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
“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
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)
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
“Phanerome UCY Urban Node:City for All”
Program Duration: 10.2022 – 01.2024
Coordination: Socrates Stratis
Funding: University of Cyprus (€35.000)
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
Smart Rehabilitation Innovating Professional Skills for Existing Building Sector (SEPIE)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
EPUM. Emerging Perspectives in Urban Morphology
Program Duration: 2017 - 2020
Project Coordinator: Nadia Charalambous
Funding: Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships
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
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.
