Alexander Tzonis
Alexander Tzonis ( Greek Αλέξανδρος Τζώνης , born November 8, 1937 in Athens ) is an architectural theorist and critic. In 2005 he retired as a professor at the TU Delft . Since 2007 he has been a professor at Tsinghua University .
biography
Tzonis is the son of a chemical engineer and a biology professor from the University of Thessaloniki . He first turned to mathematics, but worked as a set and scenery designer during his studies. A scholarship from the Ford Foundation enabled him to study at Yale , where he published works of design methodology together with his professor Serge Chermayeff after completing his studies. He first taught at Harvard and later became a professor at the TU Delft . His wife Liane Lefaivre is a professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna , she is also the co-author of many of his works.
Act
Tzonis coined the term critical regionalism in architecture, and he also focused on the canon of forms of the Greek classical period.
Web links
- Literature by and about Alexander Tzonis in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tzonis, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tzonis, Alexandros |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek architecture critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens (Greece) |