THE VERTICAL STREETSCAPE CONNIE WANG | B.ARCH ‘16 A R C H E O LO G I E S O F T H E F U T U R E M U S E U M
In the context of over 117 museums within the city of Athens, Greece, where there is an abundance of places for exhibiting the richness of its culture and history, this project proposes a new form of the stereotypical museum by addressing, challenging, and redefining the characteristics, both symbolically and socially, that surrounds a museum. Taking into consideration the particular social and economic stresses that Athens has been undergoing, this ‘museum’ is designed to reinforce and give strength to the steady growth and reformation taking place right now. This museum is a collection of places, a display of the culture and the everyday life of the Athenian, the tourist, and simply the curious, where the ramps and circulation space of the structure is exactly the exhibition space that ultimately brings you up to an observatory that gives visitors access to some of the most spectacular views of Athens and experience the city at a height, location, and fashion that is unprecedented. Sited directly across the Hellenic Parliament and Syntagma Square—perhaps the most symbolic and important square of Modern Athens historically and socially— naturally calls for a platform of the social exchange between the local citizens and the tourist, an intersection of the two, the weaving of communities. Situated in-between the two largest hills of Athens, Philopappos Hill and Mount Lycaettus, where the height of the Acropolis has always been the governor of all height restrictions imposed onto new buildings, the museum rises beyond the city to not only provide a completely new vantage point of the city now that it is physically in the center of it all.
Replacing an existing abandoned office and bank, this proposal incorporates unconventional programmatic elements of a typical museum, but includes programs such as a hotel, a series of cafes and restaurants, and market and retail spaces that are typical to the immediate context. The museum’s typical programmatic elements, such as an auditorium, media space, café, and museum shop are camouflaged and weaved within the ‘hotel core’, blurring the definition and boundaries of the private ‘guest only’ mentality of a hotel. In bringing the urban functions that normally occur on street level vertically upwards, a vertical streetscape created a way to address new forms of social behaviours and interactions, the display of a culture in the future.
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Credo in unum Deum, Patrem Credo inomnipoténtem, unum Deum, Factórem cæli et terræ, Patrem omnipoténtem, Visibílium ómnium invisibílium. Factórem cæli etet terræ,
Visibílium ómnium et invisibílium. Et in unum Dóminum Iesum Christum, Fílium Dei Unigénitum, Et in unum Dóminum Iesum Christum, Et ex Patre natum ante ómnia sæcula. Credo inDei unum Deum, Fílium Unigénitum, Deum Deo,natum lumenante de lúmine, verum de Deo vero, Patrem omnipoténtem, Et ex de Patre ómniaDeum sæcula. Génitum, non factum, consubstantiálem Patri:de Deo vero, Factórem cæli et terræ, Deum de Deo, lumen de lúmine, Deum verum Per quem ómnia facta sunt. Visibílium et invisibílium. Génitum,ómnium non factum, consubstantiálem Patri: Qui propter nos hómines et propter nostram salútem Per quem ómnia facta sunt. Descéndit de cælis. Et inpropter unum Dóminum Iesumet Christum, Qui nos hómines propter nostram salútem Et incarnátus est de Spíritu Sancto Fílium Dei Unigénitum, Descéndit de cælis. Exex María Vírgine, etante homo factus est. Et Patre natum ómnia sæcula. Et incarnátus est de Spíritu Sancto Deum de Deo, lumen lúmine, Deum verum de Deo vero, Ex María Vírgine, et de homo factus est. Génitum, non factum, consubstantiálem Patri: Per quem ómnia facta sunt. Qui propter nos hómines et propter nostram salútem Descéndit de cælis. Πιστεύω εἰς ἕναest Θεόν, ποιητὴ Et incarnátus deΠατέρα, Spíritu Παντοκράτορα, Sancto ν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς, et ὁρατῶν τεfactus πάντωνest. καὶ ἀοράτων. Ex María εἰς Vírgine, Πιστεύω ἕνα Θεόν,homo Πατέρα, Παντοκράτορα, ποιητὴ ν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς, ὁρατῶν τε πάντων καὶ ἀοράτων. Καὶ εἰς ἕνα Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τ ὸν μονογενῆ, τὸν ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς γεννηθέντα πρὸ Καὶ εἰς ἕνα Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τ πάντων τῶν αἰώνων· ὸν μονογενῆ, τὸν ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς γεννηθέντα πρὸ φῶς ἐκ φωτός, Θεὸν ἀληθινὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ, πάντων τῶν αἰώνων· γεννηθέντα οὐ ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί,ποιητὴ δι' οὗ τ Πιστεύω ἕναποιηθέντα, Θεόν, φῶς ἐκ εἰς φωτός, Θεὸν Πατέρα, ἀληθινὸνΠαντοκράτορα, ἐκ Θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ, πάντα ἐγένετο. νὰγεννηθέντα οὐρανοῦ καὶοὐγῆς, ὁρατῶν τε πάντων καὶ ποιηθέντα, ὁμοούσιον τῷ ἀοράτων. Πατρί, δι' οὗ τ ὰ πάντα ἐγένετο. Τὸνεἰς δι' ἕνα ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ διὰ ἡμετέραν Καὶ Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸντὴν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τ σωτηρίαν κατελθόντα τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ πρὸ ὸν μονογενῆ, ἐκ ἀνθρώπους τοῦἐκ Πατρὸς γεννηθέντα Τὸν δι' ἡμᾶςτὸν τοὺς καὶ διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σαρκωθέντα πάντων τῶνκατελθόντα αἰώνων· ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ σωτηρίαν ἐκ Πνεύματος Μαρίας Παρθένου καὶ ἐ φῶς ἐκ φωτός,Ἁγίου Θεὸν καὶ ἀληθινὸν ἐκτῆς Θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ, σαρκωθέντα νανθρωπήσαντα. γεννηθέντα οὐ ποιηθέντα, ὁμοούσιον Πατρί, δι' ἐκ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου καὶ Μαρίας τῆς τῷ Παρθένου καὶοὗ ἐ τ ὰνανθρωπήσαντα. πάντα ἐγένετο. Τὸν δι' ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν Credo in unum Deum, σωτηρίαν κατελθόντα ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ Patrem omnipoténtem, Верую во единаго Бога Отца, σαρκωθέντα Factórem cæli et terræ, Вседержителя, Творца небу и земли, ἐκ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου καὶ Μαρίας τῆς Παρθένου καὶ ἐ Верую во единаго Бога Visibílium ómnium etОтца, invisibílium. νανθρωπήσαντα.
видимым же всем и невидимым. Вседержителя, Творца небу и земли, Et in unum Iesum Christum, видимым же Dóminum всем и невидимым. ИFílium во единаго Господа Иисуса Христа, Dei Unigénitum, Сына Божия, Единороднаго, Et exединаго PatreГоспода natumИисуса ante ómnia И во Христа,sæcula. Иже от Отца рожденнаго прежде всехDeum век; verum de Deo vero, Deum de Deo, lumen de lúmine, Верую единаго Бога Отца, Сынаво Божия, Единороднаго, Génitum, non Бога factum, consubstantiálem Света от Света, истинна от Бога истинна, Patri: Вседержителя, Творца небу прежде и земли, Иже от Отцаómnia рожденнаго всех век; Per quem facta sunt. рожденна, несотворенна, видимым всем и hómines невидимым. Света отже Света, Бога истиннаet отpropter Бога истинна, Qui propter nos nostram salútem единосущна Отцу, Имже вся быша. рожденна, несотворенна, Descéndit de cælis. ИEt воincarnátus единаго Господа Иисуса единосущна Отцу, Имже всяХриста, быша. est de Spíritu Sancto Нас ради человек и нашего ради спасения Сына Божия, Единороднаго, Ex María Vírgine, et homo factus est.
LATIN MANUSCRIPT LATIN MANUSCRIPT 325 A.D. | 381 A.D. 325 A.D. | 381 A.D. LATIN MANUSCRIPT 325 A.D. | 381 A.D.
GREEK MANUSCRIPT GREEK MANUSCRIPT 381 A.D. 381 A.D. GREEK MANUSCRIPT 381 A.D.
LATIN MANUSCRIPT CYRILLIC/ SLAVIC MANUSCRIPT 325 A.D. |SLAVIC 381 CYRILLIC/ 863 A.D. A.D. MANUSCRIPT 863 A.D. CYRILLIC/ SLAVIC MANUSCRIPT 863 A.D.
сшедшаго с небес, и воплотившагося Иже Отца рожденнаго прежде век; Насот ради человек и нашего радивсех спасения от Духа иБога Марии Девы,от и вочеловечшася. Света отСвята Света, Бога истинна, сшедшаго с небес, иистинна воплотившагося рожденна, несотворенна, от Духа Свята и Марии Девы, и вочеловечшася. единосущна Отцу, Имже вся быша. Πιστεύω εἰς ἕνα Θεόν, Πατέρα, Παντοκράτορα, ποιητὴ Нас ради человек и нашего ради спасения ν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς, ὁρατῶν τε πάντων καὶ ἀοράτων. сшедшаго с небес, и воплотившагося отΚαὶ Духа и Марии Девы,Χριστόν, и вочеловечшася. εἰςСвята ἕνα Κύριον Ἰησοῦν τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τ
ὸν μονογενῆ, τὸν ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς γεννηθέντα πρὸ πάντων τῶν αἰώνων· φῶς ἐκ φωτός, Θεὸν ἀληθινὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ, γεννηθέντα οὐ ποιηθέντα, ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί, δι' οὗ τ ὰ πάντα ἐγένετο.
