DECA Architecture is an architectural team founded in 2001 by Carlos Loperena (Mexico, 1970) and Alexandros Vaitsos (Peru, 1971). Loperena and Vaitsos met during their postgraduate studies at UC Berkeley. Before they met, Loperena studied industrial design at the University of Kansas (B.F.A., 1995, honors) and Vaitsos studied Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University (B.A., 1995). Both have taught architectural design at the University of Thessaly, the University of Patras. The...

mission We design buildings and cities for the 21st century man through the respect of 4 principles: • no waste of ENERGY • maximum FLEXIBILITY • high WELLBEING • interpret the DREAM of man through a simple and functional design. TECHNOLOGY and CREATIVITY is the glue that we apply to the 4 basic principles to obtain the final product. meaning The soul of our projects is the deltaZERO philosophy which means zero differential between: • energy consumed and energy produced • state of the art and applied technology • man's aspirations and living space. The deltaZERO city and building • produce as much energy as they consume and do not release any pollutants into the atmosphere • ensure maximum flexibility of use in space and time • guarantee a high level of comfort to those who live and work there. • Our planning work relies on our skills as architects, designers and coordinators of a multidisciplinary and well-established network of reliable partners, and is based on a shared philosophy of thought and objectives. Thanks to the experience gained in 30 years of activity we can offer the complete realisation of the designed works, guaranteeing time and costs.