May 20, 03:52 pm
Presentation of the Gulf Research Project at Harvard

Self-organization is a dynamic and adaptive process through which systems achieve and maintain survival without external control. The research and design of such morpho-(eco)logical systems engage the examination of physical systems in relation to their capacity to modulate climates, and spatial and programmatic opportunities.
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The municipality building proposal is is an urban and public garden.
Image by George Katodrytis was selected for the cover of the Spanish Delegation of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
The Dubai Experiment soon became the the Dubai Phenomenon. Is this now the beginning of the Dubai Success?
In Dubai there is little difference between holiday accommodation and housing. Architectural programs are becoming fused and undifferentiated. The morphology of the landscape and seascape is becoming fabricated to the point that it may soon be difficult to differentiate between the natural and the constructed.
George moderated and presented at the Architecture + Tourism Conference, IAU Dubai Campus, 2 March 2007
Instant City: The Rise of Dubai. First in a series of dialogues which addresses the relations between architecture, power, and political dissent. Debate between Kees Christiaanse and George Katodrytis. Moderated by Roemer van Toorn.
International Conference on Architecture Sources of Architectural Form: Theory and Practice, Kuwait University, 10-13 March 2007
Work published in the German magazine GEO Special, March 2007