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PORTFOLIO D A N A I

P A N S E L I N A

Undergraduate (MA) Architect

CONTENTS HOUSING PROJECTS HOUSING PROJECT IN AKADIMIA PLATONOS STUDENT HOUSING COMPLEX IN EXARCHIA

ATHENS

ATHENS

PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECTS BIRD OBSARVATORY IN THE AQUACULTURAL SITE OF MARATHONAS COMMUNITY LIBRARY IN ILIOUPOLI

ATHENS

LARGE SCALE CITY PLANNING AND LANDSCAP HYBRID CITY IN ACHARNES

ATHENS

NEW CENTRALITY IN THE NORTH EDGE OF MERIDIANA AVENUE

BARCE

OTHER NEW PROFESSIONAL KITCHEN SPACE

ATHENS

SCENOGRAPHY OF “THE MAIDS” OF JEAN GENET RETRACKING THE TOTAL

ATHENS

PHOTOGRAPHY

FROM THE (COLLECTIVE) BATH TO THE (PRIVATE) BATHROOM

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BUILDING SCALE - HOUSING PROJECTS

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HOUSING PROJECT IN AKADIMIA PLATONOS Design of a small-scale housing project to house four individuals Exploration of alternative ways of leaving Experimentation with the relationship between public, social and private space

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National Technical University of Athens School of Architecture September 2012 Partner: Artemis Christoforidou

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design principles:

private spaces

Conceptualizing

the coexistence condi-

tion in community terms, and consider-

common space

ing that temporary residents will often be added to the permanent ones, three categories of spaces are organized on the basis of the level of privacy that they offer.

"public" space

With the intention to adapt to the traditional typology of the low-rise houses in the area, the ground floor intervenes

transparently

between

a

private

fenced

courtyard and a balcony connected directly to the neighborhood. In the interior, unnecessary partitions are eliminated, thus forming an undivided, fluid and bilateral space for common or simultaneous use.

The

living room, organized on two levels and protruding from the linear plan, enables guest hospitality, ensuring conditions of seclusion with the use of curtain sepaelevated ground floor plan

ration.

The

first floor is designed for the exclusive use of the

residents, also without internal partitions, facing to’s

Academy Park”. The

“Pla-

ground floor’s roof proj-

ects on a transversal axis, designed for outdoor communal uses (veranda), and part of which is plantable, for domestic cultivation.

Along the longitudinal back

of the interior distinct staircases lead to each private room, forming personal storage areas underneath.

A

small glass-cladded bridge over the entrance hall

enables the visual control from the first floor of the

1st floor plan

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incomers to the building.

01 Pursuing

the integration to the small

scale of the city block, the low height of the adjacent building of ou

Street

Monastiri-

is maintained, while the highest

floors lie adjacent to the high condominium of

Efklidou Street.

2nd floor plan

The

personal spaces of the residents include the uses of

sleeping, bathing and storing without boundaries.

The

stereotype of the stand-alone bathroom is abandoned and the

3rd floor plan - attic

“rooms� expand on two levels, with the sleeping

area on the attic, facing a sloping window to the park.

External

blinds with adjustable rotation mechanism

limit visual contact to the interior.

A

wall with glass

blocks allows natural lighting of the room-entrance staircase.

Structurally,

the private floors are designed as a light

attic resting on the underlying beams, and suspending

5th facade

from those of the ceiling.

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facade of

"Mani’s" pedestrian street

interior facade of

"Metaxa" street building

facade

diagrams:

facade of

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“Metaxa” street

interior facade of

“Mani’s” pedestrian street building

STUDENT HOUSING COMPLEX IN EXARCHIA

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Design of a housing complex in the dence city center Provision of space for communal living Exploration of the cooperation of public, semi-public, communal and private space

National Technical University of Athens School of Architecture July 2012 Partner: Ioanna Lioliou

Designing

in the (full of public life) neighbor-

hood of

a student residence complex in the dense urban tissue of the center of

Athens,

Exarhia and close to urban activity landmarks, the main subject and aim of the design proposal is the coexistence of

private and communal living spaces with others for open, public and semi-public use, without the one outweighing the other.

