The School of Applied Arts and Sustainable Design is one of the four Schools of the Hellenic Open University, established by Law 2552/97. Since academic year 2023 it has 7 faculty members (4 Professors, 1 Associate Professor and 2 Assistant Professors).
The scope of the School focuses on providing knowledge and skills in the fields of:
- Visual and applied arts in combination with visual and digital technologies,
- Sustainability, environmental design of infrastructure, cities and buildings, and to address climate change
- The protection of cultural and natural heritage from the effects of climate change
- Design methods using new technologies
- Acoustic design and digital sound
- the design of natural and artificial lighting in cities and buildings
- Filmmaking, audiovisual media and related technologies
- Advanced technologies for capturing and documenting cultural heritage
- Algorithmic and parametric design
- The quality of the indoor environment in relation to the rational use of energy, energy saving, health and well-being of those who occupy space within it
The Undergraduate Program in Film Studies: Screenplay, Filmmaking, and Research (SKI) aims to equip students with the necessary knowledge to work in various fields of audiovisual and film production, providing them with the theoretical and practical skills in a wide range of fields, while at the same time pioneering the provision of quality higher distance education not only in the “conventional” subjects related to cinema, but also in-depth in the fields of film writing and narration, directing, filmmaking practices and providing knowledge in the field of animation.
The nine (9) Postgraduate Programs of Study (MSc) of the School: Acoustic Design and Digital Sound (ASP), Graphic Arts – Multimedia (GTP), Environmental Design (PSX), Lighting Design (SFP), Protection of Cultural Heritage and Monuments of Nature from the Effects of Climate Change (CCC),Interaction Generative Design – IGD, Visual Effects and Moving Image Design (SOK), Documentation and modeling of Monuments and Archaeological Sites (ATM) and Sustainable Interior Design of Buildings (EPK) offer studies in the subject areas of Acoustic Design, Graphic Arts, Sustainability, Pollution, Energy, Climate Change, Transportation, Cities, Buildings and Environmental Design, Lighting Design, Heritage Protection and New Design Technologies, Animation and Visual Effects, Algorithmic Design, Advanced technologies for capturing and documenting cultural heritage and Indoor Environmental Quality with rational use of energy, combining Arts (graphics, light, sound and multimedia), Digital Technology and Environmental Engineering with the current evolving pedagogy of distance education.
At Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral level, the School’s programs are innovative and interdisciplinary, designed to offer students not only specialized scientific knowledge that enables them to meet the modern demands of research, society and the labor market, but also to inspire them.
Three (3) laboratories are operating at the HOU’s premises in Patras in order to support the research activities and to broaden the participation and activity of the students of the School:
The School employs seven (7) faculty members and a sufficient number of teaching staff, many of whom are successful and active professors / researchers / PhDs / scholars / artists, who are also employed in other areas of higher education.
Dean of the School
Irini Mavrommati, Professor
Dean’s Deputy of the School
Lampros Doulos, Professor
Deanery Members
Efthimios Zervas, Professor
Stylianos Zerefos, Professor
Sophia Sotiropoulou, Assistant Professor
Dean of the School
Irini Mavrommati, Professor
Dean’s Deputy of the School
Lampros Doulos, Professor
Members
Efthimios Zervas, Professor
Stylianos Zerefos, Professor
Nectaria Gizani, Associate Professor
Sophia Sotiropoulou, Assistant Professor
Iro Laskari, Assistant Professor
Efthimios Zervas, Professor
Environmental Impact Management Technology
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Stylianos Zerefos, Professor
Architectural Analysis and Synthesis with Digital Media and Lighting Simulation
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Irini Mavrommati, Professor
Graphic Design and Design with the Use of PC
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Lampros Doulos, Professor
Lighting Technology with applications in energy optimization and the coupling of Natural and Artificial Lighting in the Human Environment
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Nectaria Gizani, Associate Professor
Radio astronomy, Astroparticle Physics and Climate Change
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Sophia Sotiropoulou, Assistant Professor
Preventive Conservation for coloured objects of moveable heritage
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Iro Laskari, Assistant Professor
Visual Communication, Visual Perception and Audiovisual Synthesis in Augmented Digital Environments
Brief Curriculum Vitae
At the School of Applied Arts and Sustainable Design of the Hellenic Open University, research is carried out in the fields of:
- Development and applications of new optical technologies
- Energy and Environment
- Architectural Design and Bioclimatic Architecture with Digital Media
- Lighting
Postdoctoral Researchers and PhD candidates support this research activity.
