Portfolio - Anna Galika by Anna G

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ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO

SELECTIVE WORK 2011-2017

ANNA GALIKA

PROLOGUE this book is a showcase of my selected works, expressing my thoughts, creativity, educated skills and personality as an architect

CONTENTS

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Nicosiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (W)right Block Architectural and Urban Design Studio Work 9th Semester Nicosia, Cyprus

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Drama School Multifunctional Public Building Studio Work 7th and 8th Semester Tavros, Athens

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Re-occupying the Void Planning and Design of Urban Space Studio Work 7th Semester Amerikis square, Patissia, Athens

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Block of Flats Architectural Design Studio Work 4th Semester Mets, Athens

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In Search of Loose Space Dissertation Research 10th Semester

Scrap Factories (ongoing project) Architectural and Urban Design Diploma Thesis 11th and 12th Semester Eleonas, Athens

Closed, semi-open, open

NICOSIAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S (W)RIGHT BLOCK

Architectural and Urban Design Studio Work 9th Semester October 2015 - February 2016

In collaboration with: Virvidaki Ioanna Kampani Anna

Tutors Vozani Ariadni avozani@arch.ntua.gr | Kourkoulas Adreas akourkoulas@arch.ntua.gr | Pagonis Athanasios tpagonis@arch.ntua.gr

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The buffer zone in Cyprus is perceived as a boundary with substance and depth. It is converted into a moat with layered viewing filters obstructing the gaze of the observer. The city appears anarchically structured and fragmented, blocking the view of the stroller. Blocking the view prevents the movement in the separated Cyprus. The view becomes the first unifying element.

Nicosia’s (W)right Block Nicosia, Cyprus

Design methodology The surfaces of an exploded box become the concrete plates of the block. By sliding these elements, voids and units are created.

ENTRY POINTS ROAD AXES

SUPERVISORY POINTS

PUBLIC SPACE

LANDMARKS

COMMON ACTIVITIES

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Analysis methodology Placing a cross in each of the identified “points of interest”, creating a new city network.

GRID

Nicosiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (W)right Block Nicosia, Cyprus

line

Creating a middle landscape The future city is projected as an endless grid in which people move and live. Or else as an infinite textile, that spread out along the city defines the new status.

point plane

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Nicosiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (W)right Block Nicosia, Cyprus The urban blocks are divided into three main typologies based on the design tools point, line, and plane. Correspondingly, the blocks are classified into open, semi-closed and closed depending on the permeability at the commercial ground floor level and whether public enters privately. In the open type, ground floor remains permeable in all directions with the element of a tall tower for vertical movement distribution. In line type, the main feature is a longitudinal public space, while at the closed type an atrium is created with movement on the inside.

Nicosiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (W)right Block Nicosia, Cyprus

On the left: Typical floor plan On the right: Apartment typology

Introducing a new city scale in Nicosia, the new urban block acquires greater dimensions than those of the existing tissue. The blocks follow the orthogonal grid defined by the analysis and are framed by roads and pedestrian roads. The walkways intersect the roads, connecting the river to the new town of Nicosia through the new blocks. Alongside, the new roads are joined with the existing road network.

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Stage performance

Drama School

Multifunctional Public Building Studio Work 7th and 8th Semester October 2014 - July 2015

In collaboration with: Virvidaki Ioanna Kampani Anna

Tutors Tsiraki Sofia stsiraki@arch.ntua.gr | Karadimas Konstantinos ccara@arch.ntua.gr

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The main concept in designing a public building is to create both public and private spaces with equal importance. Moreover, internal connectivity and ease of access to every part of the building, is what defines a functional and liveable building.

The two volumes, that intersect, surround the core of the building, which is the main theatrical stage and the public space created around it. Since the building is mainly designed to accomodate students, the primary goal is to create gathering spots as well as auditoriums to host their lectures. These factors formed a multileveled section. The unifying element is the metallic structure of the ramp. It connects the levels, attaches to the concrete building and gives the building unique identity. Since this is a drama school, one of the main aims was the creation of multifunctional rooms that they can, in any given, be able to accommodate a theatrical performance.

On the back: Technical plan for ground floor and level On the front: Initial sketch

[ SECONDARY VOLUME ]

[ PUBLIC SPACE ]

public passage 3

public passage

[ MAIN VOLUME ] 1

Drama School Tavros, Athens

public passage

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Drama School Tavros, Athens

On the left (top-bottom): The hub of the two interlocking units, ground floor laboratories On the right: Model photography of the interior spaces

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Drama School Tavros, Athens Creating a unit that can be dissected and reassembled in a different way On the left: Perform and act at a multiform stage On the right: Model photography of the stage

Drama School Tavros, Athens

On the left: Details of the metallic ramp and the staircase On the right: Technical plan of the ramp

The metallic structures and the way they are connected to the concrete building create a large number of technical structural details. We looked into beams, columns, and connections to comprehend the complexity of the material and finally to be able to design a structure that appeals to the building form. The construction of the theatre is made out of scaffolding components in order to ensure variability. Moreover, the floor is consisted of lifting platforms that can be either part of the stage or the seats creating a continually versatile environment.