For this reason, a linear passage throughout the plot, penetrates the building complex, combined with a central patio. Ground and first floor receive semi-public uses (restaurant, play area, book-lending library, reading room, public bathrooms). In the patio, shaped like an open-air, adjustable amphitheater, the high partition to the adjacent building is maintained as a potential projection surface.

At

a level of integration into the densely built city block, the different building heights and typological characteristics of

“Andrea Metaxa” str. (urban traffic) and “Mani’s” (pedestrian street) are taken into account, along with the specific character of the neighboring buildings, the axes and the recesses of their facades.

Likewise, the design of the internal open spaces

conforms almost diagrammatically to the basic invariants of the adjacent buildings (staircases, voids), locating open spaces in front of them.

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2nd floor plan

5th floor plan

1st floor plan

4th floor plan

ground floor plan

3rd floor plan

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section of the

longitudinal section

"Metaxa" str. building - internal facade

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The

dorms, single and double, are designed on two levels and include a working area, a closet, a changing space and a

bathroom (first level), a sleeping area, a sitting space and a balcony (second level). of the rooms is achieved by the windows in

The

bilateral lighting of the first level

Metaxa str, as well as through a glass-block partition from the communal space.

plan diagrams of double rooms

plan diagrams of single rooms

1st level plan diagrams

2nd floor plan diagrams

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PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECTS

FACADE A

FACADE B

FACADE C

FACADE D

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BIRD OBSARVATORY IN THE AQUACULTURAL SITE OF MARATHONAS Design of a small scale structure of minimum footprint Detailed analysis of wooden structure Exploration of alternative forms and structures that wood can provide

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National Technical University of Athens School of Architecture June 2013 Partners: Marilena Sourlantzi, Ioanna Lioliou

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TRANSVERSAL SECTION

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

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Abandoning

the traditional logic of

“hori-

TOP PLAN - 5TH FACADE

zontal beams on vertical columns�, the bird

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observatory was designed in total by taking advantage of the distinct forms that wooden structural elements can provide. The roof is expected to fill with plantation that crawls on the construction and eventually tangles up in the sparse beams of the lattice-like structure.

2ND FLOOR PLAN

1ST FLOOR PLAN

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h ori z ont a l a x i s

e m e r g in g v e rti c a l a x i s

s u b m e r g in g v e rti c a l a x i s

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COMMUNITY LIBRARY IN ILIOUPOLI Design of Îą public building functioning as a city landmark Definition of the contents that constitute a community center - library Detailed analysis of structural aspects in building scale

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National Technical University of Athens School of Architecture June 2013 Partners: Marilena Sourlantzi, Olga Tsintzira

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cafeteria administration reading area

children’s dep.

main library area

foyer

- theater

entrance

learning support

Each individual use of the building is arranged in agreement with the three design axes (emergencing-horizon-submerging).

Therefore,

the horizontal axis receives the main library space, expanding to the coplanar spaces of the emerging tower.

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The

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building is placed on the in-

ner side of the plot, providing an open and semi-open space towards the main street, junction and square, remaining, at

the multi-storey buildings behind.

The

main entrance is placed in

the heart of the complex, below the library and between the two

3rd floor plan

2nd floor plan

towers.

attic of

1st floor plan

1st floor plan

attic of grounf floor plan

grounf floor plan

the same time, at a distance from

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Front facade (west)

Rear facade (east)

Side facade (south)

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Transversal Section

Side facade (north)

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Library Interior Visualisations

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D18 D14

D11 D15

D17,18

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D19

04 D15

D20

D20

D14 D19 D11

D18

D09 D17

D09

Indicative Constructural Details

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CITY PLANNING AND LANDSCAPE PROJECTS

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lowland area

Area of altitude ​​ excursion

Riverside area

Due to the special conditions caused by the presence of the river, the southeast end of the plot is characterized by intense vegetation and mild microclimate.

