Portfolio focused on urban and social issues Christos Pampafikos Spring 2017
PERSONAL Name Nationality
Christos Pampafikos Greek
Birth date
12|08|1993
Telephone
+4796879113, +306978609101
Address
Mandalls gate 12, 0190 Oslo European car license owner (b)
EDUCATION 2010
High School of New Kifissia graduation (finished with scholarship by Idrima Kassion)
2011
National and Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
2015
Exchange in the Oslo School of Architecture and Design
2017
Anticipated Master's degree completion year
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(AHO)
LANGUAGES
SOFTWARE
Greek English German Arabic
AutoCAD 3dsMax-Vray Scketchup Rhino Archicad Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Premiere Pro Microsoft Office
Norwegian
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EXPERIENCE Sept 2011
Seminars in AutoCad, 3Ds Max, Vray
Sept 2013-Dec 2013
Athens Bienalle 2013 AGORA
Sept 2013-July 2015
Highschool student's tutor
Sept 2014-Feb 2015
Participation in Quadrennial Prague 2015 ("Waiting for Godot", Samuel Beckett)
Sept 2013-July 2015
Published surveyings (neoclassical buildings, and the villages Kato Kalessia, Geraki, Kroussonas)
Apr 2014 Jan 2015-June 2015 May 2015 March 2016
Open House Athens 2014 Internship in 314 Architects Open House Athens 2015 Participation in By:Larm festival, Oslo 2016 (light and interractive installations)
Aug 2015-Dec 2015
Collaboration with Takaharu Tezuka (AHO - study trip to Japan)
Jan 2016-June 2016
Seminars in rapid responses by NORCAP and UNHCR experts (AHO - study trip to Greece)
Aug 2016-June 2017
Internship in Mellbye Arkitektur Interiør
COMPETITIONS March 2015
Nov 2014
ARCHAELOGICAL THEMATIC MUSEUM OF PIRAEUS http://www.archisearch.gr/article/1706/archaelogical-thematic-museu m-of-piraeus---pavlos-chatziangelides---314-architecture-studio.htm
MABELE - OFF THE WALL
March 2015
24Hour Competition
March 2016
120Hour2016
REFERANCE Available in request
Tableof Contents Urbanism Urban perspective of the phenomenon of drugs Interventions in the urban fabric of Exarchia The issue of drug use Spatial planning Expansion of a city without planning Architecture and Earthquake Urban flow and social section Architecture and Structure Interactive spaces and environments Rapid Response Excercise Study about Somalia Rapid Response Excercise Accommodation in Collective Center Intervention in a Hot Spot
“COOL� Spot! - The new hot-spot typology
Urbanism Urban perspective of the phenomenon of drugs Supervisors: Mpelavilas Nikos Prentou Polina Students: Pampafikos Christos Papadopoulou Artemis Raptis Panos Table of Content: Import General endorsement Historic study Reference on the interviews General map Drug use area Map of services in the wider area of the center Area of drug use and forms of services of the rehab centers Conclusions Interviews Bibliography
Map sample wih the abandoned buildings, the areas where the drug use is noticed and the different centers (field work and archive)
"The city is considered a dynamic phenomenon that evolves in space and time, as the residential expansion is continuous and inevitable. So the overall organization of space must allow this growth of the city without causing dissolution of the urban fabric and without losing the human scale, "voiced by K. Doxiadis in the theory of "Oikoumenopoli"
1980: Exarchia sq.
1990: Omonia sq. and Vathis sq.
1995: Tositsa str.