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Modern antiquity memorial

RE-OCCUPYING THE VOID

Planning and Design of Urban Space Studio Work 7th Semester October 2014 - February 2015

In collaboration with: Dermitzaki Vassiliki Kampani Anna

Tutor Pagonis Athanasios tpagonis@arch.ntua.gr

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The feeling emanated from the area was that of abandonment; the feeling of a dead area. The void is the main focus point and it is expressed both spatially and socially. Regarding space, it is interpreted through the empty buildings while socially through the discontinuity of social networks. Parallel and not intersected, the flows leave their footprint on space, which is the main research topic.

After having conducted research in the area, through archives, fieldwork, interviews and a personal evaluation of the existing social and spatial conditions, we created a dense network of new activities. Trying to meet the needs of the various social groups, we decided to organise them under commonly accepted actions that will revitalise the area. In other words, since the existing activities are either inactive or underactive, new activities are introduced to redefine the identity of the area and to bring the inhabitants closer.

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Re-occupying the Void Amerikis square, Patissia, Athens

Strategic operational plan

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NEIGHBOURHOOD

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local/hyper-local impact

neighbourhood impact

points of interest

new flows

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Amerikis square/Open-air cinema Re-opening of old theatre/gallery Re-opening of old cinema Redevelopment of empty spaces Administrative center Nursery 2000m Multifunctional artspaces Social kitchen Social housing

Center of local/hyperlocal axis

The remains of the demolished Attica cinema, as the scenery of Amerikis square, are reused as the set of an open-air cinema and an exhibition space. Furthermore, the now closed ground floor stores are filled with attractive actions revitalising the area’s old cultural character.

cinema studio

gallery

commerce

theater

artspace alexandria

The entire operation of the network is based essentially on residents’ active participation and voluntary work.

gallery

North street view

facade street art South street view

artistic workshops

commerce

Creating wooden benches as tools enabled us to meet the area’s need for more stopping points. Consequently, the streets become gathering areas. Moreover, these structures automatically create exhibition spaces for street artists and pocket parks.

commerce

cinema studio Spartis str.

bench with showcase

bench with greenery

E The gothic building of the 20th century is a landmark of the area and is going to be the one that will house the new administrative centre as a new core of neighbourhood the neighbourhood. Lectures, actions, as well as ephemeral museums will be combined with the management of the network.

Center of

F Parents taking action in a participatory nursery. There, children are taken care by one of the parents. Understanding the common needs leads to common actions. For the construction, container boxes are used, as a cheap and ready-made solution.

Two neoclassical buildings house multiple educational activities. The aim is to bring together all the different social groups of the neighbourhood under the cover of the same needs. They connect, interact and bond with each other.

seminars greek language music acting art dancing

Food kitchens are operating worldwide. In Greece they are translated into ‘sissitia’. They operate under the aegis of NGOs, municipality, private operators but commonly under church. Equally important with the voluntary work is the contribution of the food bank. Composed primarily of charities, non-profit farmers, distributors and retailers, who in their daily work process have excess food they cannot sell. Multiple empty apartments and vacant buildings are reused to shelter the homeless. These are managed by the municipality.

Re-occupying the Void Amerikis square, Patissia, Athens

Urban palette

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City, blocks, city of blocks

BLOCK OF FLATS

Architectural Design Studio Work 4th Semester February 2013 - July 2013

Individual

Tutor Tsiraki Sofia stsiraki@arch.ntu.gr

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Section sketch On the left: Athenian cityscape On the right: Living in a polykatoikia Block of Flats Mets, Athens 20/30

The concept of living is complicated and various, which makes it worthy of study and the topic of both theoretical and practical researches. When it comes to massive housing then the complication is even bigger. True example of this is the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;polykatoikiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. The prototype of housing that has been desired and hated more than anything, evoked from economic, political and social factors and that creates a way of life.

Unlinking the concept of a typical polykatoikia from the exchange policy and redefining it through a bipolar design concept. Primarily, the building gets a mixed level section with doublelevelled apartments and secondarily establishes new forms of relations between public and private space. The ground floor becomes a public passage and the apartments are interconnected. The design is oriented to change the ugly, yet fascinating, Athenian cityscape through the definition of new building shapes, the curiosity about the unfamiliar, the fresh perspective of the stroller and the better living conditions of the residents. Eventually, it has been planned to determine a new attitude.

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Block of Flats Mets, Athens

On the left: Floor plans, bottom to top On the right: Arts and architecture [Craig Ellwood, 1950] inspired renders with sketches from Schiele, Klimt

Prelection of the summary and presentation of the research.

IN SEARCH OF LOOSE SPACE

Dissertation Research 10th Semester February 2016 - July 2016

In collaboration with: Kampani Anna

Tutor Pagonis Athanasios tpagonis@arch.ntua.gr

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Contemporary architecture is characterized by the illusion that the architect designs the public space based on the needs of ‘the user’. The footprint of this gesture is the emergence of intermediate spaces scattered through the city, suspended on the borderline between designed and nondesigned space. The term ‘loose space’ describes intermediate spaces in the city that can accommodate unexpected and unplanned activities, defined by the user’s needs.

