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Emmanouil Korres | |
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| Born | 1948 |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Alma mater | National Technical University of Athens |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Restoration Architect, Civil Engineer and professor |
| Projects | Restoration of theAcropolis of Athens |
Emmanouil Korres (Greek: Εμμανουήλ Κορρές, born 1948) is a majorGreekrestoration architect, civil engineer and professor ofarchitectural history at postgraduate studies at theNational Technical University of Athens. Currently he is head of theAcropolis Restoration Service (YSMA) and a casual member of theAcademy of Athens since 2017.[1]
He studied architectural engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (1972), he did his postgraduate studies at theTechnical University of Munich (TUM) (German:Technische Universität München) (1975–77), he earned a doctorate at theFree University of Berlin (German:Freie Universität Berlin, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) (1991) and of the National Technical University of Athens (1992).
He worked as an engineer at the Acropolis Restoration Service (1975, 1977–1979) until he reached the position of the Head of the Department of Restorations at the Directorate for the Restoration of Ancient Monuments (1981). Then he was elected as Head for the "Parthenon" Project of theGeneral Directorate of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage of theMinistry of Culture of Greece (1983–1999). He then achieved the position of professor at NTUA (1999–2015).
He has taught ancient architecture, historical topography and restoration at theNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, theUniversity of Pennsylvania, theUniversity of California, Berkeley and at universities and uesarch institutions across Europe, the Americas and Asia.
In specific he worked in Athens at the restoration ofErechteum, the temple of Dionysus, thetheatre of Dionysus and mainly in theParthenon. He has also worked at the Theatre ofLindos and at the temple ofApollo Epikourios in Bassae.
He is president of theCentral Archaeological Council of Greece, member of theGerman Archaeological Institute (German:Deutsches Archäologisches Institut,DAI) and of theKoldewey Gesellschaft [de].
His latest work, filling the archaeological site of Acropolis with cement paths, has been controversial and caused protests and debate.[2][3]
Emmanouil Korres was born inKypseli, Athens, Greece at 1948. He grew up in Kypseli until he moved toMelissia. His father was a mechanic and his origins were from theAegean island ofNaxos. He is the middle child of a family of three children. His brother Dimitris Korres is also an architect and creator of the super-car of Korres Project.[4]
Korres has received, among others, the following awards:[5][6]
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