58³Ô¹Ï

• MA: Landscape Architecture
  University of Greenwich, 2016
• BA: Landscape Architecture
  University of Greenwich, 2014

My project is supervised and supported by 58³Ô¹Ï's:

• Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates
• The Sir William Roberts Centre for Sustainable Land Use

My doctoral research aims to shine a light on the dominant narratives which frame landscape in the Welsh collective subjectivity, to articulate them and then to challenge them. Focusing on case study areas located within the boundaries of the historic Penrhyn estate the project will attempt to answer two questions:

1. Could, by placing current discussions about landscape change within their historical context and by providing a survey of alternative frames, cultivate new relationships with landscape?
2. Is there capacity for a more democratic approach to landscape decision-making which, will help develop a better land use change decision-making framework to support place-based delivery in Wales?

From the outset the project was developed as a cross-disciplinary exploration and therefore is supported by the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates and The Sir William Roberts Centre for Sustainable Land Use. This allows for the use of methodologies to data collection which bridge the School of Natural Sciences and the School of History, Law and Social Sciences. The project also aspires to process and represent work in ways that lie beyond the discrete boundaries of the Schools by engaging with approaches such as collage, poetic transcription and zines.

2024

• Published
  Ioannou, A., 15 Feb 2024, In: Cyprus Review. 35, 2, p. 89-111
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• Published
  Ioannou, A., 6 Dec 2023, In: Architecture_MPS. 26, 1, 4.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• Published
  Ioannou, A., Jun 2022, Cultures, Communities and Design : Connecting Planning, Landscapes, Architecture and People. Neuhaus, F. (ed.). University of Calgary: Architecture Media Politics Society, Vol. 30. p. 257-267 10 p. (AMPS Proceedings Series; vol. 30).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

2026

• Participatory research event with community actors.

  21 Jul 2026

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition (Organiser)

2025

• The lecture provided a fascinating insight into his interdisciplinary doctoral research project, which is rooted in his case study area of Dyffryn Ogwen at the heart of Eryri National Park. Alex’s work connects current discussions about landscape change with the past, through historical evidence and archival material. Using this historical context as a foundation, Alex organised a series of engagement and knowledge-exchange activities with the people of Dyffryn Ogwen with the goal of ‘reframing’ contemporary attitudes and perceptions towards landscape and ‘disturbing’ dominant understandings to reveal a much richer and more varied understanding. His project therefore provides an alternative model for landscape decision-making which involves local people and communities.

  12 Nov 2025

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• 12 Nov 2025

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Speaker)

• 7 Nov 2025

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• 9 Sep 2025 – 11 Sep 2025

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• 28 Aug 2025

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• 10 Apr 2025

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• 2 Apr 2025

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2024

• 18 Jun 2024

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  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• 1 Jun 2024

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• 28 May 2024

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  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• Location: Maynooth University, Republic of Ireland

  13 May 2024 – 14 May 2024

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• A community engagement event centred around climate change communication, coastal communities, and cultural heritage.

  26 Mar 2024

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition (Contributor)

2023

• Location: Royal Society, London

  6 Sep 2023 – 7 Sep 2023

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  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• The Substantive Content of Eryri: A Rural Landscape with a Past, Present and Future

  30 Aug 2023 – 1 Sep 2023

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  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

2022

• 1 Dec 2022 – 3 Dec 2022

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  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• 28 Jun 2022 – 30 Jun 2022

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  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)