Maria Kouvari is an architect, urban designer, and historian with a PhD from ETH Zurich, Department of Architecture. Her research engages with notions of care, vulnerability, and historical invisibility, with a focus on built heritage and preservation theory. Her doctoral dissertation, “Minor/s’ Heritage,” was awarded grants from the Sophie Afenduli Foundation and the Foundation for Education and European Culture.

Kouvari is the founder and coordinator of “Children Matter,” a group within the European Architectural History Network (EAHN). She co-curated the symposium and exhibition “A Place to Play. The Centro Educativo Italo-Svizzero in Rimini” (Venice 2026). She is currently preparing her forthcoming book, Housing Greece: A Century of Emergencies.