The city works as a system and as such must be studied. This is the main principle which gave us motive for this research. A system that converses with the inhabitants, a system that absorbs their beneficial moves, but also their elements of delinquency. One of the pathogenic elements of a city, is the existence of groups with delinquent behavior, as in this case are the drug addicts. Drug users of substances hazardous to their health. Intense social problem the recent decades and increasingly critical. Like any social problem, so this is affected by the place which is developed and thus a connection between the social network and the residential development of the urban space is formed. A connection that clearly is not independent from the economic configuration of the place where each city that belongs to is studied. The economic interface can be demonstrated in all the subjects of the study following, as it forms study conditions and sets the issue in a different perspective than the one generally contemplated. With our study we make an effort to record the phenomenon in central Athens and perhaps explain through a new perspective, taking as a driven planning system, social and political conditions, prevailing at the moment in the center and in the economic developments. The study area is perceived by the maps that follow and were selected after search to a more extended environment. The information recording were taken from personal study, interviews with experts and responsible rehabilitation centers, journalists responsible for the police report, and previous published research. To understand how the research
was conducted, but also to adequately document the conclusions reached, there will be initially reference to the general principles of the drug problem and will gradually lead into more precise reference in individual issues. 2010: Stournari str.
Interventions in the urban fabric of Exarchia The issue of drug use Supervisors: Mpelavilas Nikos Theodora Panagiota Prentou Polina Students: Pampafikos Christos Papadopoulou Artemis Raptis Panos Table of Content: Introduction History of Exarchia Compartmentalization of the region exarchia Map of Exarchia Urban intervention Introduction to the topic Therapeutic and advisory centers Introduction to the intervention Cards of empty spaces Conclusion Report on interviews Information sources
K3: KETHEA INTERVENTION INFORMATION CENTER UNIT: FAMILY SUPPORT / ADVISORY CENTER ADDRESS: VALTETSIOU 3 ESTABLISHMENT: 1994 THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY: NO FIXED NUMBER NUMBER OF STAFF: FAMILY SUPPORT - 3 PEOPLE ADVISORY CENTER - 2 PEOPLE FACILITIES: 2 INFORMATION UNITS 1 DIAGNOSTIC UNIT COMMENTS: In the first and second floor there is an advisory center users and third floor there is a family advisory center
K1: KETHEA INTERVENTION THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM WITH ADULT ACCOMMODATION UNIT: SOCIAL REHABILITATION CENTER ADDRESS: THEMISTOKLEOUS 57 ESTABLISHMENT: 1989 THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY: AROUND 40*50 PEOPLE LAST RECORD 45 PEOPLE NUMBER OF STAFF: 2 PEOPLE FACILITIES: 3 OFFICE ADMINISTRATION 2 TREATMENT ROOMS COMMENTS: This is a complex of two floors with basement in which the installation took place in 2008. It features a patio and appropriate space for group therapy
Card samples
Map with the green places in Exarchia and the abandoned buildings (field work) (the maps have combined for the sake of the presentation)
Map with the land uses (field work)
Map with the traffic flow and the listed buildings (field work and archive)
Map with the condition of the buildings (field work)
Design interventions in the urban space have being made by the time the man decided to shape the structure and the form of the city in which he resides. Planning interventions affected by various factors and planning functions that are formed according to them. Examples of urban interventions have shown that in any case there are prerequisites and consequences, beneficiaries and affected. According to these specifications we are called to intervene sometimes more and sometimes less in the city web. A diverse neighborhood of Exarchia was given for our study in the context of urban planning course, with a strong history that required particular importance and study at many levels and insights. At the same time requires serious addressing to the problems that exist there. It attracts different human sets in various contexts. Of interest are the relationships that have developed between citizens and particularly among groups of conflicting interests. It is not accidental though the reaction that occurs occasionally in the area. Recordings from the police press are clear indications of what has happened, and what will ensue. The aim of our work is to study and record the characteristics of the area of Exarchia, so that we can understand the faceted structure and the complexity of its existence. The study is based, therefore, on recording data variously collected and that lead to the creation of an overall picture for our composition. It is considered important at this point to be known the way that was used in this research, and the recording of the logic path that was followed. The data collection took place over a period of six months, factor that allowed to our samples to be more reliable and our conclusions to be in detail. The collection of information was based on the field-recording and the control of useful data, but also on a plurality of interviews conducted by the time that the direction of the subject was decided. The aim of the interviews was to identify the problems in the space and in the society as a whole, and to record the reactions and the considerations of the citizens of Exarchia, the experts and the decision makers. First design element is the story of the evolution of the region, in order to understand the configuration of the urban fabric in the form it has today. The information on the land use in the wider area of Exarchia gives conclusions for the study area, and the five different space qualities. Secondarily, there is a use of the map of the green where the free and public spaces have been recorded, the map of the listed buildings and the conservation status of the buildings, the map of the traffic of the means of transportation, as well as the map of the abandoned buildings and the vacant lots. All these in order to make use of the information provided for the subsequent study. The conclusions that follow the study are recorded on the side of the maps and are explained subsequently in the study. We thank the people who helped us in completing this study with the information that provided us, as Mr. Savvas Paraskevas (responsible of KETHEA Intervention), Mrs. Tsagkalaki Marina (Communication Manager of Pallas Athena), Mrs Tonia Katerini (former president of Exarchia residents committee) and residents and shopkeepers of the wider area whose names are not mentioned.