- PhD Dissertations (under construction)
- PhD Candidates (under construction)
Laboratories
The School of Applied Arts and Sustainable Design of the Hellenic Open University has two (2) laboratories:
1. The Lighting Design Laboratory
Lightinglab.eap
2. The Multimedia Lab
The Lighting Design Laboratory of the School of Applied Arts and Sustainable Design is established in 2016 with the aim of providing modern education in lighting design. Its design as a “lighted stage” allows for experimentation with a wide range of lighting and control possibilities.
Its capabilities can cover a wide range of light science:
- Lighting equipment features
- Light modes and intensity
- Colour temperature
- Colour systems
- Materials, textures, reflection, refraction
Lectures and presentations are held in the laboratory for students of the M. Sc. “Lighting Design” of the HOU, as well as in departments of other universities, such as the Department of Architecture of the University of Patras.
The basic research currently being carried out in the laboratory is funded by the Research Support Programme (PENER) of the HOU and concerns the lighting design of historic buildings.
Laboratory of Energy and Environmental Technology and Policy
latpee.eap.gr
Regulations for Postdoctoral Research at the School of Applied Arts and Sustainable Design and Sustainable Design
PhD Dissertations
Doctorates
ARDAVANI OLYMPIA
SUPERVISOR: ZEREFOS STYLIANOS
TOPIC: Bioluminescence as an element of energy saving and sustainability in architecture and outdoor urban and suburban spaces in the Greek city
GATSOU CHRYSOULA
SUPERVISOR: ZEVGOLIS DIMITRIOS
TOPIC: Effect of interface and interactive design on the creation of easy-to-use systems for novice users.
GRIVAS KONSTANTINOS
SUPERVISOR: ZEREFOS STYLIANOS
TOPIC: The Augmented Home: Technologies, Architecture and Domestic Environments Between the Late 20th and the Early 21st Century
KASSELOURI VARVARA
SUPERVISOR: ZEVGOLIS DIMITRIOS
TOPIC: Development of a multimedia tool for the study of the contribution of Renewable Energy Sources to the climate of Greece in the 21st century. Its application to environmental education.
BALAFOUTIS ATHANASIOS
SUPERVISOR: ZEREFOS STYLIANOS
TOPIC: Methodology of architectural lighting for the enhancement of the facades of historic buildings
TZIORTZIOTI CHRYSANTHI
SUPERVISOR: MAVROMMATI EIRINI
TOPIC: Development and evaluation of educational games in distributed computing environments and networked devices/artifacts with end-user environment
TROCHOUTSOS CHRISTOS-GEORGIOS
SUPERVISOR: ZEVGOLIS DIMITRIOS
TOPIC: Digital Printing – Quality Standardization and Certification
TSIGONIAS MARIOS
SUPERVISOR: ZEVGOLIS DIMITRIOS
TOPIC: Holistic and environmental packaging design. Development and study of materials and technologies to meet the environmental requirements of the packaging printing industry.
