pinelopi pappa selected work 2015-2022
Architect Engineer National Technical University of Athens, GR
Master Urban and Territorial Strategy Sciences Po Urban School, Paris, FR
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detailed resume academic and professional projects ΝΕΏΝ ΤΌΠ Ό Σ a boatyard for wooden vessels 10
STITCHING THE BUFFER ZONE strategic plans and proposals for nicosia buffer zone
CREATING NEW CENTRALITIES strategies for the revitalisation of the historical centre of margency
MIXED-USE NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD rencoversion of hospital facilities in villiers-le-bel
NEW CYPRUS MUSEUM
1st prize in an international architectural competition
PUBLIC SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS
EXHIBITION SPACE AND COMMUNITY CENTRE restoration of traditional oil-press
STONE HOUSE RENOVATION private residence
ORANGE2FLY ACADEMY workspace interior design
POLIΣIMEA a manifest for the supermodern city - the case of Syggrou Avenue in Athens
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Immobilière 3F, Paris (FR) Sep 2021 - currently - permanent contract
Building capacity and constructibility analyses of small to large-scale projects of affordable housing including urban planning / urban regeneration missions, transformation of old office buildings into housing projects, rehabilitation projects, acquisition of constructible land in urban and suburban contexts
Selected projects
• Town centre regeneration and integration of affordable housing projects in Margency, Val-d’Oise, FR (2022)
• Rehabilitation of former hospital facilities and site densification in Villiers-le-Bel,Val-d’Oise, FR (2022)
• Office building transformation into mixed-use complex (offices, housing, hospitality) in Charenton-le-Pont, Val de Marne, FR (2021)
• Affordable housing site densification and urban integration in Charenton-le-Pont, Val de Marne, FR (2021)
Project management and counseling role during operational phases. Driving force in termes of innovation and sustainable development.
Selected projects
• Natural materials mixed-use bulding of 82 apartements and medical offices (prefabrication) in Aulnay-sous-Bois, SeineSaint-Denis, FR (2022)
• Residential building of 13 apartements with high environmental ambitions in Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis, FR (2022)
• Police station and housing facilities for 22 families of policemen in Magny-en-Vexin, Val-d’Oise, FR (2022)
Architectural research concerning intergenerational housing with the purpose of creating a 3F product
Development of a tool destined to the land development service of the company with the purpose of estimating the building capacity of plots
Immobilière 3F, Paris (FR) Aug 2020 - Sep 2021 - apprenticeshipcontract
Building capacity and constructibility analyses of small to large-scale projects of affordable housing
Consulting role in affordable housing acquisitions via VEFA schemes (vente en état futur d’achèvement = sale before completion, off-plan)
Architectural research concerning the optimisation of house modules and plan performance
Architect Engineer
Vasileios Ntovros Architects, Athens (GR) Apr 2018 - June 2019 - permanent contract
Participation in all stages of architectural design, from preliminary design to construction, graphic representation, 3D modeling and rendering, knowledge of the greek construction and urbanism legislation
• Natural Materials Building Complex in Pitsidia, Crete GR (2019) - preliminary design
• Hotel wing renovation in Agia Pelagia, Crete GR (2018-19) - preliminary design, technical drawings
• Vernacular two-storey residence functional rehabilitation and extension in Evia, GR (2018-19) - preliminary design, technical drawings, construction permit
• Two-storey family residence construction in Paiania, GR (2018-19) - technical drawings, construction permit
• Orange2Fly Academy interior design in Athens, GR (2018) - preliminary design, technical drawings, supervision
• Two-storey residence renovation in Petroupolis, Athens, GR (2018) - preliminary design, technical drawings
Architectural Intern
Theoni Xanthi - XZA Architects, Athens (GR) Feb 2017 - Mar 2017 | Oct 2016
Part of the working group for the International Architectural Competition for the New Cyprus Museum _ 1st prize
Vasileios Ntovros Architects, Athens (GR) Sep 2016
Part of the working group for the Architectural Competition for the Restoration and Functional Rehabilitation of the Municipal Market of Chalkida _ honorable mention
Maria Sfyraki Architects and Associates, Athens (GR) Aug 2015 - Sep 2015
Participation in the preliminary design stage of a large-scale project
Logistics Co-ordinator Intern
Alpha Omega Church Supplies, Athens (GR) Sep 2014 - Oct 2014
software
CAD / BIM Adobe Creative Suite
Autodesk AutoCAD
Vectorworks
Revit Architecture
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Illustrator
Greek English
Native speaker
Excellent knowledge Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française Dalf C2
Excellent knowledge
Adobe Premiere Pro
Sketch up
Rhinoceros
3D Studio Max
3D Modeling and Rendering Office Suite
VRay
Word, Excel, Powerpoint
French German
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) 2018 | grade 8.5/9.0
Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) | University of Cambridge