We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, the maker of heaven and earth, We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, of things visible and invisible. the maker of heaven and earth, of things and invisible. And in onevisible Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the begotten of God the Father, And in one Lord Jesus Christ, Son ofofGod, the Only-begotten, that is of thethe essence the the begotten of God the Father, Father. We in one God, the Almighty, thebelieve Only-begotten, that is Father of the essence of the the maker of Light heaven earth, Father. God of God, of and Light, of things true God visible of true and God,invisible.
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in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible. Who for us humanity and for our salvation came God God,heaven, Light ofwas Light, downoffrom incarnate, was made true of humanity true WhoGod forwas us and for ourholy salvation human, bornGod, perfectly of the virgincame begotten and not made; Mary the Holy Spirit. downby from heaven, was incarnate, was made of the very same of the Father, By whom He took body, soul, mind, and human, was bornnature perfectly ofand the holy virgin by Whom all things cametruly into being, everything that is in man, and not in Mary by the Holy Spirit. in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible. semblance. By whom He took body, soul, and mind, and everything that is in man, truly and not in Who for us humanity and for our salvation came semblance. down from heaven, was incarnate, was made human, was born perfectly of the holy virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit. By whom He took body, soul, and mind, and everything that is in man, truly and not in semblance.
We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, the maker of heaven and earth, of things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the begotten of God the Father, the Only-begotten, that is of the essence of the Father. God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten and not made; of the very same nature of the Father, by Whom all things came into being, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible. Who for us humanity and for our salvation came down from heaven, was incarnate, was made human, was born perfectly of the holy virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit. By whom He took body, soul, and mind, and everything that is in man, truly and not in semblance.
Τὸν δι' ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν
We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, the σωτηρίαν κατελθόντα ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ maker of heaven and earth, of things visible and σαρκωθέντα We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, the invisible. ἐκ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου καὶ Μαρίας τῆς visible Παρθένου maker of heaven and earth, of things and καὶ ἐ νανθρωπήσαντα. invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
the begotten of God the Father, the And in one Lordthat Jesus the Sonofofthe God, Only-begotten, is ofChrist, the essence We in one God,the theFather, Fatherthe Almighty, the thebelieve begotten of God Father. maker of heaven and earth, of things visible Only-begotten, that is ofОтца, the essence theand Верую во единаго God of God, Light ofБога Light, true God ofoftrue invisible. Father. Вседержителя, Творца небу и земли, God, begotten and not made; of the very same God ofofGod, Light Light, true God of came true видимым же всемof иbyневидимым. nature Father, Whom allSon things And in begotten onethe Lord Jesus Christ, the of God, God, and not made; of the very same into being, in of heaven andFather, on earth, visible and the begotten God the the nature of the Father, byИисуса Whom Христа, all things came И во единаго Господа invisible. Only-begotten, that is of theonessence of the and into being, in heaven and earth, visible Сына Божия, Единороднаго, Father. invisible. Иже отusОтца рожденнаго прежде всех век; Who forGod, humanity and for ourGod salvation came God of Light of Light, true of true down from wasmade; incarnate, was made Света от heaven, Света, истинна Бога истинна, God, begotten andБога not ofот the very same Who forwas us humanity and for our salvation came human, perfectly of the holy virgin рожденна, несотворенна, nature of theborn Father, by Whom all things came down was incarnate, was made Mary byfrom theinheaven, Holy Spirit. единосущна Отцу, Имже быша. into being, heaven and onвся earth, visible and human, was born perfectly of the holy virgin By whom He took body, soul, and mind, and invisible. Mary by the Holy Spirit. everything is in и man, trulyради and спасения not in Нас радиthat человек нашего By whom He took body, soul, and mind, and semblance. сшедшаго с небес, и воплотившагося Who for us humanity ourand salvation everything that is in and man,for truly not incame от Духа и Марии Девы, и was вочеловечшася. down from Свята heaven, was incarnate, made semblance. human, was born perfectly of the holy virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit. By whom He took body, soul, and mind, and everything that is in man, truly and not in semblance.
We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, the maker of heaven and earth, of things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the begotten of God the Father, the Only-begotten, that is of the essence of the Father. God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten and not made; of the very same nature of the Father, by Whom all things came into being, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible. Who for us humanity and for our salvation came down from heaven, was incarnate, was made human, was born perfectly of the holy virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit. By whom He took body, soul, and mind, and everything that is in man, truly and not in semblance.
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MORPHOLOGY and NUMEROLOGY CYRILLIC NUMEROLOGY CHART 33 TOTAL ALPHABETS 11 ALPHABETS ON EACH SIDE OF THE TRIANGLE
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NATIONAL GARDENS
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