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“Learning from the Sarakatsani”, Mold magazine

June 2025

 

About 2 years ago while visiting the Zagori area in northern Greece, I discovered the huts of the Sarakatsani, a nomadic tribe who trace back to ancient Greece.
From the origins of their tribal identity to their distinct ecological architecture, the Satakatsani provide a unique case study of sustainable living long before this became a global concern.
All this and more is shared on my article for Mold, an online magazine about the future of food, design, ecology and sustainability. So happy to colaborate again with LinYee Yuan, doing a full circle now since our contribution with Greece is for Lovers on their very first issue!

My sincere thanks go to Yiannis Yiannakos, president of the Association of the Sarakatsani of Epirus in Athens, and to the members I met during my research. They generously shared information, invited me to observe the making of the hut, and provided photographs from their archive. Their contributions were instrumental in shaping this article.

Gratitude also goes to Eleni Alexi for sharing recordings of her Sarakatsani grandmother and her undergraduate research project at the School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Eleni is currently a PhD student in the School of Architecture at Princeton University and a member of the XAIA (Extended Augmentation in Architecture) Lab.

 

You can read the full article here.