CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Academic Year 2026–2027

The Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly invites interested parties to submit applications for admission to the Postgraduate Program of Study (PMS) for the academic year 2026–2027, which leads to the acquisition of a Postgraduate Diploma (Master's Degree) titled:

«Reuse of Buildings and Complexes» (MSc in “Reuse of Buildings and Complexes”)

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM OF STUDY
«REUSE OF BUILDINGS AND COMPLEXES»

Blended Intensive Program: "Urban Landscapes in Intensity: Between Memory and Modernity"

15/06/2026

Many cities around the world are facing a critical problem: on the one hand, they are trying to preserve their historical heritage, while on the other hand, they are being called upon to manage the pressures created by ongoing urbanization. This dual challenge often leads to conflicts, both social and spatial.

Such tensions manifest themselves, for example, in the conflict between the demands of tourism and the needs of local populations, as well as in the friction between national identity and the pressure exerted by the globalized economy.

On this basis, the workshop is structured around three main objectives:

• To examine the evolution of the historical urban landscape, as well as the tensions it entails, through the case studies of a large city (Athens) and a smaller urban center (Volos) in Greece.
• Compare these two cases in terms of scale, as well as in terms of their national and local importance.
• Discuss parallel case studies that fit into different cultural contexts, including China, Morocco, and Europe.
• To investigate methodologies of analysis and representation in relation to these phenomena. 

Participating Universities

• University of Thessaly, Dept. Architect (organizer).
• Budapest University of Technology and Economics
• TechnicalUniversityof Iasi
• Beijing University of Cicil Engineering and Architecture
• EuromedUniversityofFez
• National Technical University of Athens, JPSP in Monument Protection 

The Program will be held in Athens 29/6, 30/6 and 1/7/2026 and in Volos 2/7, 3/7, 4/7/2026

Extension of applications until 19/6/2026, "Declaration of participation"

Blended Intensive Program:
Slowing Down.
Reading Social-Spatial Transformations Along Infrastructure Corridors.

When:
Online | 3rd, 7th and 11th of July
In-person | 20th to 24th of July 

Where:
Vicenza, Italy

Location:
IUAV Vicenza,Piazza S. Biagio, 1, 36100 Vicenza  , Italy.

 

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Language of instruction: English
ECTS: 3
Number of participants: 7-10 Students

Application deadline: May 30th, 2026

25/05/2026

The BIP is led by the Università Iuav di Venezia in collaboration with three higher education institutions: ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon, the Université Gustave Eiffel, and the University of Thessaly.

The teaching programme combines 3 online sessions  with an intensive in-person week in Vicenza, designed to support a progressive process of theoretical grounding, field immersion, and applied research. 

The online sessions introduce the theoretical framework and methodological approach to studying the socio-spatial transformations of infrastructural corridors, with the SR11 (Strada Regionale 11 / Regional Road 11) as the central case study, and include contributions from partner institutions alongside the coordination of field research activities. 

The in-person component, developed over five intensive days in Vicenza, is organised as a structured sequence of seminars, fieldwork, and collaborative workshops. It begins with an introductory seminar that presents the research context, defines working groups, and establishes research questions. This is followed by three core phases based on the Challenge - Based Education model:

Engage: direct immersion in the SR.11 infrastructural corridor through situated observation, sensory documentation, and initial interaction with local stakeholders;
Investigate: development of field-based research through interviews, surveys, participatory mapping, and qualitative data collection, enabling the testing of initial hypotheses; 
Act: synthesis and translation of the collected knowledge into critical interpretations, narratives, and spatial or strategic proposals.
The programme concludes with a final seminar in which participants present their work to an extended audience – including academic staff, institutional partners, and local stakeholders – fostering critical discussion and reflection on future development perspectives of the SR11 corridor and the broader territorial implications of infrastructural transformation.

MSc in Reuses of Buildings and Complexes

Label Architecture

Thursday 26/02/2025, 17:00

 In the framework of the MSc in Reuse of Buildings and Complexes of the Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly, on Thursday 02/04/2026 at 17:00 [UTC+3] on MS TEAMS, the online lecture with a guest of Label Architecture entitled "From Belgium with love" will take place.

Coordination: Fabiano Micocci, TAM UTH

Biography
Label architecture is an architectural practice based in Brussels, a city they also call home. Their projects, on various scales, are as much an opportunity to play with existing space, from their common reference points, as not to take themselves too seriously while being serious about their work. An insatiable will to play with the obvious to maximum effect. Associates: Thibaut Rome, Michel Lefèvre, Christophe Pham, Andreas Vanysacker. Collaborators: Henri Winter, Alexis Le Gallo.

MSc in Reuses of Buildings and Complexes

Abdul-Halim Jabr

Thursday 26/02/2025, 17:00

 As part of the MSc in Reuses of Buildings and Complexes of the Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly, on Thursday 26/02/2026 at 17:00 [UTC+3] on MS TEAMS, the online lecture will take place with a guest of Abdul-Halim Jabr entitled "Oscar in the City: what to do with Tripoli's Modernist White Elephant?"

Moderator: Fabiano Micocci, UTH

Biography

Abdul-Halim Jabr Is an architect, urban design consultant, and part-time educator since 1991. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the American University of Beirut (AUB), and a Master’s degree in Urban Studies and Housing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is active on urban issues including mobility, public spaces and heritage buildings in Beirut. He was part of the team that drafted the new heritage protection law of 2016, now endorsed by UNESCO to be adopted by Lebanese legislators. In August 2020, after the devastating Port explosion, Jabr became a founding member of Beirut Heritage Initiative, a coalition of heritage NGOs actively protecting and restoring impacted homes and clusters in the peri-central districts.

