• FIORI KOUSTAS PORTFOLIO RIBA Part 1 First Class Honours Architecture Graduate
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WORK EXPERIENCE
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The Haus Of Anthos is a public building that is tributed to the herbs of the Botanic Garden. It is a center that uses herbs from the Oxford Botanic Gardens to make herbal tea, coffee, soap, medicine and skin care products. It consists of a herbal café with outdoor seating area, a Herbal shop to buy herbal products and medicines. As well as a Herbal tea house and a soap house where people can make their own herbal soap and tea. Exterior view of Haus of Anthos from Oxford Botanic Gardens - 1:50 Model
HAUS OF ANTHOS The Haus Of Anthos is located on Rose Lane, Oxford, United Kingdom in a quiet and green area, next to the Botanical Gardens. It can be accessed through High street and Christ Church Meadow
1:100 physical model superimposed onto site - Birds eye view
1:100 physical model superimposed onto site - Roof plan view
One of the main entrances
Interior View – capturing ”Alice Wonderland” dreamscape experience
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A CLOSER LOOK The Haus Of Anthos has mixture of open plan and closed, nature like or dreamscape spaces inspired by the film ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Herbal Cafe
TeaHouse Workshop
Outdoor Seating Area
SECTION 1:100 KEY: 1. Seating Area (small ’poppy’) 2. Herbal Café 3. Restrooms 4. TeaHouse workshop 5. SoapHouse workshop 6. Herbal shop
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:100 KEY: 1. Entrance 2. Step-stone walk path through the whole building 3. Herbal Café 4. Kitchen 5. Restrooms 6. Herbal Shop 7. Outdoor/indoor seating area
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1ST FLOOR PLAN 1:100 KEY: 1. Indoor ‘poppies’ seating areas 2. TeaHouse Workshop 3. Restrooms 4. Bridge connecting TeaHouse to SoapHouse workshop 5. SoapHouse workshop
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SEATING AREA The Haus Of Anthos strongly encourages people to become more in touch with the environment and promotes a natural lifestyle, as well as to understand the importance of use of the natural herbs in the future. Raising awareness of the history of the Oxford Botanic Gardens to encourage interaction between all communities
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TEAHOUSE WORKSHOP – PHYSICAL MODEL
1:20 Sectional Physical model of TeaHouse workshop
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'Make your own’ tea workshop area
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1:20 DETAIL SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE – HERBAL SHOP
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The INN – BETWEEN is a short stay Inn, at the bus terminal in the city of Oxford. The concept hinges on the creation of a dreamlike space with an ambiance that will promote relaxation and sleep. The spaces conceptually create a real and unreal world, where day-trippers and bus drivers can relax and have a unique experience. INN- BETWEEN includes a lounge with comfortable seating, a secluded business center, and a snack bar. For those travelers who wish to nap or have complete privacy, chair beds are provided, which can transport into bedrooms with private washrooms facilities that are available for 1- 24 hour stays. Exterior view of INN – BETWEEN – 1:50 Physical model superimposed on site
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‘THE LONGER YOU WAIT THE HIGHER YOU GO UP “ If there is a 10-20 minute wait, people can wait on the GROUND FLOOR which also includes a snack bar and waiters for refreshments or snacks.
If there is a longer wait, the people are taken to the 1st FLOOR (comfortable lounge area) via platform lifts.
If there is an even longer wait, people are taken to the 2nd FLOOR that includes reclining chair beds.
The reclining chairs can also transport a person into their own private bedroom (3rd & 4th FLOOR)
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LONG SECTION The Inn - Between is located in-between the bus terminal, the Old Fire station and the Gloucester Green Market, in Oxford
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KEY: 1. Bus terminal 2. Entrance 3. Platform Lifts (From underground to 4th floor 4. Staircase from underground parking to ground floor 5. Seating area 6. Snack bar 7. Kitchen 8. Restrooms
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HETEROTOPIC ATMOSPHERE
Worms eye view axonometric drawing 1:20
Chair bed elevating into the private bedroom - Physical model 1:20
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ATMOSPHERIC INTERIORS
Bedroom - Physical model 1:20
Lounge Waiting Area - Physical model 1:20
Top Floor - Physical model 1:50
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GROUND FLOOR WAITING AREA - INTERIOR
Ground Floor Waiting Area - Physical model 1:50
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Violetta Morris is a polyester fabric collectologist. Her house is made of a grid timber structure that holds glass and polyester fabrics as insulation and partitions. It is located along the Jericho canal, Combe Road in Oxford. It is a living space and workshop. In the entrance of the building there is a polyester fabric clothing bank used by the public. A pulley system is used to pull the clothing up from the clothing bank on to the first floor of her workspace. In her workspace/studio she uses the fabrics and goes on to do her own polyester fabric recycling process using machinery and make yarn as the end product . 1:50 Sectional Model - depicting the lavender mist - fabric eating moth repellent
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VIOLETTA’S PROCESS OF RECLCING POLYESTER Violetta’s process of recycling polyester reaches to the point where she make yarns and she then transports them through delivery vans or canal boats. Conceptual collage that represents that the future of Oxford will become overconsumerist (buying of polyester fabrics)
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KEY: 1. Clothing Bin area (Public space) 2. Lift Entrance to 1st floor 3. Main Entrance 4. Lobby area of home 5. Hallway 6. Closet 7. Bedroom 8. Bathroom 9. Back entrance 10. Swing 11. Hallway 12. Kitchen 13. Dining area 14. Toilet 15. Living room 16. Balcony 17. Fire Exit Staircase
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KEY: 1. Collection of clothing bin basket (Pully system) 2. Lift Entrance to 1st floor 3. Main hallway 4. Study area 5. Bath (Sanitization of clothing) inside outside space 6. Fabric Shredding Machine 7. Cleaning & Carding machines 8. Drawing Machine 9. Doubling & twisting machine 10. Rotor spinning machine 11.Fire exit (staircase to ground floor)
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The timber grid structure and design of the building was inspired by traditional looms. Violetta’s home sits along the canal in order to have water supply source. The water is filtered and mostly used for sanitizing polyester clothing as well as providing water for daily usage.
