I am an architect for whom architecture is something beyond building. It is the way we think of the built and the unbuilt, and how this which we shape shapes us back. I prefer maybe people instead of matter. Things which take care and time, weathering and transforming. I like long talks with friends, and random discoveries.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I mainly used couchsurfing until 2013, when I was living in a beautiful big apartment in Berlin. Now I moved to Brussels, apartments are smaller, schedules are tight... Still, if you're around, give it a try and you might be lucky :)

Interests

architecture sociology, films, staying up until late at night without any particular reason, old cafes, old stories, weird music, "over-identification", performances, details, the grotesque, swimming, the sun, traveling (the process of moving, even using public transportation in the city)

• architecture
• movies
• traveling
• music
• anthropology
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

music/
i like bossa nova and rempetika, inga copeland and björk, massive attack and regressverbot. some songs of stereo nova and some covers of dirty beaches. i love portishead and the soundtrack of wong kar wai movies. sometimes i like hip hop and sometimes post rock. i love 'blue moon' by elvis presley but with my father we've been listening to joy division since i was 5...

books/
fernando pessoa, georges perec, albert camus, dylan thomas, the unbearable lightness of being, margarita karapanou, fiesta, elias economopoulos, austerlitz by sebald, the weight of the butterfly

movies/
tarkovsky, kieslowski, jonas mekas, enter the void, songs from the second floor, edvard munch, festen, man bites dog, taviani's kaos, caravaggio, los amantes del circulo polar, waking life, pi, van gogh, terra estrangeira, el viaje, la haine, αγελαστος πετρα, truffaut, louis malle, bunuel, παραγγελιά, days of being wild

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

forests. moscow. and then the trans-siberian. the sea. panda bear in concert. old berlin houses. prague (the third time). the ending of 'fight club'. moroccan music on a terrace. les baletts c de la b. athens. athens. athens. car traveling. some books. sunrise. woyzek. being drunk (but not too drunk). samothraki. asklepieion at Kos

Teach, Learn, Share

erin taught me 'drunk food'
andrea taught me Jodorowsky
pedro shared his beauuutiful terrace
christos played great bouzouki
antonia reminded us the beauty of photography
jamal taught us to play morocco drums
fransesco taught me my first guitar notes
jess shared poitive energy
will told me about 'the best record store in berlin'

What I Can Share with Hosts

now I can proudly bake some home-made bread for you...
And show you around weird bars

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Germany, Greece, Netherlands