SYNTHESIS AS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS
P4architecture, is an internationally awarded architecture firm founded in 2014 in Greece, with studios in Athens, Messenia, and Rhodes.
We are a research-driven design studio, uniting architects, engineers, and designers who collectively share a set of core values and principles.
Our design process integrates academic research and the reality of practice, weaving connections that nurture a symbiotic relationship.
For us, architecture is a long, ongoing dialogue emphasizing framing the right questions rather than finding immediate answers.
In our process, simplicity is our guiding principle as we navigate the increasing complexity of contemporary challenges.
Architecture, for us, serves as a timeless framework rooted in tradition yet open to innovation.
It is our medium for self-expression, the embodiment of our values, and our way to impact the built environment.
Through architecture, we evoke the history to which we belong and aspire to be a part of.
TEAM
Alkiviadis Pyliotis (Founding Partner) is an architect-engineer and co-founder of P4architecture. He holds a Master in Architecture II from the Harvard Graduate School of Design (2020) and a Diploma with honors from the National Technical University of Athens (2017).
In 2014, Pyliotis co-founded P4architecture, an architectural practice with offices in Athens, Kalamata, and Rhodes, undertaking projects both domestically and internationally. The firm’s work has been recognized with awards in international architectural competitions, ranging from winning proposals to honorable mentions and distinctions. It has been exhibited in various art and architectural exhibitions and published in leading global electronic and print media.
Pyliotis is actively involved in architectural education. He has served as an adjunct Professor of Architectural Design at the University of Patras and previously taught Architectural Design studios (01, 02, 08) at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. Additionally, he developed and taught the course “Synthesis as a Process” at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (Summer Course, J-term). His commitment to advancing architectural theory is demonstrated in his ongoing doctoral research at the School of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens, where he focuses on the concept of type and its influence on architectural composition.
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Konstantinos Pyliotis (Founding Partner) is an architect-engineer and co-founder of the architecture studio P4architecture. He studied architecture at the Architecture School of the National Technical University of Athens. He continued his academic research in the post-graduate master’s program at N.T.U.A School of Architecture, where he graduated with honors. During his master’s degree, he taught architecture design as a teaching assistant. In 2014, he co-founded the architecture office P4architecture; since then, he has been awarded several distinctions and honorary mentions in international architectural competitions and published in the international electronic and printed press. Konstantinos oversees each project from initial design to completion of construction, pursuing a holistic approach to architecture.
Evangelos Fokialis (Founding Partner) is an architect-engineer and co-founder of the architecture studio P4architecture. He studied architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design (Master in Architecture II, 2020) and the National Technical University of Athens (Diploma, 2017). He has taught Architectural Design as an adjunct professor at the Wentworth Insitute of Technology in Boston (Architecture Studio 01,02,08). He has introduced and taught the course “Synthesis as a Process” at Harvard GSD (Summer Course, J-term).
In 2014, he co-founded the architecture studio P4architecture, which focuses on projects in Greece and abroad, with offices in Athens, Kalamata, and Rhodes. The office’s work has won awards and several international Architectural competitions, received numerous distinctions, exhibited in a series of art and architectural exhibitions, and published in the global electronic and print press.
Collaborators
[PRESENT & PAST]
Panayiota Kyriakou, Architect Engineer, NTUA
Chara Kaika, Architect Engineer, NTUA
Evangelia Triantafylla Architect Engineer, AUTH, UCL
Margarita Togia, Architect Engineer, DoAUP Angeliki Kontokosta, Architecture Student, NTUA
Nikiforos Karangelis, Architecture Student, DoAUP
Nektarios Karangelis, Architecture Student, DoAUP
Emmanouil Savvas, Architecture Student, DoAUP
Katerina Pylioti, Civil Engineer, NTUA
Andreas Petropoulos,Interior Design Consultant
Michalis Meggios, 3D Artist
Dousis Marble (Konstantinos Dousis, Nikolaos Doulos)
Fotis Georgakas, Marble Sculptor
Skalos EPE,Civil Engineers Consultants
Sourilas Konstantinos, Mechanical Engineer (KNS engineering consultants)
Chrysi Gkolemi, Architect, Landscape Architect MLA
Lydia Panagoulia, Architect Engineer, DoAUP
Glykeria Gkourbali, Architecture Student
Foteini Kontou, Architecture Student Pinelopi Marnezou, Architecture Student
Chrysothemis Kouloumenta, Architect Engineer
Foteini Kallikouni, Architect EngineerAimilios Kourafas, Architect Engineer
Angeliki Chrisimou, Architect Engineer
Apostolis Kassios, Architect Engineer
Theodore Panopoulos, Architect Engineer
Michail Xirokostas, Architect Engineer
Panagiotis Niarchos, Architect Engineer
Markelos Galenos, Architect Engineer
Marianthi Papaggelopoulou, Architect Engineer
Aristotelis-Rafail Sergios, Architect Engineer
Prizes
Honorable Mention
in the International Competition for Alicante’s New Congress Center, “Linear Agora”, 2023
Peers Award
at the category Best Completed Work of the
Greek Architecture Awards, by DOMa, “Mani Residences”, 2024
Mention Award
at the category Best Project
of the Greek Architecture Awards, by DOMa, “Salakos Barn House”, 2024
Distinction
in the 11th Biennale of Young Greek Architects, by the Hellenic Institute of Architecture, “Frames of Co-Living” and “Mani Residences”, 2023
Winning Proposal,
International Competition for the public student housing in Nicosia, Cyprus,
“Frames of Co-Living”, 2021
Doma Peers Award
in the Residential category, Research Period, “Linear Habitat”, 2020
2nd Award
in the European Competition for the Cultural Village of Lempa, ‘Inherent Simplicity”, 2016
“EUROPE 40 UNDER 40” Award
to Konstantinos Pyliotis, by European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies