Qualifications
- MA: Landscape Architecture
University of Greenwich, 2016 - BA: Landscape Architecture
University of Greenwich, 2014
Teaching and Supervision
My project is supervised and supported by Bangor University's:
- Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates
- The Sir William Roberts Centre for Sustainable Land Use
Research Interests
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:
- 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?
- 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.
Publications
2024
- PublishedEleftheria Square: The Legacies and Dichotomies Woven into Nicosia’s Urban Fabric
Ioannou, A., 15 Feb 2024, In: Cyprus Review. 35, 2, p. 89-111
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2023
- PublishedTowards a reframing of Eryri: how historic framings of landscape influence perceptions and expectations of a Welsh national park
Ioannou, A., 6 Dec 2023, In: Architecture_MPS. 26, 1, 4.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- PublishedResearch methodologies for changing landscapes and places in flux
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
Activities
2026
- Roots, Peaks and Future Generations: Intergenerational Culutral Landscapes and Well-being in Eryri.
Participatory research event with community actors.
21 Jul 2026
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition (Organiser)
2025
- Challenging time(s): Exploring how we shape the past and future of Eryri through the exchange of material culture
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) - Darlith flynyddol yr Archifau a Chasgliadau Arbennig
12 Nov 2025
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Speaker) - Inseparable heritage: Explorations in sharing and exchanging material culture of the historic Penrhyn estate in Jamaica and Wales
7 Nov 2025
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Actively Reframing Eryri: Explorations in collective anticipatory (co)creation in North Wales
9 Sep 2025 – 11 Sep 2025
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Actively Reframing Eryri: Explorations in collective anticipatory (co)creation in North Wales
28 Aug 2025
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Reframing Eryri: Disturbing the sedimentation of a dominant discursive linear landscape historiography
10 Apr 2025
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Recalling change: Exploring the dissonance in a community and landscape once shaped by the Penrhyn estate
2 Apr 2025
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
2024
- Reframing Eryri through place-based collaborations and multidisciplinary methods
18 Jun 2024
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Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Reframing Eryri through a multidisciplinary and multi-method research project
1 Jun 2024
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Recalling change: Exploring the dissonance in a community and landscape once shaped by the Penrhyn estate
28 May 2024
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Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Recalling change: Exploring the dissonance in a community and landscape once shaped by the Penrhyn estate
Location: Maynooth University, Republic of Ireland
13 May 2024 – 14 May 2024
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Coastal Communities Community Event
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
- Reframing Eryri: A case study of creative collaborative research in Dyffryn Ogwen aiming to tackle climate change and impact landscape decision-making.
Location: Royal Society, London
6 Sep 2023 – 7 Sep 2023
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Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers
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
- The substantive content of Eryri: a lived landscape with a past, present and future
1 Dec 2022 – 3 Dec 2022
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Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Changing landscapes and places in flux
28 Jun 2022 – 30 Jun 2022
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Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)