Beginner A1 level courses in Goethe Institut since Sep 2022
Master Territorial and Urban Strategies | Sciences Po - Ecole Urbaine, Paris (FR) Sep 2019 - Sep 2021
Honours graduate (Cum Laude)
• Courses on public policy, urban governance, economy, legislation, financial analysis, statistics and sociology in french and in english
• Tools and skills : bibliographic research, realisation of interviews with public and private institutions (ANCT, DB, AMF etc.), statistics, cartography, knowledge of the french territorial system and french administrative institutions
• Study trip to Clermont Ferrand - part of the editorial team for the production of the trip report
• Social and solidarity economy and rurality: practices for mobilising rural development programs and contracting tools - collective project commissioned by Avise as part of the TRESSONS programme (oct 2019 - jun 2019)
Diploma Architecture and Engineering | National Technical University of Athens - School of Architecture , Athens (GR) Sep 2011 - Mar 2018
Final grade 9.42/10 - Honours graduate - Awarded by Limmat Stiftung and National Technical University of Athens for ranking 3rd in NTUA School of Architecture graduates for the academic year 2017-18
• Neon Topos: a boatyard for wooden vessels - diploma project (Mar 2018)- grade 10/10
• PoliΣemia: a manifest for the supermodern city - the case of Syggrou Avenue - research project (Feb 2017) - grade 10/10
• Systematic Analysis of Vernacular Buildings and Settlements in Lakonia, Greece - collective project commissioned by NTUA as part of the vernacular patrimony digitisation programme (Oct 2013 - Mar 2014)
High School Degree | 3rd High School of Volos, Volos (GR) Sep 2008 - June 2011
Final grade 19.6/20 - Awarded by Eurobank for one of the highest greek national exams score in Volos (score 19,308 / 20,000)
Urban health: Innovations for a healthy neighborhood Jan 2021
Online two-days hackathon organised by Paris Est Creteil University (UPEC), Territoire Grand Paris Sud Est Avenir (GPSEA), EpaMarne and the city council of Ormesson _ online (FR)
Rethinking the waterfront of Mersin Nov 2014
Trinational Urban Strategic Design Workshop organised by Mersin Univerity Faculty of Architecture, École Nationale Superieure d’Architecture Paris la Villette, National Technical University of Athens _ Mersin (TR)
Towards an ephemeral city Sep 2014
International Construstion Workshop organised by HELLAΣTOCK _ Pireaus (GR)
Urban Lightscapes: creating participatory light prototypes Nov 2013
International Prototype Workshop organised by Beforelight and IAAC _ Barcelona (ES)
seminars
Photography Technique and Image Processing Jan - June 2019
METApolis gr_ Athens
Autodesk Revit Architecture 2018 Essentials_Certified User Nov - Dec 2018
Loulakis Polychronis and Partners _ Athens
Architectural Modeling _ Introduction to Laser Cutting Nov 2017
National Technical University of Athens - Modeling Laboratory _ Athens
Autodesk 3D Studio Max Feb - Mar 2014
CAD Studies _ Athens
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Nov - Dec 2012
National Technical University of Athens - Photography and Image Laboratory _ Athens exhibitions
[OUT] Topias - Performance and oudoor public space Sep 2016 - Nov 2016
Collective exhibition of final projects of the 7th semester elective course: “Evolution of Scenography as the Result of Transformation in Theater” _ Benaki Museum, Athens
European Researcher’s Night Sep 2016
Participation with final project of 9th semester Architecture and Urban Design studio _ National Technical University of Athens, Athens
Strategic plans and proposals for Nicosia buffer zone Sep 2016
Collective exhibition of final projects of 9th semester Architecture and Urban Design studio _ Cyprus House, Athens
Le Corbusier 50+ Greek architects in his office Oct 2015
Collective exhibition of final projects of 8th semester History and Theory course as part of the memorial of 50 years after Le Corbusier’s death _ National Technical University of Athens, Athens
Prague Quadrennial of performance design and space Nov 2014
Collective exhibition of final projects of the 7th semester elective course: “Evolution of Scenography as the Result of Transformation in Theater” _ Prague
Architectural Inheritance of the Traditional Settlements of Lakonia Sep 2013 - Dec 2013
Exhibition of the recording and analysis of the vernacular settlements of Lakonia as part of NTUA internship program _ Lakonia, Greece
project type diploma project location volos, greece date march 2018 collaborators eirini verga efthalia - maria markopoulou supervisor ioannis zachariadis consulting supervisors panayiotis vasilatos constantinos moraitis see ful project online https://issuu.com/pinelopipappa/ docs/neon_topos
As a response to the constant degradation of the value that wooden vessels have in Greece, this project adresses to the timeless relationship between the Greek people and the sea. The symbol of this relationship being the wooden vessel itself, our proposal designs a boatyard, a place for the damaged boat to heal. The act of “healing” a boat requires the use of an inclined plane, a launch ramp. It is the minimum condition for the boatyard to exist, putting the design of the launch ramp in the centre of this synthesis.
Facing the city of Volos, the site is located at the edge of the port next to the starting point of the mythical ship of Argonauts. For the past century and half, this place has been hosting boatyards, whose operational needs have led to major interventions to the landscape, such as a man-made crevice in the hill and a large-scale landfill constructed in 1983 as part of the redesign of the port of Volos.
Our design is defined by two axes: the axis of the ramp materialising the relationship between the sea and the land and the axis parallel to the coastline that symbolises the relationship between the two sides of the cliff.
Approaching the site, on the landfill of 1983, a “cemetery” for old wooden vessels is organised around a remaining old lanch ramp. The “cemetery” functions as a melancholic garden for the boatyard, as well as the starting point of a promenade through the site.
The project aims to give shape to the crevice of the cliff by sculpting it into the launch ramp. It takes the form of a retreat of the earth welcoming the boat and letting it into the boatyard. This ramp operates as an outdoor workshop. The sheltered working space is located beside the ramp and is developed alongside a concrete wall, which functions as a retaining wall for the crevice. While it represents the healing of the wounds of the hill, it also hosts the required workshop facilities in three main levels. Two main openings provide communication between the indoor and the outdoor spaces of the boatyard.
exit to dock
entrance from the hill
the wall
employees’ entrance
boat
the shelter land-wateraxis|thelaunchramp PROGRAM DIAGRAM
The main working space consists of an inclined plane – 5% - where the construction and the maintenance of the boats take place. This plane begins from the launch ramp and can be extended up to the entrance of the boatyard where an open parking for boats is found. A route connects the entrance of the boatyard with a pier. This pier is used for the short-term maintenance works, which take place on the water.
double-level space for the study of the wooden boat timber structure on the wall with book shelves collaboration with boat design sector
use of CAD and 3d programs for boat design production of boat scale models
sail design, production and repairing
sail storage in specially designed recesses in the timber structure of the wall
elevated wooden floor for the production of 1:1 vessel parts REST AREA LIGHT MAINTENANCE BOAT DESIGN
4 5 SAIL DESIGN CARPENTRY WORKSHOP DESIGN FLOOR “SALA” STUDY AREA THEMATIC LIBRARY PUBLIC ENTRANCE DESIGN SAIL DESIGN CARPENTRY WORKSHOP ADMINISTRATION CONNECTION WITH THE HILL BOAT MODELS EXHIBITION ADMINISTRATION 16
In addition to the main workshop, on the ground floor one can find the carpentry, as well as the electronic and mechanical workshops. On the first floor, the administration offices, the sail design workshop and the vessel design section are organised. Lastly, a thematic library about naval design is located on the second and last floor. All facilities are connected with different outdoor spaces in all three levels, in a way that the relationship with the cliff is henceforth restored. For example, the cafeteria on the second floor is connected with both a balcony looking over the canal and a small yard that leads to the cliff.
