Portfolio; Works 2022

theodoros tselepidis

:selected works 2022

School Projects:

Quarter 2032; Collective Housing, Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany 08 - Eco - Techno Squatting; Housing, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany 16 Fabric House; Housing, Weisensee, Berlin, Germany 24 Mediating Entities; Upcycling Center, Tegel, Berlin, Germany 32 Scalo Lambrate; Urban neighborhoud, Lambrate, Milan, Italy 40

Proffesional Projects:

Building Complex of Ministry of Infrastructure; Ministry of Infrastruture, Athens, Greece 48

Theodoros Tselepidis Architect

th.tsel@outlook.com +30 69 892 772 12

Berlin, Germany

HELLO!

My name is Thodoris, I was born in 1993 in Athens, Greece. Today I live in Berlin and work as an architect. I like working with lines, types and symbols. English C1 Italian B1 German B1 Greek native

LANGUAGES

SKILLS

AutoCAD QGIS Rhino 3D V-Ray Photoshop Indesign 3DS max Corona Revit ArchiCAD

HOBBIES

Photography, music, technology, video games, cinema, volleyball.

11/2020 - 09/2022

09/2014 - 10/2020

02/2018 - 09/2018

09/2012 - 09/2014

09/2005 - 06/2011 11/2019 -12/2019

06/2019 - 11/2019

MSc in Architecture Typology (M-Arch-T) Department of Architecture, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany G.P.A. 1.3/1 (2-year Master of Science degree)

Diploma in Architecture Engineering Department of Architecture Engineering, University of Patras, Patras, Greece G.P.A. 8.93/10 (5-year professional degree)

MSc in Architecture and Urban Design Department of Architecture and Urban Design, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Semester G.P.A. 27/30 (Erasmus Studies)

Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Arts Department of Conservation and Work of Arts, T.E.I. of Athens, Athens, Greece Two-years G.P.A. 8.76/10 (2-year Studies)

High School Diploma Ionidios Model & Experimental School of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece G.P.A. 16.7/20

Dragonas Christopoulou Architects, Athens, Greece Junior Architect: Architectural competition

Agapi Proimou Architects, Athens, Greece Intern Architect: Post-production tasks, concept development, competition

COMPETITIONS

05/2022 11/2019

02/2022

10/2019

02/2022 & 04/2022

11/2019 02/2018

WA Award 2022 [Eco-Techno Squatting: 1st prize] Student architectural competition for architecture in planetary boundaries. Berlin, Germany

Berlin Affordable Housing Challenge [Fabriq House: top 30 shortlisted project] Architectural competition for innovative design proposals for Berlin’s housing crisis. Berlin, Germany

Lycabettus Theater

Architectural competition for the regeneration and the building infrastructures of Lycabettus Athens, Greece

Greek Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport [Prisma: top 30 proposals]

Architectural competition for the new building of Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. Athens, Greece

WORKING EXPERIENCE EXHIBITIONS

Living Worlds, On Site Photography Exhibition. TU Berlin & TU Vienna, Berlin, Vienna, Germany, Austria

Architectural Autopsy: Learning From Diaspora Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art & Planning, United States

Visible Copenhagen, Strong Urban Landscape Design Department of Architecture, Politecnico di Milano, Landscape Architecture Course

Selected School Projects:

Lichtenberg 2032: Ten years ago, in 2022, a vision was born from a wish to emerge working and living spaces and to create new housing typologies in Berlin. An initiative group in Lichtenberg started embracing the shifts happening in the social, economic, and cultural realms by envisioning an alternative future for Berlin. They wanted to investigate the idea that; “What if people take action and promote a circular, collective, and non-profit ownership and development model?“

To test this idea, they introduced an experimental prototype for a mixeduse cooperative with an alternative ownership model based on collectivity and participation, and localizing the material resources. After a prototyping and research phase which lasted until 2025, the group developed this vision further by utilizing a digital platform to spread their goals and strategies to grow their community. They formed a building cooperative among the members to be in charge of the project construction in the premises.