Card samples
Spatial planning Expansion of a city without planning Supervisors: Kolonia Sofia Avgerinou Valerianou Konstantina Students: Pampafikos Christos Peroni Chalkia Fotini Raptis Panos Table of Content: Analysis of the topic Methodology Historical analysis of the region - timeline Research of common time sections among the areas Further research of one specific time section Further research of the area according to parameters Therapeutic and advisory centers Introduction to the intervention Conclusion
Map with the region that was chosen for the exercise
Why does a city expand without design? What are the tools through which the residential development takes place? Who are the personally liable? The state and the citizens share responsibility or the scale tilts to one of them? These are questions which have been bothering the state for years and this research is trying to find an answer. Mainly in Attica and other prefectures of Greece, cities expand many times without any plan either by civil initiative and the apparent tolerance of the legislative framework related to the planning of a city, or through major changes in the population (eg. Due to large influxes of refugees for whom there is an urgent need of housing) with the simultaneous failure of rapid planning by the state. Cases known for rapid residential development with illegal building conditions are Gerakas, Koropi, Markopoulos and Palini. The whole eastern Attica is affected by shortages of roads, lack of flooding planning and sewerage systems and other utility networks and infrastructures necessary for the proper function of a city. Map with the illegal builings in Greece (archive)
COMMENT: The law of ‘10, known as Birbili law, comes to reject the recognition of the existing settlements. Legal existing settlement is considered one, only if it had been recognized by presidential and not legislative decree
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35D Declaration as reforestation area of total area 4917.252 ha. falling within the administrative boundaries of the region of the municipalities of Marathon, St. Stephanos, Stamata, Rodopi, Drosia, and other areas which were burned by a fire in August 2009 GG 3889 Birbili law settlement recogition
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GG 2508 sustainable housing development of the cities and the settlements of the country and other provisions
‘14
GG 4280 environmental upgrade and private urbanization - Sustainable development of settlements, forest law regulations and other provisions
Architecture and Earthquake Supervisors: Efessiou Eirini Students: Papaderou Katerina Voutoufianakis Konstantinos Pampafikos Christos Table of Content: Introduction Historical analysis Traditional ways of construction Earthquake Contamporary ways of construction Residential reconstruction Report of the residential reconstruction Conclusion Bibliography
Study on the air ventilation in the earthquake resistable buildings according to the Dekavalas archive
The technological developments day by day are making huge developments and have established practices and innovations that few years ago would have seemed as a science fiction movie. The beginning of this evolution has its roots even earlier, since the arrival of the first man-constructor. In his early steps he came opposed to extreme weather conditions. In every building initiative he used simple methods with the existing materials provided by the area in order to ensure the strength and solidity of his structure. In this way he found ways and constructional methods to prevail the nature’s fury. Among these powers that surpass the hand of the man power, earthquake is included. Earthquake is considered to be the horizontal force of the ground, which is able to ravage entire civilizations from the map and to bring a series of unfortunate events. Therefore, there were raised further restrictions as soon as was realized that its appearance requires specific techniques of confrontation. These in the end passed into the tradition that is carried for centuries now from generation to generation. However, the severity of earthquake many times is not possible to be intercepted with human means. The research and the analysis of the earthquake phenomenon. Is continuing to constitute a wide search matter and controversy. Technological means day by day are developed, producing outrageous results. It is important though, a research also to be done in the past, for the great architects’ gestures with human means. The case of the reconstructions of Santorini, seems suitable in this case while it presents the ways and the efficiency in which the architects with simple logic and tempered approach can produce high quality results