THE CANAL AND THE WALL
Our proposal aspires to create a new site for the boat, focusing both on program and topography. It contributes to the constant transformation of the coastline of the port of the city and therefore becomes part of the continuum of a site that changes according to the needs of the boatyards. Functional and spatial correlations are combined in order to create a lanscape that not only addresses the boat, but also the city of Volos. By redifing the shape of the port, our intervention becomes an integral part of the topography itself.
project type academic project location nicosia, cyprus date february 2016 collaborators aristeidis misiaris margarita zakynthinou-xanthi supervisor constantinos moraitis
see full project online: https://issuu.com/pinelopipappa/ docs/_______
Nicosia buffer zone is a contemporary “avaton” dividing the city into two parts. Its current image forms a dystopian scenery full of horrific reminiscents of the war between the Greeks and the Turksh, where both total amnesia and trauma, due to excessive memory, exist. Therefore, it consists some kind of a “no man’s land”, or better put, a non-place where time has paused.
Under the assumption of a future reunited city, we approach the dead zone as a line of unique and unprecedent form, a raw historic landscape to be preserved. In our proposal, void is used as the most adequate design tool to address to the ethics of intervening in such a place. The buffer zone retains its form and is repurposed as a metropolitan museum park, the most important exhibit of which is the zone itself, as well as the ruins inside it. The former landscape of oblivion is given back to the whole of the city and is transformed into a topos of reflection and historical awareness. In addition to that, we propose a research centre for the history of the city of Nicosia, as well as a researchers’ village beside it.
Balancing between ideas of life and death, oblivion and memory, emptiness and fullness, our approach serves the vision of preserving the key traces of the past in the development of the contemporary city of Nicosia while offering historical and cultural education for the generations to come.
abandonment building ruins outdoor museum park
urban tissue | residential development underground museumresearch centre “a slot of culture”
strategies
urban agriculture citizens’ collective for the zone protection
new residence residential blocks for the employees of the museum
underground museum research centre for the city of nicosia
outdoor museum park concentration of war debris and ruins dense vegetation growing over the years
landscape of reflection
old train rails reuse of old railsinstallation of modern railway transportation
to oldest historical city centre - venetian city walls
connection with museum park entrance
foyer library connection with the citypublic square
computers common outdoor spacelower plaza
researchers’ offices permanent exhibition
permanent exhibition permanent exhibition
lecture hall researchers’ library
The museum park operates in relation with the Research Centre for the City of Nicosia. The centre develops in two underground levels as a contemporary “slot” of culture in an incision of the earth along the dead zone border. Its main design axis follows a long linear public flow of movement, which divides the bulding into two opposing bars. At the end of the building and on the level of the city, there is a large public square. Therefore, a riverbed of public flow, or else, an enlarged line of interrelations and sharing, is created transforming the research centre into an exit of the museum park to the city.
entrance to the complex
connection with research centre
common plaza
agricultural land
linWear residential expansion
Northwestern of the Research Centre there is a large area of unbuilt free space where we propose the design of a researchers’ residential complex. There are two types of apartments which are combined so as to form two residential bars, one of which is aligned to the axes of the underground centre, and the other rotated in order to follow the axes of the city. In a repetitive pattern, those bars can potentially expand to meet to residential development needs in the contemporary city of Nicosia.
professional project / urban analysis / urban strategies / project management business
Immobilière 3F in partnership with the municipality of margency program 180 affordable housing appartments, among which 30 ones destined to hospital staff, 2-3 commercial units location / year margency (95), france / 2022 collaborators jbmn architectes
Located in the Val-d’Oise department, Margency is a small town of 72 Ha with about 2,900 inhabitants. Its history dates back to the Middle Ages, in particularly the old strongholds of Maugarny and Bury, whose cultural and architectural heritage is still visible via the presence of four castles within the municipal territory. With the push of urbanisation, the city transforms from a small village into a residential suburb. In the 70s and 80s, large scale development projects alter radically the image of the town. Its old city centre loses its importance and the town is now organised in several independent groups of individual houses structured around private roads. The town’s growth is still on. Due to several radiant establishments (Children’s Hospital of the Red Cross, Lycée Notre-Dame De Bury, Lycée Louis Armand) as well as its cultural and natural heritage (four parcs), Margency was ranked by “The Figaro” among the 7 most attractive municipalities of Ile-de-France. However, it still presents multiple dysfunctions: the absence of centrality, the lack of commercial offer, the deteriorated state of historical buildings, the excessive presence of cars and the lack of public spaces for pedestrians.
