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UTSA College of Architecture
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Biographical Note
Nikos Salingaros
Department of Mathematics,
University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, Texas 78249
E-mail: salingar (at) gmail (dot) com
Telephone: 210 458 5546
Fax: 210 458 4439
More than 18 Masters and Doctoral students in Architecture/Urbanism
Contributions to mathematics & physics
Papers on carpets &
design
Some Notes on Christopher Alexander
Christopher Alexander's ideas on office environments
The Léon Krier website
The architectural efforts of Charles, the Prince of Wales
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NEWS:
- NEW BOOK: Unified Architectural Theory: Form, Language, Complexity. A Companion to Christopher Alexander's "The Phenomenon of Life -- The Nature of Order, Book 1", Sustasis Foundation, 2013. Now available from Levellers Press. Download the FLYER.
- "A Sustainable Energy Future for Mauritius", Teleconference with the press in Mauritius, 1 March 2013 (AUDIO). Interview on Defimedia, 8 March 2013.
- Onassis Senior Visiting Scholar, University Seminars Program, 15-22 February 2013 -- presented a series of lectures in New York City and Long Island.
- Taught a course on Architectural Theory at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Fall semester 2012 -- students can follow much of it online.
- "Biology, the city and responsible design" (AUDIO), The 2012 Slater-Maguire Lecture, Saint Margaret's Church, Winnipeg, Canada, 15 October 2012 (announcement).
- Elected to the Scientific Committee of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia -- IAAC, Barcelona, Spain, September 2012.
- "Cities as Complex Systems", videolecture to the Laboratory of Geographic Information Systems, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, 9 August 2012.
- Appointed as International Consultant to CNU México -- Consorcio para el Nuevo Urbanismo, July 2012.
- "Biourbanism: Theory and Practice", videolecture for the International Society of Biourbanism Summer School, "Neuroergonomics and Urban Design", Artena/Rome Italy, 17 July 2012; also HERE.
- "Urbanism as Computation", video of Keynote lecture at the CRESC Annual Conference, Manchester, 8 September 2011.
- "Transformations: Architecture from Biology", video of lecture at the IAAC -- Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Master in Advanced Architecture, Barcelona, 13 June 2012 (PHOTO).
- ENTREVUE sur le projet du centre commercial à Verviers, Belgique, 10 Juin 2012.
- "Organizational Complexity", videolecture for the Masters Program in Systems Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 8 June 2012.
- Review in Vietnamese of my book "Anti-Architecture and Deconstruction", by Nguyen Hong Ngoc, 3 March 2012.
- Interview with Manner of Man Magazine, 1 March 2012.
- My book Twelve Lectures on Architecture chosen as one of ten of The P2P Foundation Books of the Year 2011, 9 January 2012.
- "Imperialismo globale e antiarchitettura", intervista di Serena Baldini, Biourbanistica, 23 dicembre 2011, ripubblicato in Arianna Editrice, 27 dicembre 2011, TEMIS, 27 dicembre 2011, Megachip, 28 dicembre 2011, Informare per Resistere, 28 dicembre 2011, Informazione Consapevole, 28 dicembre 2011.
- Chosen as one of ten worldwide "Experts on Traditional Architecture" by Fides et Forma, 22 December 2011.
- Review in POLISH of Twelve Lectures on Architecture: Algorithmic Sustainable Design, Architektura & Bisnes, November 2011.
- Review of Twelve Lectures on Architecture: Algorithmic Sustainable Design, Energy Bulletin, 20 June 2011.
- "Niente Grattacieli a Roma", video per la Conferenza Stampa sulla Commissione Grattacieli, Roma, 15 Novembre 2011.
- "Principles of Urban Structure", International Lecture Series: Achieving a Sustainable Built Environment, Vienna University of Technology, 3 November 2011.
- "Free+Open: P2P Urbanism", OpenArchitectures, 27 October 2011.
- Ashraf Salama, "Anti-Vitruvian Architects and Contemporary Society", Architects for Peace, 26 September 2011.
- "Public Spaces, New Urbanism, Smart Growth" (AUDIO FILE), invited talk, The Philadelphia Society, Cincinnati, 7-8 October 2011.
- "La ciudad de las redes y el urbanismo de pares en pares", teleconferencia, 2o Congreso Internacional sobre la Vivienda Social, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, 21 de Septiembre 2011.
- Rod Dreher, "Ugly Buildings: Unscientific and Irreligious", The American Conservative, 12 September 2011.
- "Urban Computations and Genomics", Framing the City Conference, University of Manchester, 8 September 2011.
- David Bollier, "Re-imagining Urban Design and City Life", 2 September 2011.
- "James Kalb interviews Nikos Salingaros", The Philadelphia Society, 20 August 2011.
- Slavoj Zizek, "Bad Architecture" (bilingual English/Italian), Needle and Globe, 18 August 2011. Reprinted by the P2P Foundation, along with an extract from my article "The Derrida Virus", 23 September 2011; reprinted by 2020 Climate Campaign, 23 September 2011.
- "Network City", video presentation to the IAAC -- Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona, 19 July 2011.
- Video Interview with Roberto de Mattei at the Lepanto Foundation, Rome, 1 July 2011.
- Organizational meeting for the "Conference on the Roman Periphery" focusing on the Corviale Social Housing, Office of the Administration of the Lazio Region, Rome, 1 July 2011.
- Presented the book "Participative Design" by A. Giangrande & E. Mortola, Gangemi Editore, Rome, 30 June 2011.