TSIPA CHARIKLEIA
SUPERVISOR: ZERVAS EFTHIMIOS
TOPIC: Pollutant emissions from new tobacco products
PhD Candidates
ANTONOPOULOU CHRISTINA
SUPERVISOR: SOTIROPOULOU SOPHIA
TOPIC: Development of an lntegrated Sustainable Management System for Movable Cu1tura1 Heritage
GIANNAKOPOULOU ANGELIKI
SUPERVISOR: LASKARI IRO
TOPIC: Directorial and narrative approaches to hybrid live-action/animation films: Hybridity methods in Greek cinema
GRIGOROPOULOS CHRISTOS
SUPERVISOR: ZEREFOS STYLIANOS
TOPIC: Development of a predictive model for the calculation of the environmental impact of lamps and luminaires reaching the end of their life in a lighting project
ZOTAKI MARINA
SUPERVISOR: MAVROMMATI EIRINI
TOPIC: Educating Creative Professions considering the advances of Artificial Intelligence
KANNAVOS SOTIRIOS
SUPERVISOR: ZEREFOS STYLIANOS
TOPIC: Optimising visual and thermal comfort in buildings through 3D printed devices: the case of 3D printed geometric devices on transparent materials
KARAGEORGIOU ZOI
SUPERVISOR: MAVROMMATI EIRINI
TOPIC: Multimedia, Theater, Creative Writing: Combining tools in Education
KAROUNIS IOANNIS
SUPERVISOR: LASKARI IRO
TOPIC: The Body as Monument-Archive in Public Space: Reformulations of memory, visibility, and collective experience through performance art and filmic documentation in real, digital, or imaginary environments within the public sphere
KOROMPILIS DIMITRIOS
SUPERVISOR: LASKARI IRO
TOPIC: Laboratory Courses in Open and Distance Adult Education: Digital Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, and Hybridity
KOTSANI CHRYSOVALANTO-MARIA
SUPERVISOR: ZERVAS EFTHIMIOS
TOPIC: Analysis of pollutants from heated tobacco products
KOUTROUMANI ELEFTHERIA
SUPERVISOR: ZERVAS EFTHIMIOS
TOPIC: Emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from new tobacco products with emphasis on electronic cigarette emissions
LADOPOULOS IOANNIS
SUPERVISOR: ZEREFOS STYLIANOS
TOPIC: The role of Artificial Lighting in Healing Environments: Attempts and Methods for faster healing in medical facilities
MANDALAS IOANNIS
SUPERVISOR: ZERVAS EFTHIMIOS
TOPIC: New approaches in the application of Environmental Kuznets Curve
MANIAS DIMOSTHENIS
SUPERVISOR: MAVROMMATI EIRINI
TOPIC: Utilization of Creative Narrative Techniques in the Design of Electronic Services
NASTOU MARINA-PANAGIOTA
SUPERVISOR: ZEREFOS STYLIANOS
TOPIC: Protection of cultural heritage from the effects of climate change
XYNOS ANARGYROS
SUPERVISOR: SOTIROPOULOU SOPHIA
TOPIC: The development of a unified theoretical and methodological model of neuroaesthetics in architecture with a focus on the Greek context
PAPALAMPROU ANDREAS
SUPERVISOR: DOULOS LAMPROS
TOPIC: Design of lighting systems and regulations for the mitigation of light pollution
RAPSOMANIKIS NIKOLAOS
SUPERVISOR: ZERVAS EFTHIMIOS
TOPIC: Analysis of Climate Variability and Proposal of Indices for the Quantification of Climate Change
SARAFI ANTIGONI
SUPERVISOR: LASKARI IRO
TOPIC: Laboratory Courses in Open and Distance Education: Methods for Creating Communities of Practice and Collaborative Learning in Digital Educational Environments
SKANDALI CHRISTINA
SUPERVISOR: DOULOS LAMPROS
TOPIC: Proposals for optimizing the rational use of energy in road lighting design while limiting environmental impacts
TSIMPIDAS DIMITRIOS
SUPERVISOR: ZEREFOS STYLIANOS
TOPIC: Modeling for the protection and management of ancient theaters in a changing climate
TOMASOVITS MILITSA
SUPERVISOR: DOULOS LAMPROS
TOPIC: Development of a model for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of building facade lighting techniques based on the reduction of light pollution
CHITA EFSTRATIA
SUPERVISOR: MAVROMMATI EIRINI
TOPIC: The influence of extended reality solutions and IoT on immersive learning, and related policies for promoting eco-consciousness