Functioning as a filter of atmospheric pollution and urban and industrial noise, the naturalness

of the riverside area is maintained and enhanced by walkways, widenings and glades. bank is united and integrated το a wider network of footpaths in the area.

The

The

existing landscape of the opposite

paths converge and deviate from the river,

crossing it at points (three) in different heights, thus providing a variety of rambling experiences. In this area, uses of mild character that deploy the slopes and the peculiarities of the relief (botanical garden

The

small linear hill in the middle of the

NW

[11], outdoor amphitheater [10]) are situated.

axis that operates as a boundary between the lowland area and

Kifissos

river,

offers a panoramic view of the surrounding environment, while it orients the visitor in relation to the proximate landmarks.

On

this area of altitude excursion, which is formed mainly of detritus, land consolidation is planned, by overlaying a new

soil surface thus converting it to cultivable land. In terms of masterplan, this area is designed as a transition between the river and the city, where light uses, in sparse arrangement, intervene between crops. a local outdoors market

Along the ridge, a promenade is formed, with

[9] and a flora museum and seed bank [7] situated at its extreme points. At the central node there is

an outdoor landscape proposal that combines natural forms with artificial materials, and can function as a skatepark

[8].

The museum is situated at the beginning of the axis linking these two sections to the urban area. The existing road is maintained restricted to mild circulation.

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HYBRID CITY IN ACHARNES Design of a city development on a confluence of various spacial aspects Definition of the contents that constitute a hybrid city Handling large city scale, block scale and small building scale

National Technical University of Athens School of Architecture July 2015 Partner: Ioanna Lioliou

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6 4 2 9 8 7

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10

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Section of the Agriculture Center

From the NW edge of the plot to the foothills lies the lowland area, which stands in direct relation to the developing city of Acharnes, due to their altitudinal similarity and the extensive road network surrounding it. The whole area is characterized by small inclinations that converge towards the (filled with debris nowadays) small stream which traverse it centrally. that this area will eventually connect with the city of by the stream and an urban green zone around it.

Assuming

Acharnes, the urban part of the project is located there, divided in half

Within

the city network, public utilities

(administrative,

welfare, cultural,

etc.) are included. The planar organization of the public uses is achieved with the use of a twisted grid, parallel to the hill axis, functioning as a principal spatial and connecting rule.

Public

uses are situated at the nodes of the grid, while the connecting paths follow its edges.

At

the functionally central

nodes, as a mark, a light and tall construction with a most limited footprint is designed, each one acquiring a different function in the sense of

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Bernard Tschumi’s “follies�.

Section of the Main Square [3],

the

Urban Green Zone alon

long with the playground

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ground floor plan

1st floor plan

2nd floor plan

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Section of the Community Library, Reading Areas and Spaces of Multiple use [1],

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types

of

units

are designed, in the

form of towers, that, combined in various ways,

compose

unit type

1

4 bedroom residence

complexes.

housing

By

2 bedroom residence

the

twisting,

each

tower provides two alternative

partial

facades to the

general

plex’ structure.

com-

4 bedroom residence

unit type

2

Thus

the complexes, composed

of

no

more

the

biggest

adding up to four

each in-

bearing

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structure in order to

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adjust freely to the elevation curves.

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diverse complex fa-

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possible multiformity,

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than four towers,

and of the

Learning Center and Laboratories [4]

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N E I GHB O R H O O D B L O CKS

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TRANSVERSAL SECTION OF UNIT TYPE 1

TRANSVERSAL SECTION OF UNIT TYPE 2

LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF TYPICAL COMPLEX

FACADE OF TYPICAL COMPLEX

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In

Northern

the

Bar-

part of

celona, an area fenced by

Collserola

the

Montnegre

sierra,

the

Corridor

i

si-

erra and the sea, from the

West, North

East

and

side,

there will be three linear elements that define the formation and function of the city:

Avenue Meridiana, axis

Gl贸rias-Parc

of

Cl贸t-Sagrera-parc tat

Vella-Parque

Bes贸s,

de

del

Trini-

fluvial del

and the riverside park

Bes贸s

along three

the green

river.

