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Hello world! I am Theodora, a PhD Candidate in Design and Computation at the MIT Department of Architecture.In response to the SpainLab “Innovation in Architecture” provocation I will inquire into the implications of the evangelistic tautology of democratization and innovation, which is re-emerging in the “Open Source Architecture” rhetoric. The goal of my intervention is to stimulate a discussion around the role of computation and information technology in engendering new programmatic agendas in architectural design, “opening” it to the general public and to problematize the conceptual biases of the platforms supporting the participatory techno-utopias of today.
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Theodora Vardouli is a PhD candidate in Design and Computation at the MIT Department of Architecture. Her academic background comprises a SMArchS in Design and Computation from MIT, a Postgraduate Specialization Diploma (MPhil) in Design-Space-Culture and a Diploma in Architectural Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. She has taught as an assistant in the MIT Department of Architecture, at the MIT Department of EECS and at the NTUA School of Architecture. As a member of the Design and Computation Group she has initiated the DCG Reading Group (ReaDCG), organized the Spring 2012 DCG exhibition for the MIT150, and curated the Group participation in the AAG 2012 Video Panorama in the Pompidou Center in Paris. Theodora is an MIT Presidential Fellow, and a Fulbright, S.A. Onassis and A.G. Leventis Foundation Scholar. Parallel to her academic endeavors, she practices Architecture in Greece.
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