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 (3 Professors, 1 Associate Professor and 3 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 eight (8) 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) 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, 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:
Zerefos Stylianos, Professor
Deputy Dean:
Zervas Efthimios, Professor
Deanery Members:
Mavrommati Irini, Professor
Doulos Lampros, Associate Professor
Sotiropoulou Sofia, Assistant Professor
Laskari Iro, 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, Associate Professor
Lighting Technology with applications in energy optimization and the coupling of Natural and Artificial Lighting in the Human Environment
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Sophia Sotiropoulou, Assistant Professor
Preventive Conservation for coloured objects of moveable heritage
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Nectaria Gizani, Assistant Professor
Radio astronomy, Astroparticle Physics and Climate Change
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Iro Laskari, Assistant Professor
Visual Communication, Visual Perception and Audiovisual Synthesis in Augmented Digital Environments
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Dimitrios Zeugolis, Professor Emeritus
Academic Head of Erasmus 2004-2018
DPS GTP 2000 – 2018
Curriculum Vitae
Graduate Programmes of Study
Postgraduate Programmes of Study
Brief programmes of studies
PhD Studies
For PhD Candidates, the Regulations for PhD Studies of the HOU apply.
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
TRIGONIAS 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.
PhD Candidates
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
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 IRENE
TOPIC: Multimedia, Theater, Creative Writing: Combining tools in Education
LADOPOULOS IOANNIS
SUPERVISOR: ZEREFOS STYLIANOS
TOPIC: The role of Artificial Lighting in Healing Environments: Attempts and Methods for faster healing in medical facilities
MANIAS DIMOSTHENES
SUPERVISOR: MAVROMMATI IRENE
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
TZIORTZIOTI CHRYSANTHI
SUPERVISOR: MAVROMMATI IRENE
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
Deanery Secretariat of the School of Applied Arts and Sustainable Design
Kanellopoulou Kondylia
Τel.: 2610367614 – email: set@eap.gr