The first prototypical project started its construction in 2027 at Josef Orlopp str. 97 by using a digital interface, the Cohab Configurator, as a game-like tool for communication and participatory design between the residents and architects. It meant to provide them with a set of building component toolkits and a catalog of existing materials, to emerge a resilient, user-oriented block, where people’s lives and jobs positively affect their neighborhood and community.

physical model; scale 1:100

more information about the cooperative and the participatory interface can be found in this video explained by the actors themselves.

“A prototype for a future-oriented cohabitation typology in Lichtenberg”

Quarter 2032

Type: Master Diploma Thesis Project

University: Technical University of Berlin (M-Arch Typology)

Date: 2022

Program: Residential, Commercial, Light-production Location: Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany

Personal Role: Concept, Desing, Final drawings and illustrations, Urban/Typological analysis Publications: > archisearch.com

Team: Theodoros Tselepidis, Hanie Norouzzadeh, Maria Dimitroudi

Professors: Rainer Hehl, Eike Roswag-Klinge

1. Welcome to the CO-HAB Configurator.

4. Pick the most suitable housing location to continue. 7. Pick from the Kitchen components.

10. Hybridization of the components to create the final shared core. 13. Pick from the living satellites.

2. Sign in and pick your group. 5. Start by creating the shared core. 8. Pick from the Service components. 11. To continue go to the personal rooms section. 14. If it is necessary also pick from the working satellites.

3. Discover the housing territories and pick yours. 6. Explore the given components. 9. Pick from the Mixed components. 12. Explore the satellite components. 15. Hybridization of all the components together to create the final outcome.

16. Save the final outcome that you have created with your group.

17. Check how your house is located in the infrastructure.

18. Submit the final outcome and wait for the evaluation.

Kitchen components inculde dining and cooking spaces and equipement. The design objective is to include those processes in the function cycles of the project and provide comfortable living enviroment.

Mixed components are flexible shared spaces for diffecerent purposes in the houses. They include thresholds, gardens and free-use rooms and provide adaptable open spaces.

Service components inculde bathrooms, storage rooms and stairs. They are the components which complete the shared spaces of each house with all the necessary utilities.

Living satellite components are personal rooms which would be combined with a shared core of a house.

Working components are provided for the work related programs. Together with a living component, they can create a new living and/or working component.

PROJECT POSSIBLE OUTCOME BASED ON CO-HUB

B B’

first floor plan; between three different housing territories

isometric; sharing and collectivity cycles section B-B’

perspective section; the relation between old ruin & new structure.

a triangle threshold operates as the main entrance to the shared spaces of this living/working house

the main entrance of the building shaped in between the new glt structure and the brick factory ruin

a patio in the core of the building as the social and connecting ground between the housing territories

In 2021, an ecological movement, called Eco-Techno Squatting, arises to redeem the place of non-human entities in the heart of huge cities like Berlin. The Eco-Techno Activists are trying to manifest an ecological viewpoint onthe coexistence between natural, technological, and human actors to look for an active balance in our environment. They claim abandoned structures in the urban fabric and introduce a new model and culture of living, a co-inhabitation with technology and nature to eventually transform it into a lively micro-neighborhood.

They are opposing the privileging of human existence as one and only dominant actor over the existence of natural actors, and technological elements, and create spaces of encounter and interaction among Zoe-GeoTechno entities, which are all constantly codependent and cooperate to build up an open system.

The Eco-Techno-Squatting aims to create an alternative living model that answers the question of ‘how we want to live together’. The Eco-TechnoSquatters challenge the consolidated concept of ownership within the urban fabric by squatting the ruins and changing the property status. At the same time, they bring to the fore process-oriented and construction participatory strategies by actively involving the resident in all the stages of reconstitution of the ruin. Nevertheless, the establishment of this micro-neighborhood presupposes the creation of an alternative economic model and a set of coordinative rules. This model reflects on the idea of a self-sufficient and sustainable way of living, not only as a part of a general ecological thinking concept but also as a social framework.