Study on the expansion of a settlement according to the Dekavalas archive
Urban flow and social section Supervisors: Pagonis Thanos Students: Pampafikos Christos Papadopoulou Artemis Raptis Panos Table of Content: Introduction Study in the circulation of the groups Research in the land uses Research in the trafic flow system Research in the relationships within the groups Research in the local - supralocal range Social associations Malfunctions in the city Scenario of the intervention Trafic flow changes Temporary structures Intervention 1 and 2 Results of the intervention Trafic flow changes Conditions in implementation
The Patission Street is historic city whose axis connect the center of Athens with the city of Patissia and on this street can someone read issues of the recent urban history as well as the current context of the crisis. As study area is identified the greater urban whole between America square and Fokionos Negri street together with their node in Patission Street. The crisis leaves footprints in diverse fabric of the city socially and economically. The depreciation of property, the dramatic reduction or elimination of the social services and the large number of closed shops are some of them. In this point lies a very special footprint with social impact. An early recording of movements and of human relations is reflected in the maps. Conducting conclusions were emerged after field research and supervisory inventory movements. It is noted an existence of groups of people, who could be classified into foreign residents, domestic residents, foreign visitors and domestic visitors. The people's movements and paths seem to form an unorthodox path spatially, however justified under the circumstances. Thicknesses and dilutions are noticed into the population flows. Thicknesses are identified within the length of Fokionos Negri and the axis of Patision with an intersection of the St. Meletios and the beginning of Drosopoulou street in Patission.
Foreign Resident
Foreign Visitor
Greek Visitor
Study on the circulation of the groups in the area that was chosen (field work and use of cameras)
Greek Resident
Research on the relationships between the target groups (field work)
Sample of the intervention
Study on the wishing circulation of the groups in the area that was chosen after the intervention
coexistance commercial
Illustration sample of the intervention
Architecture and Structure Supervisors: Tsouras Kostas (+) Students: Pampafikos Christos Peroni Chalkia Fotini
In this work the task was to design a lightweight temporary construction which would be used as a street theater. Given the location next to the archaelological site of Kerameikos there should be something that could easily blend in with the surrounding landscape and would not be alien and aggressive. Focusing on the above, the composition deals with the viewpoints that the audience has during the preformance. Editing those different vanishing points and sightings axes were incised that leaded to the final architectural proposal. It is important to mention that the different connecting elements that were designed from scratch, leaded as well in the final composition and did not come at the end as elements of completion. For this reason a toolkit was made to be given to the people who would construct it.
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Fasade of the structure
Illustration of the structure by night during a performance
Details on the connecting elements and their assemblage
Plan
Wooden model in scale 1:10
Interactive spaces and environments Supervisors: Stahl Stenslie Students: Pampafikos Christos Clara Trivino Alberto Soriano Valtierra Daniela Roja Montserrat Solervicens
By:Larm festival took place from March 2nd to 5th of 2016. The festival started off with a conference held at Dansens hus in Vulkan, proceeding to the concert area at the square in Youngstorget. For this reason, the festival representatives asked us to create an entertaining way to make people move from the conference venue in Vulkan to the main square in Youngstorget. The idea was to lead the way through a path that will give the attendees a chance to get to know and explore Oslo differently, rather than choose the fastest path to the concert venue. Our task was to engage people to follow this path with some interventions along the way, while making the connection with by:Larm festival very clear. Before actually knowing what we wanted to do we walked along the path between Vulkan and Youngstorget and we found a place that became the inspiration and main driver of the installation: the bridge between oca and doga. The place was considered a “connection place�. It is used a lot by pedestrians that walk through that area but definitely doesn’t get the attention it should.
