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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