{"55918":{"#nid":"55918","#data":{"type":"profile","title":"Athanassios Economou","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThanos Economou is Professor in the College of Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Economou\u0027s teaching and research is in the areas of shape grammars, computational design, computer-aided design and design theory, with over forty published papers in these areas. Recent funded projects include the project Courtsweb: A Visual Database of Federal Courthouses, GSA\/US.Courts, $1.3M. Design projects from his studios at Georgia Tech have received prestigious awards in international and national architectural competitions. He is the Director of the Shape Computation Lab at Georgia Tech and the Director of the Art and Architecture in Greece and Italy Study Abroad Program at Georgia Tech. He has been invited to give talks, seminars, and workshops at several universities including MIT, Harvard, TU Vienna, U. Michigan, UCLA, among others. Dr. Economou holds a Diploma in Architecture from NTUA, Athens, Greece, an M.Arch from USC, and a Ph.D. in Architecture from UCLA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThanos Economou, PhD\u003Cbr \/\u003EProfessor of Architecture\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector of PhD Program\u003Cbr \/\u003E Director of Shape Computation Lab\u003Cbr \/\u003E School of Architecture\u003Cbr \/\u003E Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEducational Background\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPh.D. in Architecture,\u0026nbsp; University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 1998.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EM.Arch, University of Southern California (USC), LA, CA, 1992.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDiploma in Architecture, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, 1990.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFields\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EShape grammars\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EComputer-aided design\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EArchitectural type and style\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECourthouse design\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EArchitectural design studio\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVisiting Professorships\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EVisiting Associate Professor: Taught research seminar course in Design Computation, School of Architecture, MIT, Boston, MA, Jan. 2001\u2013May 2011.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EVisiting Assistant Professor: Taught research seminar course in the PhD Program, Taubman College of Architecture \u0026amp;Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Oct. 2000 \u2013 Mar. 2001.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EShape grammars; Computer aided architectural design; Architectural typology and style; Design Studio; Courthouse design.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27369","created_gmt":"2010-05-20 09:23:17","changed_gmt":"2016-09-21 20:31:47","author":"Erin Howe","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","extras":[],"hg_media":{"519691":{"id":"519691","type":"image","title":"Thanos Economou 03\/2016","body":null,"created":"1459515600","gmt_created":"2016-04-01 13:00:00","changed":"1475895286","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:46","alt":"Thanos Economou 03\/2016","file":{"fid":"205267","name":"thanos_economou_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thanos_economou_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thanos_economou_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":31854,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/thanos_economou_0_0.jpg?itok=h13LZJ4X"}}},"media_ids":["519691"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"48996","name":"School of Architecture"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[{"id":"10252","name":"Digital Design and Fabrication"},{"id":"10547","name":"Digital Fabrication Lab"},{"id":"144321","name":"PhD Program"},{"id":"9276","name":"School of Architecture"},{"id":"144311","name":"Shape Computation Lab"}],"classification":["Faculty"],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":{"work":"4048942073"},"contact":[],"email":["economou@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}