To respond to these challenges, Immobilière 3F and the City of Margency have signed a partnership agreement in order to develop mixted-use projects in line with the city’s cultural heritage and urban characteristics as well as integrate new ambitions related to environmental sustainability and resilience. The challenge of the analysis is to rethink the structure of the city’s urban fabric, to recreate the lost centrality and to renew the organisation of vehicule and pedestrian flows, while redefining the town’s identity and its relationship with the local architectural and natural heritage. The product of this research will allow the municipality to integrate adjustments into its local construction reglementation which is going to be updated in 2023.
personal participation urban analysis / constructibility studies / selection of architectural team / participation in dialogue with the municipality / definition of planning / estimation of budget / project management
for the revitalisation of the historical centre of margency
professional project / equipment transformation / residential development business
Immobilière 3F with Grand Paris Aménagement program
540 affordable housing appartments, 500 m2 of commercial uses, social and solidarity economy working spaces, urban agriculture, common spaces, nursery school location / year villiers-le-bel (95), france / 2022
personal participation urban analysis / constructibility analysis / volumetric study / estimation of budget / definition of innovation strategy
villiers-le-bel
This project consists in the reconversion of an ancient hospital of approximately 87 Ha into a mixed-use neighbourhood on the edge of the city of Villiers-le-Bel. Having our attention captured by the contrast between the dense plantation of the site and the presence of multiple high voltage lines in the west, our intervention strategy is based on the following axes :
• Highlight the value of the existing buildings by reducing demolitions and, therefore, optimising the carbon footprint of the interventions.
• Preserve the majority of the existing trees and plantations. Carry out an ecological and phytosanitary analysis in order to identify potentiel risks for the biodiversity of the site.
• Integrate the site into its built environment and link the existing neighborhood in the east with the agricultural fields in the west by creating a central vehicle and pedestrian axis crossing the site.
• Enhance visual, ecological, and functional continuities through old and new constructions.
• Create a green buffer zone between the electricity pylon and new residential developments. Put this zone into use by integrating urban agricultural uses. Integrate rainwater treatment systems.
• Develop a commercial zone in the middle of the new neighborhood in order to respond to new and old residents’ needs, to animate the area and to organise new functional connections and pedestrian flows. Place a nursery school in the middle of the new district.
1st prize in an international architectural competition
project type professional project / architectural competition business
Theoni Xanthi - xza architects for the Cyprus Ministry of Transport, Communication and Works location / year nicosia, cyprus / 2017 area 36.129 m2
This is an international architectural competition that lasted 8 months. In the first phase, seven propositions were selected among 129 entries. In the second phase, three awards were given by the 9 members jury, in which Sir Peter Cook and Elias Zengelis took part.
The new museum will host one of the largest collections of Cypriot archeology, projecting into international scope the history and the culture of Cyprus. The particularity of an archaeological museum is that it hosts a world that comes from the bowels of earth. The residues of human life, humble or precious, clumsy or artifacts, that the earth preserved offering them the value of priceless. With this value they were rediscovered by the humans, digging into the earth to find their identity. They are the distant traces of everyday people, the archetype offspring of human life. Anthropocentric prototypes of chronic soul. What should be then the new environment for something that comes back to light? The proposal suggests to be raised from the soil, and declare its presence to modern humans. Since when something returns from obscurity and oblivion becomes collective memory and belongs to all. Needs a new protected environment, but which communicates, receives and diffuses in the city.
It is the hovering cloud of a distinctive heritage, which while longer belongs to all – is global -, it cannot leave because is attracted from the Cypriot land of its birth and thus levitates but remains motionless –it is “meteor” -, unable to be separated from the terra.
personal participation part of the working group / architectural design (building levels and cross sections) / bioclimatic diagrams / graphic representations / post-editing of rendered images see full project online: http://xza-architects.gr/en/ new-cyprus-museum/
1. IN SPACE 2. IN TIME
The intention for highlighting the archeological finds from the excavation and the past to the light and the present time, led to elevate the museum, thus allowing for the ground level to remain free and be formed with various qualities. As a result, it is created a new spatial stratigraphy composed by three horizontal zones. The upper zone with the hovering body of the museum –the Memory layer. The intermediate zone that welcomes the city – the City layer. The lower zone – the River layer – which hosts everyday functions, is organized around the museum’s atriums and extends to the new park of Pedios river.
The content of the permanent exhibition defined the architectural proposal with the division of three spatial and conceptual entities, each one corresponding on one of the lifted volumes. TOPOS, narrates prehistory and focuses on the relations of the first settlers with the land and its resources. SEA, focuses on the continuous relation between the island and the sea –the timeless intermediate. COSMOS, concerns the historical times, focusing on the relations and the interactions between Mediterranean cultures.