- At the Italian Parliament -- met with senior italian legislators and observed the session of the Chamber of Deputies on 29 June 2011 (PHOTO).
- "Biophilia and the Quality of Life in Our Cities: Inspired by Classical Greek Ideas", Commencement Address, Center for Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies, Queen's College, CUNY, New York City, 26 May 2011 (PHOTO), summary in greek.
- "Form Languages and Classical Mouldings", lecture at the ICAA, New York City, 25 May 2011.
- "Architecture of Place and Peer-to-Peer Urbanism", lecture at the Project for Public Spaces, New York City, 24 May 2011.
- Attended the Driehaus Prize Ceremony, Chicago, 25 March 2011 (PHOTO1) (PHOTO2) (PHOTO3).
- Twelve lectures on architecture: algorithmic sustainable design, Umbau-Verlag, Solingen, 2010 (252 pages) is available in the USA HERE, HERE, and HERE, in the UK HERE, and in the EU from Germany HERE and HERE. Comment by David Brussat in the Providence Journal, 7 March 2011. Review by James Kalb on Turnabout. Review in Polish HERE and another in Portuguese HERE.
- Film (in Greek) me ton Giorgo Papanikolaou, Greekarchitects, 24 January 2011. First presentation in Greece of intelligent-based architecture.
- Sinenteuxi me tin Anna Grimani (in Greek), Kathimerini, 12 December 2010.
- Arthro tou Dimitri Rigopoulou (in Greek), Kathimerini, 12 December 2010.
- Sinenteuxi me tin Maria Thermou (in Greek), To Vima, 12 December 2010, reprinted in Our Town.
- VIDEO (in english): "Projects for the International Workshop on the Roman Periphery", Rome, 1 December 2010.
- "Life and the Geometry of the Environment" (article and video), Athens Dialogues, The Onassis Foundation, Athens, 27 November 2010, Video in English, also HERE, Video with simultaneous Greek translation, also HERE, Video of the entire session, Video of the entire session with Greek translation, and Video of the entire session with French translation; also SLIDES, and summary in Polish.
- "I kathimerini mas exapatisi" (in Greek), TO VIMA, 21 November 2010.
- P2P Urbanism, book draft available free online. Invited talk at the International Commons Conference, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Berlin, 1 November 2010 (PHOTO1) (PHOTO2). See webpage at the P2P Foundation and a similar one on Wikipedia.
- Video en castellano: Principios de la Estructura Urbana, Octubre de 2010.
- O Nikos Salingaros apanda ston Andrea Yakoumakato, Greekarchitects, 4 October 2010 (PHOTO1) (PHOTO2).
- Video Presentation "The Fractal City", CityCamp London, 8 October 2010.
- "Un regard de passage", Le Journal de l'Architecte, numéro 239, juin/juilliet 2010; republié sur le site Anguis in Herba, 31 Juillet 2010.
- My architectural project for the Commercial Plaza in Doha, Qatar chosen as "Project of the Month" by A Vision of Europe, July 2010.
- "Urban and Information Architectures: A Cross-disciplinary Approach to Complexity", paper with Roger Sessions, ObjectWatch, October 2010. Originally presented as an online seminar, International Association of Software Architects, 17 July 2010 (download lecture in RealPlayer).
- Lecture at the Berlage Institute, Rotterdam, Holland, and discussion with Jeroen de Willigen of the architecture studio De Zwarte Hond, 23 June 2010.
- Lectures on urbanism at the University of Alcalá, Spain, 14 June 2010.
- Athens Dialogues Organizational Conference, New York City, 16 April 2010.
- No Alle Archistar chosen as Book of the Month by Urban Lovers/A Vision of Europe, March 2010.
- Review of "Anti-Architecture and Deconstruction" by Kr. Hoff-Andersen.
- Winning proposal of Adalberto Libera's arch as a monument to Italian soldiers, with 33% of the popular vote, Sole 24 Ore, January 2010.
- David Brussat writing in The Providence Journal: 1, 2, 3 & 4, November 2009.
- Lecture tour in Italy 28 October – 5 November: Bologna, Florence, and Rome PHOTOS 1 & 2.
- September 2009: "Complexity Theory of Cities Comes of Age" Conference, Technical University of Delft, Holland.
- September 2009: Doha project exhibited at the Technical University of Delft, Holland, with accompanying talk.
- 16 September 2009: "Who Is A More Important Thinker, Corbu or Salingaros?", Charles Siegel on Planetizen.
- September 2009: Ranked 11th in Planetizen's poll "The Top 100 Urban Thinkers" -- announcement on Greekarchitects -- announcement on UTSA Today.
- Visit to 17 Dionysiou Areopagitou, Athens -- a building I helped to save from destruction, June 2009 PHOTO.
- June-August 2009: Doha project exhibited at the Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem, Holland.
- 17 December 2008: Interviewed by River Path Associates for the British Council on Climate & Cities.
- November 2008: Distinguished Visitor, Ben-Gurion University, Israel PHOTOS 1, 2, 3.
- November 2008: One of UTNE's "50 Visionaries who are changing your world".
- September 2008: Doha project included in the New Palladians Exhibition, The Prince's Foundation, London.
- June & September 2008: Lecture Tour in Italy PHOTOS 1 & 2.
- Intervista video in italiano, Palermo, 2008.
- 13 May 2008: Keynote panelist, Forum for Urban Design, New York City PHOTO.
- "The Architectural Revolution began in Italy", Video interview at the CNU XVI, 2008.
- Review of Biophilic Design by Philip Langdon, April 2008: "one of the best design books of this decade".
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