HUB26
Andreas Kourkoulas, Architect, Professor at NTUA & Co-founder at Kokkinou Kourkoulas Architects
Nikolas Travasaros, Architect and Co-Founder at Divercity Architects
The talk presents HUB26 as the first large-scale business park in Thessaloniki, with a strong focus on sustainability and contemporary urban design. It explores how the project combines the city’s industrial heritage with modern architecture, creating a functional and comfortable working environment. At the same time, it highlights HUB26’s role in revitalizing the area and positions the project as a model for the cities of the future.
She has worked as a Project Architect at HOK International in London, as Design Manager at REDS (part of the ELLAKTOR Group), and as Design Manager at Intradevelopment.
She is an architect engineer, holding a BA (Hons) from the University of Greenwich, a Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture from Kingston University, and a Post-Experience Certificate in the Professional Practice of Architecture (RIBA Part 3). She is also a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
He studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens and completed postgraduate studies at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.
As Head of Design, he leads the creative process across all projects of the practice, from early concept design through to construction, while also overseeing the development of the team.He has also taught architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, and at the University of Patras. In addition, he has curated exhibitions and participated in national and international architectural competitions, receiving several notable distinctions.
Andreas Kourkoulas and Maria Kokkinou founded their architectural practice in Athens in 1987. The completion of the Benaki Museum on Pireos Street in 2004 confirmed their distinguished position among Greek architects. Their work, presented in numerous national and international exhibitions, extends the tradition of local modernism with critical attention not only to space and program, but also to the expression of broader humanistic values.
They affirm the role of architecture in creating a stable framework of boundaries and spatial relationships that support and make legible everyday public and private life, in all its richness of rhythm, movement, and perceptual patterns. The aesthetic form of their buildings varies significantly, yet it consistently represents a memorable expression of the underlying spatial qualities of architecture, with an equal emphasis on spatial organization, materiality, and the quality of light.
Andreas Kourkoulas was a Professor of Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens. Together with Maria Kokkinou, he led a practice active for over 35 years, designing architecture across all scales and building types.