Dr. Moira Maria

Maria Moira graduated from School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens in 1986. She acquired her master’s degree in the field of “Design-Space-Culture” from the NTUA in 2002. She presented her phd thesis in the section III “Architectural language, Communication and design” at the NTUA in 2012 with the title:
“The indiscernible city of Herakleion”. Literary representations of the city during periods of reconstruction: the poetics of transition, Herakleion at the threshold of modernism. The city of authors: Elli Alexiou, Rhea Galanaki, Lili Zografou, Galateia, Kazantzaki, Clairy Mitsotaki, Nikos Kazantzakis.

She is assistant professor at the University of West Attica at the department of Interior Architecture, where she teaches ‘Spatial Narratives’, ‘Landscape Architecture: Space, memory, Culture’ and ‘Architectural Interventions in Historic Buildings: Methodology and Interpretation of History’. In the main focus of her research interest, lies the relationship between literary representations and urban places. She has participated in many conferences and also she has written articles in scientific magazines and collective books.

Furthermore, she has participated in the scientific team ‘Critical Interdisciplinary’ and she is a regular collaborator for issues related to space and literature in the section “Readings” of “Avgi” Sunday newspaper. She is currently working as an Architect.