Kyriakos Miltiadous
Biography
ABOUT
Kyriakos Miltiadou is an architect based in Nicosia, Cyprus. He graduated from the Architecture School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Dipl. Arch. AUTh) in 2015, where he ranked first in his year. His studies were funded by a scholarship from the Cypriot Scholarship Foundation (IKY). He continued his studies at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, by undertaking post-graduate research in the Advanced Architectural Research course (PGCAAR), graduating with distinction in 2017.
His research interests focus on architecture and memory, through a theoretical and practice-based lens that explores how new layers of meanings could potentially emerge in contested urban environments.
He is currently a PhD Candidate at the School of Architecture, University of Cyprus where he also teaches the course ‘Architectural Communication Media’. His PhD studies are supported by grants from ‘Sylvia Ioannou Foundation’, ‘IKY’ and ‘Evagoras Scholarship’.
AWARDS
- Architecture State Prize in the category ‘Project of Young Architect’ 1st Prize in the architecture competition for the design of a Memorial honouring the Prisoners of 1974 war 3rd Prize in architecture competition for the design of the Primary School of Saint Antonios
PROJECTS TO BE PRESENTED DURING THE EVENT
Project #1: DOMUS MAYA
Start year: 15.04.2022
The house is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Nicosia, on a plot of a new urban neighborhood. To the south lies the familiar urban chaos of the city composed of scattered residential buildings in an inhomogeneous arrangement. To the north the vast agricultural fields highlight the extensive horizon offering unobstructed views of the trapezoidal hill of Aronas. This house is the result of a design process that seeks to reinterpret the courtyard typology found in traditional residences in Cyprus, through the contemporary ways of domestic living.
Project #2: DOMUS LAETITIAE / HOUSE IN A REFUGEE SETTLEMENT
Start year: 08.02.2021
The house is built on the traces of a ruined building in a high-density refugee settlement in Nicosia, Cyprus. It is situated between two existing partition walls in a narrow land (189 m²). The Cypriot refugee camps were erected shortly after the summer of the Turkish invasion in 1974, to provide temporary accommodation for the Greek-Cypriot refugees who were forced to leave their homes because of the war. Today, these sites bear the signs of abandonment and decay and are more like urban crevices interrupting the continuity of the city. The restrictive building regulations that are applied in these sites, indicate a complex condition raising questions regarding their readjustment to the contemporary ways of residential living. The new house is constructed to accommodate the housing needs of a young family of four. The man of the family inherited the old house from his grandfather. The budget was limited. The main idea of the architectural proposal is developed around the notions of boundary and intermediate space.