The role of the resident is no longer one-dimensional. It is necessary for the resident not only to acquire a practical skillset but also to be proactive and actively involved in the social, economic, and political issues of the community.

The project in Köpenicker Straße 140, Berlin is an attempt to implement the Eco-Techno-Squatting manifestation in an actual ruin.

more information about the set up strategies and the narrative can be found in this video explained by the actors themselves.

Eco - Techno Squatting

Type: Typology Studio III

University: Technical University of Berlin (M-Arch Typology)

Date: 2021/2022

Program: Residential, Commercial

Location: Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

Personal Role: Concept, Desing, Final drawings and illustrations, Typological analysis

Publications: > wa magazine May 22 >baunetz-campus.de >wettbewerbe-aktuell.de

Competitions: > wa award 2022 - Architektur in planetaren Grenzen: 1st prize

Team: Theodoros Tselepidis, Hanie Norouzzadeh, Maria Dimitroudi

Professors: Rainer Hehl, Marta Fernandez Guardado

HUMAN ACTORS

the timeline of a project; initiation / growth / consolidation

- knows how-gui dence in the con struction.

- assemble and help with building.

- organisation with the rest of the team. - take care of the plants.

- 1 sleeping unit - studio working-ma chines

- storage region - plant nursery

- constructs the building‘s water collection and algea infrastructure. - installs infr for kitchen and bathroom areas.

- 1 sleep unit - 1 toolkit storage - 1 working station

- design the program and stages of the intervention.

- assemble and help with building.

- take care of her own garden.

- Wall painting and graffitii.

- 1 big unit for sleep ing and flexibe uses. - studio for working/ study.

- tiny garden box for her plants

AGRICULTURIST

- research on cultiva tion methodes find ideas for using simple reneauable energy. - teach to the oth er members of the group. - take care of the main plantation floor

- 1 sleeping unit and - 1 extra space for visitors or flexible use - study/research space - Lab to experiment

- help in the interve tion-accustics. - assemble and help with building. - take care of the event room.

MARIA ARCHITECT

- design the program and stages of the intervention.

- assemble and help with building. - take care of the common workshops

- 1 sleeping unit and 1 extra space for visi tors or flexible use.

- studio record space - storage

- 1 sleeping unit and 1 extra space for visi tors or flexible use - studio work ing-study-pottery ceramics

- take the lead on the wood construction.

- find ideas for fast & optimum ways.

- assemble and help with building.

- supervise the rest of the group in wood construction.

- 1 sleeping unit - Wood workshop - storage region

- works with algae cultivation farm.

- take care of the labs and greenhous es. - checks and does experiment on plants.

- 1 sleep unit and one extra space for visitors

- algae laboratory - greenhouse

- design the program and the stages of intervention.

- assemble and help with building.

- offers help to the collective kitchen.

- 1 sleep unit - 1 additional unit - working studio - storage

Maria Dimitroudi / Hanie Norouzzadeh / Theodoros Tselepidis

PLUMBER CRAFTSMAN CARPENTER BIOLOGIST ARTIST-MUSICIAN ARCHITECT ARCHITECT

CARLOS MAITA

LOUIE

PHILLIP HANIE ERICA

STEPHANIE THEODORE

typical floor plan groundfloor plan

the collective kitchen area shared by multiple apartments

the patio as an open circulation system and common space for natural and human actors

a view of the garden in the core of the block during the consolidation phase

The Fabric House is located in Weissensee, which is at the center of distinct areas with different characters. The site has also many potentials as it has threshold points where important residential, commercial, and industrial areas are located.

An important dimension that affected our project is the artistic and creative history of the Weissensee region that introduced a manyfold identity. This identity also refers to new potentialities, where it would be also correct to define it as a creative and constantly producing region.