The main driving force of the research is to rethink their image and the relationship that is developed between them and the various social groups and finally to reflect whether these places can potentially be the new reality of the city. Τo approach the issue of public space and the complexity that characterizes it, we attempted reading contemporary theories on space and their connection with the concept of ‘looseness’. We combined our observation of everyday life with personal observations of urban space using the city of Athens as a reference field. At a secondary level, we focus on the city in crisis and examine whether and how these spaces can be a springboard in order to reconstitute urban space through urban design. Ultimately, we concentrated our attention on arising questions regarding the role of the architect in a city that recreates itself and does not constitute a design product.

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References

In Search of Loose Space Research

Looseness is defined as the ability of a space to accommodate a wide range of needs and desires simultaneously. It inherently includes concepts that match the changing needs of users and is inextricably linked with the notions of flexibility and adaptability.

De Cauter, L. and Michiel, Dehaene, M. (2008), The space of play: Towards a general theory of heterotopia, Heterotopia and the city: Public space in a postcivil society, Routledge Foucault, M. (1967), Lecture Des espaces autres (Of other spaces) Hetherington, K. (1997), The Badlands of Modernity: Heterotopia and Social Ordering, Routledge Holling, C.S. (1973), Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems, Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, Vol. 4, p.1-23 Lefebvre, H. (1977), Le droit a la ville, Economica Anthropos Lynch, K. (1960), The Image of the City, Cambridge Massachusetts, MIT Press Rossi, A. (1991), Architecture of the city, Thessaloniki, University Studio Press Rowe, C. και Koetter, F. (1978), Collage City, MIT Press

The book designed and printed for distribution to the professors and the university library.

[...Heterotopias are places of ‘not yet’, as Ernst Bloch has named those sites, since they try to turn this ‘not yet’ into ‘something’ but they cannot define their position between the order of things. They create a neutral space that establishes a system of ordering from a system of disorder and separation and that seeks to represent and order spaces according to the views of what is good. The neutral space is the venue of social ambiguity...]

[...Therefore ’loose space’ is associated with urban resilience, to the extent that blurs the boundaries between the original intended uses and unexpected temporary and unplanned uses. It is even suggested in the literature that such sites which enable variety, alternating meanings, the possibility of unlimited functions and flexibility, are designated as ‘successful’ public space and constitute to the durability and longevity of the city...] [...Cities include a variety of public spaces that are open to everyone and at the best scenarios of urban environment, are extending to the right of a desire to be fulfilled, while recognizing the presence and rights of others. What Lefebvre called "right to the city" includes the right to freedom, to personalize, to habitation and housing...]

In Search of Loose Space Research

[...The status of the ‘other’ and the importance of difference, hybridity, juvenile and certainty have been significant political and academic issues. Margins are re-evaluated as a spaces for empowering the marginalized and the importance of marginal actions. In fact, the margins have become areas of social resistance. Heterotopias have become the site of other opinions. The tendency of addressing the ‘other’ as an factor capable of radical transformation, as an alternative approach of our logical thinking, represents the willingness to eliminate the biased homogeneity and the tendency for creating new spaces that being spatial concepts can challenge the conventional means of homotopy. In marginalized areas people can not only support their views, but also live a different, alternative life, hoping that the others will be able to share their vision, or at least to accept their differences. In short, the major issue of urban development is the use of margins as sites of resistance, protest and delinquency...]

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Walking in Eleonas

SCRAP FACTORIES

Architectural and Urban Design Diploma Thesis (ongoing project) 11th - 12th Semester October 2016 - July 2017

In collaboration with Virvidaki Ioanna Kampani Anna

Tutors Kourkoulas Adreas akourkoulas@arch.ntua.gr | Tournikiotis Panagiotis ptournikiotis@arch.ntua.gr

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Scrap Factories Eleonas, Athens

Numerous cities have been formed upon industrial practices, and there is an inextricable link between the development of a city and the evolution of industry. Eleonas is an exemplar case of this phenomenon as its function shifted gradually from agricultural activities to industrial ones, which shaped the existing urban fabric. Currently, the remaining building stock of the degraded secondary sector has been re-occupied by the tertiary sector. The layers of history of Athens are still visible in the area forming a complex indecipherable collage. This microcosm of alterations, the decline of its industry and former agricultural processes has had a substantial effect on the city, not just economically but also on its built fabric and cultural identity.

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Towards the direction of creating a new identity, the thesis project examines the opportunity of establishing new industrial processes within the heart of Athens utilizing the abundant scrap metal arriving illegally at Eleonas. Although scrap metal is the main driving economic force of Eleonas, the only beneficiaries are tradesmen and not the municipality. The initial research led into an exploration of the mechanism that created the built environment, economy, character and social structures of Eleonas as well as the material properties of metal. The masterplan seeks to make use of the unique properties of metal to reconstruct the identity of the local urban fabric of the region.

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Scrap Factories Eleonas, Athens

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CV - Anna Galika UNDERGRADUATE MA in Architecture

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[ 19 / 09 / 1993 ] Athens, Greece CONTACT P: +30 6972809352 E: a n n a . g a l i k a gmail.com

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