Panos Dragonas is an architect, curator and Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Patras, Greece. He studied at the National Technical University of Athens (Diploma of Architecture, 1992) and at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University (Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design, 1993) as a Fulbright Scholar. From 2001 to 2013, he was consulting editor of the annual reviews Architecture in Greece and Design + Art in Greece. In 2012, he was co-commissioner/curator of “Made in Athens”, the Greek contribution to the 13th International Architecture Exhibition – la biennale di Venezia. He has curated – alone or in collaboration – the exhibitions “Tomorrows” (Athens, 2017 / Nantes, 2019), “Adhocracy [Athens]” (2015), “Rethink Athens” (2013), “14F/21GR. Young Architects from France and Greece” (2012) and the “2nd Biennale of Young Greek Architects” (1998). In 2016, he was a Stanley J. Seeger Visiting Research Fellow at Princeton University. He has published extensively on Greek architecture and the contemporary city in architectural journals and international reviews. His current research focuses on the transformations of Greek cities during the economic crisis and the connections between cinema, architecture and the modern city.