Panos Dragonas is an architect and professor of architecture and urban design at the University of Patras, Greece.
In 2001, he established dragonas christopoulou architects in collaboration with Varvara Christopoulou. The studio's portfolio includes a wide set of projects ranging from the urban scale, landscape, housing, to exhibition design. Their design projects have been distinguished in 10 architectural competitions and have been widely published in international reviews and exhibitions.
Panos Dragonas has published extensively on Greek architecture and contemporary urban issues in local architectural magazines and international reviews, such as Archithese, Domes, MASContext, Monu. From 2001 to 2013, he was consultant editor of the annual reviews Architecture in Greece and Design + Art in Greece. In 2012 he was joint commissioner / curator of "Made in Athens", the Greek participation at the 13th International Architecture Exhibition -la biennale di Venezia. He has curated -alone or in collaboration- the exhibitions "Adhocracy [Athens}" (2015), "Rethink Athens" (2013), "14F/21GR. Young Architects from France and Greece" (2012) and the "2nd Biennale of Young Greek Architects" (1998). He has also co-curated the "Rethink Athens - Urban Challenges" cycle of events at the Onassis Cultural Centre (2013-'15).
Since 2000, he is teaching architecture and urban design at the University of Patras. His current research and design activities focus on the transformations of the Greek cities during the economic and social crisis, the investigation of post-consumerist housing typologies, and the connections between cinema, architecture and the modern city.