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Dr Dimitra Ntzani
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BSc & MArch equivalent, MSc, PhD
Uwch Ddarlithydd mewn Hanes a Theori Pensaernïaeth
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I joined the Welsh School of Architecture in January 2019.
I am an architect by training and practice since 2003, a researcher in design problematics of heritage management since 2010, and an educator of architectural history, theory and design since 2013.
I hold a Diploma in Architectural Design and Engineering and an MSc in Architectural Design, Space and Culture, from the National Technical University of Athens. I also have a doctoral degree (PhD) in design aspects of critical engagement with archaeological heritage from the University of Edinburgh. My research is interdisciplinary and brings theories and methods from cognitive studies in architectural design.
I am a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece, the Memory Studies Association, and the Association of Critical Heritage Studies. I have collaborated with various cultural institutions (AOC Archaeology-Group, Northlight-Heritage, Kelvingrove Museum and Arts Gallery, Museum of Asian Arts Corfu) for research purposes. I am currently leading BSc Year1 programme, teach theory and design across various levels of WSA programmes, and supervise doctoral students who investigate heritage design-management phenomena.
Cyhoeddiad
2025
- Ntzani, D., Mygdali, S. and Capelao, A. 2025. My city, my body, my selfie. In: Thornton, V. ed. Learning Connections Report. London: Thornton Education Trust, pp. 17.
- Whitman, C., Tam, L., Guirnaldos Diaz, M., Ntzani, D., Halford, E. and Capelao, A. 2025. Contribution to Westminster's Welsh Affairs Committee, "The environmental and economic legacy of Wales' industrial past (Inquiry)". Westminster: UK Gov.
- McCormick, M. and Ntzani, D. 2025. Tracing the rhizomes of trauma: Psychogeographies of protest and grief in Grenfell Tower Commemoration [Abstract]. Presented at: Spontaneous Memorials: Contemporary perspectives on their sociocultural, psychological and organisational impact, Manchester, UK, 12-13 June 2025.
2024
- Ntzani, D. 2024. Drysfeydd y cymoedd: The sub-topographies of South Wales Valleys’ industrial crises.. Architecture and Culture, article number: 2260167. (10.1080/20507828.2023.2260167)
- Ntzani, D. 2024. Commemorating Trauma and Death: Darkness, Dissonance and Deviation in the Design of London’s Holocaust Memorial. Presented at: LIMS international conference Searching for Memory between the Mind and the World, Trento, Italy, 28-30 of August 2024.
2023
- Ntzani, D. 2023. Drysfeydd y Cymoedd (*The Maze of the Valleys): Archiving and commemorating the industrial crisis of the South Wales Valleys.. Presented at: Memory Studies Association 7th Annual Conference: Communities & Change, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 3-7 July 2023.
- Ntzani, D. and Banteli, A. 2023. Strange encounters: Creativity as a state of alterity in the early stages of design learning. Charrette 9(1), pp. 77-96.
- Ntzani, D. and Banteli, A. 2023. Othering Pedagogies: Integrating performing games and theatrical improvisations in the early stages of design.. Presented at: Architecture 101: Questioning the Fundamentals, Newcastle, 09-11 November 2023Architecture 101: Questioning the Fundamentals. Newcastle: Newcastle University pp. 68-68.
- Ntzani, D. 2023. Drysfa'r Cymoedd*: The sub-topographies of industrial crises of the South Wales Valleys. (*The Maze of the Valleys). Presented at: AHRA Research Student Symposium 2023_ Research in crisis: tactics and methods, Cardiff University, 12-14 April 2023.
- Ntzani, D. and Banteli, A. 2023. Othering pedagogies: Integrating performing games and theatrical improvisations in the early stages of architectural education.. Presented at: Architectures of Alterity: Body, Media, Space, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, 7-8 September 2023.
