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about studio thanasis

Studio Thanasis is an Athens-based architecture and design practice creating highly individual spaces through a close attention to place, material and everyday life. Working on a limited number of projects at a time, the studio favours a slow, considered approach to contemporary design.

about ground space

In 2023, Studio Thanasis moved into a ground-floor space near Pedion tou Areos Park in Athens and has since grown into a team of 8 members along with an expansive groups of collaborators.

Ground Space challenges the traditional architecture office by bringing together archtiects and designers in a single collaborative environment. It provides a framework for collaboration, exchange and ambitious projects while allowing each studio to retain its own identity.

Through shared resources, knowledge and conversation, Ground Space explores alternative ways of practising architecture and design—between the independence of the small studio and the possibilities of a larger collective.

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about thanasis

Thanasis Ikonomou is a Greek–Canadian architect born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. He studied architecture at Dalhousie University (B.Arch, M.Arch) after completing a BSc in Biology at the University of British Columbia, bringing an interdisciplinary perspective to design.

Over the next decade, Thanasis gained experience in urban and domestic scales from studios which includes OMA (Rotterdam), Olson Kundig (Seattle), and Architecture Research Office (New York), as well as through a collaboration with Junya Ishigami from Tokyo.

In 2020, Thanasis undertook a sabbatical year in Europe, collaborating with artists and thinkers; an experience that became the seed for establishing Studio Thanasis in Athens. Since then, the practice has developed award-winning residential and cultural projects, including recognition as a finalist for the DoMA Awards (2022), runner-up for Best First Project by a Young Architect (2022), and selection for Open House Athens (2023). The studio also participated in the Cyprus Pavilion of the Venice Biennale (2021) and received Grail Awards over the last two years.

Alongside practice, Thanasis has contributed to architectural education as a guest critic at Central Saint Martins (London), Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle), and the University of Washington (Seattle), as well as teaching at Dalhousie University. He has shared his work in public talks at MoonStation Athens and on the television series Astiko Topio.

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