MSc in Reuses of Buildings and Complexes

Themistoklis Bilis and Maria Magnisali
Thursday 19/02/2025, 17:00

 In the framework of the MSc Reuse of Buildings and Complexes of the Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly, on Thursday 19/02/2026 at 17:00 [UTC+3] on MS TEAMS, the online lecture will take place with Themistocles Bilis and Maria Magnisali as guests.

Moderator: Fabiano Micocci, UTH

Biography

Maria Magnisali and Dr. Themistoklis Bilis run the architectural design office "Magnisali-Bilis architects" which prepares special architectural studies and supervisions. Treating architecture as a single creative activity in time, they were oriented from an early age to a wide range of applications that included the study and construction of projects related to both modern and historical architectural production.  Always guided by the connection of the monumental reserve of our country with the wider modern society, they have prepared studies for the promotion of monuments and ensembles from all historical periods. Their implemented projects have been awarded by Europa Nostra. In 2024 their project Restoration of a 1615 complex in Naxos won the European Sustainable Heritage Award (runner up).

Free International Humanitarian Design Workshop 2026    

Smart Shelter Foundation has launched registrations for their 2026 spring workshop: “From Temporary Shelter to Semi-permanent Homes.”

Students from Architecture, Design, and Engineering (or any related discipline) who want to be involved in solving real-life global issues: This one is for you!

·       Topic: From Temporary Shelter to Semi-permanent Homes: Lessons in Humanitarian Engineering, Social Design and Emergency Management.

·       Target Audience: Architecture, Design, & Engineering students

·       Cost: Completely Free

·       Start Date: March 14th, 4 sessions total

·       Registration Link (free pre-registration):https://www.tickettailor.com/events/smartshelterfoundation/2065142

HouseEurope! The Demolition Drama

Short film screening and discussion|HouseEurope!

• Goethe-Institut Athens, Αθήνα

• Γλώσσα

  Greek. The film: English with Greek and English subtitles

   

• Price Free entrance

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  Part of the series: HouseEurope!

MSc in Reuses of Buildings and Complexes

Ημερίδα

"Community Drive Adaptive Reuse"

Thursday 18/12/2025, 16:00

As part of the course Theories and Strategies of Reuse (Theory of Architecture) of the Postgraduate Program Reuse of Buildings and Complexes, on Thursday 18/012/2025 at 16:00 [UTC+3] the online conference "Community Driven Adaptive Reuse" will take place.

Link to the conference: Community Driven Adaptive Reuse
| Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams.

6-7 ΔΕΚΜΒΡΙΟΥ 2025
ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΟ ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΦΑΡΣΑΛΩΝ

Το Τμήμα Αρχιτεκτόνων Μηχανικών του Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλίας, σε συνεργασία με το Πρόγραμμα Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών «Επαναχρήσεις Κτηρίων και Συνόλων» και τον Δήμο Φαρσάλων, συμμετέχει στο πρόγραμμα υποστήριξης δράσεων του Υπουργείου Πολιτισμού για την Άυλη Πολιτιστική Κληρονομιά. Στο πλαίσιο αυτό, θα πραγματοποιηθεί διημερίδα με τίτλο: 
«Η τέχνη της δόμησης με πηλό – Ένταξη στις παραδόσεις της Θεσσαλίας». 

Η διημερίδα εστιάζει στη σημασία της παραδοσιακής τεχνικής δόμησης με πηλό (πλιθιά) ως στοιχείο της άυλης πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς και περιλαμβάνει εισηγήσεις που αναδεικνύουν την ιστορική, κοινωνική και αρχιτεκτονική διάσταση της πρακτικής αυτής. Στόχος είναι η ανάδειξη και η ενσωμάτωση της γνώσης αυτής στις σύγχρονες προσεγγίσεις για τη διατήρηση και επαναχρήση κτηρίων και συνόλων. 

Δείτε το: ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΔΙΗΜΕΡΙΔΑΣ

ΠΜΣ Επαναχρήσεις Κτιρίων και Συνόλων

Διάλεξη της Sally Stone: The Future of the Already Built

Πέμπτη 11/12/2025, 16:00

Σύνδεσμός μέσω το MS Teams

Στο πλαίσιο του μαθήματος Σύγχρονη αρχιτεκτονική σε παλιά κτίρια και ιστορικά σύνολα του Π.Μ.Σ. Επαναχρήσεις κτιρίων και συνόλων, την Πέμπτη 11/012/2025 στις 16:00 [UTC+3] θα πραγματοποιηθεί η διαδικτυακή παρουσίαση της Sally Stone,  Manchester School of Architecture, με τίτλο “ The Future of the Already Built”.

Ανακοίνωση
Πρόσκληση εκδήλωσης ενδιαφέροντος για εκπόνηση Διδακτορικής Διατριβής

Το Τμήμα Αρχιτεκτόνων Μηχανικών του Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλίας και το Εργαστήριο Αειφόρου Σχεδιασμού του Δομημένου Περιβάλλοντος ανακοινώνει πρόσκληση εκδήλωσης ενδιαφέροντος, για εκπόνηση διδακτορικής διατριβής, για Μηχανικούς, κατόχους μεταπτυχιακού τίτλου (master ή/και integrated master), στις ακόλουθες θεματικές ενότητες:

• Αρχιτεκτονικός Σχεδιασμός, Αρχιτεκτονική Τεχνολογία και Ψηφιακή Κατασκευή
• Αρχιτεκτονική και Ρομποτική Βιώσιμη Κατασκευή Μεγάλης Κλίμακας

Fabiano Micocci, Ph.D, Licensed ArchitectAssistant Professor | University of Thessaly
Founding Member | UTH Urban Design Lab
Co-owner | NE A R architecture
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