Rena Sakellaridou, Dipl. Arch AUTh, MArch UBC, PH.D Bartlett School UCL, is Professor of Architectural Design at the School of Architecture AUTh. She practices architecture, writes about architectural composition, studies creativity and teaches design. She has written “Mario Botta. Architectural Poetics”, (Thames and Hudson 2001, Rizzoli 2000 in Italian). She is founding partner of SPARCH (www.sparch.gr), with offices in Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece. Rena Sakellaridou SPARCH PC (http://sakellaridou.sparch.gr) is her independent architectural office based in Athens. SPARCH, the only architectural office in Greece to receive three distinctions by the Hellenic Institute of Architecture, has received international recognition with exhibitions, publications and lectures, as well as 15 distinguished design awards and 13 first prizes in important architectural competitions.