Those

elements,

spatial

with

distinct impact to the city, emerge and unite between the two mountains, towards the north gate of

Barcelona,

at

the point where the city gradually first

decomposes industrial

appear.

The

and

the

installations

resulting density

and overload compressed in this narrow passage is intensified furthermore by the emergence of the ground level train rails that connect the metropolitan its

North

Barcelona with

suburbs, northern

Spanish cities and Europe.

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NEW CENTRALITY IN THE NORTHERN EDGE OF MERIDIANA AVENUE Detection of the elements of the urban space that create the fragmented city Definition of the unification elements to be high lightened Reuniting the city fragments in a cohesive centrality

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sketch of green areas network

Escuela TÊcnica Superior de Arquitectura del Vallès June 2017 Partner: Moritz Hetteritz

sketch of planning connections

Our

architectural proposal for this point of confluence of three rigor-

ous and contradictory elements, attempts to create a new centrality and to function as:

_A

unification point of the mountain volumes, creating a continuity of

natural green and of mountaineering paths, that

Meridiana

avenue cuts

in half

_ A reference point, as another nod of the urban green network _ A stapling center for the fragmented city around Meridiana Avenue and the two river banks

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organisation of space

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first approach

system of green areas

movement system

design logic of landscape

Elements of space - natural and anthropogenic topography

Design strategy _ Diagrams and sketches

diagram of functions

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Two

design elements are

introduced, in order to impose an inner regularity: the successive frames and the lighting towers.

Both,

help the compre-

b

c

hension of the organization of space and the orientation in it, and, at the

same

time,

theatrical space

demon-

Cultural Center

strate the reference to the

Landsc

Park Clot, as part of

the same system of urban open spaces.

Landscape space

b c

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Agri-Cultural Center

cape space

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OTHER

alternative plan proposals:

ΨΗΛΑ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ (ραφιέρες, βιβλιοθήκες, ντουλάπια, διαχωριστικά στοιχεία) ΥΠΑΡΧΟΝ ΠΑΓΚΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΛΕΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕΙΕΣ ΥΨΟΥΣ 1.13 m ΠΑΓΚΟΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΣ ΥΨΟΥΣ 82 cm (ύψος ψυγείου) ΕΞΟΠΛΙΣΜΟΣ ΚΟΥΖΙΝΑΣ (ηλεκτρικές συσκευές και νεροχύτες)

Ραφιέρα ψηλή- χώρος στάσης ταψιών και πάγκος παρασκευής υ: 0,82 cm Φούρνος με άνοιγμα πόρτας στο ύψος του ματιού

ΨΗΛΑ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ (ραφιέρες, βιβλιοθήκες, ντουλάπια, διαχωριστικά στοιχεία) ΥΠΑΡΧΟΝ ΠΑΓΚΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΛΕΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕΙΕΣ ΥΨΟΥΣ 1.13 m

Ραφιέρα ψηλή- χώρος στάσης ταψιών και πάγκος παρασκευής υ: 0,82 cm Φούρνος με άνοιγμα πόρτας στο ύψος του ματιού

ΠΑΓΚΟΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΣ ΥΨΟΥΣ 82 cm (ύψος ψυγείου) ΕΞΟΠΛΙΣΜΟΣ ΚΟΥΖΙΝΑΣ (ηλεκτρικές συσκευές και νεροχύτες)

Ψηλά ντουλάπια με πάγκο παρασκευαστηρίου υ: 0,82 cm

ΨΗΛΑ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ (ραφιέρες, βιβλιοθήκες, ντουλάπια, διαχωριστικά στοιχεία) ΥΠΑΡΧΟΝ ΠΑΓΚΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΛΕΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕΙΕΣ ΥΨΟΥΣ 1.13 m ΠΑΓΚΟΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΣ ΥΨΟΥΣ 82 cm (ύψος ψυγείου) ΕΞΟΠΛΙΣΜΟΣ ΚΟΥΖΙΝΑΣ (ηλεκτρικές συσκευές και νεροχύτες)

