Steven Melemis

Steven Melemis is a Lecturer (maître de conférences) at École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Malaquais (ENSAPM), a component of PSL University. Since 2009 he has been in charge of several core teaching activities within the Department of Mutations, including the preparatory seminar for the final degree project (PFE), the history lecture “Knowing and Transforming the Urban,” and project studios P2 and P8. From 2011-2015 he served as Head of the VAT department, and since 2011 he has coordinated ENSAPM’s international action focused on the contemporary metropolis of Athens.

Education

• Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), University of Toronto, 1985
• DEA, French Institute of Urban Planning, University of Paris 8, 1992

Research Focus

As an architect-urban planner and historian, Melemis investigates the interferences between architecture, urban planning, social and human sciences, and artistic fields. A second axis explores observation and recording devices for the sensitive qualities of the territory in order to inform its transformation. He is an associate member of the IPRAUS laboratory (ENSA Paris-Belleville) and an active participant in the BazarUrbain collective since 2004, producing urban studies grounded in residents’ narratives and sensory urban experience.

Currently he is pursuing a PhD that extends these lines of inquiry, integrating historical analysis with creative methodologies for reading and re-imagining contemporary metropolitan spaces.

Teaching & Advising

• Head of seminar/studio preparing for the PFE (VAT-T9)
• Lecturer for “Knowing and Transforming the Urban” (H4)
• Project studios P2 (Design, Experimentation, Manufacturing Workshop) and P8 (Unlearning Athens)
• Member of the CEVE of ENSAPM

Laboratory Affiliation

Associate member, IPRAUS laboratory, ENSA Paris-Belleville.