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“LIVING TOMORROW IS EVERYONE’S SORROW… MODERN MAN’S DAYDREAMS HAVE TURNED INTO NIGHTMARES” BLACK FLAG 1985
THE STUDIO FOR URBAN RESEARCH AND MORPHOGENETIC ARCHITECTURE (SHORT URMA) PROVIDES A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARCHITECTURE, ART AND SCIENCE. FOUNDED IN 2012 BY CHRISTOS VOUTICHTIS, URMA EXAMINES THE INSTITUTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF ARCHITECTURE AND ITS POLITICAL-ECONOMIC ENTANGLEMENTS AND QUESTIONS THEM. WITH EXPERIMENTAL AND CRITICAL METHODS SUCH AS PUBLIC SPACE INTERVENTIONS AND VIRTUAL ARCHITECTURAL UTOPIAS, THE STUDIO AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE NEW PERSPECTIVES BEYOND TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICES. THE STUDIO REGARDS THE INTELLECTUAL PROCESS OF DESIGNING OUTSIDE OF CONVENTIONAL METHODS AS A MEANS TO CREATE A NEW AND INNOVATIVE ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE THAT MANIFESTS ITSELF BOTH IN THE PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL WORLD.
CHRISTOS VOUTICHTIS IS A GREEK (AN)ΑΡΧΗTECT BASED IN FRANKFURT AM MAIN. HE STUDIED PHYSICS, ARCHITECTURE, MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY, AND MEDIA ART IN GERMANY BETWEEN 2005 AND 2015. HE HAS WORKED FOR 10 YEARS IN DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURE STUDIOS IN FRANKFURT AM MAIN AND AROUND EUROPE WITH THE MAIN FOCUS ON COMPETITIONS.
VOUTICHTIS ADOPTS AN ANARCHIST PHILOSOPHY IN HIS APPROACH TO ARCHITECTURE, PRIORITIZING DYNAMIC SPACES THAT ARE EVER-CHANGING, ADAPTING TO THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND FREE FROM RULES, HIERARCHY, AND CONTROL. THE LOCATION OF HIS CREATIONS HEAVILY INFLUENCES HIS ARTISTIC VISION.
CURRENTLY, HE IS WORKING ON CAPTURING AND VISUALIZING ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES AND THEIR IMPACTS ON THE EARTH.