ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
General Information full name
Vassilis Kalampogias-Polychronis
date of birth
22/04/1993
cur. location
Athens, Greece
tel. number
(0030) 6977649273
email address basilis_kal@rocketmail.com
Education 2011
graduated from the 3rd General High School of Dafni avg. 19.4/20
2014-2015
exchange student of the Escuéla Técnica Superior de Arquitectura (Universidad Polytécnica de Madrid), with the Erasmus+ European Students Programme
2018
diploma of Architectural Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens avg. 8.86/10
Research thesis - Diploma project thesis
“born from the earth” July 2017 the mining landscapes of the Aegean Sea as industrial heritage
dipl. project
“born from the earth” March 2018 stitching the mining landscapes of Serifos
Software Knowledge Autodesk AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Cloud Srv.
Curriculum Vitae
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premiere, Autodesk 3DS Max Google SketchUp, Autodesk AutoCAD 3D Adobe Illustrator, Adobe AfterEffects, Autodesk EcoTect, Rhino
Languages Greek
mother tongue
English
Certificate of Proficiency in English, University of Cambridge level C
German
Zertifikat C1, Goethe Institut level C1
Spanish
Dele B1, Instituto Cervantes level B1
C2
Work Experience 2012
secretary at “Ora Texnis” art lab Ag. Dimitrios, Athens
2014
field practice at Niata village (study and analysis of traditional settlement) Peloponese
2015-2016
editor for the online magazines savoireville .gr and frapress .gr
2017
2-week internship at the Point Supreme architecture studio Petralona, Athens
2016-
member of the Open House Athens organizing committee Athens
Volunteering 2013
tour guide & tour guide trainer for the 4th Athens Biennale AGORA Athens
2014-2015
area curator for the 1st & 2nd Open House Athens Athens
2015
invigilator at the DeCorbusiers art & architecture exhibition Romantso, Athens
2016
invigilator at the 12th Athens Digital Arts Festival Athens
Competitions & Other activities 2011
acting classes at the “Studio 500” acting & direction school Alimos, Athens
2013
participation in the photography exhibition of run-away .gr Kalamata, Greece
2015
2nd prize at the Open House Athens 2015 photography competition Athens
2015
distinction (12 best) in the architecture student competition “Astiko Sima” Greece, nationwide
2015
participation in the architecture student competition “Modernism Memorial” International
2016
participation in the international urban design workshop “On the Sea Edge” Chania, Crete
2016
participation in the [OUT]TOPIAS exhibition of the Benaki Museum Kerameikos, Athens
Skills & Interests creativity - communication - team spirit - responsibility - organization travelling - photography - cooking - reading - cinema
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Born from the Earth: Stitching the Mining Landscapes of Serifos PROJECT ID diploma project - research thesis, NTUA category
landscape, restoration year of realisation
2017-18 place
Serifos, Greece collaborators
Dimitra Gialesa supervisors
Maria Marlanti
participation in all stages of the design * process and model making, the presented collages are individual work
ABOUT
This diploma thesis deals with the management and re-occupation of the mining landscapes of Serifos, more specifically in the bays of Koutalas and Mega Livadi. The proposal consists basically of landscape manipulations on the two bays, with the parallel establishment of a research center and a mining museum respectively. Sta Starting with the inclusion of the mining landscapes of Serifos in a wider network for the promotion of the industrial heritage of the Aegean Sea, that was proposed in the research thesis, Serifos island is studied as a characteristic field of practice and design. A deeper study and analysis of the mining landscape of the island, that consists of industrial remains as well as multidimensional natural qualities, lead to the configuration of a system of mild interventions, that takes the landscape into account, as well as the collective memory and social and developing factors. The proposal consists of paths, landscape installations, reused industrial shells and new building facilities and aims to relive the landscape experience, historically and in a personal way, and to the reactivation of the mining landscape and its re-establishment on the modern way of life of the island.
