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Areti Markopoulou: Mining Matter

Tue, Jul 1    11:30am

Areti Markopoulou is a Greek architect, researcher and urban technologist working at the intersection of architecture and emerging technologies. She is the Academic Director of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) in Barcelona, where she also leads the Advanced Architecture Group, a multidisciplinary research lab exploring how design and science can positively impact the built environment. Her work explores the redefinition of cities through an ecological and technological lens, merging design with biotechnologies, decarbonising materials, digital fabrication and big data.

Areti is also the co-founder of StudioP52, an art/tech community-driven gallery activating abandoned industrial warehouses in Barcelona, and she has served as co-editor of the digital platform Urban Next. She has developed and consulted on noumerous projects addressing urban regeneration through data science, innovation in circular construction and low-carbon materials, as well as interdisciplinary educational models for the digital age.

She is the co-founder and Chair of the Responsive Cities International Symposium, Academic Advisor for the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona Open Call, and was Head Co-Curator (with Lydia Kallipoliti) of the 2022 Tallinn Architecture Biennale. Areti is co-author and editor of Learning Cities: Collective Intelligence Urban Design (Actar, 2022), Edible; Or, the Architecture of Metabolism (TAB, 2022), Black Ecologies (Actar, 2019) and Building Metabolism (Actar, 2025), the latter supported by the Graham Foundation Grant for Individuals.