PRESS RELEASE ECOWEEK 2008
Ecoweek 2008 and Papasotiriou bookstores: Discussion and book signing on green archictecture
The week of April 7-13, 2008, within the framework of the international conference Ecology + Environment + Architecture,
Papasotiriou bookstores will display books on green architecture in their windows at the following store locations:
37 Panepistimiou street & Korai, at 35 Stournari street and at The Mall Athens Shopping Center.
On Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 7 pm at Papasotiriou bookstore on 37 Panepistimiou street and Korai, a discussion
and book signing will take place with landscape designer Julie Bargmann, director Jacques Allard, architect Alexandros
Tombazis and green building architect Kostas Tsipiras. The discussion will be moderated by ECOWEEK President, architect
Elias Messinas.
Free admission.
JULIE BARGMANN
Julie Bargmann is internationally recognized as an innovative designer in building regenerative landscapes. Her on-going
design research Project D.I.R.T. (Design Investigations Reclaiming Terrain) continues to excavate the creative potential of
disturbed landscapes. At the University of Virginia, Associate Professor Bargmann leads multidisciplinary design studios where
students encounter real places in real time. Bargmanns work was awarded the 2001 National Design Award by Smithsonians
Cooper-Hewitt Museum. TIME magazine and CNN, along with national and international design publications have recognized Bargmann
as leading the next generation in making a difference for design and the environment.
JACQUES ALLARD, DIRECTOR
Documentary LAST CALL FOR PLANET EARTH
The planet is in danger. The challenge is very simple and its a matter of survival. There is only one possible escape: the quick
and energetic mastery of sustainable development. Its application to architecture and town planning. What to do? Working differently
in order to build differently and do everything in order to protect our vulnerable environment. Solar energy, renewable materials,
targeted changes in city design, passive houses and bioclimatic architecture, are some of the answers that 12 world acclaimed
architects suggest in Jacques Allards new documentary Last Call for Planet Earth. Greek subtitles 70
ALEXANDROS TOMBAZIS
Born in India in 1939, His interest in technology and the first oil crisis made him turn towards the use of solar and
alternative energy sources, which have become an integral part of his architectural design. Alexandros Tombazis has been awarded
prizes in more than 110 national, international or invited competitions. Apart from those in Greece, projects have been built in Cyprus,
Portugal, the Netherlands, Romania, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. In 1991 he was elected honorary fellow of the
American Institute of Architects, while in 2006 he was awarded an honorary PhD by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
KOSTAS TSIPIRAS
Kostas Stephanou Tsipiras has been working in bioclimatic architecture and green building for the past 25 years and has
designed and built more than 200 ecological buildings in Greece and Europe. Tsipiras graduated from the Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, the Ecole du Batiment (Paris), obtained his DEA at the University of Paris-Sorbonne Paris IV and his doctorate from
Grenoble University. He has authored 14 books on mountainous Greece, on ecology and local tradition. In 2005 Kostas Tsipiras
and architect Themis Tsipiras published the book Ecological Architecture (Kedros Publications).
Address: Papasotiriou Bookstore, 37 Panepistimiou & Korai, Athens
Information: www.ecoweek.gr
Contact: Ms. Viki Karaiskou and Ms. Lena Katikou at tel. 210-3323329
210-3323359 or email at ecoweek@ecoweek.gr
