{"id":154,"date":"2016-03-09T22:05:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T22:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:29:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:29:32","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Afisa.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-553 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cov_2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cov_2-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cov_2-1-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cov_2-1-1011x1024.jpg 1011w, https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cov_2-1-768x778.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-520 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/e-banner-ppel.png\" alt=\"Banner Espa\" width=\"776\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/e-banner-ppel.png 776w, https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/e-banner-ppel-300x39.png 300w, https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/e-banner-ppel-768x99.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #5f5f5f; font-family: Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">When it comes to designing new buildings I believe in deep knowledge of spatial context, understanding how people use space, and applying the principle of sustainable design<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #5f5f5f; font-family: Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Restorations and renovations of historic buildings are particularly interesting for me, as I get inspired by the concept of creating new life in places that hide within them stories of the past. Balancing the restorations with the adaptation of space to receive&nbsp;new users&nbsp; is key to my design approach.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #5f5f5f; font-family: Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #5f5f5f; font-family: Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Lighting design completes my projects. Light becomes a design tool that celebrates the architecture of a building during night time.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #5f5f5f; font-family: Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #5f5f5f; font-family: Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Since 2010, I have designed and participated in the design of houses, office, commercial and industrial buildings, as well as hotels and other types of touristic accommodation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #5f5f5f; font-family: Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #5f5f5f; font-family: Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">I am an Architect since 2009, having graduated the School of Architecture of the University of Patras. Furthermore, I hold a Master of Arts on Lighting Design from the Open University since 2015.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Please see link for my full <a href=\"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/en\/projects-2__trashed\/%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b3%ce%b1\/\">portfolio<\/a> of works<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to designing new buildings I believe in deep knowledge of spatial context, understanding how people use space, and applying the principle of sustainable design. &nbsp; Restorations and renovations of historic buildings are particularly interesting for me, as I get inspired by the concept of creating new life in places that hide within [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":975,"href":"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions\/975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sofiagkolemi.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}