Applications are open for the workshop "Bodies of Water: From the concept of Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 on the Dine of Argolis"

Workshop's dates: April 5-6, 2025, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Location: CHS Greece, Nafplio

The Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece organizes the workshop titled "Bodies of Water: From the concept of Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 on the Dine of Argolis," which will be coordinated by Andreas Nikolovgenis, Architect, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Design in the Department of Architecture, University of Ioannina, Greece, Associate 2021-24 of the Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University.

The workshop will delve into the form of water retention infrastructures that construct the countryside with the aim of water supply, electricity, and irrigation, i.e., agricultural production. The Dine of the Argolic Gulf (Anavalos) is a source of submarine freshwater hydrologically connected to the Nestani Plateau. Pausanias mentions it (Description of Greece §8.7.2) and is related to the cult practice of the Argives, who sacrificed horses by throwing them into the spring. In the 1960s, a concrete dam was constructed to contain the spring to irrigate the Argolic plain, while in an ambitious plan, it was proposed as a solution for Athens' water supply.

Learn more about the workshop on "Bodies of Water: From the concept of Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 on the Dine of Argolis."