CHRISTOS KOURTIDIS | CV

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Christos Kourtidis interior architect & interdisciplinary designer

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17/10/1993 25 Adrianothyron, 17237, Athens, Greece 0030 6971967121 chriskourtidis.design@gmail.com

// EDUCATION March 2022- University of West Attica | Athens, Greece present Doctoral candidate, research area: Product Design and Theory Department of Interior Architecture, Faculty of Applied Arts and Culture October 2019- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Architecture | Thessaloniki, Greece May 2021 MSc in Advanced Design: Innovation and Transdisciplinarity in Design, 90 ECTS, grade: 9.32/10 "excellent" October 2011- University of West Attica | Athens, Greece May 2018 BSc in Interior Architecture, Decoration and Product Design, 240 ECTS four-year, grade: 9.26/10 "excellent" (top 2% of graduates) Thesis Project: [RE_HUB] A cultural and plastic pollution awareness hub, 10/10, Prof. Psilopoulos A. Dissertation: Algorithm in Αrchitecture: necessary tool or ephemeral trend, 10/10 September 2014- Politecnico di Milano, Master School of Design | Milan, Italy February 2015 ERASMUS Exchange Student studies in Italy Generative Design cource, 10/10, Prof. Soddu C.

// EXPERIENCE July 2022- Interior architect, MG GREECE, Real Estate Investment company | Athens, Greece present - Construction sites supervision - Buildings Survey - Interior and architectural design of residential projects March 2022- Teaching Assistant, University of West Attica | Athens, Greece September 2022 - Teaching assistant of the undergraduate cource Industrial Design I - Supported students in the concept design, in 3D modeling, and in physical models prototyping February 2022- Draftsman, "THE BRICKLAYER", Millennium Media| Thessaloniki, Greece March 2022 - 3D modeling of the sets - Technical drawings creation of sets - Set locations survey - Cooperation with all the Art Department and Construction June 2021- Set Draftsman, "THE ENFORCER", Millennium Media | Thessaloniki, Greece July 2021 - Concept design development for exterior and interior sets - 3D modeling of the sets - Technical drawings creation of sets - Cooperation with all the Art Department and Construction April 2019- Interior architect, Attica Diamond, Real Estate Investment company | Athens, Greece June 2019 - Interior and architectural design of residential projects - 3D modeling & rendering July 2018- Freelancer, commercial and residential architecture projects | Athens, Greece March 2019 - Concept design, 3D modelling & rendering May 2017 Volunteers' Coordinator, PLATFORMS PROJECT '17, Independent Art Fair | Athens, Greece - Coordinated the volunteers during the Art Fair - Organised the volunteers' timetable - Assisted international exibitors to set up their artworks November 2016 Coordinator, [IN]VISIBLE SPACES workshop, Benaki Museum | Athens, Greece - Coordinated the participants - Assistant tutor on Ephimeral Constructions section April 2016- Design and Make, AICA HELLAS, Art-Athina2016, Art Fair | Athens, Greece May 2016 - Designed the Decorative Wall Installation for AICA's exhibition kiosk for the Art Fair - Constructed the custom-made Installation parts - Setted up the Installation on Site September 2015- Internship - Architectural Assistant, ORPROJECT Architectural Practice | London, UK February 2016 - Designed Residential Projects, Interiors and Furniture - 3D modelling and rendering - Technical Drawings creation - Surveyed Buildings

// WORKSHOPS July 2022 Participant, NON-PLANAR ROBOTIC 3D PRINTING, Digital Futures 2022 | online, Cairo, EG - Formal experimentation with Grasshopper, custom tool-path generation and non-planar 3DP - Non-planar part was 3D printed with clay in the Robotic Fabrication Lab June 2021 Participant, MACHINE CRAFTS, Digital Futures 2021 | online - Non-planar 3D printing workflows using Grasshopper and Silkworm plug-in April 2021 Participant, Robotics for architects and designers, Ludovic Mallegol, FUTURLY | online - Programming robotic movement using Grasshopper and KUKA.prc - Robotic light painting workflow with Arduino, Grasshopper and KUKA.prc - Robotic drawing workflow using Grasshopper and KUKA.prc, and robotic movement simulation April 2021 Participant, ReCycled: Sustainable strategies for robotic fabrication of segmented shells