Troulos
(highest peak 385m)
Chora
(capital)
Livadi Koutalas Μ.Livadi
(port)
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Landscape Analysis on Models
+15.00m
sieving unit
tipping points
+6.00m
tipping points
+28.00m +20.00m
+8.00m
outpost
power station
processing unit
worker’s housing units
+24.00m
+16.00m +8.00m
ship loading bridge
carpentry & ironwork activities tipping points
explosives storage
concentration and storage area
ship loading bridge
01 thermal springs
Gulf of Koutalas
Exhibition Area
Research Centre & Researchers’ Residencies
The Open-Air Museum Walk
General Plan
Sections & E
Elevations
02 Views of the Open-Air Walk
Gulf of Mega Livadi
Exhibition Area
The Open-Air Museum Walk
Views of the Open-Air Walk
Model - Plan of the Open-Air Museum Organization & Key
y Installations
Sections 03
(B)reaching the Limit PROJECT ID arch. design 9: Urban Design, NTUA project category
urban, residencial
-5,0
-3,0
-3,0
year of realisation
2017
place
Elaionas, Greece
-4,0
0,0 -3,0
0,0
collaborators
Dimitra Gialesa, Vasso Dermitzaki
-5,0
supervisors
Maria Marlanti
General Plan participation in all stages of the design * process, especially focused on the physical models and the graphic presentation
ABOUT
The aim of the last Architectural Design studio was to design a completely new neighbourhood almost from scratch. The idea started from the analysis of the selected area, moved on to suggesting a scenario for the organization of neighbourhood blocks and uses on an urban scale and finally focused on studying and designing a residential block with public uses. The selected area was Elaionas, on the outskirts of Athens, which used to be a huge olive grove, changed rapidly to host the waves of immigrants around 1922 and is currently one of the biggest bases for logistics in Attica. Although the area is mostly unbuilt, its uses and lack of organization disocnnect it from the city. Inside this area, a smaller part with a small stream was selected for the scenario. The main roads were derived from the current urban grid around the area, in order to improve its connectivity. These axes formed the blocks for the new neighbourhood, which hosted a mix of residential, public and commercial spaces, as long as with an open market and an extension for the Agricultural University that is located nearby. The area adjacent to the stream was also studied, in order for it to become a vital part of the new neighbourhood. The proposed typical block is organized in a way that it allows the public space to flow through it. The centre of every block is designed as a semi-public common space, while the uses are concentrated on the perimeter. The commercial and common indoor uses are located on the ground floor, with some communal areas for the residents on the upper floors. For the apart ments, a wide typology was proposed, based on the number of tenants and their financial status.
-3,0
0,0
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HIGH-RISE PLANTING
platanus acerifolia
g ntin pla
pinus maritima
on rati figu n o ec rsid rive
SMALL HEIGHT PLANTING
prunus dulcis
populus alba
s” oof f “r o rk wo net
citrus aurantium
MID-SIZE PLANTING
gs ldin bui
prunus cerasifera
jacaranda mimosifolia
s axe and s d roa
grid an urb
olea europaea
RIPARIAN PLANTING
phragmites australis
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Section B
South Elevation
Section A
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20
40m
10xam 2.5m
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5m
ις
5m
20m
2.5m
2.5m
typical residential floor layout
main movement flow movement flow alternatives
ΚΑΤΑΣΤΗΜΑΤΑ & ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΕΣ
ΚΑΤΑΣΤΗΜΑΤΑ & ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΕΣ
ΠΑΙΔΙΚΟΣ ΣΤΑΘΜΟΣ
apartments public uses common spaces public accesses apartments public uses common spaces
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B ΕΣΤΙΑΤΟΡΙΟ
typical neighborhood block
ΓΥΜΝΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN outdoor common spaces staircases semi-open public areas
Neighborhood Block Organization
foyers indoor common spaces
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20
40m
#1 45 sq.m. apartment
#2 55 sq.m. apartment
#3
#4
80 sq.m. apartment
130 sq.m. apartment
#5 130 sq.m. maisonette
Apartment Typology
#1
#5
Apartment Variations
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WorkBox
2nd floor
PROJECT ID arch. design 7-8: Multifunctional Public Building, NTUA project category
private
urban, commercial 1st floor
year of realisation
2016-17 place
Athens, Greece collaborators
Nikos Rossis, Eleni Papageorgiou supervisors
Sofia Tsiraki, Kostas Karadimas
ground floor
participation in all stages of the design * process, especially focused on the 3D model and the physical models
ABOUT
Through this annual course, a multifunctional public building was conceived, designed and studied in multiple scales. The first semester focused on the architectural analysis of the building and the second on the structural details for the realization of the idea, from the scale of 1 : 2000 to 1 : 5.
city level
public
The aim was to design a building that would function as a co-working space for artists in the former industrial area of Kerameikos. Apart from the working spaces, that had to be designed in the concept of an “open plan” space, the building also hosted an auditorium, exhibition spaces and a small shop for the creations of the artists. The way the public and the mo private uses was a key point of the design more process, as well as the role of the outdoor public space runs throughout the proposed idea. The proposed building bears the title “WorkBox” and is indeed a sum of three-dimensional boxes, based on a grid created by the axons of the adjacent streets. The addition and the subtraction of these boxes create all the public and more private spaces of the building, which is a metal construction based on the structural system of Delta Beams. Another distinctive cha characteristic of the proposed building is the folding metal facades that can be adjusted independently for each box, depending on the lighting and the needs of the users.
