TWIN2EXPAND. Twinning Towards Research Excellence in Evidence-Based Urban Planning and Design

Program Duration: 2023 - 2026

Coordinator: Nadia Charalambous

Funding: Horizon Europe (Overall 1,449,955  UCY €493.559)

Researchers: Ilaria Geddes, Ana Maria Ricchiardi Hernandez, Andreas Papallas, Iason Giraud

Description

“Spatial Practices in Art and Architecture for Empathetic Exchange -Space X”

Program Duration: 01.2022 – 01.2026

Coordinating University: Northampton University: Andrew Hewitt

Funding: Marie Curie ETN Horizon 2020 

Budget: 650.000 

Steering Committee: Andrew Hewitt, Melanie Jordan, Emma Mahony, Socrates Stratis

Description

Adaptive Urban Canopy Photovoltaics, AUCPH

Program Duration: 09.2023 – 08.2025

General Coordination: University of Cyprus

Coordination University of Cyprus: Marios C. Phocas

Funding: Internal Research Program, University of Cyprus (Funding: 60.000)

Description

InPlanEd. Integrated Planning Approaches in higher Education: Collaborative Educational Prototype towards Integrated Approaches in the Planning of Inclusive, People-centric and Climate-resilient Cities

Program Duration: 2022-2025

Coordinator: National Technical University Athens

Funding: Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships (Overall €250,000, UCY €56,421)

Researchers UCY: Nadia Charalambous, Iacovos Loizou, Ilaria Geddes, Mariam Shulqamy

Description

ADDitively Manufactured OPTimized Structures by means of Machine Learning, ADDOPTML

Program Duration: 05.2021 – 04.2025

Coordination University of Cyprus: Marios C. Phocas

Funding: External Research Program, EU Funding (Funding: 73.600, Overall Project Funding: 2.410.400)

General Coordination: National Technical University of Athens

Researchers: Marios C. Phocas, Odysseas Kontovourkis

Description

Development of a novel eco-friendly and sustainable masonry brick (EcoSuBrick)

Program Duration: 02.2023 - 01.2025

Funding: RESTART 2016-2020 Framework Programme (Total €637.000, UCY €359.800)

Project Coordinator: Aimilios Michael and Energy & Environmental Design of Buildings Research Laboratory (E&EDB)

Researchers: Aimilios Michael, Ioannis Ioannou, Apostolos Michopoulos, Andreas Kyriakidis

Description

Adaptive Building Envelope Photovoltaics, ABEPH

Program Duration: 04.2022 – 03.2024 

Coordination University of Cyprus: Marios C. Phocas

Funding: External Research Program, Anastasios Leventis Foundation (Funding: 20.000)

General Coordination: University of Cyprus.

Description

Uneasy but Shared Heritage: Modern Architecture on a Divided Island

Program Duration: 01.03.2022 – 28.02.2024

Coordination: Savia Palate

Funding:Research and Innovation Foundation (Cyprus) ["THALIA 2021-27," co-funded by the European Union] [€120.000]

Main Researcher: Savia Palate

Participation of UCY: Panayiota Pyla

Description

Uneasy Leisure: Modern Hotels and Shared Heritage on a Divided Island

Program Duration: 01.02.2022 – 31.02.2024

Coordination:Panayiota Pyla

Funding:Leventis Foundation (Cyprus) [20.000]

Main Researcher:Panayiota Pyla

Participation of UCY:Panayiota Pyla and Danae Zacharia

Description

Uneasy but Shared Heritage: Modern Hotel Architecture on a Divided Island

Program Duration: 10.02.2022 – 09.01.2024

Coordination:Panayiota Pyla / Mesarch Lab

Funding: Research and Innovation Foundation (Cyprus) [co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus] [120.000]

Main Researcher: Savia Palate

Participation of UCY: Panayiota Pyla  

Description

“Phanerome UCY Urban Node:City for All”

Program Duration: 10.2022 – 01.2024

Coordination:Socrates Stratis

Funding: University of Cyprus (35.000)

Description

RE-DWELL: Delivering affordable and sustainable housing in Europe (Re-Dwell)

