Elisavet Hasa
is a London-based architect, researcher and educator. She holds a diploma in Architecture from the School of Architecture of the University of Patras, Greece (2015) and was awarded a PhD from the School of Architecture at the Royal College of Art (2022). Elisavet’s research focuses on solidarity and decolonial movements, with an emphasis on the role of space and architecture to their expansion and transferability. Her PhD thesis dealt with the survey of the materiality of grassroots, ad hoc and mutual aid projects created by social movements in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis (2010-2020) in Europe and the United States, with an emphasis on solidarity economies and their relationship with the state. Her investigation explored territories of social and state abandonment in Greece, Spain and the US, where policies of debilitation of bodies and withdrawal of welfare architectures were imposed upon marginalised groups.
Elisavet’s work —pedagogical, research and practice— is embedded in the articulation of ideas about labour and work in the academic and professional life of architects. She has curated and produced numerous public events and experiences, and founded collective groups and projects that deal with issues of work and equity in the architectural profession (The Architecture Lobby — London Chapter), social housing and participatory design (Cohab Athens), and the scarcity of inclusive public spaces and projects of urban commons (Koino Athina), among others.
Elisavet is the co-founder of Fatura Collaborative, an architecture and research studio founded in 2009. Fatura Collaborative has been developing projects internationally (Greece, France, Portugal, UK, US and Vietnam) and across a wide range of scales, expanding new problematics about ecology, the domestic, everyday life and the city. As design principal, Elisavet is interested in architecture as social infrastructure, in developing collective equipments, in the design of spaces of care, empathy and welfare.
Contact:
Academic: e.hasa@rca.ac.uk
Practice: elisavet@faturacollaborative.org
For general enquiries, commissions, or collaborations, please contact directly via email at elisavethasa [at] gmail [dot] com.
London, United Kingdom © 2022
ARCHITECTURE
FATURA COLLABORATIVE
︎︎︎ faturacollaborative.org
01. “ The Quarry, the Theater, Movies and Beers” proposal for the design of the surrounding landscape areas and the supporting infrastructure of Lycabettus Hill Theatre in Athens, Greece ︎︎︎ Project
Awards:
3rd Prize, Open Concept Design Architectural Competition
Distinction by the Hellenic Institute Architecture & was selected to participate at the 10th Biennale of Young Greek Architects exhibition, 17 Dec 2021 — 17 Jan 2022
︎︎︎ Exhibition summary
Project publication:
Fatura Collaborative, Catalogue of the 10th Biennale of Young Greek Architects, pp. 86—89
“Fatura Collaborative Wins 3rd Prize at the Open Concept Design Architectural Competition LYCABETTUS PAN.ORAMA”, Archisearch, 22 April 2020 ︎︎︎ Archisearch.gr
Recent projects:
02. Care Condenser
National Concept Design Competition
for the design of a childcare and elderly care community centre in Chania, Crete, Greece ︎︎︎ Project
03.Farmhouse
Design of a new rural residence, Attica, Greece
︎︎︎ Project
04. Courtyard House
Design of a summer house for an extended family, Halkidiki, Greece ︎︎︎ Project
FATURA COLLABORATIVE
︎︎︎ faturacollaborative.org
01. “ The Quarry, the Theater, Movies and Beers” proposal for the design of the surrounding landscape areas and the supporting infrastructure of Lycabettus Hill Theatre in Athens, Greece ︎︎︎ Project
Awards:
3rd Prize, Open Concept Design Architectural Competition
Distinction by the Hellenic Institute Architecture & was selected to participate at the 10th Biennale of Young Greek Architects exhibition, 17 Dec 2021 — 17 Jan 2022
︎︎︎ Exhibition summary
Project publication:
Fatura Collaborative, Catalogue of the 10th Biennale of Young Greek Architects, pp. 86—89
“Fatura Collaborative Wins 3rd Prize at the Open Concept Design Architectural Competition LYCABETTUS PAN.ORAMA”, Archisearch, 22 April 2020 ︎︎︎ Archisearch.gr
Recent projects:
02. Care Condenser
National Concept Design Competition
for the design of a childcare and elderly care community centre in Chania, Crete, Greece ︎︎︎ Project
03.Farmhouse
Design of a new rural residence, Attica, Greece
︎︎︎ Project
04. Courtyard House
Design of a summer house for an extended family, Halkidiki, Greece ︎︎︎ Project
RESEARCH PROFILE
Researcher, Visiting Lecturer, School of Architecture, Royal College of Art ︎︎︎rca.ac.uk
PhD candidate, Architecture Research, Royal College of Art ︎︎︎ pgr.rca-architecture.com
Seminar instructor (2019/2020 & 2020/2021), Projective Cities seminars, Architectural Association ︎︎︎ From the Room to the City: The Urban Plan”
Seminar instructor (2016/2017 & 2017/2018), ADS7 (Architectural Design Studio), Royal College of Art ︎︎︎ Ecologies of Existence: Radical Municipalism
Founder & Steward of the London Chapter of The Architecture Lobby ︎︎︎ The Architecture Beyond Capitalism School (ABC School)
Co-founder of the cooperative housing project for Athens “Cohab Athens” & Group participation in the#ThisIsACo-op Greek Pavilion, 15th Venice Architectural Biennale
︎︎︎ Sharing Ideas for Sharing Space workshop
Co-founder of Koino Athina a multi-disciplinary collective scheme of action- research on urban commons, formed during the period of financial crisis in Athens as a response to the need for a public role for architects, artists, researchers and scholars. The collective was increasingly active during 2013-2015 with workshops, seminars and public debates for the redefinition of issues of inclusion and accessibility in public space, housing and policymaking for urban design.
Selected talks, lectures and teach-outs:
Lecture, School of Architecture, University of Cyprus, Online (Zoom), Feb 18, 2021
Public lecture, “South: Space and non hegemonic paradigms of knowledge” programme, Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly, together with Platon Issaias, Online (Zoom), Jan 28, 2021 ︎︎︎ Link
Paper presentation, "Making-Do in Urbanism and the Arts 2020" conference, College of Design, University of Oregon, Online (Zoom), Nov 20, 2020
Round table discussion, "Economies of Exhaustion: The Ethics of Academic, Architectural, Artistic Labour" symposium, Bartlett School of Architecture, Feb 05, 2020 ︎︎︎ Link
Teach—out, “Climate Movements and the Green New Deal,” Participation in the Climate Crisis Themed Picket Line Teach-Outs, together with Julian Siravo (Autonomy think tank), UCL (Malet Street), London, November 29, 2019 ︎︎︎ Link
Presentation, “Structural Instabilities: History, Environment, and Risk in Architecture” conference, PennDesign, Philadelphia, PA, Apr 5-6, 2018 ︎︎︎ Link
Researcher, Visiting Lecturer, School of Architecture, Royal College of Art ︎︎︎rca.ac.uk
PhD candidate, Architecture Research, Royal College of Art ︎︎︎ pgr.rca-architecture.com
Seminar instructor (2019/2020 & 2020/2021), Projective Cities seminars, Architectural Association ︎︎︎ From the Room to the City: The Urban Plan”
Seminar instructor (2016/2017 & 2017/2018), ADS7 (Architectural Design Studio), Royal College of Art ︎︎︎ Ecologies of Existence: Radical Municipalism
Founder & Steward of the London Chapter of The Architecture Lobby ︎︎︎ The Architecture Beyond Capitalism School (ABC School)
Co-founder of the cooperative housing project for Athens “Cohab Athens” & Group participation in the#ThisIsACo-op Greek Pavilion, 15th Venice Architectural Biennale
︎︎︎ Sharing Ideas for Sharing Space workshop
Co-founder of Koino Athina a multi-disciplinary collective scheme of action- research on urban commons, formed during the period of financial crisis in Athens as a response to the need for a public role for architects, artists, researchers and scholars. The collective was increasingly active during 2013-2015 with workshops, seminars and public debates for the redefinition of issues of inclusion and accessibility in public space, housing and policymaking for urban design.
Selected talks, lectures and teach-outs:
Lecture, School of Architecture, University of Cyprus, Online (Zoom), Feb 18, 2021
Public lecture, “South: Space and non hegemonic paradigms of knowledge” programme, Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly, together with Platon Issaias, Online (Zoom), Jan 28, 2021 ︎︎︎ Link
Paper presentation, "Making-Do in Urbanism and the Arts 2020" conference, College of Design, University of Oregon, Online (Zoom), Nov 20, 2020
Round table discussion, "Economies of Exhaustion: The Ethics of Academic, Architectural, Artistic Labour" symposium, Bartlett School of Architecture, Feb 05, 2020 ︎︎︎ Link
Teach—out, “Climate Movements and the Green New Deal,” Participation in the Climate Crisis Themed Picket Line Teach-Outs, together with Julian Siravo (Autonomy think tank), UCL (Malet Street), London, November 29, 2019 ︎︎︎ Link
Presentation, “Structural Instabilities: History, Environment, and Risk in Architecture” conference, PennDesign, Philadelphia, PA, Apr 5-6, 2018 ︎︎︎ Link
WRITINGS
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS / LABOUR
Upcoming:
Elisavet Hasa, “Tracing the Role of Architecture in the Scalar Institutionalisation of the Solidarity Movement in Greece,” Spring 2022
Elisavet Hasa, “Remapping Urban Commons in Madrid: A Grassroots Atlas for Open-Source Distributed Architectures,” Fall 2022
Elisavet Hasa, “Decolonizing Care: The Architecture of Health Care in the Indigenous Movement,” Fall 2022
Published:
Elisavet Hasa, “Απουσία Φρόντίδας, η Οικοδόμηση της Αλληλεγγύης στην Αθήνα,” in Archetype, February 2022
︎︎︎ Archetype
Elisavet Hasa, “In the Absence of Care: Building Solidarity in Athens,” The Avery Review, 54, October 2021 ︎︎︎ The Avery Review
Peggy Deamer, Elisavet Hasa and Sben Korsh, “Architecture Lobby Expresses Solidarity With UK’s Architectural Assistants,” in Archinect, March 2021
︎︎︎ Archinect
Elisavet Hasa, “Out of Architecture: An Exodus and a Multitude of Outcomes,” #ThisIsACo-op Catalogue of the Greek Participation at the 15th Venice Architectural Biennale, ed. by the Association of Greek Architects (Athens: Ministry of Tourism in Greece, 2016), pp. 81—82 ︎︎︎ Link to a copy of the essay
Elisavet Hasa, “Architecture or Re-claim? The Role of Architecture in Contemporary Urban Space,” Architectones magazine - ed. by the Association of Greek Architects, issue 16 (October 2015) — English publication
︎︎︎ Link to a copy of the essay
Elisavet Hasa, “Αρχιτεκτονική ή Διεκδίκηση; Ο ρόλος της αρχιτεκτονικής στον σύγχρονο αστικό χώρο,” Αρχιτέκτονες-Περιοδική Έκδοση του ΣΑΔΑΣ-ΠΕΑ, issue 16, ( October 2015), pp. 12—13 ︎︎︎ Architectones magazine (GR)
Exhibitions:
10th Biennale of Young Greek Architects, Athens, Greece (December 2021 - January 2022 ). Organised by the Hellenic Institute of Architecture. Participant with Fatura Collaborative.
#ThisIsACo-op, Greek Pavilion, 15th Venice Architectural Biennale, Venice, Italy (May-November 2016). Architect-member of the curatorial team of the Greek Pavilion and participant with Cohab Athens.
Planning for Protest Exhibition, Lisbon Architecture Triennale (September 2013), Lisbon, Portugal. Curated by Close, Closer. Participant with Antonas Office (Aristides Antonas, Katerina Koutsogianni, Elisavet Hasa & Panos Demiris).
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS / LABOUR
Upcoming:
Elisavet Hasa, “Tracing the Role of Architecture in the Scalar Institutionalisation of the Solidarity Movement in Greece,” Spring 2022
Elisavet Hasa, “Remapping Urban Commons in Madrid: A Grassroots Atlas for Open-Source Distributed Architectures,” Fall 2022
Elisavet Hasa, “Decolonizing Care: The Architecture of Health Care in the Indigenous Movement,” Fall 2022
Published:
Elisavet Hasa, “Απουσία Φρόντίδας, η Οικοδόμηση της Αλληλεγγύης στην Αθήνα,” in Archetype, February 2022
︎︎︎ Archetype
Elisavet Hasa, “In the Absence of Care: Building Solidarity in Athens,” The Avery Review, 54, October 2021 ︎︎︎ The Avery Review
Peggy Deamer, Elisavet Hasa and Sben Korsh, “Architecture Lobby Expresses Solidarity With UK’s Architectural Assistants,” in Archinect, March 2021
︎︎︎ Archinect
Elisavet Hasa, “Out of Architecture: An Exodus and a Multitude of Outcomes,” #ThisIsACo-op Catalogue of the Greek Participation at the 15th Venice Architectural Biennale, ed. by the Association of Greek Architects (Athens: Ministry of Tourism in Greece, 2016), pp. 81—82 ︎︎︎ Link to a copy of the essay
Elisavet Hasa, “Architecture or Re-claim? The Role of Architecture in Contemporary Urban Space,” Architectones magazine - ed. by the Association of Greek Architects, issue 16 (October 2015) — English publication
︎︎︎ Link to a copy of the essay
Elisavet Hasa, “Αρχιτεκτονική ή Διεκδίκηση; Ο ρόλος της αρχιτεκτονικής στον σύγχρονο αστικό χώρο,” Αρχιτέκτονες-Περιοδική Έκδοση του ΣΑΔΑΣ-ΠΕΑ, issue 16, ( October 2015), pp. 12—13 ︎︎︎ Architectones magazine (GR)
Exhibitions:
10th Biennale of Young Greek Architects, Athens, Greece (December 2021 - January 2022 ). Organised by the Hellenic Institute of Architecture. Participant with Fatura Collaborative.
#ThisIsACo-op, Greek Pavilion, 15th Venice Architectural Biennale, Venice, Italy (May-November 2016). Architect-member of the curatorial team of the Greek Pavilion and participant with Cohab Athens.
Planning for Protest Exhibition, Lisbon Architecture Triennale (September 2013), Lisbon, Portugal. Curated by Close, Closer. Participant with Antonas Office (Aristides Antonas, Katerina Koutsogianni, Elisavet Hasa & Panos Demiris).