lower level
working spaces library-workshop administration temporary exhibitions permanent exhibitions amphitheatre
Axonometric Uses Diagram
shop cafeteria entrance-foyer staircases-elevators complimentary spaces
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1st Floor Plan 0
2.5
5
10m
06 General 3D Model
WorkBox
1st Floor Plan
Side Elevation
Physical Model Section
Digital Model 07
Urban Toolbox PROJECT ID arch. design 7A: urban space design, NTUA project category
urban
elderly
working class
immigrants
urban space as a meeting point
students
year of realisation
2016
children
place
Athens, Greece collaborators
Nikos Rossis, Nikoleta Xouma supervisors
Thanos Pagonis
participation in all stages of the design * process, the presented 3D images and the diagram are individual work
ABOUT
The course challenged the students to rethink the urban space as a whole. The area of study was Kypriadou neighbourhood, designed as a “green city” before the uncontrolled urban sprawl of Athens. After studying the neighbourhood during all times of day and night, interviewing the locals to find out how they function inside the public space and analysing the ar through different aspects, the students had to area come up with their “neighborhood profile” find a way to solve the problems of the public space. Our group discerned that although the public space of the neighborhood is ample and full of greenery, the different social groups that live in it usually just pass through it because it is not well organized, it is poorly lit and full of cars. The proposed scenario offers the citizens the possibility to redesign the sideways and the public space themselves, through a wide variety of simple urban tools available by the municipality. An urban toolbox of public “furniture” and a series of constructions to replace the ones already used in the public space (bus stops, kiosks etc) ware designed for them. A pilot proposal for the placement of such equipment was studied, through locating more suitable streets for it and trying to solve the problems in specific spots of the neighbourhood. The concept was that if some basic spots were redesigned by the municipality, the citizens would afterwards be more interested in expanding this new urban space right outside their doo and would cooperate and coexist in the public doors space more actively.
Street Network & Suitability
tennagers
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Before & After the Proposal
08 General Impression
Local Stitching on Filopappos Hill PROJECT ID arch. design 8A: Landscape Architecture, NTUA project category
landscape year of realisation
2015
place
Athens, Greece collaborators
Louise Morice, Filippos Nikolaou supervisors
Aridni Vozani, Maria Markou
participation in all stages of the design * process, especially in the physical models and the plans presented
ABOUT
Through a basically experiential and sensory study of Filopappos Hill, in the centre of Athens, the studio provoked the students to address the problems they located through a landscape intervention that would give more life to this historical hill. Although the hill has an active and lively relationship with the historical part of the city, it remains completely disconnected with Petralona, the newer, urban part of the city in the west of the hill. The heavy traffic road that circles the hill on that part contributes to this disconnection. Therefore, the proposed idea aims to surpass this barrier, through a new bold linear “engraving”, perpendicular to the road. This engraving is actually a sum of landscape and urban interventions that could possibly host public activity and intensify the presence of people in this part of the hill. The scenario basically consists of a pedestrian “bridge”, that connects the hill with its smaller “cut-out” part on the opposite side of the road, and two landscape installations in each end that could function as concentration points for the public.
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5
10
20
30
50m
05
Sketches of the Design Process
Physical & 3D Model
General Plan & Elevation
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City Plegma PROJECT ID special topics in theory of architecture 8, NTUA project category
urban
year of realisation
2015
place
Athens, Greece collaborators
Vasso Dermitzaki, Eleni Stamatiou supervisors
Panagiotis Tournikiotis, Kostas Tsiampaos in all stages of the process, * participation mostly in the theoretical approach and the presented conceptual collages
ABOUT
The course focused on the investigation of the meaning and function of theory in the process of architectural design. The subtitle of that semester’s project was “Local Utopias, Urban Inversions”, which meant that it aimed to create disruptions in the complex urban fabric of Athens. An analysis of a very familiar route for the students of the Architecture School of NTUA, namely the part of Patision Avenue from the Omonia Metro Station to the School of Architecture, was required. This analysis pointed out that the main problem of this route is that, although it is very central, everyone uses it only as a transition from one place to another and no one takes notice of the beauty it has to offer, it being full of greenery and pedestrian streets Furthermore, the urban and economic crisis has affected this central part of the city more than others and it has created the need to revitalize such important urban arteries of movement. The project had to offer an alternative way of re-inhabiting the city centre, based more on a theoretical approach and less on a practical way of realization. The proposed solution is an actual grid of metal installations that create a network of ways to revitalize Patision Street. Based on the theory of the Fun Palace by Cedric Price, the metallic grid offers hybrid solu tions that absorb the already established uses of the street (bus stops, kiosks, information points, urban equipment) but also create the opportunity for new ones to occur. This physical network of activities is connected with a digital network of information, with some parts of the construction being available for “rent” through the web.
