Irini Vallindra

Eirini Vallindra is an architect–researcher, graduate of the National Technical University of Athens, with a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning. Since 2017 she has organized and participated in various experiential workshops with children and adults, exploring social practices in the fields of architecture and urban planning. Since the beginning of 2019 she is a scientific associate at the Transformable Intelligent Environments Laboratory of the Technical University of Crete, currently working in the research program ‘Designed for Better Learning’ funded by the Municipality of Athens, in the field of education, architecture, and technology. Her area of responsibilities involves design-thinking, problem-solving and experiential learning, through participatory workshops with children and teachers, in public schools, prototyping of innovative architectural and technological tools in education, and planning and implementing STEM educational activities. Her research interests concern critical cartography, social mapping practices, and collective actions in the public space.

PROJECT
Irini in collaboration with Georgia Manousogiannaki will implement the Rock the Cave workshop for primary school children and their parents. As part of the workshop, the team will utilize the natural materials and knitting techniques of the island to create an ephemeral organic-shaped nest that will be built on-site at Kakia Skala.