Dr Elisavet Hasa

My PhD thesis (Royal College of Art, 2022), titled "Infrastructures of Solidarity and Care (2010-2020)," explored two critical areas of spatial justice in the city: the rise of solidarity and mutual aid organisations that provide welfare services and support to disenfranchised communities, and the spatial interventions they develop to reappropriate “abandoned” urban territories.

My research interests focus on the climate emergency, the housing crisis, feminist ethics of care, and spatial agency. These interests align closely with my academic work, which emphasises a critical engagement with both theory and practice to explore how architecture can respond to urgent societal issues through a lens of care, collective participation, and the lived experiences of disenfranchised communities.

My upcoming book, "Building Solidarity Architectures: Collective Care in Times of Crisis" (Goldsmiths Press/MIT Press, 2025), explores the “lived architecture”—everyday practices and spaces—of collective care that emerge in response to conditions of crisis. In 2023, I was awarded a publication grant from the prestigious Graham Foundation in support of my research. My work has been published and presented internationally on various occasions, most notably at the Venice Biennale (2016) and the Biennale of Young Greek Architects (2021).