Maria Kaltsa. Green Talks.

Welcome to the new episode of GREEN TALKS. The Podcast series  powered by ECOWEEK and hosted by ARCHISEACH.gr. In this series we interview leading Architecture and Design experts who  share their experience and how they connect between Design,  Sustainability and Innovation. Today our guest is Maria Kaltsa of ARCNEST an architecture practice based  in Athens, Greece. Maria Kaltsa is an architect. Graduated in 1984 from the post graduate  master’s degree program in Architecture from YALE University, and in  1981 from the bachelor of Architecture program of COOPER UNION in New  York. Maria established her first office with partners architects James  Panagos and Vassilis Papandreou in 2009, and later established ARC NEST  in 2017. Between 2016 and 2019 Maria was appointed by the Mayor of the  City of Athens as his Adviser for Urban Design, and was engaged in several  Municipal projects – which we will talk about. Maria has received several  awards and distinctions. In her work she combines the practice of  architecture, urban planning, research and experimentation.