χώρος στάσης κουζ. σκευών Πάγκοςψυγείο, πάνω στο οποίο τοποθετούνται οι εστίες και η φρυτέζα

χώρος στάσης κουζ. σκευών

χώρος στάσης κουζ. σκευών

πιθανή θέση οικιακού ψυγείου υ: 85cm

πιθανή θέση οικιακού ψυγείου υ: 85cm

πιθανή θέση οικιακού ψυγείου υ: 85cm πιθανή θέση ψύκτη

πιθανή θέση ψύκτη

ΚΛΙΜΑΚΑ 1:30

ΨΗΛΑ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ (ραφιέρες, βιβλιοθήκες, ντουλάπια, διαχωριστικά στοιχεία) ΥΠΑΡΧΟΝ ΠΑΓΚΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΛΕΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕΙΕΣ ΥΨΟΥΣ 1.13 m ΠΑΓΚΟΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΣ ΥΨΟΥΣ 82 cm (ύψος ψυγείου) ΕΞΟΠΛΙΣΜΟΣ ΚΟΥΖΙΝΑΣ (ηλεκτρικές συσκευές και νεροχύτες)

ΨΗΛΑ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ (ραφιέρες, βιβλιοθήκες, ντουλάπια, διαχωριστικά στοιχεία) Φούρνος με άνοιγμα πόρτας στο ύψος του ματιού Xώρος εναπόθεσης ταψιών υ: 1.13 m και πάγκος νεροχύτη από κάτω υ: 82 cm Ψηλά ντουλάπια, ενδεχομένως με στενό (28cm) πάγκο παρασκευαστηρίου υ: 0,82 cm χώρος στάσης κουζ. σκευών πάγκοςψυγείο πάνω στο οποίο τοποθετούνται οι εστίες

ΥΠΑΡΧΟΝ ΠΑΓΚΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΛΕΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕΙΕΣ ΥΨΟΥΣ 1.13 m ΠΑΓΚΟΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΣ ΥΨΟΥΣ 82 cm (ύψος ψυγείου) ΕΞΟΠΛΙΣΜΟΣ ΚΟΥΖΙΝΑΣ (ηλεκτρικές συσκευές και νεροχύτες)

Ραφιέρα ψηλή- χώρος στάσης κουζ. σκευών Φούρνος με άνοιγμα πόρτας στο ύψος του ματιού

Φούσκα απορροφητήρα (...)

Ψηλά ντουλάπια, ενδεχομένως με στενό (28cm) πάγκο παρασκευαστηρίου υ: 0,82 cm Πάγκοςψυγείο, πάνω στο οποίο τοποθετείται η φρυτέζα

πιθανή θέση οικιακού ψυγείου υ: 85cm

πιθανή θέση οικιακού ψυγείου υ: 85cm

πιθανή θέση ψύκτη

πιθανή θέση ψύκτη

ΚΛΙΜΑΚΑ 1:30

ΨΗΛΑ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ (ραφιέρες, βιβλιοθήκες, ντουλάπια, διαχωριστικά στοιχεία) ΥΠΑΡΧΟΝ ΠΑΓΚΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΛΕΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕΙΕΣ ΥΨΟΥΣ 1.13 m ΠΑΓΚΟΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΣ ΥΨΟΥΣ 82 cm (ύψος ψυγείου) ΕΞΟΠΛΙΣΜΟΣ ΚΟΥΖΙΝΑΣ (ηλεκτρικές συσκευές και νεροχύτες)

Ραφιέρα ψηλή χώρος στάσης κουζ. σκευών Φούρνος με άνοιγμα πόρτας στο ύψος του ματιού

Φούσκα απορροφητήρα (...) πιθανή θέση οικιακού ψυγείου υ: 85cm, πάνω στο οποίο τοποθετείται η φρυτέζα (...) Πάγκος, όπου βγαίνουν τα πιάτα Ψηλά ντουλάπια, ενδεχομένως με στενό (28cm) πάγκο παρασκευαστηρίου υ: 0,82 cm Πάγκοςψυγείο

Φούρνος με άνοιγμα πόρτας στο ύψος του ματιού Ψηλά ντουλάπια, ενδεχομένως με στενό (28cm) πάγκο παρασκευαστηρίου υ: 0,82 cm

πάγκοςψυγείο πάνω στο οποίο τοποθετούνται οι εστίες και η φρυτέζα

πάγκοςψυγείο πάνω στο οποίο τοποθετούνται οι εστίες και η φρυτέζα

συρτό ντουλάπι σε υ: 1m περίπου Πάγκος εναπόθεσης ταψιών και παρακευαστηρίου υ: 0,82 cm

ΚΛΙΜΑΚΑ 1:30

ΨΗΛΑ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ (ραφιέρες, βιβλιοθήκες, ντουλάπια, διαχωριστικά στοιχεία) ΥΠΑΡΧΟΝ ΠΑΓΚΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΛΕΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΕΙΕΣ ΥΨΟΥΣ 1.13 m ΠΑΓΚΟΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΣ ΥΨΟΥΣ 82 cm (ύψος ψυγείου) ΕΞΟΠΛΙΣΜΟΣ ΚΟΥΖΙΝΑΣ (ηλεκτρικές συσκευές και νεροχύτες)

Φούρνος με άνοιγμα πόρτας στο ύψος του ματιού Xώρος εναπόθεσης ταψιών υ: 1.13 m και πάγκος νεροχύτη από κάτω υ: 82 cm χώρος στάσης κουζ. σκευών

πάγκοςψυγείο πάνω στο οποίο τοποθετείται η φρυτέζα πιθανή θέση ψύκτη

πιθανή θέση ψύκτη

ΚΛΙΜΑΚΑ 1:30

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ΚΛΙΜΑΚΑ 1:30

ΚΛΙΜΑΚΑ 1:30

NEW PROFESSIONAL KITCHEN SPACE Provision of a new kitchen space in a narrow area Strict and ergonomic organization of space and movements

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Traditional Coffee Shop and Bistro "DIMITROULA" October 2018

Α-Α section

A

Γ

ΤΟΜΗ Α-Α

1:20

Γ-Γ section

B

B

ΤΟΜΗ Γ-Γ

1:20

B-B section ΤΟΜΗ B-B

1:20

ΤΟΜΗ B-B

1:20

Facade

A

Γ

ΚΑΤΟΨΗ

1:20

FINAL PLAN PROPOSAL ΟΨΗ

1:20

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Claire = Madame Solange = Claire

Solange = Claire Claire = Madame

Time is up S>C

Reaction 1 C>S

Reaction 2 S>C

CHANGE Reaction 3 C>S

Madame enters

Αttempted escape

Reaction 4 S>C

Reaction 5 C>S

diagram. plot analysis based on the dynamics between the two heroins

In the same way that the successive situations during the play appear seemingly familiar, already experienced or properly structured, while their coherence comes foreign, likewise the space should aspire the same contradictory sense.

Each individual sce-

nographic element gives the impression of already known, or even personal, in a present or a past tense, while no consistency and logical coexistence can be found, as heterogeneous elements cause conflicting feelings.

Essentially,

space produces

contradictions and doubts, deriving from the spectator’s social dipoles, in time (theatrical plot) and space.

- sense of imprisonment, of deadlock, of lack of escape

- sense of familiarity of the scenografical urban surrounding, heavily loaded with collective memory

-

first degree of contradiction between the inner scenographical space and

the surroundings, as the story is placed in the public sphere, transporting the house-confined issues to the public.

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second degree, internal contradiction.