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INTERIOR RENDERS
1:20 physical model of polyester fabric shredder
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1:20 physical model interiors of polyester fabric shredding room
Render - Fabric shredding machine space
POLYESTER FABRIC STORING
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Violetta stores her polyester fabrics in between all the floors and walls for her home. This a space saving way to store her fabrics. It is also mainly used as insulation .
KEY: 1. Back entrance 2. Bedroom 3. Kitchen 4. Toilet 5. Staircase leading to living room 6. Living room 7. Fabric is stored into walls and flooring (can be opened by wooden panels) 8. Lift entrance to 1st floor 9. Collection of clothing bin basket (Pully system) 10. Hallway 11. Doubling & Twisting Machine 12. Yarn on to glass wall 13. Fabric shredding machine
The excess timber grid structure is used for shading and Violetta’s vertical gardening. The plants pots are suspended by a grid in between the timber structure. Her growing plants attract birds and insects, thus creating their own ecosystem FABRIC STORED INTO WALLS
FABRIC STORED INTO FLOORING
On the upper the spaces where the machinery are located, the flooring tilt downwards to the main corridor, for fabric lint to be collected more efficiently. The lint is also used as insulation LINT COLLECTED INTO FLOORING
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The timber grid structure is also used to form beams for the flooring and walls
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In the heart of Eynsham, Oxford, lives a passionate butcher who has a special relationship with his herds but ultimately wants to provide quality meat and open market feel experience for his customers. Each slice of the building displays the stages from farm to customer as well as his living space. 1:12 Physical model of activities in a butcher shop
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Proposal on site sitting across an existing butcher shop ‘Golsby Butchers’ - 1:50 Physical Model superimposed on site
1:20 Sectional Axonometric Construction Detail
Modeling the existing butcher shop on Mill Street and the street meat market that existed in the 14th century - 1:50 Physical Model
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LIVING & WORKSPACE INTERIOR VIEWS - 1:50 PHYSICAL MODEL
KEY: 1. Deli Area 2. Chopping area 3. Sausage area (meat waste used to make sausage 4. Large fridge split into 4 sections for 4 types of meat. It mechanism for the meat carcasses expands from the underground to the 3rd floor – conveyer belt used as a hanging 5. Dining/kitchen area 6. Living Room 7. Retractable Staircase - opens up onto the living room table, which acts as another step. 8. Bedroom 9. Bathroom 10. Closet 11. Roof terrace
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SLICES – 1st FLOOR PLAN KEY: 1. Staircase & entrance to butchers living space 2. Dining area 3. Kitchen 4. Living room 5. Stairs to bedroom 6. Large fridge split into 4 sections for 4 types of meat. It expands from the underground to the 3rd floor – conveyer belt used as a hanging mechanism for the meat carcasses
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Looking up at the building from the street
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WORKS EXPERIENCE I – NOUS INTERIOR ARCHITECTS This private residence is located in Koropi, Athens, Greece. I designed the external shaping, facades, fencing and entrance of the property. The minimal design was requested by the clients. The external shaping includes: large steps leading up to the entrance of the house, partitions to hide their vegetable garden, large parking with a canopy, outdoor barbeque and dining area, seating area, a pool, sunbathing area, and an outdoor shower.
Entrance and fencing
Outdoor barbeque and dining area
External shaping of the back of the house
The team and I, converted a shop into a residence, remodelled and designed the interior spaces. Minimal, modern and Cycladic designs were requested by the clients.
Livingroom
Bedroom
Underground spa room
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WORK EXPERIENCE II – MAKOWER ARCHITECTS I worked on various large projects in the UK, produced and rendered architectural CGI views, floor plans, sections and masterplans.
Project overview hand drawn cut - away axonometric drawing – Watford Market Project
Rendered masterplan 1:1000 – Horse stables and cabin dwellings – Horseboy Centre Project
Rendered Drawing – Euston Station
Rendered plan 1:50 – Horseboy Centre Project
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HOMESTEAD PROJECT Homestead is vision for a national network of truly therapeutic environments across the UK for people suffering from long – term mental illness.
A day in the life of Homestead Project – Storyboard in oil pastel
Section taken from the digital model – From left are the dwellings, central courtyard and the main communal house
Masterplan – Connected living cluster of buildings with a main communal house
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WORK FEATURED IN DEZEEN ARTICLE: “Oxford Brookes University presents 10 architecture projects” INSTAGRAM: fk_architecture
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