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Our office does not only design and build various projects but also is actively engaged in continuous research. Our research covers topics in areas such as housing and urban design, apartment buildings, design and construction, user and architect participation in construction, art of making, building detailing, and other related subjects. Please, find below some of our ongoing published research findings (pdf forma

 

 

Housing and Urban Design

"Creating Living Urban Spaces: Christopher Alexander Hands-On Techniques", by Yodan Rofe, Kyriakos Pontikis, Michael Mehaffy, Chris Andrews, Susan Ingham, Eileen Tumlin, and Seth Wachtel, CNU 2007.

 

"The Quest for Sustainable Housing Patterns on the Island of Cyprus", by Derya Oktay and Kyriakos Pontikis, EDRA 2007.

 

"Designing and Making Livable and Sustainable Places", by Kyriakos Pontikis, Yodan Rofe, and Others, EDRA 2005.

 

"Planning, Design and Making of Sustainable Housing Environments: A Study on the Island of Cyprus", by Derya Oktay and Kyriakos Pontikis, IUA, 2005.

 

 

 

Apartment Building

"The Apartment Building Process", book manuscript by Kyriakos Pontikis, 2007. 

 

"Designing and Making Buildings Livable and Sustainable", chapter in book “Inquiry into Urban Environment: Issues Concerning Urban, Housing and Built Environment”, Editor Derya Oktay, EMU Press, 2006.  

 

"Architectural Identity and the Apartment Building in Cyprus", by Kyriakos Pontikis, ACSA 2000.

 

"Apartment Building Process: the Design and Construction of the Korinthos Apartment Building in Cyprus", by Kyriakos Pontikis, Ph.D. Dissertation, 1998.

 

“A New Apartment Building Process: Construction Simulation of an Apartment Building in Cyprus”, by Kyriakos Pontikis, Susan Ingham, Danna Lerner, Andrew Hryniewicz, Process Studies: A Journal of Architectural Process and Construction Process, 1994.

 

 

 

Art of Making and Building Detailing

“Theory to Practice in Christopher Alexander’s Nature of Order”, by Kyriakos Pontikis, EDRA 2007.

 

"The Role of Handcrafted Building Detailing and Ornamentation in the Design Build Process", by Kyriakos Pontikis, ACSA 2004.

 

"Synthesis of 21st Century Engineering with Traditional Architectural Form: the Art of Making in the Design of a Greek Orthodox Church in America", Gary R. Black and Kyriakos Pontikis, IASTE, 1994.

 

 

 

User Participation

"Participation of the Architect and the Users in the Building Process", by Kyriakos Pontikis, EDRA 2003.