Night of architecture
The theme "Shadows of the Mediterranean" reflects on the Mediterranean as a spatial condition shaped by the interplay of light and shadow, topography, materiality, and the culture of dwelling. Here, shadow is understood as one of the fundamental means of architecture — through it, space gains depth and measure, establishes thresholds, finds shelter, and forms a subtle relationship with the landscape. The theme presents Mediterranean architecture as a practice of adaptation to climatic conditions, the configuration of the terrain, the logic of materials, and the rhythms of everyday life, where architecture does not impose itself on space, but rather emerges naturally from it.
Amelia Tavella
Amelia Tavella Architects
Amelia Tavella
Amelia Tavella ArchitectsAmelia Tavella is a French architect, born in Corsica, and founder of her Paris-based studio, established in 2007. Her work is internationally recognized for its deeply contextual approach, rooted in landscape, memory, and cultural continuity. Guided by the principle “to build without erasing, to transform by revealing,” her architecture engages with existing conditions to uncover the latent qualities of each site. Her projects — ranging from cultural and educational facilities to heritage interventions — develop an architecture of permanence, where materiality becomes a sensitive interface between place, time, and use. Her work has received international recognition, notably through the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, for which she was named laureate, and as a finalist for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. Regularly invited to speak at international conferences, Amelia Tavella contributes to a broader discourse on architecture as an act of continuity — reconciling heritage, transformation, and sustainability.
Alexandros Vaitsos
decaARCHITECTURE
Alexandros Vaitsos
decaARCHITECTUREAlexandros Vaitsos was born in 1971, in Peru. He lived in Latin America and Europe before moving to Greece in the age of 10. He studied at Harvard University (B.A Visual and Environmental Studies) and he did his Masters at the University of California at Berkeley (Masters in Architecture). He has taught architectural design as a visiting professor at the university of Thessaly and the University of Patras as well as a teaching assistant at Berkeley. He founded decaARCHITECTURE in 2001, a creative team of architects based in Athens. decaARCHITECTURE aims to engage with a broad subject spectrum (housing, hotels, cultural spaces, urban infrastructure, proposals for urban regeneration, furniture, digital environments) in various locations (Greek islands, Athens, Italian Alps, Great Britain). Its design work and itsresearch focus on two main axes: the sustainable integration of human needs in their environment and the stimulation of human consciousness beyond familiarity. The work of decaARCHITECTURE has been honored with various awards, including: Piranesi International Award (2009), Emerging Architecture Awards (2004, 2009), The Greek Architecture Awards (2004, 2009), Architectural Review Best House Award (2010), Architιzer A+ Award (2014) and has been published in Greek and international magazines, books, online and other publications with most recent: the presentation of our team"s philosophy in the book "What’s Up, 15 young European Architects (Lettera Ventidue, 2012) and the presentation of Aloni house in the 100 Contemporary Houses book series (Tachen 2011).