947 025 inkenballer@t-online.de Prof. Emer. Klaus Zillich Dipl-Ing Head of Dept. of Urban and Architectural Design Technical University of Berlin TUB 64, Mommsenstrasse D-10629 Berlin / Germany +4930 8833 679 engelundzillich@freenet.de