2021
- Ntzani, D. 2021. Un-mapping regions of trauma: systematicity and ordinariness in South Wales Valleys’ industrial disasters. Presented at: 18th Annual International Architectural Humanities Research Association Conference, Virtual, 11-13 November 2021 Presented at Richards, S. et al. eds.Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Architectural Humanities Research Association Conference, Vol. 18. Loughborough: Loughborough University
- Ntzani, D., Magill, S. and Chatzivasileiadi, A. 2021. Creative together: Fostering and displaying creativity in digital education. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University Centre for Education Support and Innovation. Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/CESI/creative-together-fostering-and-displaying-creativity-in-digital-education/
- Ntzani, D. 2021. Learning and Teaching Conference 2021- The material grounds of digital learning. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University Centre for Education Support and Innovation. Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/CESI/learning-and-teaching-conference-2021-the-material-grounds-of-digital-learning/
- Ntzani, D. 2021. Troublesome pedagogies: introducing 'otherness' to 1st year design studio. Presented at: TFYD: Initiations: Practices of Teaching 1st Year Design in Architecture, Nicosia, Cyprus, 23-25 Oct 2019 Presented at Chatzichristou, C., Icavovou, P. and Koutsoumpos, L. eds.Initiations: practices of teaching 1st year design in architecture. Conference proceedings of the TFYD 2019. pp. 195-204.
2016
- Ntzani, D. 2016. From theatrical silence to labyrinthine; In search of critical engagement with cultural heritage.. Presented at: The Place of Silence: Experience, Environment and Affect, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Edinburgh, 22-24 June 2016.
- Ntzani, D. 2016. From theatre to labyrinth: in pursuit of critical engagement with archaeological heritage. PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh.
- Ntzani, D. 2016. The engaging advantages of an ephemeral heritage. Presented at: 18th ICOMOS General Assembly Symposium, Heritage and Landscape as Human Values, Firenze, Italy, 9-14 November 2014 Presented at Di Stefano, M. ed.Proceedings of ICOMOS International Symposium: Heritage and Landscape as Human Values. pp. 279.
2015
- Ntzani, D. 2015. Under the spell of metaphors: Investigating the effects of conduit and container metaphors on museum experience. Curator: The Museum Journal 58(1), pp. 59-76. (10.1111/cura.12098)
- Ntzani, D. 2015. Enchanting spaces of time-past: Investigating the effects of reading metaphors on public engagement with archaeological remains [Abstract]. Presented at: 6th International Conference on Spatial Cognition: Space and Situated Cognition, Rome, Italy, 7-11 September 2015 Presented at Hunefeldt, T. and Olivetti Belardinelli, M. eds.Space and Situated Cognition: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Spatial Cognition (ICSC 2015). Springer pp. S33., (10.1007/s10339-015-0732-7)
2014
- Ntzani, D. and Barber, J. 2014. The ephemeral inscriptions of Caithness. Presented at: Reading and Exhibiting Nature International Conference,, London, 7-9 Feb 2014.
2013
- Ntzani, D. and Barber, J. 2013. Reading the ephemera of Caithness. MAS Context 19(3), pp. 22-33.
2007
- Ntzani, D. and Karteri, R. 2007. Shipyard and workshop of traditional ship-building in Ambelakia Salamina: M.Arch thesis. In: Photiou, T., Demire, K. and Moungolia, A. eds. Diploma Projects 02+03: Building Technology, Urban and Regional Planning, Architectural Design, Interior Design and Landscaping. Athens: Panepistimiakes Ekdoseis EMP
Articles
- Ntzani, D. 2024. Drysfeydd y cymoedd: The sub-topographies of South Wales Valleys’ industrial crises.. Architecture and Culture, article number: 2260167. (10.1080/20507828.2023.2260167)
- Ntzani, D. and Banteli, A. 2023. Strange encounters: Creativity as a state of alterity in the early stages of design learning. Charrette 9(1), pp. 77-96.
- Ntzani, D. 2015. Under the spell of metaphors: Investigating the effects of conduit and container metaphors on museum experience. Curator: The Museum Journal 58(1), pp. 59-76. (10.1111/cura.12098)
- Ntzani, D. and Barber, J. 2013. Reading the ephemera of Caithness. MAS Context 19(3), pp. 22-33.
Book sections
- Ntzani, D., Mygdali, S. and Capelao, A. 2025. My city, my body, my selfie. In: Thornton, V. ed. Learning Connections Report. London: Thornton Education Trust, pp. 17.
- Ntzani, D. and Karteri, R. 2007. Shipyard and workshop of traditional ship-building in Ambelakia Salamina: M.Arch thesis. In: Photiou, T., Demire, K. and Moungolia, A. eds. Diploma Projects 02+03: Building Technology, Urban and Regional Planning, Architectural Design, Interior Design and Landscaping. Athens: Panepistimiakes Ekdoseis EMP
Conferences
- McCormick, M. and Ntzani, D. 2025. Tracing the rhizomes of trauma: Psychogeographies of protest and grief in Grenfell Tower Commemoration [Abstract]. Presented at: Spontaneous Memorials: Contemporary perspectives on their sociocultural, psychological and organisational impact, Manchester, UK, 12-13 June 2025.
