Yiorgos Hadjichristou | Courtyards in Cyprus

BIO (bioclimatic innovative organizations) Courtyards in Cyprus

yiorgos hadjichristou UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA

DEVELOPMENT OF THE COURTYARD TYPOLOGY ‘The walled city of Nicosia’ DANILO D.

EVOLUTION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL CULTURAL HERITAGE

WISDOM OF THE COURTYARD

ORGANIZATION

OF THE TRADITIONAL HOUSES DEVELOPMENT OF THE COURTYARD TYPOLOGY ‘The walled city of Nicosia’ DANILO D.

Evolution through the testing of new courtyard typologies: HOUSING PROJECTS:

PUBLIC PROJECTS:

URBAN PROJECTS:

BLEND TANGIBLE INTANGIBLE

CYPRUS

GOOGLE MAPS

CONFLUENCE of three CONTINENTS

BYZANTINEEARLY MIDDLE AGE TIMES

LUSIGNANEALRY VENETIAN TIMES

E V O L U T I O N

LATE VENETIAN TIMES – END OF OTTOMAN RULE

‘THE WALLED CITY OF NICOSIA’ DANILO D.

MEDIEVAL TIMES

COURTYARD TYPOLOGY

OLD CONTINUOUS URBAN FABRIC

E BRITISH INFLUENCE X T CONTEMPORARY DISRUPTED URBAN FABRIC I N C T I O N

COURTYARD ORGANIZATION

URBAN REGULATIONS

OF THE LOCAL IDENTITY

ALLIENATION

‘OCCUPY THE BUFFER ZONE’ MOVEMENT

CRISES Foto by Nafsika Hadjichristou

DEAD

ZONE

NICOSIA

GHOST TOWN OF FAMAGUSTA

DIVIDING LINE AND FENCED CITY: BOUNDARIES P O R O S I T Y

’HORA IS or IS NOT CONSTITUTED as a

‘PLACE’ ‘Multicultural strips along the no man’s land’

LANDSCAPE

PERSONAL FAMILIAR LOCAL MEANINGS AND STORIES

Alternative activities at Phaneromeni Foto by Nafsika Hadjichristou

NOTION OF BOUNDARY

R E T U R N

MINORITY EXILIC MARGINAL EMERGENT

1ST Gay Pride Parade in Cyprus 31.05.2014 Foto by Nafsika Hadjichristou

EMERGENT

P ’ L A C E N E S S

IDENTITY

‘Everything Flows, Nothing Stands Still’ Venice Biennale 2006- Cyprus Pavilion ‘Porous Borders’

A R C H I T E C T U R E

EXPERIENCE OF ‘PLACENESS’

’ ‘Everything Flows, Nothing Stands Still’ Venice Biennale 2006- Cyprus Pavilion ‘Porous Borders’

P L A C E

HUMAN

EXPERIENCE

EVERYDAY EXISTENCE ‘Everything Flows, Nothing Stands Still’ Venice Biennale 2006- Cyprus Pavilion ‘Porous Borders’

C O U R T Y A R D S

VESSELS OF THE EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES

ONENESS

PART OF THE SAME TOTALITY

E X P E R I E N T I A L

ONENESS

I M M A T E R I A L

M A T E R I A L IN CONJUNCTION

I N T E R R E L AT I O N S H I P S

N AT U R E - W E AT H E R

HUMAN B E H A V I O R S I N T E R A C T I O N

F L U

I D I

T

BUILT a n d

U N B U I LT

Y

A BUILDING NOT an

END

ITSELF

FRAMES

RESTRUCTURES

GIVES SIGNIFICANCE

R E L AT E S FACILITATES AND PROHIBITS

A R C H I T E C T U R A L

E X P E R I E N C E

VERB than being NOUN

‘VERBAL

BEHAVIOR’

of the

BUILT E N V I R O N M E N T

M A L L E A B I L I T Y

S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y

‘MALLEABLE courtyards’

T Y P O L O G Y

R

EXISTING PLAN UNTIL 1997-

E

RESULTED FORM THE SPLIT OF THE DOWRY OF THE OWNERS

V I

S I T I N

G

THE ‘ROOTS’

An attempt to deal with a traditional house literally cut in the middle- a way to heal the amputation of a traditional spatial organization

Split of the house in 2 parts

Split of the house in 2 parts

MUTATION of the courtyard into a “SYSTEM OF COURTYARDS”

OPEN

TO

LIFE

“LIVING

ARCHITECTURE”

“IMMATERIAL

STRUCTURES ”

H U M A N E X I S T E N C E

V U L N E R A B I L I T Y

UNCERTAINTY

CONTINGENCY

a

a

CENTRAL COURTYARD

NETWORK OF PERIPHERAL COURTYARDS

Case study 2: Peripheral courtyards

Case study 2: Peripheral courtyards

Case study 3: Courtyards and landscape

Case study 3a: Nature sculpts the courtyard

L A N

D S C A P

E

Case study 3b: In touch with nature

Primary conclusions/ Further courtyard typologies HOUSING PROJECTS:

PUBLIC PROJECTS:

URBAN PROJECTS:

CAVO GRECO ENVIROMENTAL CENTER COMPETITION

DASOUPOLI HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION

DASOUPOLI HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION

SMALTO PROJECT IN STROVOLOS

conclusions/ Further courtyard typologies HOUSING PROJECTS:

PUBLIC PROJECTS:

URBAN PROJECTS:

In Traditional In New Urban, Urban fabric Residential Fabric

In New Urban, Public Fabric

In rural environment

Evolution through the testing of new courtyard typologies:

In natural landscape

conclusions/ Further courtyard typologies HOUSING PROJECTS:

PUBLIC PROJECTS:

URBAN PROJECTS:

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