Tunnel of light that transports people physically and experientially to another place, while guiding them to Youngstorget and involving them with the by:Larm festival. Our concept was based on the light and how it can actually engage people. We wanted to make people feel in a different place, a unique and special one, that can take them to Youngstorget. So a transporting tunnel was our main idea and focus. At first we wanted it to be steady (lighted all the time) but having some kind of transition in terms of shape along the way.
Due to technical difficulties, we made and installed steady light frames(that were placed along the bridge), and interactive switches/ buttons that made the transition we wanted through the interaction with the pedestrians, making them even more active and engaged with the installation. As the person walks by, he becomes visible meaning that he cannot be unnoticed. Every person that walks along the bridge will show everyone else that he is there. It’s as if the bridge itself was telling the surrounding that it is being used, making a statement.
Rapid Response Excercise Study about Somalia In Transit Course, AHO 2016 Supervisors: Tone Selmer Olsen Havard Breivik Students: Pampafikos Christos Clara Trivino Paul Antoine Lucas Tea Skog David Kelly
SYRIA AFGHANISTAN
SUDAN
ERITREA
SOMALIA
Piracy continuous claim of Somali waters August
Somali parliament’s inaugural session Hassan Sheik Mohamud as president whom Shabab tried to kill
September
Kenyan troops and Somalis attack Shabab in Kismayu
October
Abdi Farah Shirdon becomes prime minister
September US launcheds airstrikes in Mogadishu Al Shabab, the leader ends up killed
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January September Shabab attacks a mall in Nairobi, Kenya US navy seals storm a villa in Somalia in the pursuit of an Al Shabab leader as a response to the attack of the embassy in Kenya
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This research is about understanding the Ethiopia traditional andSomali contemporary architecGalbeed Ximan Galmudug ture and the ways of living & Xeeb in the respective places of the highest refugee popuASWA lations byRaskamboni country or territory of origin: Puntland Syria, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Sudan and Somalia. Northeast As there are cultural -, socio-economic -, and Province Al-Shabaad Harakat al-Shabaab Kenya regional differences Mujahideen within each country, it Neutral or unaligned was asked to visually interpret, and propose Somali Majority territ a design of one or many spaces that summaFederal Government rizes the findings that represents the country in the best way. Especially emphasis was given Somaliland in special preconditions for social interaction,(14th October 2014) public spaces, cultural and religious practices.
US recognition of the Somali government
Situation Today
Displaced populations are likely to feel disSITUATION empowered, being in a placeMAP that is not their home and which does not grant them security and independence in normal times. Understanding the cultural and religious practices of people fleeing is vital in order to create normality and (the feeling of) safety in temporary, extraordinary situations. Carefully designed Djibouti transitional spaces for displaced populations may help in restoring Puntland some of the dignity that has beenSomaliland taken away from them.
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Cairo
EGYPT EGYPT
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SAUDI ARABIA SAUDI ARABIA
ERITREA ERITREA Khartoum
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Asmara
Khartoum
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SUDAN
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SOUTH SUDAN SOUTH SUDAN Juba
ETHIOPIA
251.797
UGANDA Kampala
KENYA
SOMALIA
Nairobi
KENYA UGANDA
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Mogadishu
KENYA
35.210
47014SOMALIA
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893.000
35.210
Important immigration center Important immigration center City flyway City flyway Easthern Africa route Easthern Africa route
Puntland 129.000
SOMALIA
South central Somalia
893.000
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South central Somalia
KENYA
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47014
Mogadishu
UGANDA
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251.797
ETHIOPIA
Juba
SOMALIA
Kampala
ETHIOPIA
YEMEN
N/A
DJIBOUTI
12363
Addis Ababa
ETHIOPIA
253.215
N/A
Djibouti N/A
Addis Ababa
YEMEN
253.215
N/A
Sana’a
SUDAN DJIBOUTI
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2485
YEMEN
154 N/A
113.822
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Registered982480 Somali RefugeeSomali population Registered Refugee population
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Households 160836 Households
1,106 M
Total number IDPsnumber of IDPs 1,106 MofTotal
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Nomadic Settlement Easy to break down and reassemble Carried on camel’s back Set up by the women of the family Men gather the wood for the structure Camp surrounded by a fence Animals are also kept in corrals A Prayer area may set apart within Cooking in the ardagaa (a partly enclosed area at the entrance of the hut with a mat on the floor) or simply
Rural Context Permanent homes similar to the aqal Round huts called mundals Made from poles and brushes or vines plastered with mud and covered with a cone-shaped roof. Rectangular huts, often with flat tin roofs, are called arish. Divided inside by oxskin or interwoven branches screens to separate women and men. Additional separate sheds for latrines, kitchen, children areas.
