Archinect
Orestis Michelakis

Orestis Michelakis

Heraklion, GR

 

About 

 I was born in 1992 in Crete, Greece where I grew up until 2010 that I moved to the UK to study Architecture. The socio-economic turmoil that my country and Europe in general experiences in the last decade was critical to the development of my own architectural agenda.
 I am fascinated by cities, the complexity of urban life, the material flows that they include and the way that the urban commons can contribute in city planning. I have a passion for pursuing collective and interdisciplinary solutions - something I desire to achieve practically in my projects.
In my studies I had the opportunity to experiment with the social, economic, environmental and political dimension of architecture and to work in projects with strategies for transition to circular economies, renewable energy sources, participatory design and planning of community infrastructure as well as the struggle for reclaiming the “right to the city”.

Employment 

Cre.Cen.D Architectural office & Publications agency/ Yorgis Petrakis, Heraklion, GR, Architectural Assistant

Architectural assistant; working for submissions to architectural competitions; producing and presenting development strategies and case studies and other duties.
Contact no. : +30 2810 282630

Sep 2013 - Sep 2014
 

Education 

University of Plymouth, plymouth, Bachelors, BA Architecture

Sep 2010 - Sep 2013
 

Awards 

2nd prize: Ideas competition/ Development strategy for the west coastal front of Heraklion, Crete / Municipality of Heraklion Crete, 2nd Place

2014
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills