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Christina Parakente

Christina Parakente completed her studies at the School of Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1988. She collaborated as a set and costume designer with various theater groups. Between 1996 and 2007, she participated in the activities of the "Urban Void" group, which operated in free and empty spaces in the city of Athens. She has participated in and received awards in Panhellenic architectural competitions. In 2005, she co-founded the office PLAN B with Stavros Ganotis and Dimitris Spithas. Since 2022, she has been collaborating with the office KOM37-ARCHITECTS.

2023

  • Reconstruction of a mitato in Engares, Naxos, and its conversion into a small vacation home
    final study (design team : Ch.Parakente, A.Petraki, K.Stavridi)

2022

  • Vacation home in Lagkades-Sagri, Naxos
    final study (design team : Ch.Parakente, A.Krasas)

2007

  • Redevelopment of Monastiraki Square
    project supervision, Unification of Archaeological Sites of Athens S.A.
  • Reconstruction of a two-story house in Nea Kifisia
    final study (design team : Ch.Parakente, S.Ganotis)
  • Study of a new house in Kissos, Pelion
    final study and supervision (design team : Ch.Parakente)

2003

  • Redevelopment of the coastal road of Spetses from Dapia to the Old Port
    final study (design team : Ch.Parakente, S.Ganotis)
  • Redevelopment of the square of the new Peace Court of Athens
    final study (design team : Ch.Parakente, S.Ganotis)
  • Three houses in Tripodes, Naxos
    final study and supervision (design team : Ch.Parakente, D.Spithas, S.Ganotis)

2000

  • Redevelopment of Monastiraki Square and the facades of the surrounding buildings
    final study and implementation study (design team : Ch.Parakente, N.Kazeris, Z.Kotsopoulou, V.Manidaki, E.Tzirtzilaki)

1998

  • First prize in the Panhellenic Architectural Competition for the redevelopment of Monastiraki Square, announced by the Unification of the Archaeological Sites of Athens S.A.
    (design team : Ch.Parakente, N.Kazeris, Z.Kotsopoulou, V.Manidaki, E.Tzirtzilaki)
  • Second prize in the Panhellenic Architectural Competition for the redevelopment of the coastal zone from Fortezza to Koumbes, Municipality of Rethymno
    (design team : Ch.Parakente, P.Vandoros, E.Karakosta)

1997

  • Acquisition in the Panhellenic Architectural Competition for the redevelopment of the pier of Agios Nikolaos in the port of Patras, Port Authority of Patras
    (design team : Ch.Parakente, P.Vandoros, E.Karakosta)

Exhibitions :

  • Participation in group exhibitions 'Cheap Art' in Thessaloniki, Cyprus, Athens, Vienna, and Amsterdam during the period 2005-2018
  • Participation in the seminar of the Center of Architecture on "Abandoned areas and their transformation", 1993
  • Participation in the exhibition "The City and the Sea", Piraeus 1993
  • Participation in the Venice Architecture Biennale with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1989