- Ntzani, D. 2024. Commemorating Trauma and Death: Darkness, Dissonance and Deviation in the Design of London’s Holocaust Memorial. Presented at: LIMS international conference Searching for Memory between the Mind and the World, Trento, Italy, 28-30 of August 2024.
- Ntzani, D. 2023. Drysfeydd y Cymoedd (*The Maze of the Valleys): Archiving and commemorating the industrial crisis of the South Wales Valleys.. Presented at: Memory Studies Association 7th Annual Conference: Communities & Change, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 3-7 July 2023.
- Ntzani, D. and Banteli, A. 2023. Othering Pedagogies: Integrating performing games and theatrical improvisations in the early stages of design.. Presented at: Architecture 101: Questioning the Fundamentals, Newcastle, 09-11 November 2023Architecture 101: Questioning the Fundamentals. Newcastle: Newcastle University pp. 68-68.
- Ntzani, D. 2023. Drysfa'r Cymoedd*: The sub-topographies of industrial crises of the South Wales Valleys. (*The Maze of the Valleys). Presented at: AHRA Research Student Symposium 2023_ Research in crisis: tactics and methods, Cardiff University, 12-14 April 2023.
- Ntzani, D. and Banteli, A. 2023. Othering pedagogies: Integrating performing games and theatrical improvisations in the early stages of architectural education.. Presented at: Architectures of Alterity: Body, Media, Space, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, 7-8 September 2023.
- Ntzani, D. 2021. Un-mapping regions of trauma: systematicity and ordinariness in South Wales Valleys’ industrial disasters. Presented at: 18th Annual International Architectural Humanities Research Association Conference, Virtual, 11-13 November 2021 Presented at Richards, S. et al. eds.Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Architectural Humanities Research Association Conference, Vol. 18. Loughborough: Loughborough University
- Ntzani, D. 2021. Troublesome pedagogies: introducing 'otherness' to 1st year design studio. Presented at: TFYD: Initiations: Practices of Teaching 1st Year Design in Architecture, Nicosia, Cyprus, 23-25 Oct 2019 Presented at Chatzichristou, C., Icavovou, P. and Koutsoumpos, L. eds.Initiations: practices of teaching 1st year design in architecture. Conference proceedings of the TFYD 2019. pp. 195-204.
- Ntzani, D. 2016. From theatrical silence to labyrinthine; In search of critical engagement with cultural heritage.. Presented at: The Place of Silence: Experience, Environment and Affect, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Edinburgh, 22-24 June 2016.
- Ntzani, D. 2016. The engaging advantages of an ephemeral heritage. Presented at: 18th ICOMOS General Assembly Symposium, Heritage and Landscape as Human Values, Firenze, Italy, 9-14 November 2014 Presented at Di Stefano, M. ed.Proceedings of ICOMOS International Symposium: Heritage and Landscape as Human Values. pp. 279.
- Ntzani, D. 2015. Enchanting spaces of time-past: Investigating the effects of reading metaphors on public engagement with archaeological remains [Abstract]. Presented at: 6th International Conference on Spatial Cognition: Space and Situated Cognition, Rome, Italy, 7-11 September 2015 Presented at Hunefeldt, T. and Olivetti Belardinelli, M. eds.Space and Situated Cognition: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Spatial Cognition (ICSC 2015). Springer pp. S33., (10.1007/s10339-015-0732-7)
- Ntzani, D. and Barber, J. 2014. The ephemeral inscriptions of Caithness. Presented at: Reading and Exhibiting Nature International Conference,, London, 7-9 Feb 2014.
Other
- Whitman, C., Tam, L., Guirnaldos Diaz, M., Ntzani, D., Halford, E. and Capelao, A. 2025. Contribution to Westminster's Welsh Affairs Committee, "The environmental and economic legacy of Wales' industrial past (Inquiry)". Westminster: UK Gov.
Thesis
- Ntzani, D. 2016. From theatre to labyrinth: in pursuit of critical engagement with archaeological heritage. PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh.