Based on these, the main theme of the project is to bring a new perspective with the self-built culture method by bringing industrial and residential activities together. The users are encouraged to participate in the project from the construction stage and adapt it to each life flow. Through a catalog of selected room typologies, facade units, rooftops, and self-built outdoor spaces, residents have the opportunity to form their own spaces and find

Fabric House

Type: Architecture Design Studio

University: Technical University of Berlin (M-Arch Typology)

Date: 2021

Program: Residential, Commercial Location: Weissensee, Berlin, Germany

Personal Role: Concept, Desing, Final drawings and illustrations, Typological analysis, Physical model making Competitions: > Affordable House Berlin Challenge: top_30 shortlisted projects

Team: Theodoros Tselepidis, Maria Dimitroudi, Ossi Kunas, Ayberk Ozdemir

Professors: Finn Geipel

CIRCULATION access through the public streets of the complex as well as cross connection points

SCALE 1 building unit: catalogue component

LIVING-WORKING ROOMS CATALOGUES

SCALE 2 living unit: assemblage

1 selecting a plot

FACADE CATALOGUES

STREET CHARACTER intermittent streets for public & self-built use PROGRAM potential of 10 000 m2 of living units

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM load-bearing CLT framework

SITE LOCATION Weißensee, Berlin intersection between industrial & residential areas

SELF-BUILT UNITS CATALOGUES

1F apartment (3 occupants) + GF studio (1 occupant)

2 constructing the interior using living-working catalogue components

3 constructing the exterior using facade catalogue components

4 constructing the yard using the self-built catalogue components

the components the the maisonette (5 occupants)

one possible composition of Fabric House general axonometry

possiblity to install a greenhouse roof for an energy-efficient micro-climate

skylight window facing south the optimum natural light

skylight window facing south for the optimum natural light

self-built street loft (2 occupants)

perspective section: apartments with common outdoor space in the middle

cross section: co - working space and street market

cross section: apartments with shared garden in the middle

a selection of possible residential typologies:

“We perceive the future working environment as a public infrastructure, a mediator space where sequences of collective and secluded qualities can be spatially translated and working manifestations become visible.’’ We approached the influence of education in the working environment through its potentiality to creat a hybrid condition that is revealed in between working and educating processes. How the role of play, try and error, free and classles interactions, and knowledge transfer can form future working enviroments?

Taking this into consideration the main goal of our proposal is to develop diverse and organic connections and mediations among technical production processes, social processes, and knowledge production processes. Forming this mediator space is our main focal point, and we at tempt to experiment on how sequences of collective and secluded qualities can be spatially translated.

We tried to pass these principles in an upcycling research hub that collects plastic waste and produces innovative materials, as well as, through research and collective modes, develop knowledge.

We choose to experiment on this program because it lets us seek synergy between praxis and theory, as well as to trigger awareness about the work ing processes. We attempt to create an open platform where material and immaterial work can interlink organically, where at the same time diverse users by working and interacting, can form social bonds without the need to shred their differences into one homogeneous body.

Mediating Entities

Type: Typology Studio I

University: Technical University of Berlin (M-Arch Typology)

Date: 2020/2021

Program: Upcycling Research Hub

Location: Tegel, Berlin, Germany

Personal Role: Concept, Desing, Final drawings and illustrations, Typological analysis

Publications: > m-arch-t.tu-berlin.de >baunetz-campus.de

Team: Theodoros Tselepidis, Amirhossein Rezaei, Hanie Norouzzadeh, Maria Dimitroudi

Professors: Rainer Hehl

The trail path as a mediator component.

The Fab-Lab as a fixed component.

The agora as a mediator component.

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By the end of the 19th century, Milan implements its first general city plan (Beruto Plan). One of the main guiding principles that define this plan is examining the relationship between the city within the Spanish walls and the city that had already started forming outside. The city extended itself concentric, while the Spanish walls that till then were defining the medieval city are knocked down.

During the Explo of 2015 that hosted in Milan, it was presented the new general city plan; seven visions of Milan of 2030. This plan renegotiates the concentric extension of the city and the regeneration of seven abandoned railyards in the periphery of the city.