As

the storyline revolves around the

more delinquent, behind-the-scenes processes of human society and psychology, the text is transcribed into its corresponding space, a dirty and repulsive one, into a corresponding social

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National Technical University of Athens Analysis and deconstruction of the theatrical play School of Architecture Definition of the scenographical demands & the theatrical tools translatable to spatial elements July 2015 Localization and analysis of an existing open urban space to form the theater and fit the scenery Partner: Ioanna Lioliou

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the sense of a closed, protected while foreign space in which lurks the threat of mon-

itoring

(a

sense that strongly determines the behavior of the two heroines) transfers to a

space that is adequately disconnected from the outside, although at the same time implies and recalls the existence of the outside (semi-translucent panels, sound of rear restaurant)

- Third degree of contradiction as the sense of familiarity of the scenographical items used and the organizations of space, derives from the individual, personal memory of each viewer, as objects of accumulated experience (the household goods of a bourgeois house) are placed in an alienating space

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The

central

decoration,

European the

statues

gods, angels, leaders dominant

in

the

urban

–

of still

metropolies,

constituted, at its era, a symbol of values and authority as well as a carrier of morals.

The

ar-

chitecture of the city, the formation of public space and the urban decoration comprised a coherent corpus of a common architectural perception and a common vocabulary.

In

today’s urban and scenal

context, however, in a later, radically

different

historical

and social reality projecting different values, and in the contemporary urban environment, the

cohesive

relation

of

the

decoration with the urban artifact is abolished and the statues rest silent and meaningless.

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This

is an attempt to add co-

herence, to retrieve a notional and sentimental impact of the urban ornament, through a

morphological,

chromatic analogy

and with

stylish, notional

comparative

elements of its surroundings, to capture the tension of the moment, and to identify, via the anthropomorphism of the sculptural element, with critical psychological situations.

Thus,

a new conceptual and

existential content, is introduced, constructing in one frame an entity with internal coherence

and

fulfillment

(Aristotelic “εντελέχεια”).

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FROM THE (COLLECTIVE) BATH TO THE (PRIVATE) BATHROOM: The transition from sociabilityto self-coercion and retrenchment

National Technical University of Athens School of Architecture July 2015

Nowadays, body care, body cleansing and grooming are processes highly personal and private; processes that are restricted not only to the secluded space of the domicile, but to the even more isolated area of the domestic bathroom. In the modern way of life, the detraction of these activities from the

“foreign”,

or the common awareness, their self-evident yet invisible character, has resulted being one of their inherent characteristics. The space and practice of the bath, however, as well as the very content of physical purity, as perceived today, are conditions that only evolutionarily result in their present (and most probably not final) form.

Seeking,

through the history of the bath, for the origins of these contemporary

perceptions

of individual and private bathing, of physical cleanliness and its importance, of the body and the social existence, one discovers that the history of the bath diverges early on from the physical body-water relationship, body cleansing and direct enjoyment.

The

bath acquires symbolic notions and becomes part of

a history of cleanliness, a history of morality, of formative beliefs and social formation.

The

study of the

history of the bath is essentially a study of exhibits and, as such, it unveils latent social processes, political and social stakes, social norms and standards, imaginary constructions of every era, and, consequently, the formative beliefs that compose human civilization.

This happens mainly because the space and the act of

the bath reveal two dominant social points of reference

(through

defined): the limits of socialized life and the limits of the body.

which both are themselves originally

Finally, the bath, the cleanliness, the hygiene,

as conceived today, are coherent social structures-outcomes of political, economic, ideological and moral wars and victories.

Likewise,

the logic of the private bathroom, the shame of the naked body, the

aversion towards grubbiness and the modern imaginatives of the perfect and eternal body which, in the form of cultural axioms and contemporary kind of

“divine laws” of self-perception and cosmo-perception, constitute a

“natural order of things”.

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PUBLIC BATHS IN KIPSELI, ATHENS Diploma Thesis

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WORK IN PROGRESS

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