Ioanna Sotiriou studies the impact of global information systems on architectural thinking and production.
PUBLICATIONS
  • Sotiriou, I., 2024. Intelligent Abstractions: The Impact of Physical AI on Architectural Production. Paper presented at the 5th International Congress on Ambiances, Rio de Janeiro. Proceedings publication pending.
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  • Sotiriou, I., 2020. The Making of Informated Space, Remote Practices: Architecture at a Distance, Edited by Matthew Mindrup and Lilian Chee, ISBN: 9781848225312, Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, May 31 2022.
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  • [PATENT] Deng, I., Zhang, Z., Zhang, Y., Zeng, J., Sotiriou, I,. Thermal Data Analysis for Determining Location, Trajectory and Behavior, Publication Number: 20210278279, September 9, 2021.
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  • Sotiriou, I., 2020. Architecture in the Age of the Informated Space, POOL Journal, 5th Issue ‘Simulation’, University of California, Los Angeles, p. 26-27.
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  • Sotiriou, I., 2019. The Department of Error, Science Fiction And The Future Of California's Ecology: Studio One 2018-2019, ISBN: 0578597691, University of California November 17, 2019.
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  • Sotiriou, J., 2015. The Eternally Aging City – On Modernism and Ageism. Pidgin Magazine, 20th Issue. Princeton School of Architecture. pp. 40-53
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  • Vyzoviti, S., Sotiriou, J., 2014. Descriptive and Generative Models of Crumpled Sheets. What’s The Matter” Materiality and Materialism at the Age of Computation, International Conference, COAC, ETSAB, ETSAV, Barcelona, September 4-5-6
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EXHIBITIONS
  • Other Spaces, Melbourne Design Week 2022, the Victorian Government in collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria.
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  • Aesthetics of Prosthetics, Pratt Institute, School of Architecture.
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  • Making Oddkin, curated by Nadja Argyropoulou, in collaboration with
    the interdisciplinary non-profit organization Sterna, Hellenic Republic, Periphery of South Aegean and Municipality of the Nisyrians, supported by the Greek Ministry of Culture, Czech Republic, NEON Organization for Culture and Development, Prague City Hall. 7-10 September 2018.
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  • "Default 01"
    Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • "Default 02"
    Volos, Greece
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AWARDS
  • Architizer A+ Award, Winner, Smart Building Technologies Category
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  • Government Policy Special Award, 2020, Next Generation Foresight Practitioners, School of International Futures.
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  • “Mickey’s Mechanical House”, in collaboration with Maria Tsilogianni (studio MIWI) Honorable Mention, Fairytales 2020 organized by Blank Space Projects.
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  • “Cold Data”, Best Thesis Award organized by Grad Review.
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  • “Hypertopias”, Honorable Mention, Outer Space 2019, organized by Blank Space Projects.
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  • “Below 120”, in collaboration with Maria Tsilogianni (studio MIWI), First Prize & Vitra Design Museum Award, “Dance” organized by Non Architecture Competitions.
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  • “Tempo Moderato” Best Movie Award & Audience Award, “City and Architecture” Documentary Competition organized by the Fourth Panhellenic Conference of Urban Planning and Peripheral Development.
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  • “Cast Away” Best Movie Award, Jameson Empire DISS International Film Contest (Greece – United Kingdom)
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TALKS
  • Sotiriou, I., 2020. On the Distribution of Experiences, Remote Practices Conference, organized by the National University of Singapore, Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment and The University of Sydney, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, Online, October 8-9, 2020.
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WORK
  • Head of Spatial Research & Design
    butlr, San Francisco
    19-now
  • Co-founder, Architect
    studio miwi, SF - Athens
    18-23
  • Graduate Student Researcher
    University of California, Berkeley
    18-19
  • Teaching Assistant
    Department of Architecture UTH, Volos
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  • Architect (Intern)
    Kengo Kuma & Associates, Tokyo
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  • Architect
    Freelancer, Mykonos
    16-17
  • Architect (Intern)
    K-Studio, Athens
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EDUCATION
  • PhD Candidate in Architecture
    University of Thessaly, Department of Architecture
    Field of Research: Architecture, Information Systems, and AI [Exp 2026]
    24-now
  • M.Arch. UC Berkeley
    Studio One, CED
    18-19
  • Certificate of New Media
    Berkeley Center for New Media
    18-19
  • Diploma of Architectural Engineering
    University of Thessaly (UTH)
    11-17