Composition of the Judging Panel of the International Architecture Competition for the Revitalisation of the Thessaloniki Exhibition Centre

Internationally established professionals in the field of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning will compose the Judging Panel of the International Architecture Competition for the Revitalisation of the Thessaloniki Exhibition Centre. The members of the Panel will assess all candidates at the pre-selection stage, they will choose the nominees, assess all design proposals, rank them, and present the awards.

The Judging Panel will consist of nine members and three alternate members.

The members of the Judging Panel are:

1) JOAN BUSQUETS, Chairperson of the Judging Panel (Spain)

Architect, Urban Planner, Head Professor of Urban Design at Harvard Graduate School of Design.

2) FARSHID MOUSSAVI (Great Britain)

Architect and Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design.

3) RENA SAKELLARIDOU (Greece)

Architect, Professor at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Architecture.

4) SIMON EWINGS (Norway)

Architect and Head of Haptic Architects in Oslo.

5) SAMULI MIETTINEN, Representative of UIA (Finland)

Architect and partner at JKMM Architects in Helsinki.

6) ARETI MARKOPOULOU (Greece)

Architect. Director of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) in Barcelona.

7) IRENE DJAO-RAΚITINE (France)

Landscape architect and member of the Landscape Institute, United Kingdom.

8) DIMITRIOS KERKENTZES (Great Britain)

Secretary General of the Bureau International des Expositions, Paris, France.

9) KΥRIAKOS POZRIKIDIS (Greece)

CEO of TIF-HELEXPO S.A.

The alternate members of the Judging Panel are:

10) FANI VAVILI (Greece)

Professor of Architecture at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Architecture.

11) SIMON HARTMANN, Representative of UIA (Switzerland)

Architect and Visiting Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design.

12) DANIEL FÜGENSCHUH (Austria)

Architect and President of the Austrian Chamber of Architects.