Websites
- Ntzani, D., Magill, S. and Chatzivasileiadi, A. 2021. Creative together: Fostering and displaying creativity in digital education. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University Centre for Education Support and Innovation. Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/CESI/creative-together-fostering-and-displaying-creativity-in-digital-education/
- Ntzani, D. 2021. Learning and Teaching Conference 2021- The material grounds of digital learning. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University Centre for Education Support and Innovation. Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/CESI/learning-and-teaching-conference-2021-the-material-grounds-of-digital-learning/
Ymchwil
Mae fy ymchwil yn rhyngddisgyblaethol ac yn dod â damcaniaethau a dulliau o faes ieithyddiaeth wybyddol a gwybyddiaeth ddosbarthedig i astudiaethau dylunio ac yn arbennig wrth reoli dylunio treftadaeth ddiwylliannol. Dros y 12 mlynedd diwethaf, bûm yn cydweithio ag amrywiol sefydliadau diwylliannol yng Ngwlad Groeg a'r Alban, ar gyfer dylunio/astudio arddangosfeydd cyhoeddus a rhaglenni ymgysylltu (Grŵp AOC, Northlight Heritage, Amgueddfa Celfyddydau Asiaidd Corfu, ac ati). Ariannwyd rhannau o fy ymchwil doethurol gan Goleg Celfyddydau Caeredin ac Ysgol y Celfyddydau i Raddedigion a'r Dyniaethau yn yr Alban.
Yn ehangach, mae fy ymchwil yn canolbwyntio ar drosiadau gofodol fel sgaffaldiau gwybyddol a'u gallu i lunio dyluniad pensaernïol, a chefnogi ymgysylltiad empathig mewn amgylcheddau addysgol amrywiol (AU a sefydliadau treftadaeth). Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n edrych ar drosiadau sy'n siapio dyluniad treftadaeth arwynebedig, anodd neu dywyll, ac ar eu heffaith ar brofiad ymwelwyr.
Rwyf hefyd yn aelod o bwyllgor academaidd cymuned ymchwil newydd a ariennir gan GW4 sy'n casglu ac yn dirio gwybodaeth academaidd ar bensaernïaeth o alterity. Pensaernïaeth y Gymuned Ymchwil Alterity_GW4
Yn olaf, ond nid lleiaf, mae gen i ddiddordeb mewn addysgeg Dylunio Cynhwysol, neu mewn strategaethau dysgu dylunio sy'n cefnogi ac yn creu meddylfryd mwy cynhwysol mewn addysg bensaernïol. Mae ymchwil gyfredol yn canolbwyntio ar y celfyddydau perfformio a'u heffaith ar ddysgu dylunio, fel modd o sicrhau dealltwriaeth empathig o ddefnyddwyr dylunio sydd ag anableddau corfforol a/neu ddysgu. Dysgu Dylunio Empathetig
Ar hyn o bryd, rwy'n goruchwylio myfyrwyr ymchwil ôl-raddedig sydd â diddordeb mewn treftadaeth ddadleuol a nomadig, ond hefyd yn y gwaith o reoli asedau diwylliannol o'r gwaelod i fyny a'u heffeithiau posibl ar rymuso a lles cymunedol.
Rwyf hefyd yn adolygydd allanol ar gyfer Charrette, Journal of AAE.
Cwblhawyd yn ddiweddar ac ar hyn o bryd yn rhedeg prosiectau
Addysgu
Ar hyn o bryd Dimitra yw'r Dirprwy i 2 Mawrth Gadeirydd ac arweinydd modiwlau Paratoi Ymchwil a Thraethawd Hir MArch1/2. Bu'n gweithredu fel Cadeirydd BSc1 ac arweinydd modiwl Dylunio Pensaernïol Blwyddyn 1 rhwng 2019-2022 a dyfarnwyd y Wobr Cyfraniad Eithriadol iddi am ei gwasanaethau yn natblygiad Blwyddyn 1 yn ystod y blynyddoedd yr effeithiwyd arnynt gan Covid. Mae hi hefyd yn goruchwylio MAWRTH, traethodau hir PG ac ymchwil doethurol ar berthnasoedd i'w meysydd pwnc ymchwil.
Cyd-arweiniodd y rhaglen Vertical Studio yn llwyddiannus yn 2019-21 a chefnogodd yn academaidd yr arddangosfa gyhoeddus o'i allbynnau dylunio mewn SHIFT_Cardiff, gofod celfyddydau ymchwil a datblygu amlddisgyblaethol.
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Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
Architecture, Design & Cognition, Heritage Design, Contested Heritages, Nomadic Heritages
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