Redesign of the Base of the Statue of T. Kolokotronis in Tripoli,Greece.

The key aim of the proposal is the best placement possible of the base of the statue of Theodoros Kolokotronis, the historic figure of the Greek Revolution of 1821, a pivotal chapter in Greek history, and his ossuary, as well as the redesign of its field of impact, emphasizing on the city’s history and the needs of the wider region while aiming at the creation of a landmark in the square. Kolokotronis’s mention in his memoirs is worth mentioning: “When I reached Tripoli, they showed me the sycamore tree in the flea market where they hanged the Greeks. I sighed and I said: “Aye, how many of my family and my nation were hanged there” and I ordered to get it cut”.

Based on this phrase we envisioned the basic structure of the floor plan, which simulates the shape of a tree’s branches as a ideogram. However, wanting to overturn this negative feeling, we choose to deal the concept of the tree as a symbol of life with an ulterior motive the reconciliation of the place with past wounds.

Student competition

Pan-Hellenic Open Student Architectural Idea Contest of the Municipality of Tripoli

Academic year 2018

Groupwork with Angeliki Micha, Christina Sgouraki

Project contribution:

Initial design process/ Diagrams/ 2d designs/ 3d renderings/ Presentation proposal

Tobacco museum in Xanthi

The class’s subject is the study of a public cultural building, in an existing plot in Xanthi. A crucial element in the design process is the existence of a preexisting preserved building of a tobacco warehouse, which is suggested to be reclaimed and in harmony with the new building.

The main goal is dual: To designate the historic and economic importance of the tobacco cultivation for the city and the inhabitants of Xanthi and to deliver the expectation of a modern cultural space, while revocating stereotypes concerning “morphological rules” in cases of intervention on existing historic environments.

The proposal is developed in three building volumes, each with a distinctive use, that are connected through a closed bridge. The museum path starts at the ground floor, which is enclosed in the warehouse’s walls and continues on to the next level, where one can find the bridge’s route, with which they can move to the rest of the volumes and tour the rest of the exhibition.

The construction consists of a metal structural system with galvanized steel columns and a composite metal deck with a steel sheeting, and is formed on a pilotis to its biggest part so as to free up the plot’s ground floor space, to create an open public space for the city.

Architectural Synthesis VIII

Course for the Master’s (integrated)/ Diploma Architectural Engineering (MArch, Dipl. Arch. Eng.)

Institution

Department of Architectural Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece (DUTH)

Academic year 2018

Supervisors

G.Papagiannopoulos gpapagno@arch.duth.gr

E.Amerikanou eamerik@arch.duth.gr

P.Exarhopoulos pexarcho@arch.duth.gr

Groupwork with Angeliki Micha, Christina Sgouraki

Project contribution: Floorplans and sections / Presentation proposal