Advances in Architectural Geometry Conference - AAG2020 | online

- Segmented shells modeling in Rhino 3D and Grasshopper - Programming robotic movement for hot wire cutting in HAL robotics, and movement simulation July 2020 Participant, Summer Makers v2.0, Municipal Athens Maker Space | Athens, Greece - Digital design and fabrication cource, laser cutting, CNC milling, 3D printing - Design and make of a workbench modular structure, constructed by plywood using the CNC milling router June 2020 Participant, YFALOS - Artificial Reef, Topotheque, Digital Futures 2020 | online - Minimal surfaces studies, module geometries generation - Aggregation and Recursion methods in Grasshopper - Cooperation with FabLab Ioannina fabrication team December 2018 Participant, Flowing Structuralism, IOA alumni travelling workshop, AUTh | Thessaloniki, GR - 3D modelling with Rhino 3D, Grasshopper and Karamba - CNC manufacture of the generated model in dow foam - Vacuum forming PVC molds of the final physical model October 2018 Participant, Fibrous Structures, Δe_Λab + Basic (Spain) | Athens, Greece - Form-finding design of a fibrus chair using Kangaroo - Structural analysis and simulation using Karamba 3D - Constructing the fibrus chair in 1:1 scale July 2018 Participant, Introduction to Interactive Design, Δe_Λab | Athens, Greece - Coding and physical computing of Adruino board - Design of the interaction between the device and humans - Concept design and technical drawing of the device - Constructed the device and setted up the interaction May 2018 Participant, Re-Makers Project, Athens Municipality | Athens, Greece - Precious Plastic workshop, plasic waste recycling and creative upcycling October 2017 Participant, Design for Peace Hackathon, Konstfack University | Stockholm, Sweden - Addressed real humanitarian challenges - Interdisciplinarity - Designed waste management plan for Kara Tepe refugee camp in Lesvos based on the concept of circular economy July 2017 Participant, Summer school PRODECT2017, Industrial Products Design and Product Developement Dep. of Product Design and Sysyem Design Engineering, University of Aegean | Syros, Greece - Concept developement for an new music player product - Product design, 3D modeling, and physical model making October 2016 Participant, Humanitarian Design Workshop CORE RELIFE, LATRA | Lesvos, Greece - Field experience, presence, work and presentation - Designed and 3D printed add-ons for Core Relife Items - Donated work to international organisation, open source - Interdisciplinarity September 2016 Participant, AKALYPTOS SKG_hybrid hortus conclusus, AUTh | Thessaloniki, Greece - Designed experimental structures using modular wooden pieces - Constructed 1:1 scale structures by hand and woodworking tools March 2016 Participant, Parammetric Construction IV, SPACE UNDER | Athens, Greece - Parametric modeling using Grasshopper-Rhino 3D - Live Physics and Interactive Simulation with Kangaroo - Construction of the selected Prototype Structure in 1:1 scale

// VOLUNTEERING November 2021 Exhibition Coordinator, Athens 200 years 200 buildings, SNFCC | Athens, Greece - Coordinated the set up of the exhibition May 2021 Exhibits spatial curation, SYMBOLS & Iconic Ruins, Art Exhibition, EMST | Athens, Greece - Setted up contemporary exhibits (spatial installations, paintings, sculptures) - Setted up and suppervised the exhibition's audiovisual equipment (projectors) March 2016- Group Cοordinator, OPEN HOUSE Athens 2016 | Athens, Greece April 2016 - Scheduled appointments with house owners and OHA volunteers - Organised volunteers' work and rehearsal meetings - Inspected OHA buildings during the OHA event days April 2015- Volunteer, Erasmus Student Network, ESN TEI Athens | Athens, Greece August 2015 - Guided the new International Students of TEI of Athens - Assisted the organisation of ESN events May 2014 Volunteer, Art-Athina 2014, International Art Fair | Athens, Greece - Assisted exhibitors from Germany and Iceland - Installed artworks in exhibition kiosks May 2013 Volunteer, Art-Athina 2013, International Art Fair | Athens, Greece - Team-work with other volunteers - Setted up the interior space of an exhibition kiosk

// CONFERENCES - EXHIBITIONS December 2020 Speaker, Lecture at the "circular economy" section, Seminar: "Re" of research into our life organized by ReCoopAuth | online https://websites.auth.gr/recoopauth/2021/01/28/ June 2015 Rapporteur, Commentator of students' Round Table, "Aesthetic and Ethic" Conference School of Applied Arts and Design, TEI Athens, Technopolis | Athens, Greece June 2015 Team exhibition, TEI of Athens student projects, Exhibition of Performance Design PQ Prague Quadrennial, Student Section|Czech Republic December 2014 Participant, Politecnico di Milano student of Generative Design cource Exhibition of XVII Generative Art Conference | Rome, Italy

// AWARDS - SCHOLARSHIPS September 2015 ERASMUS+ Traineeship Scholarship Internship at ORPROJECT | London, UK December 2014 IAH Rome 2014, by Archistart, Winner - 1st Place International five-day workshop about the design of a multifunctional kiosk for the city of Rome, Italy September 2014 ERASMUS+ Studies Scholarship Exchange studies at Politecnico di Milano | Italy

// SOFTWARE SKILLS CAD Autodesk AutoCAD Rendering Vray 3D modelling Rhinoceros SketchUp Parametric Grasshopper Digital laser cutting fabrication CNC milling 3D printing

Adobe Photoshop Creative Ilustrator Suite InDesign Premier Programming Processing IDE (arduino) Python 3D printing Cura

// LANGUAGES Greek - Mother Tongue English - Fluent, IELTS 6.5 (19/01/2019) Italian - Basic