Urban Context One or two-storey houses with a flat roof Bars cover the lower windows Openings are scarce and small Walled courtyards are an important element of the house in the somali culture.
Enclosed kitchen
Men living area
Women room
Women living area
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Rapid Response Excercise Accommodation in Collective Center In Transit Course, AHO 2016 Supervisors: Tone Selmer Olsen Havard Breivik Students: Large team project
Collective centers (C.C.) are existing buildings or structures hosting displaced populations. They are considered last resort and only used when no other options are available. C.C. have highly variable life spans. While most C.C. are used only for a couple of days or weeks, in other contexts, C.C. may be used for a decade or more. Many individuals, especially in the early stages of displacement, show some signs of emotional distress, which may be worsened by crowded and inappropriate living conditions. The composition of the C.C. C.C. population and the use of the space should therefore be carefully considered. The task in this excersise was to organize an indoor basketball pitch in a place of Norway together with its surrounding facilities in order to accommodate 335 persons. In our team we had to design and insert any additional interventions required to ensure privacy, prevention of gender-based violence (GBV), protection of persons with specific needs, and general basic needs. Origin of country / territory of the majority of the population is the same as in the previous exercise but there are also individuals from Iraq, Yemen, Cameroon and Pakistan.
Intervention in a Hot Spot In Transit Course, AHO 2016 Supervisors: Tone Selmer Olsen Havard Breivik Students: Pampafikos Christos Clara Trivino Paul Antoine Lucas Tea Skog David Kelly
“Supporting and facilitating the creation of child-friendly spaces and activities in the camp. Social and recreational facilities and programmes are important for the development of the child. They may also play a central role in reducing protection risks, such as those which may arise from children having to leave the camp in order to play football. Sports, games and recreational space can reduce levels of frustration and aggression, foster community cohesion and help to unite families and communities. Spaces for children to play promote a safer, healthier and more peaceful camp environment.” - From the Camp Management Toolkit | Chapter 11 – Protection of Persons with Specific Needs. Places that serve everyone in a temporary situation—recreational space, play areas, urban furniture or other social gathering points - are especially important for those with no option to maintain their social habits in unfamiliar surroundings. The creation and improvement of common spaces will facilitate for social interaction, and allow residents to control the areas around their living spaces, and contribute to acceptable behavior and increased safety.