Program Duration: 2020-2024

Coordinator: Funitec, Spain

Coordinator UCY: Nadia Charalambous 

Funding: MARIE CURIE ITN HORIZON 2020 (Total €3,882,470  UCY €471,673)

Researchers: Nadia Charalambous, Andreas Papallas, Effrosyni Roussou, Andreas Panagidis

Description

KAEBUP. Knowledge Alliance for Evidence-Based Urban Practices

Program Duration: 2021-2023

Coordinator: Nadia Charalambous

Funding: Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliances (Total €999.961 UCY €280,785)

Researchers: Ilaria Geddes, Christina Panayi, Rafaella Christodoulou, Anna Margaritova, Rene Karraz, Chrystalla Psathiti

Description

Refugee Neighbourhoods 1922-2022. Sustainability and Cultural Heritage: The Case of Kessariani

Program Duration: 01.2021 - 12.2023

UCY Coordinator: Konstantinos Avramidis

Funding: Municipality of Kessariani (€25.000)

Partners: University of Cyprus, Architectural Association

Description

Prototype Development and Realization of an e-Charge Station. Cooperative Intelligent Education & Electromobility Zero Energy Buildings, C-IZEBs

Program Duration: 12.2021 – 11.2023

General Coordination: Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth

Coordination University of Cyprus: Aimilios Michael

Funding: External Research Program, EU Funding European Regional Development, Interreg Greece-Cyprus (Funding: 50.000, Overall Project Funding: 1.763.750)

Researchers: Marios C. Phocas, Aimilios Michael

Description

Investigating the thermal properties of adobe masonry walls of vernacular dwellings (Adobes)

Program Duration: 24 months (until November 2023)

Project Coordinator: Maria Philokyprou

Funding: University of Cyprus (UCY) Internal Research Programmes (Grant €51.000)

Collaborators: University of Cyprus, Department of Antiquities, Department of Town Planning and Housing

Research Team: M. Philokyprou, A. Michael, I. Ioannou, M. Costi, C. Herakleous, E. Malaktou, S. Thravalou, R. Panayiotou, A. Kyriakides

Description

‘Urban Community Gardens’ (Awarded sub-grant - Stage 1)

Program Duration: 01.2023 - 11.2023

Project Coordinator: Popi Iacovou

Funding: ENI CBCMED program (European funding)/ U SOLVE - (Urban sustainable development SOLutions Valuing Entreprenership)

Coordinator of the University of Cyprus: Μάριος Δημητριάδης (Το Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου συντονίζει το διεθνές Πρόγραμμα ENI CBCMED- U SOLVE)

Researcher: Mary Mavrohanna

Description

Energy upgrade of the historic buildings of the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Cyprus and the Loggia – Heraklion City Hall (ANAVATHMEZO)

Program Duration: 06.2021 - 10.2023

Project Coordinator:  Aimilios Michael and Energy & Environmental Design of Buildings Research Laboratory (E&EDB)

Funding: Interreg V-A, European Territorial Co-operation European Commission, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (Total €2.805.129, UCY €342.806)

Researchers: Aimilios Michael, Ioannis Ioannou, Maria Philokyprou, Apostolos Michopoulos, Chryso Heracleous, Eirini Kyritsi, Andreas Kyriakidis, Maria Englezou

Description

Enhancing of Heritage Awareness and Sustainability of Built Environment in Architectural and Urban Design Higher Education (HERSUS)

Program Duration: 01.11.2020 – 31.08.2023

Project Coordinator: Maria Philokyprou

Funding: ERASMUS Plus / Key Action K2 (Total 249.855, UCY 41.991)

Affiliated organizations: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architecture (Serbia) Partners: Universita IUAV DI VENEZIA (Italy), Department of Architecture and Arts, University of Cyprus, Department of Architecture Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis (Greece), School of Architecture, AUTh University de Sevilla UNESCO Chair on Built Urban Heritage CREhAR in the digital era

Researchers: Maria Philokyprou, Aimilios Michael, Andreas Savvidεσ, Panagiota Pyla, Odysseas Kontovourkis, Stavroula Thravalou

