Name Catherine Dimitsantou Kremezi
   
  Dr. Architect N.T.U.A.
D.E.A. PARIS IV - Sorbonne, Professor, Dept. of Architecture, N.T.U.A.
 
 
     

 

Catherine Dimitsantou Kremezi, born in Athens, is an architect (diploma 1967), Professor of Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens since 1990. She has more than thirty years of experience in teaching and active architecture. Since the beginning of this period, as a teaching member in the Lab. of Architectural Morphology (Architectural Styles and Forms ) at the N.T.U.A. has been involved in the domain of historic and vernacular architectural environment as well as in the domain of the contemporary architecture - the methodical architectural analysis and the design.

She is a member of :
- The Scientific Researching and Teaching Staff, Architectural Morphology Lab. N.T.U.A
- The Teaching Staff of Post graduate studies in conservation of historic cities, N.T.U.A
- The Management Committee of Greek Aesthetics Association-Athens.
- The International Scientific Committee of Cultural Tourism - voting member from Greek branch of ICOMOS.
- The Technical Chamber of Greece.
- The Architects Greek Association

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
The courses she teaches are related : a) to the architectural relieve of historical buildings, b) to the analysis and composition of contemporary architectural design and c) to the analysis of traditional architecture and the integration of contemporary architecture into a traditionally structured environment. She supervises theoretical and design works of students diploma as well as thesis (doctorat).

Her research work is connected with the field in which she teaches and has been published as follow :
1. Peloponissos and South Ionian Islands. Listing and evaluation of their traditional settlements. 1972-74. Ministry of Internal Affairs, Athens.
2. ATTIKA - Traditional Rural Architecture. Ed. MELISSA, Athens 1982.
3. The arched dwellings in Attika. Origin and correlation of a fundamental architectural peculiarity. Publ. C. Kremezi, Athens 1986.
4. Development possibilities in the island of Serifos (Cyclades). Athens 1992.
5. The architecture, in the collective tome ''MESSOGAIA, history and civilization of the area of Messogeia in Attika''. Pub. International Airport of Athens, Athens 2001.
6. AIGAIO, The architectural typology of the houses. Pub. P and E. Michelis Foundation, Athens 2001

In addition to the above she has published more than 30 articles in scientific journals, more than 6 of them in European bulletins, as :
1. Architecture and Tourism, the island of Serifos: a case of cultural conflict. Acta, UIA, Cairo 1992
2. L' analyze architecturale de l' environment traditionnel comme presupposition d' y integrer la construction contemporaine. Acta, UIA, Palma de Majorca 1992
3. L' esthetique de la modernitee en architecture. Un conflict ideologique et stylistique. ESTHETIKS, 1993, Instituto de Estetica y Teoria de las Artes de Madrid.
4. Byzantium and the new church architecture in Greece. (Collab. C. Papaioannou). Lychnari, Jaargang 7, n.3 1993, Holland.
5. Light and shadow in architecture. Acta, UIA -LAM, Barcelona, 1997
6. Cultural itineraries in Greece. Acta, C.I. of N-E Europe. Sofia, Bulgaria, 2001.

She is responsible and main researcher for research programs :
1. AIGAIO, History of settlements and architecture of dueling. - N.T.U.A, EUC. 1995-98
2. Architectural Character of settlements in the islands of Limnos, Sifnos, Folegandros, Antiparos, Sikinos and Kassos. - N.T.U.A, Ministry of Aigaio. 1998-1999.
3. Architectural Character of settlements in Gortinia (Arcadia- Peloponessus). - N.T.U.A 1998-1999)
4. She participate also at two more research programs concerning the preservation of traditional environment.

She has also participated in the organization of scientific congresses such as : ''Architectural Relieves of Monuments'', ''Tourism and Monuments - Cultural Tourism'', ''New Town above the Old Town'', '' The education of aesthetics in elementary school level'' etc.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
As a graduate architect-engineer she has carried out a large number of studies of different types of architectural projects-private and public- such as houses, offices, restoration of traditional buildings and the incorporation into them of new applications, rehabilitation of traditional squares, etc . She collaborates with the design office OMETE S.A., civil engineers, as a consultant on matters in her field.

Her architectural design office is at 1, Prigiponisson str., Filothei, 152 37 Athens
Tel + Fax 01 6844622, Email kkremezi@central.ntua.gr