POSSIBILITY B POSSIBILITY C
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private area public area
CAPACITY public area/children friendly 60 ppl private enclosed area 64 ppl gathering/sitting area 36 ppl
CAPACITY public area/children friendly 45 ppl private enclosed area 87 ppl gathering/sitting area 28 ppl
TOTAL around 160 ppl
TOTAL around 160 ppl
POSSIBILITY C
sitting area private area
public area
playing area
CAPACITY public area/children friendly 45 ppl private enclosed area 87 ppl gathering/sitting area 28 ppl TOTAL around 160 ppl
private area
private area
COMMON AREA
“COOL” Spot! spot typology
“COOL� Spot! - The new hot-spot typology In Transit Course, AHO 2016 Supervisors: Tone Selmer Olsen Havard Breivik Individual project
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This project proposal aims to improve the physical and social conditions of the Hot Spot typology, a type of reception facility that is currently being constructed in dierent locations in Greece. Based on the layout and the physical structures in a newly constructed Hot Spot on the island of Leros, I noticed that the facility was only designed from a technical and logistical point of view. With this project proposal I am claiming that the logistical and human needs can be combined by improving the architecture and planning of the site. I am using the Leros Hot Spot to showcase that the physical conditions can be improved by carefully looking at the following aspects: Security; human security; accommodation supply; connections; privacy; ventilation; and culture. Inspired by Islamic architecture- with reference to the culture of the largest groups of refugees entering Europe, the main vocabulary of the architecture is based on the vault and column principle. This allows for spatial variations, and the principle will be developed as a module system that can be pre-fabricated and modified according to shifting needs. Study area is the Leros Hot-Spot in Greece.
The structural ability of light materials to bend in order to form spacial qualities, was the inspiration that leaded to the main architectural idea of the proposal
Easy assemblement of the main structure. Linear and bended metal beams are welded together to form the rooftops - the main element of the structure
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The columns of the structure can be attached to all the possible places of the roftop. This gives the oportunity to the plan to be formed in many ways, creating a lot of different spacial qualities every time according to the needs
In the second phase, light wooden panels areattached to the columns to form the spaces. Some are painted with colours to give a pleasant view to the guests and sometimes to mark specific uses
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fixed wooden pieces form the attics with the help of metal segments
prefabricated columns casted in concrete foundations support the metal columns
metal pieces allow the differences in the connection between the fixed metal structure and the columns
prefabricated concrete boxes are used for the water circulation underneath, but also for the elevation of the ground
the design of the surrounding structure helps it to work both as fence in case of a need, but also as a series of kiosks that can host several uses and events as markets, bazaars, exhibitions etc
the above structure is placed only by the sides that are neccessary. For the statement of the camp’s limits on the other sides, the formation of the terrain or the neighbouring buildings are being used
curved wooden sheets screwed to parts of the fixed metal structure
curved wooden sheets screwed to the fixed metal structure
fabric pieced tied to the fixed metal structure
curved wooden sheets screwed to parts of the fixed metal structure
curved CGI sheets screwed to parts of the fixed metal structure
curved CGI sheets screwed to all the fixed metal structure
the specific metal connection allows to the groundlevel structure to be independent from the rooftop structure
the different covers of the ceiling control the light and the air ventilation according to the needs
colours give a happier perspective to the camp as well as can mark places with specific importance
light weight ladders make the accessibility to the attics doable
the formation of the ceiling into semi-circular creates more spacial qualities with the formation of attics and high ceilings
heavy or light curtains can be used attached to the structure to separate spaces and to create all kinds of privacies
the prefabricated concrete boxes elevate the floor and allow to the underground waters to circulate without any obsatcle
Area: 15m2 Capacity: 4
shaded corridor
Area: 18m2 Capacity: 8
WC
Area: 16m2 Capacity: 4
common space
Area: 18m2 Capacity: 4
united module open space
Area: 8m2 Capacity: 1
Area: 16 m2 Capacity: 3
Area: 12m2 Capacity: 5
Area: 8m2 Capacity: 2
Area: 20 m2 Capacity: 16
Area: 10 m2 Capacity: 3
Area: 12m2 Capacity: 5 Area: 16 m2 Capacity: 6
Area: 12 m2 Capacity: 6 Area: 15 m2 Capacity: 5
Area: 9 m2 Capacity: 2
Area: 9 m2 Capacity: 3
Area: 12 m2 Capacity: 4
Area: 18 m2 Capacity: 6
Area: 16 m2 Capacity: 5
Area: 16 m2 Capacity: 6
Area: 16 m Capacity: 4
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Area: 16 m2 Capacity: 5
Area: 16 m2 Capacity: 8
split module
shaded corridor around the common courtyard
NGO's space
united module mushroom