Description

Past-forward: Cyprus Modernist, Unarchived

Program Duration: 02.2022 - 07.2023

Funding: Deputy Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Cyprus [€15.000]

General Coordination: University of Cyprus

Co-organisers: University of Cyprus, Kolektiv Cité Radieuse Gallery, Cyprus Institute

Project Coordinator and Principal Investigator: Popi Iacovou

Curators: Popi Iacovou, Georgios Artopoulos

Location: Kolektiv Gallery,Le Corbusier’s Unité d'Habitation, Marseille, France

Description

Cooperative Intelligent education & electromobility Zero Energy Building (C-IZEB’s)

Program Duration: 06.2021 - 06.2023

Project Coordinator: Aimilios Michael and Energy & Environmental Design of Buildings Research Laboratory (E&EDB)

Funding: Interreg V-A, European Territorial Co-operation European Commission, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (Total €1.843.980, UCY €396.500)

Researchers: Aimilios Michael, Marios Phocas, Andreas Savvides, Maria Philokyprou, Apostolos Michopoulos, Chryso Heracleous, Eirini Kyritsi, Andreas Kyriakidis, Maria Englezou

Affiliated organizations: Cyprus Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports, Technical Services Department (coordinator); University of Cyprus, Department of Architecture; Regional Development Fund of Crete; Municipality of Heraklio Crete

Description

Smart eco-districts: Formulation of design and development parameters (SmEcoDis)

Program Duration: 06.2020 – 06.2023

Project Coordinator: Aimilios Michael and Energy & Environmental Design of Buildings Research Laboratory (E&EDB)

Funding: Cyprus Land Development Corporation, Cyprus (40.000)

Researchers: Aimilios Michael, Andreas Savvides, Apostolos Michopoulos

Description

Smart Rehabilitation Innovating Professional Skills for Existing Building Sector (SEPIE)

Program Duration: 02.11.2020 - 31.05.2023

Project Coordinator: Maria Philokyprou

Funding: ERASMUS Plus / Key Action K2 (Total €209.117, UCY €30.458)

Researchers: Maria Philokyprou, Aimilios Michael, Andreas Savvides, Stavroula Thravalou, Chryso Heracleous, Eleana Malaktou

Affiliated organizations: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architecture (Serbia) Partners: Universita IUAV DI VENEZIA (Italy), Department of Architecture and Arts, University of Cyprus, Department of Architecture Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis (Greece), School of Architecture, AUTh University de Sevilla UNESCO Chair on Built Urban Heritage CREhAR in the digital era

Description

Urban and Building Integration of Active Solar Energy Systems in the Cypriot urban fabric. Siting and building-massing considerations

Program Duration: 09.2020 – 09.2022

Project Coordinator: Andreas Savvides

Funding: Onisilos, UCY Postdoctoral Scholar Research Grants, UCY Internal Programs (€65.200)

Researchers: Constantinos Vassiliades, Aimilios Michael, Odysseas Kontovourkis, Soteris Kalogirou

Description

Innovative Compact Hybrid Electrical/Thermal Storage Systems for Low Energy Buildings (HYBUILD)

Program Duration: 10.2017 - 03.2022

Project Coordinator: FOSS Research Centre for Sustainable Energy

Funding: HORIZON 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation European Commission, Directorate General for Research & Innovation (Total 5.995.840, UCY 226.250)  

E&EDB Researchers: Aimilios Michael, Chryso Heracleous

Description

Technical support for drafting specifications and contributing to the development of a pilot project support of Cyprus embroidery craftsmen (TECRAFT)

Program Duration: 10.2021 – 03.2022

Project Coordinator: Aimilios Michael and Energy & Environmental Design of Buildings Research Laboratory (E&EDB)  

Funding: Funded by Cyprus Handicraft Service, Cyprus, Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Republic of Cyprus, Cyprus (4.000) 

Researchers: Aimilios Michael, Andreas Savvides, Apostolos Michopoulos

Description

Development of educational programs in the fields of traditional handicrafts (EducaTe)

Program Duration: 06.2021 – 02.2022

Project Coordinator: Aimilios Michael and Energy & Environmental Design of Buildings Research Laboratory (E&EDB)  

Funding: Funded by Cyprus Handicraft Service, Cyprus, Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Republic of Cyprus, Cyprus (4.000) 

Researchers: Aimilios Michael, Andreas Savvides, Apostolos Michopoulos

Description

Past-forward: Stavros Economou Unarchived

Program Duration: 10.2019 - 10.2021

Project Coordinator and Principal Investigator: Popi Iacovou

Funding: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth – Cultural Services [€60.000]

General Coordination: University of Cyprus

Co-organisers: University of Cyprus, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth – Cultural Services, University of Cyprus, The Cyprus Institute, Neapolis University Pafos

Curators: Popi Iacovou, Georgios Artopoulos, Michalis Sioulas, Marina Christodoulidou Location: State Gallery of Contemporary Art -SPEL, Nicosia, Cyprus, 12 June -10 October, 2021

Description

Design and Development of an Environmentally Friendly and Smart Prefabricated Housing Unit (prefab Eco-Smart house)

Program Duration: 09.2017 - 09.2021

Project Coordinator: Aimilios Michael and Energy & Environmental Design of Buildings Research Laboratory (E&EDB)

Funding: Business Innovation Research Grants Development of Innovative Products, Services and Processes 2014-2020, European Regional Development Fund; Republic of Cyprus (Total €435.240, UCY €44.220)

Researchers: Aimilios Michael, Andreas Savvides, Constantinos Vassiliades, Α. Kartsiou, Chryso Heracleous, Elina Triantafyllidou, Maria Xenophontos

Description

Energy-Autonomous Smart Buildings and Sustainable Mobility Strategies (Energy-AUTONOMY)

Program Duration: 09.2018 – 09.2021

Project Coordinator: Aimilios Michael and Energy & Environmental Design of Buildings Research Laboratory (E&EDB) 

Funding: Interreg V-A, European Territorial Co-operation European Commission, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (Total €1.909.640, UCY €340.000)  

Researchers: Aimilios Michael, Andreas Savvides, Ioannis Ioannou, Maria Philokyprou, Andreas Kyriakidis, Maria Xenophontos, Eleana Malaktou, Georgios Stephanedes, Ioannis Kanakaris, Dimitris Stimoniaris, Theodoros Kottas

Description

Smart Eco-Districts SM ECO DIS

Program Duration: 03.06.2020 - 03.06.2021

Principal Investigator: Andreas Savvides

Funding: CLDC

Budget: €40.000 (UCY: €40.000)

Affiliated organizations: ΚΟΑΓ, ΠΑΚΕΠΕ

Description

Architectural education for Conflict Transformation (ACT)

Program Duration: 2019 - 2021

Coordinator: Nadia Charalambous

Funding: UCY internal programs (€51000)

Researchers: Andreas Papallas, Paisios Skitini, Michalis Psaras, Eleni Pasia

Description

EPUM. Emerging Perspectives in Urban Morphology

Program Duration: 2017 - 2020

Project Coordinator: Nadia Charalambous

Funding: Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships

 

Description

Sustainable Urban Governance through Augmented Reality (SUGAR)

Program Duration: 2019 - 2020

Coordinator of the University of Cyprus: Nadia Charalambous

Funding: Research Promotion Foundation

Research Team Member: Nadia Charalambous

Description

Prefab ECO-SMART House ECOSMART

Program Duration: 30.11.2017 - 31.05.2020

Principal Investigator: Andreas Savvides

Funding: Research grants for business innovation and Development of Innovative Products, Services and Processes 2014-2020 European Regional Development Fund; Republic of Cyprus (Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism)

Budget: €435.240 (ΠΚ: €43.524)

Affiliated organizations: I M Architecture; ΗΛΥΜΕΤ

Research Team: Michael, A., Savvides, A., Maimaris, C., Michael, L. Research Associates: Bougiatioti, F., Heracleous, C., Vassiliades, C.

Description