Petros Babasikas

Critic

Petros Babasikas is an architect and educator. His work explores the production of architecture and public space during the climate crisis. In addition to teaching at RISD, he has served as director, HBA AS, at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto, focusing on the intersection of design and technology within the liberal arts, global education, leadership and engagement. He is founder of Babasikas Office in Athens and Toronto.

Babasikas’ recent projects include the Archipelago Studio, a graduate thesis course and laboratory on design and activism; adaptive reuse interventions at EMST, the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens; the blue/green infrastructure and DIY urbanism study ATHENS 2030: Kapnergati Square Area in Kavala; the Aegean Marine Life Sanctuary and the Aegean Islets Conservation Project with Archipelagos Institute; the documentation/storytelling collective Depression Era Projectand the design of public spaces, installations, exhibitions and housing projects worldwide.

Babasikas has taught architecture and urbanism at the University of Patras, the International Center for Hellenic and Mediterranean Studies and RISD and is vice-chair of UWC Greece. He holds a BA in Architecture and Comparative Literature from Columbia University and an MArch from Princeton University.

Courses

Fall 2024 Courses

ARCH 21ST-04 - ADVANCED STUDIO
Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Architecture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

ARCH 21ST-04

ADVANCED STUDIO

Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Architecture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: MTH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Adrian Pelliccia, Petros Babasikas Location(s): Bayard Ewing Building, Room 204 Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

These studios, three of which are required for graduation, are offered by individual instructors to students who have successfully completed the core curriculum. They are assigned by lottery. Once assigned to an advanced studio, a student may not drop studio.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Fee: Some advanced studio sections have a fee for course supplies or field trips. The fee is announced during the registration lottery held in the department.

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch, MArch (3yr), MArch (2yr): Architecture