About
The Team
Donor/instigator
Nikolaos Balagiannis
Implemented by
THE BOOK OF HEROES Non-for-Profit Organisation
Members
Nikolaos Balagiannis, Anna Ganci-Balagiannis
Legal representative
Konstantinos Bokos
Project assignment/concept
Christos Savvidis
Core design team
Nikolaos Balagiannis, Anna Balagiannis, Christos Savvidis, Myrto Kiourti, Antonis Kanellopoulos
Consultants on the theoretical approach
Sotirios Bahtsetzis
Associate Professor of Contemporary Art Theory and Curatorial Practices, Head of Culture, Creative Media and Industries, University of Thessaly
Christos Chrysanthopoulos
Historian, Institute of Historical Research at the National Hellenic Research Foundation
Patricia Gerakopoulou
Assistant Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Digital Media and Communication, Ionian University
Romanos Gerodimos
Screenwriter, director, producer, writer, Professor of International Politics and Communication, University of Bournemouth, UK
Elli Chrysidou
Artist
Artistic director
Christos Savvidis
Artist
Elli Chrysidou
General coordination and production management
ArtBOX
Community Workshops
ArtBOX / Agency for social innovation through art
Elli Chrysidou
Project engineers
Architect
Myrto Kourti
Static engineer
Antonis Kanellopoulos – Cubus Engineering
General Contractor / Supervisor engineer
Giannis Vellios
Mechanical engineer
Fotis Papagiannopoulos
Panos Kampoukos – GREATERSPACE
Advisors
Pavlos Raptis
Kostantinos Vrailas
Takis Malataras
Nikolaos Lyberatos
Visual identity and website
Dionysis Livanis, Konstantinos Trichas, Max Ryan
Editing of texts (English)
Anna Balagiannis
Editing of texts (Greek)
Lydia Chatziiakovou
Image processing
George Papalexandrou
3D renderings
Nikos Nikolopoulos – Creative Lighting
3d modeling/sculpting
Alex Totief
Photo/ Video documentation
Dimitris Kleanthis
Website photos
Spyros Kokkalakis, Angelos Pantazis
We owe them our sincere thanks, since with their encouragement and valuable comments they gave us inspiration and food for thought. We consider them “Friends of the Book of Heroes”:
Amber Charmei
Art and Architectural Historian / Writer
Giannis Giannoutsos
Architect Engineer (National Technical University of Athens)
Visual Artist (Athens School of Fine Arts)
Erato Koutsoudaki Yerolymbou
Μuseums Exhibition Designer
Eleni Lagiou
Civil engineer
Danae Makri
Head of Strategy & Content, The Design Ambassador
Eva Manidaki
Architect – Scenographer
Dr. Thomas Oberender
Curator and writer
Costis Paniyiris
Architect, Professor – University of Thessaly
Manos Perrakis
Architect
Dionisis Sotovikis
Architect
Max Spielmann
Professor for Media Theory and Practice – Academy of Art & Design Basel FHNW, Institute Experimental Design and Media Culture – HyperWerk Lab (1999-2023). R&D projects in the field of participatory design, art and media, production/documentation and archiving (since 2024)
Vasilis Stroumpakos
Architect, Assistant Professor – Department of Architecture – University of Patras
Panayotis Tournikiotis
Professor Emeritus – National Technical University of Athens
Dionysia Triantafyllou
Dipl. Architect Engineer, National Technical University of Athens; MSc in Urban Design, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London; MSc in Environmental Design of cities and Buildings, Hellenic Open University
Giorgos Triantafyllou
Architect
George Tsolakis
Architect
Kostas Tsiambaos
Associate Professor, School of Architecture NTUA