2005. It explores the “spatial and material dimension of invisible and immeasurable electromagnetic phenomena.” Furthermore, he has a lot of experience teaching. As previously mentioned, he spent three years teaching at universities in Puerto Rico, and he now teaches at the University of Manitoba and will be soon be teaching at the University of Illinois. The upshot of that extensive communal participation, Sotirios believes, is that his practice is “really balanced and well-rounded.” In his opinion, that kind of balance is too rare in today’s architectural realm. “I’m not in a silo,” he says. “Architecture is a synthetic art. Before universities, to become an architect you had to be an apprentice for 25 years. You had to learn how to survey, you had to learn how to measure land, you had to learn how to cut stone, you had to learn how to lay stone, you had to learn how to paint, you had to learn how to draw, you had to learn musical theory, and you had to study astronomy.” “A lot of that has become generalized and doesn’t get taught in schools anymore because we’re so utilitariandriven,” he continues. “But I think it’s really valuable. I’ve tried to immerse myself in all of it.” Moving forward, Sotirios’ goal is to continue exploring different disciplines, and to continue building ties with other industry professionals who share his values. His goal is not necessarily to grow Sotirios Corp internally – he wants the firm to remain “small, agile and flexible,” since they work on such a variety of projects in a variety of locations – but to build a network of locally-based partners all over the world that he can collaborate with on a project-to-project basis. “That’s more interesting to me than having a big office in just one geographical location,” he says. “I want to keep doing different things and keep attracting really talented people to collaborate with,” he concludes. “To me, that’s really important.” SOTIRIOS CORP Photo: James Brittain
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