Raised volumes in SN orientation
- Double shell-thermal insulation
- Controls natural lightning
- Shading from the body of the building
- Passive cooling through the N-NW natural ventilation
- Roof: solar energy collection / photovoltaic panels rain water collection
Vertical atriums, Semi-outdoor spaces
- Sheltering by bioclimatic canopy, shading solar energy collection
- Insulation protection by louver skins
- Passive cooling through natural ventilation
- Planting, micro-climate
Atriums, Yards, Semi-outdoor spaces
- Roof planting: insulation / microclimate
- Atriums, natural lightning / ventilation
- Planting: micro-climate
- Rain water collection
The new archaeological museum -within today’s globalized reality- seeks to express its identity through the elements that gave birth to the Cypriot civilization, not only the materials, but also the characteristics of the Mediterranean life and culture that are still alive in the everyday life of the locus. It aims to be a cultural installation that would nurture new environments and behaviors, and act as a revitalizing gesture to the city.
*original text written by xza-architects
Architectural Design 7: Multifunctional Public Building location tavros, athens, greece date july 2015 collaborator efthalia - maria markopoulou supervisors spridon rogan irene efesiou
Our proposal for a public School of Performing Arts is located next to a high speed car junction between Piraeus Ave and Chamosternas Str in Athens. The business and commercial character of the two streets expressed in the high rise multifunctional buildings around the site, as opposed to the residential character of the neighbourhood beside them, calls for a redefinition of the relationship between the neighbourhood and the big avenues. Matters of scale, function and symbolic meaning are the primary issues to handle through design.
The main idea consists of a ragged line penetrating the site through a park and connecting the neighbourhood with Piraeus Ave. This line functions as a “carrier” for public movement and shapes the building hosting the theatrical stage of the school. The educational facilities are found in the robust and solid concrete form that rises from the ground freeing the space underneath for a plaza and an open-air theatre. Those two volumes are connected through a semi-underground hall on the level of the plaza.
a. a ragged line running through the site
b. shaping the theatre c. a solid volume hovering above the ground
foyer foyer cloakroom
backstage theatrical stage
the plaza
connection with Piraeus Ave
The educational facilities are organised vertically in 3 levels hovering over the ground and overseeing the park and the plaza. On the one hand, this large volume makes reference to the scale of the business district. On the other, it creates micro environments presenting a human scale. Despite its obust form, the shell displays bumps and voids creating a dialectic relationship between indoor and outdoor space. In addition to that, the extended use of window panels function as a viewing “screen“ of the educational process both from the park and from the pedestrian and vehicles approaching from Pireaus Str and vice versa.
The theatre of the complex is an experimental stage used by the students of the school. It is organised in two levels: the theatrical floor and the mezzanine. Thos two are connected with backstage some studios and theatrical laboratories. The main structure is made of metal and all the finishes are wooden. In addition, there are adaptable custom designed light structures for seats that offer the possibility of multiple plan layouts.
restoration of traditional oil-press
project type academic project
Special Topics in Building Technology 8 Structural Analysis and Restoration of Historical Buidlings location rodia, crete island, greece date september 2015 collaborators margarita zakyntinou-xanthi eirini klimopoulou supervisor eleni alexandrou
This old oil producing space constitutes an important building for the Rodia settlement in the island of Crete. The architectural and patrimonial value of the envelope, along with the fact that it is one of the few remaining samples of vernacular architecture in the settlement, urge for its immediate restoration. Not only that, it also presents unique specimens of industrial production, such as some well preserved machinery of the olive processing procedure.
The building consists of two levels: the first one serves as the main space for the olive oil production process and the second one is used as a commercial space. The main material of the building shell is local stone with a recent concrete extension in the southern part. The floors and interior walls, as well as the severely damaged roof, are made of wood.
An important part of the restoration proposal is the adaptive reuse of the old building for communal use. The fist floor is transformed into an exhibition space sheltering and exhibiting all the original machines and tools found in the premises, whereas the upper floor is turned into a community centre hosting educational and interactive activities for the children of the village. Our strategy aims at the preservation of this unique sample of industrial architecture through repurposing, as well as educating the generations to come.
According to restoration ethics, our intervention is clearly distincted from the original building. The wooden roof is replaced by a metal structure with skylights bringing light to the interior. The upper floor is completely restored using metal and wood.
