p o r t f o l i o by marialena chasekidou

MARIALENA CHASEKIDOU

PORTFOLIO

ARTISTIC PROjECTS

1. LORI 38

2. PILE

3. PLAYTOWN

4. T R U C K

5. SYMBIOSIS- AFTER THE EXPLOSION OF THE HOUSE

LORI 38

WHAT COULD LIFE BE LIKE LIvINg IN A gROUND FLOOR OF AN APARTMENT BUILDINg? THE PROPOSAL PRESENTED HERE ATTEMPTS TO CREATE A HOUSINg SITUATION THAT COMBINES THE PRIvACY OF PERSONAL SPACE WITH THE OUTWARD FACINg THE CITY, IN THE EDIFICE OF A FORMER STORE IN THE CENTRE OF vOLOS. THIS IS THE CREATION OF THREE TYPES OF SPACES, WITHIN A SINgLE ENCLOSURE. CROSSINg THE THRESHOLD, AN ENTRANCE FULL OF PLANTS PLACED IN A HIgH gRID THAT RUNS THROUgH THE ENTIRE HEIgHT OF THE DWELLINg, FRAMED BY A CONCRETE BENCH. ON THE gROUND FLOOR, AT THE LOWER PART OF THE HOUSE, ALL THE WORK AND PRODUCTION ACTIvITIES TAKE PLACE, HERE THE HOUSE IS DIRTY, WET AND THEREFORE IT IS MADE OF HARD MATERIALS SUCH AS MOSAIC METAL, ETC. THE LAST DESTINATION IS THE LOFT WHERE THE BEDROOM IS LOCATED, CONSISTINg OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF MATTRESSES, PILLOWS AND A SLIDINg BALCONY. FEATURES OF THE HOUSE INCLUDE A SLIDINg BALCONY THAT CAN BE USED OUTSIDE THE HOUSE, ON THE PAvEMENT, AND A SINK ON A FLAT STAIRCASE, WHERE THE OCCUPANTS CAN WASH IN THE ‘DRY’ SPACE OF THE BEDROOM.

MODEL PHOTOS

A SEAT MADE Of SLICES Of MARBLE, wHICH ARE PLACED ONE UPON THE OTHER wITH THE ASSEMBLAGE TECHNIqUE. THE BACK CONSISTS Of TwO SETSCREwS, SCREwED ON PIECES Of SHEET METAL. THESE PIECES ARE wEDGED BETwEEN THE MARBLES. fOR THE BETTER STABILITy Of THE CONSTRUCTION, SMALL wOODEN wEDGES AND SOME fABRIC, ARE PLACED IN BETwEEN Of THE MARBLE SLICES. ALL THE MATERIALS wERE EITHER fOUND IN THE CITy OR COLLECTED fROM CONSTRUCTION SITES AND REUSED.

PLAYTOWN

IT IS AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN THE AREA Of PALEA IN THE CITy Of VOLOS. THE BUILDING CONSISTS Of TwO RESIDENTIAL VOLUMES CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER By SHARED SEMI-OUTDOOR CORRIDORS AND INTERNAL STAIRCASES. THE DESIGN ExPLORED qUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND SHARED SPACE, AS wELL AS THE CONCEPT Of HABITATION. THE GROUND fLOOR Of THE BUILDING IS RAISED ABOVE GROUND LEVEL TO GIVE SPACE TO THE PUBLIC SPHERE, BUT ALSO TO ENHANCE THE MEETING AND GATHERING Of THE RESIDENTS Of THE BUILDING.A CENTRAL ATRIUM SEPARATES THESE TwO VOLUMES, ACTING AS A LUNG fOR THE VENTILATION Of THE BUILDING.AT THE SAME TIME, THE ATRIUM CREATES A SqUARE Of VIEwS fROM THE fLOORS AND INTENSIfIES THE ELEMENT Of NEIGHBOURHOOD. COMMON ROOMS wITH fUNCTIONS RELATED TO THE BUILDING,SUCH AS ASSEMBLy SPACE, LAUNDRy, COLLECTIVE KITCHEN AND MUSIC SPACE ARE PLACED AT THE ENDS Of THE STAIRCASES,IN ORDER TO SOCIALIzE AND GET TO KNOw EACH OTHER wITHIN THE COMMUNITy Of RESIDENTS.THE RESIDENCES ARE DIVIDED INTO SIx (6) TyPOLOGIES AND CATER TO DIffERENT RESIDENTIAL PREfERENCES. fINALLy, THE PARK CREATED AT GROUND LEVEL IS SPREAD OUT ON THE BLOCK AND IS RECONfIGURED TO INCLUDE ACTIVITIES fOR ALL - PLAyGROUND, REST AREAS, CULTIVATED AREAS.

