2008 Europe 40 under 40
KOSTIS OUNGRINIS
GREECE
Kostis Oungrinis is a practicing architect since 1995, with a Diploma in Architecture and Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). He is also a PhD candidate at the same university, focusing on structural morphology and integrated kinetic systems for the creation of transformable environments. During 2004-2006 he was a Visiting Research Associate at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. His research has been presented in several conferences and publications, including his book in the Design and Technologies Report Series at the Harvard GSD under the title Transformations: Paradigms for Designing Transformable Spaces (2006). Kostis is also writing science fiction novels. Currently he is a Lecturer (407/80) at the School of Architecture at AUTh and at the School of Architecture at the Technical University of Crete. In 2005 he co-founded 124|SKG Architects, a research and design office, with Marianthi Liapi. Their architectural projects explore transformability in various scales, ranging, till now, from retail design and residential spaces, to school architecture and athletic facilities.