At the front of the building, on the southern side, all the concrete additions altering the original image of the shell are removed and replaced by a patio with wooden shades on a metal frame. Lastly, the windows and doors, being relatively not damaged, are preserved and restored to their original state.
1. Restoration and replacement of roof structure 2. Use of skylights to bring light to ground level 3. Restoration of original wooden frames when possible 4. Installation of revolving glass panels 5. Metal contruction used for shading 6. Installation of outdoor wooden deck 7. Concrete addition and metal rail
ORIGINAL STATE OF ROOF
professional project / residential / renovation business
Vasileios Ntovros architects for a private clien location / year psachna, chalkis / 2019 area 150 m2 personal participation architectural conception and design / building permit / technical and execution drawings
The house is located within the urban fabric, in the centre of the small town of Psachna, and houses a family of four. The intention of the owners was to reuse the existing house of 1930 according to contemporary functional needs and at the same time renovate it through a creative use of natural light.
The composition of spaces and functions develops around an enclosed but permeable central volume. A rectangular silo extends from the ground floor to the roof separating the living area and the kitchen, but also, allowing various movement to evolve in or around it. Inside it, there is the staircase that connects the main entrance of the house, which is located on the lower level, with the common areas on the first floor. At the same time, this space functions like a huge skylight through which enters the light and is directed towards the darker lower floor where the rooms are located. The floor plans aims to an optimal use of the very limited space of the shell in order to best serve the required needs of the family.
In terms of materials, the existing stone walls are exposed and combined with new elements, such as the wooden roof, the wooden structure of the floors and some visible concrete elements. Also, the use of terracotta tiles, traditional patterns and earthy colors completes the intention to create a familiar and multisensory home environment.
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project type professional project / workspace design / interior design business Vasileios Ntovros architects and USEARCHITECTURE for Orange2Fly flying company location / year maroussi, athens / 2018 area 200 m2 photography
Proper Photography ©properphotographygr
This is an interior design project destined to host the flying academy of Orange2Fly airline company in Athens, Greece. Our approach was to capture the identity of the company and apply it to our design in order to create a bright, contemporary working space fostering efficiency in learning, conviviality and interaction, as well as ensuring privacy when needed. For this purpose, we extensively used semi-transparent materials that allow natural light to diffuse and visual interactions to take place. Careful consideration was also given to the lightning design of the space so as to enhance the effect of natural lightning, highlight the forms and their materiality and create a pleasant, welcoming interior.
personal participation architectural conception and design / technical and execution drawings see full project online: https://usearchitecture. gr/portfolio/orange2flyacademy-2/ LIGHTNING DETAILS
project type master’s thesis location athens, greece date february 2017 collaborator eirini verga supervisor panayotis tournikiotis
see full project online: https://issuu.com/ pinelopipappa/docs/
a manifest for the supermodern city - the case of Syggrou Avenue
The city we live in is currently redefined not only concerning its boundaries but also its scale. While human activity spreads in much larger fields than in the past, the overabundance of needs decentralises the urban core. The emerging model of the global city is expanding, thus forming a network where the meaning of the near and the elsewhere changes. Among other signs of these evolutions, architecture reflects this new situation. In the book “Non places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity”, Marc Augé distinguishes three figures of excess in order to describe the newly emerged global city and, by this description, introduces the term of supermodernity.
Using Syggrou Avenue as a case study, our master’s thesis pinpoints Augé’s supermodernity in the city of Athens, in both a theoretical and a practical approach. Phenomena utterly connected with the new scale alter the balance of the city elements and reveal a new category of buildings that we define as “new elements” - or in the original term“νέα σημεία”[nea simea]. By analysing the architecture of these new elements, we attempt to further understand the supermodern metropolis.
The thesis results in a critical consideration, which restores the value of the anthropological approach in architecture and brings back the human factor when it comes to designing the city. We therefore compose a manifest for the supermodern city, as an answer to the challenges associated with the excess of space, time and scale.
Le monde de la surmodernité n’est pas aux mesures exactes de celui dans lequel nous croyons vivre, car nous vivons dans un monde que nous n’avons pas encore appris à regarder. Il nous faut réapprendre à penser l’espace.1
Augé1 The world of supermodernity does not exactly match the one in which we believe we live, for we live in a world that we have not yet learned to look at. We have to relearn to think about space.
