Είναι μία αστική μη κερδοσκοπική εταιρεία που εργάζεται για να προάγει και να εξελίξει το βιώσιμο σχεδιασμό που βασίζεται στη χρήση φυσικών και ανακυκλώσιμων υλικών.
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what is "Piliko"
The 'Piliko' team has been active since 2005 and officially became a non-profit company in 2011. 'Piliko' works to promote sustainable design, with a focus on the use of natural and recyclable materials (such as clay, reed, wood and straw), as well as the promotion and preservation of traditional building techniques. Its members are architects, civil engineers, building technicians, artists and designers. Over the years, 'Piliko' has been active in research, education and dissemination of knowledge through practical and theoretical workshops, accredited CPD programmes for professionals, exhibitions, conferences and lectures. Our first publication was the result of our 10th anniversary conference with examples of earth architecture from around the world. In recent years we have focused on working more with communities to enhance and advance local architecture and materials. 'Piliko' is a part of a wide international network of organizations such as Red proterra Iberoamerican network, CEDTerra (Casalincontrada/Chieti), Associazione Internazionale Città della Terra Cruda, IDMA instituto del medio ambiente (Santiago/Chile), Terra Migaki Design (Milano), and brings professional knowledge in Greece through a series of activities such as workshops and lectures.
members of "Piliko"
Apostolis Mousourakis
Graduate of the School of Architecture of the Politecnico di Milano, the Postgraduate Laboratory of Bioarchitecture of the Universitá degli studi di Bologna - INBAR and the Postgraduate Program in "Environmental Design of Cities and Buildings" of the School of Science and Technology of the Hellenic Open University. Founding member of the non-profit organization "Piliko" with the object of building with natural materials and sustainable design. Member of the Ibero-American network PROTERRA as a representative of "Piliko". Freelance architect since 1990, he currently works at the natural building workshop "southern architects" in the artistic village "Verekynthos" in Chania.
Zeta Chrysafaki
She has studied Architecture in the National Technical University of Athens. She has received a Master Degree in “Eco-Sustainable Architecture“ in the Technical University of Bologna Italy, department of Engineering. Since 2007 she lives and works in Chania. She is an expert in bioclimatic design and ecological constructions with natural materials. Her particular interest focuses on techniques with clay, straw, wood and new construction methods with hemp. She has participated in international experimental construction workshops and is a founding member of the non-profit organization "Piliko" .
Katerina Vienna
She studied in Milan (Italy) at the INSTITUTO EUROPEO DI DESIGN as an interior designer. He lives and works in Chania, Crete as a freelancer where he deals with the construction and decoration of houses, shops, laboratories and restorations applying techniques with natural materials, mainly raw earth. He is a member of "Piliko" nonprofit organization where he deals with natural material building in the field of architecture and design. At the same time, she is a founding member since 1989 of the K.E.R Dance Group of Efi Kaloutsi, teacher of Contemporary Expressive Dance, taking part in performances and seminars in Chania, Athens and Paris, combining the various currents and seeking the relationship between body and architecture in modern times (public, personal, social space). In May 2020 he presented in the framework of "Space Talks online debates on architecture, environment and cooperation", the speech entitled "Body and Space".
Antonia Diamantaki
Architect
Maria Mandalaki
She is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture of the Technical University of Crete. She received her Diploma in Architecture from NTUA, and her postgraduate Diploma from the Berlage Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She got her PhD at the School of Environmental Engineering of the Technical University of Crete with specialization in the integration of photovoltaic elements in shading systems. She was a scholar of the Michelis Foundation (Postgraduate) and State Scholarships Foundation of Greece IKY (Ph.D.). She has been distinguished in national Architectural competitions, and she has participated in national and international exhibitions and scientific conferences and has a large number of publications and references in scientific journals. He has participated in research focusing on energy assessment and assessment of the built environment. Since 2007 he has been collaborating with the School of Architecture of the Technical University of Crete in the field of Architectural Technology (Bioclimatic Design) and the Architectural Design Department and since 2008 with the School of Environmental Engineering of the Technical University of Crete.
Dimitra Kada
Architect from the School of Architecture of the Technical University of Crete. In 2017, she started participating in workshops and seminars related to constructions with natural materials. In 2019, she cooperates as a volunteer in the non-profit piliko organization, participating and organizing a lot of workshops and events, while in 2023 she officially becomes a member. She researches natural materials as part of the cultural architectural heritage of Greece and in April 2020 she presented her research on "Earth buildings in Crete. Building construction learnings through the documentation and preservation of earthen architectural heritage " at the 3rd Panhellenic Conference on Digitization of Cultural Heritage – Euromed 2019 and also at the 9th Euro-American Congress on Construction Pathology, Rehabilitation Technology and Heritage Management, REHABEND 2022 in Granada. At the same time, she deals with photography, video and through her architectural perspective she focuses on the relationship between Body and Architecture. In May 2020 he presented in the framework of "Space Talks online debates on architecture, environment and cooperation", the speech entitled "Body and Space. She has participated in research projects with the School of Architecture, in exhibitions and conferences in Greece and abroad. She has also taken part in architectural awards (finalist 2024, 1st prize 2024) and architectural competitions from which she has been distinguished (distinction 2020, 1st prize 2023).
Nikiforos Meimaroglou
Civil Engineer (NTUA), holder of the MSc “Protection of Monuments, Materials and Conservation Interventions” (NTUA), and a PhD candidate at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He works as a research associate at the Laboratory of Building Materials of the NTUA School of Architecture, as well as with the non-profit organizations “Piliko,” specializing in natural building materials, and “Boulouki,” which focuses on traditional building materials and was honored with the Europa Nostra award in 2024. Within his research activity, he has participated in projects such as GreeNest (Horizon 2.5) and Under the Landscape, focusing on the properties of modern earthen building materials and on the characterization of historical building materials. His work has been published in international scientific journals and presented at international conferences. His most recent article was published in Materials and Structures (I.F. 3.4) in 2024, titled “The role of intrinsic soil properties in the compressive strength and volume change behavior of unstabilized earth mortars.” His most cited work (over 70 citations according to Google Scholar) was published in Construction and Building Materials (I.F. 7.4) in 2019, titled “Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC), texture, consistency and organic matter in soil assessment for earth construction: The case of earth mortars”. He has also participated in the organization of various workshops on earthen building materials and traditional architecture with both organizations he collaborates with.
