Journal of Architectural Engineering Technology
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Biography

Marios C. Phocas received his Diplom degree in Architecture including in depth studies in building technology and structural design from the University of Stuttgart in 1995. He completed his doctorate on earthquake resistant structural building design, at the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Stuttgart in 1999. Dr. Phocas is currently Associate Professor and Interim Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Cyprus, since 2009 and 2006 respectively, as well as co-principal of the Archimedes Research Center for Structural and Construction Technology, since 2005. From 2004 until 2009 he served as Assistant Professor at the Program of Architecture. Prior to his appointment at the University of Cyprus he was Main Research Associate, Academic Teaching Consultant, and extraordinary Dozent at ITKE of the University of Stuttgart, from 1996 until 2004. He is the author and/or co-author, co-editor of eleven books, fourteen book chapters, twenty four refereed journal papers and forty four refereed conference proceedings papers, in the areas of integrated architectural design, structural and construction design, kinetic structures and earthquake resistant structural building design. He has received fourteen architectural awards for project designs in collaboration, in Germany and Cyprus.
 

Research Interest

His research interests are integrated architectural design, structural and construction design, kinetic structures and earthquake resistant structural building design.

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Publications

Initiations and Future Directions in the Development of Kinetic Structures for Earthquake Resistance

Lightweight Tensile Structures towards an Architectural-Engineering Integration