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On Wednesday March 12, 2025, at the Technical University of Crete (TUC) Campus, the red ribbon of the EURECA-PRO Landmark was cut, under the wonderful bright light of the Spring Mediterranean sun. The installation marks the successful completion of the first phase of the European University on Responsible Consumption and Production (EURECA-PRO) and serves as a tribute to the nine alliance partners, as well as to the European Union's vision for the universities of the future, as supported by the European Universities Initiative.
The EURECA-PRO Landmark was created by a group of TUC students and scientific collaborators of the Laboratory of Transformable Intelligent Environments - TUC TIE Lab of the School of Architecture at the Technical University of Crete. The contributors - Giorgos Artsidakis, Georgia Velli, Marios Ioannidis, Myrto Pagomenaki, Anna-Pagona Papidi, and Ioanna Feidopiasti - worked under the supervision of Marianthi Liapi.
The starting point of the team's design explorations was the classic type of poles with signs, which indicate the distances between different cities and destinations, as well as anamorphic art. Each of the 9 letters of the name “EURECA-PRO” is attributed to one of the 9 partner universities of EURECA-PRO and each letter is visually decomposed into three sections, which together spread out in space, playing with perspective.
The EURECA-PRO Landmark Inauguration ceremony was led by TUC Rector, Prof. Michail Zervakis, in the presence of the current and the previous EURECA-PRO General Project Managers, Vanessa Massegg and Lisa Pichler, both from EURECA-PRO partner Montanuniversität Leoben (MUL) in Austria, TUC’s EURECA-PRO team members, representatives of MUL’s EURECA-PRO team, and members of the TUC landmark design team. The programme of the ceremony included:
- Welcome and opening of the ceremony
by Prof. Em. Evan Diamadopoulos, EURECA-PRO TUC Coordinator
- An overview presentation about EURECA-PRO
by Prof. Michail G. Lagoudakis, Deputy EURECA-PRO TUC Coordinator
- A presentation about the design of the landmark installation
by Marianthi Liapi, leader of the landmark design team
- The red ribbon cutting at the landmark site on TUC Campus
by Prof. Michail Zervakis, TUC Rector
The Laboratory of Transformable Intelligent Environments - TUC TIE Lab and the EURECA-PRO TUC team of the Technical University of Crete would like to thank the Directorate of Technical Services at TUC for its valuable contribution to the implementation of the project.
You can view the Photo Album and watch the Video Playlist of the ceremony!
Below, you can find the slides of the two presentations!
Photo Credits: Anna-Maria Papalopoulou, Maria-Eftychia Papadomanolaki