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FREE FOR RENT info@CityPlegma
RENTED TIME LEFT: 2d 17hr 38min
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Death Variations PROJECT ID special topics in arch. morphology 7, NTUA project category
scenography year of realisation
2016
place
Athens, Greece collaborators
-
supervisors
Stavros Gyftopoulos
ABOUT
The aim of the studio was to design the setting for a theatre performance. Through studying and analyzing a theatre play, the object was to select a space in the urban environment which, with small interventions, could provide the qualities and the atmosphere for the performance. The play “Death Variations” by Jon Fosse was selected, which is a retrospective dialogue of two parents over the suicide of their daughter. The 4 characters of the play, in different time periods, co-exist and throughout the play they react with each other even though their physical presence isn’t literally there. A space which could offer the literal division of at least one of the 3 dimensions was needed, in order for all the characters to be present in the same 2D plane, but never actually to meet. Therefore, the former outdoor diving pool of the Athens Olympic Complex was selected, which can indeed offer this special characteristic and the layout of which could alternatively serve as a theatre. The space itself and the installa tions proposed enclose a lot of hidden meanings and symbolizations that enhance the performance and make the full immersion of the spectator possible. The project was featured in the “[OUT]Topias – Perfomance and Outdoor/Public Space” exhibition at the Benaki Museum from September to November 2016.
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d
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friend level +7.5m
07
spectator area
daughter level +5.0m
couple level +1.0m
platform reflection surface
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Structural Analysis & Restoration of Traditional Buildings PROJECT ID special topics in building technology 8, NTUA project category
restoration year of realisation
2016
place
Rodia, Crete, Greece collaborators
team of 12 students supervisors
Giorgos Makris, Tasis Papaioanou, Eleftheria Tsakanika
ABOUT
The course focused on traditional construction systems, the study of their construction and measured drawing of their construction elements on site. The study included full documentation analysis of damages and their causes and suggestions for re-use and restoration of buildings focusing on repair and reinforcement. After a 5-day field trip in Crete and an extens study of the selected building, in this case a extensive traditional two-storey housing complex, the studio focused on historical research, the decoding of the building phases and techniques and the detection of the building pathology. A wide range of drawings by hand completed the analysis.
Axonometric Diagram of Pathology
Afterwards, techniques for the restoration of the building were studied, with the aim of re-using it as a traditional product shop, a small distillery and a cafĂŠ.
Plan (current state)
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Main Elevation (current state)
12 Section (proposal of restoration)
B O X_9 PROJECT ID student competition entry category
public, small scale year of realisation
2015
place
Athens, Greece collaborators
Filippos Nikolaou, Ira Desypri supervisors
-
ABOUT
The project was conducted for a panhellenic competition for architecture students during June 2015, organized by the Hellenic Institute of Architecture and the Greek Union for Timber. It is about a self-preserving wooden construction that is supposed to function as an information point for the municipality of Athens. A basic cubic unit was extensively studied as the fundamental module for the construction. The different and many combinations of this module, depending on the needs, the installation point and the available financing, offer a wide variety of possible solutions. The suggested construction consists of 9 cubic units which are combined with wooden planes to create the final result. The information point can be placed in any urban terrain and offers many surfaces for posters and advertisements. It also includes sitting surfaces, a TV screen, a multi-charger for phones and tablets and adjustable solar panels to make sure it is self preserving. The cost and the construction procedure were thoroughly studied, as they were part of the competition requirements. The project was shortlisted as one of the 12 best, out of 80 entries and 57 delivered projects.
Construction Details
09 sitting spot
photovoltaic panel
batteries/energy collectors advertising spot
photovoltaic panels
mobile/tablet chargers
plain surface
batteries/energy collectors
sitting spot
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Athens Urban Journal PROJECT ID personal photography journal category
photography year of realisation
2011place
Athens, Greece collaborators
collages
-
supervisors
-
ABOUT
The capital of Greece, Athens, is the place where I was born, raised, studied, and I am currently living and working. It has always been a personal point of stability and the start point of all of my travels and endeavors. The chaotic urban grid, the unorganized growth, the limitless effects of the economic and social crisis that had affected both the citizens and the built environment, the multi-dimensional crowd the city attracts, have all been points of inspiration for my projects and the way I presume life in a city. Throughout my life I have been photographing my surroundings with the means of my phone or my camera and without any training in photography, in order to create an “urban journal�. I edit these photos or I use them to create collages afterwards, in order to intensify the way I see the city and the Athenian atmosphere and as a way of expressing my emotional st state at the moment each one was captured. Here is a sample of my most personal and continuous project.
photos
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