PANAYIOTA PYLA / RESEARCH
AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST
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History-theory of modern architecture and urbanism
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Urban development politics in 20th Century Eastern Mediterranean
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Architecture, infrastructures and modernization histories in the Cyprus
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Leisure and tourism histories in the Eastern Mediterranean
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Social dimensions of environmentalism and sustainability in architecture
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Cultural heritage, memory and conflict in the Middle East
RESEARCH PROJECTS
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The Leisurescape Project [Website] / Ongoing
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Mesarch: Research Laboratory on Modern Architecture [Lab Website] / Ongoing
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Post-Independence Modernism and Nation-Building in Cyprus / 2010-2013
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Doxiadis, Ekistics and Post-WWII modernism. Ongoing
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History and Theory of Sustainability. Ongoing
FUNDED RESEARCH - recent
Research and Innovation Foundation (Cyprus) [co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus]
Excellence Hubs, Pillar II: Sustainable RTDI System
Project hosted at Mesarch Lab, (with P. Pyla as collaborator of the PI, Savia Palate) “Uneasy but Shared Heritage: Modern Hotel Architecture on a Divided Island.” Collaborators: Antigone Heraclidou; Panayiotis Kyriakou; Alona Nitzan-Shiftan, Can Bilsel. (Jan. 10, 2022-Jan. 9, 2024). [Website]
Leventis Foundation (Cyprus)
P. Pyla as project leader, “Uneasy Leisure: Modern Hotels and Shared Heritage on a Divided Island”. Collaborators: Savia Palate, Emily Shiantou, Alona Nitzan-Shiftan Can Bilsel. (Feb. 2022—Feb. 2024).
Hersus (Erasmus + Program of the European Union)
P. Pyla as member of University of Cyprus team, “Enhancing of Heritage Awareness and Sustainability of Built Environment in Architectural and Urban Design Higher Education.” [Host Institute: University of Belgrade; other affiliates: IUAV Di Venezia, Italy; Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessaloniki, Greece]. (2020-2023).
Onisillos Funding Scheme for Postdoctoral Researchers (University of Cyprus)
P. Pyla as supervisor, for Principal Investigator Serkan Karas, “Enacting the Industrialization of Tourism: Water-management and Electricity Supply Infrastructures in Cyprus, 1974-2017.” (September 2020-September 2022).
Research and Innovation Foundation (Cyprus) [co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus]
Excellence Hubs, Pillar II: Sustainable RTDI System
P. Pyla as project leader, “Landscapes of Leisure and Politics: The Architectural History of Tourism and Conflict in Cyprus—Leisurescapes.” Collaborators: Sibel Bozdoğan; Alona Nitzan-Shiftan. (Dec. 1, 2018-Nov. 30, 2021).
Research and Innovation Foundation (Cyprus) [co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus]
Dual Partnership Grant
P. Pyla as project leader, “Landscapes of Tourism in Cyprus and Bali: Architectural, Social and Environmental dimensions—CyBaliScapes.” Collaborator: Jiat-Hwee Chang. (Dec. 28, 2018-June. 27, 2021).
Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation Postdoc Research Grant (Greece)
P. Pyla as leader of University of Cyprus team, “Antiparochi and (its) architects: Histories of social forces, spatial politics and the architectural profession in Greece, 1929-74.” [Host Institute: National Technical University of Athens, Project leader: Konstantina Kalfa]. (2018-2021).
Research Promotion Foundation (Cyprus), [co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus]
Programs for Research, Technological Development and Innovation, 'Restart 2016-2020', Pillar I: Smart Growth, International Collaborations- Dual Targeting Grant, International/ USA/ 0118/0042.
P. Pyla as project leader, "Architectures of Tourism in the Eastern Mediterranean: Social, Political and Environmental Perspectives." Collaborator: Boston University. (2018-2020). [Ranked as 'eligible for funding' if funds were available].