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  The possibility of being part of the MSA community seems to me as a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative, collaborative and interdisciplinary learning approach. MSA’s focus on sustainability and urban regeneration aligns with my passion for creating designs that integrate nature into the structure and embrace society’s gradual return to the shelter as a contemporary structure for living. With MSA being located in Manchester, a historic city that underwent rapid urban growth similar to Athens, I am eager to study how this transformation was translated into architecture and explore the contrasts and parallels between Manchester’s urban development and the urbanisation of my home town, Athens.  During a recent visit to the ‘Prosfygika’, a refugee housing complex located in Alexandras Street, I was struck by its architectural and historical significance. Alexandras street, one of the main Athenian avenues, horizontally connects the two major perpendicular routes, Kif...