U C K

TRUCK IS A STRUCTURE APPROPRIATE FOR BOTH PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY HOUSING, THAT CAN BE CONSTRUCTED BY THE PERSON WHO IS GOING TO LIVE IN IT.

GIANNIS, 71 YEARS OLD, A RESIDENT OF ANALIPSI NEIGHBOURHOOD IN VOLOS, IS THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS PROJECT. IN HIS NEW HOME HE CAN CULTIVATE, CONSTRUCT, AND EXHIBIT HIS WORK IN THE EXHIBITION VENUE IN THE FRONT PART OF THE TRUCK, AIMING TO ATTRACK PASSERS-BY AND NEIGHBOURS IN ORDER TO EXCHANGE GOODS. IN THIS WAY, THE DINING ROOM BECOMES THE NEGOTIATING AND MEETING PLACE. THE STRUCTURE CAN ACCLIMATE TO EVERY SEASON. THE RECTANGLE SHAPE CAN BREAK INTO A TRAPEZIUM AND TWO TRIANGLES , TRANSFORMING THE HOUSE INTO A SEMI-OUTDOOR SPACE. IT IS CONCEIVABLY SEPERATED INTO THREE ZONES, THE RESIDENTIAL ONE, THE ZONE OF THE EXHIBITION AND THE CORRIDOR IN BETWEEN.

AIM OF THIS PROJECT IS SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF THE HOUSE. THE SOLAR PANELS ON THE ROOF TRANSFORM SOLAR ENERGY INTO ELECTRICITY. RAINWATER CAN BE COLLECTED AND FILTERED. FOOD WASTE CAN BE USED AS FERTILIZER THROUGH COMPOSTING TRUCK IS PLACED IN A PLOT OF LAND IN AGRIA, A REGION BY THE SEA, 7 KM EAST OF VOLOS CITY. IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE THERE IS A BIG STREET THAT CONECTS AGRIA TO VOLOS, WHILE THE SEA IS 500 M FAR. LIVING IN THE TRUCK MEANS THAT BEING IN TOUCH WITH EARTH, WITH THE STREET AND WITH PEOPLE BECOMES A WAY OF LIVING.

SyMBIOSIS . AfTER THE ExPLOSION Of THE HOUSE

IT IS A SITUATION Of SyMBIOSIS, Of INTERACTION BETwEEN THE SUBJECTS wITH EACH OTHER, wITH THE SPACE THEy LIVE IN AND wITH THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT. THE MAIN INTENTIONS Of THE DESIGN ARE THE DECONGESTION Of SLEEP fROM OTHER ACTIVITIES, AS wELL AS THE ATTEMPT TO INTEGRATE A PUBLIC ASPECT INTO THE PRIVATE ONE, EqUALLy, wITHOUT THE ONE LIMITING AND ENCROACHING ON THE OTHER. MORE SPECIfICALLy, THE “SyMBIOSIS” PROJECT PROPOSES THE PLACEMENT Of A fIVE-STOREy APARTMENT BUILDING wITH THE CAPACITy TO HOUSE AROUND 80 PEOPLE, IN THE TOUMBA AREA Of THESSALONIKI. THE GROUND fLOOR Of THE BUILDING fUNCTIONS AS A SqUARE, OPEN TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND PROVIDING INDOOR ACTIVITy SPACES wITH fREE ACCESS DURING THE DAy. fROM THE fIRST TO THE fOURTH fLOOR THE RESIDENCES ExTEND, wHILE THE BUILDING ENDS IN A TERRACE wHERE THERE ARE STILL SOME ACTIVITy SPACES. THE BUILDING IS ORGANISED IN fIVE SECTIONS, EACH Of wHICH HAS A LIfT AND A STAIRCASE. THE RESIDENCES ARE COMPOSED Of PRIVATE UNITS (BEDROOM, BATHROOM, SEMI-PRIVATE SPACE) AND COMMUNAL DINING AND SEATING AREAS. THE SEMI-PRIVATE PART Of EACH PRIVATE UNIT CAN fUNCTION AS AN ExTENSION Of THE BEDROOM AND CAN BE USED CAN BE USED ACCORDING TO THE PREfERENCES Of THE USER.