Savia Palate is a lecturer in History and Theory of Architecture at the University of Cyprus.
She holds a PhD in Architecture from the University of Cambridge as a Cambridge Trust Scholar (Vice-Chancellor Award). During that time she has also been a doctoral resident at the Canadian Centre of Architecture and an A. G Leventis Foundation Scholar. She also holds an MA in History and Critical Thinking from the Architectural Association School of London with Distinction, and an MArch II in Space, Society, and Culture from the Pennsylvania State University as a Fulbright Scholar.
Her research endeavours focus on the production of critical histories that relate to prescriptions of space, as these may be produced and transmitted by agents and methodologies within and beyond the disciplinary boundaries of architecture.
She has recently completed U-SHer (Uneasy but Shared Heritage: Modern Hotel Architecture on a Divided Island) as the project's leading investigator. The project explores the role of architectural history in contributing to the intangible value of modern architecture as heritage that is shared. It involves the development of an interactive "guide" of modern architecture in Cyprus as a digital "archive that listens." The project was part of the Excellence Hubs programme (research grant to a young researcher - Social Sciences category), co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation.
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Current Affiliations
Lecturer in History and Theory of Architecture, Department of Architecture University of Cyprus
Principal Investigator U-SHer, Mesarch Lab, University of Cyprus
Co-founder, 2050: A New World
Past Affiliations
Visiting Lecturer, Leicester School of Architecture, De Montfort University
Visiting Lecturer, School of Creative Arts, University of Hertfordshire
Canadian Centre of Architecture
Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge
Girton College, University of Cambridge
SAHGB Symposium 2021 - Architectural History + Climate Emergency
The Martin Centre Seminar Series
Architectural Association School of London
Stuckeman School of Architecture, Pennsylvania State University
Special Issue, Fabrications Journal (SAHANZ)
What is Shared? Architectural Heritage in Conflict
Savia Palate and Panayiota Pyla
Deadline for Submissions:
15 January 2024
EAHN Conference 2024, Paper Session
On Buildings That No Longer Exist
Savia Palate and Linda Stagni
Athens, June 2024
The USHer app is available to download in both Google Play and Apple Store.
We played 2050: A New World in Cyprus on "World Cities Day" for the programme "Researchers at School," organised by the Cyprus Research and Innovation Centre in the framework of the EU-funded Project CONNECT.