This research focuses on one of these abandoned railyards and attempts to find strategies that will convert the abandoned margin area of Scalo Lambrate into a connecting node between the city center and the periphery.

The 2030 city plan suggests the regeneration of Scalo Lambrate and proposes the implementation of a new sustainable neighborhood with a mixture of residential, commercial, public, and green spaces.

The final proposal suggests the design of a sports center, a residential building, a park with sports facilities, and a pedestrian bridge above the railway system.

Milano 2030; 7 visions for the abandoned railway yards.

Scalo Lambrate

Type: Diploma Thesis Project

University: University of Patras Date: 2019/2020

Program: Residential, Sport Center, Pedestrial Bridge, Park Location: Lambrate, Milan, Italy

Personal Role: All from start to finish Publications:

Team: Theodoros Tselepidis Professors: Panos Dragonas

Project’s main vision and Lambrate’s urban analysis

Sport’s Center; groundfloor plan

Lambrate

Sport’s Center; west view from Città Studi

Sport’s Center; third floor plan

Sport’s Center; reaching the pedestrian bridge

Quartiere Lambrate; Apartment views

Quartiere Lambrate; Exploded Isometric

Parco Scalo Lambrate; Sports facilities

Quartiere Lambrate; typical floor plan

Quartiere Lambrate; South-West view

Parco Scalo Lambrate; between the bridge and the quartiere.

Selected Proffesional Projects:

It is essential for a public building to refer to a public space especially when it is situated on a heavy traffic artery such as present day Pireos street in Athens. An open public space that combines unobstructed access to a protected niche, with the creation of a constant flow of human presence through activities generated by a network of public programs.

This reflects the main concern of the design approach to this entry for the competition to design the new headquarters for the complex that will house the General Secretariat of Infrastructure for the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport on Pireos street in Athens.

The proposal emphasizes the need for a stimulating lively public space that is accessible day and night. The team created a submerged public square – a “crater” for public activity– forging a new ground floor datum 4 meters below street level. From this new datum two concrete “pylons” emerge occupying the minimum footprint of the “crater’s” area, to house a multitude of public programs such as a library, a day care center, a conference center, an amphitheater, and a museum of technology. main elevation

Building Complex of the Ministry of Infrastructure

Type: Architectural Competition

Date: 2019

Program: Greek Ministry of Infrastructure

Location: Athens, Greece

Personal Role: Concept, Desing, Final drawings and illustrations Publications: > archisearch.gr

Team: Theodoros Tselepidis, Agapi Proimou, Lefteris Michaloutsos, Alexandra Stratou, Tina Marinaki, Constantinos Moustakis, Valia Kavalla, Manos Kyriazis, Nikos Nakos.

Floorplan of administrative offices | LEVEL +3.60 LEVEL -0.40 | Groundfloor Plan of Public Square

LEVEL -16.00m

Underground parking

LEVEL -7.00m

Archive

LEVEL -13.00m Underground parking

LEVEL -10.00m Archive & underground parking

LEVEL -4.00m Public Spaces & Shared Programs

LEVEL -0.40m Entrance & Shared Programs

LEVEL +3.60m Ministry Administration

LEVEL +7.80m Ministry Administration

LEVEL +11.40m Ministry Administration

LEVEL +15.00m

Ministry Administration

LEVEL +18.60m

Minister’s Office / Cafe

LEVEL +21.00m

Solar Panels Rooftop

Vertical Circulation Patio

Solar Panel Rooftop

Administration Offices

Minister’s Office Meeting Rooms Public Garden

Vertical Circulation Patio Mediation Bridge

Meeting Rooms

Rooftop Cafe Administration Offices

Exhibition

Ministry’s Archive

Underground Parking

THANK YOU!

References:

Rainer Hehl rainer.hehl@tu-berlin.de Architect, Technical University of Berlin Professor, Berlin

Germain Chi Chin Chan g.chan@tu-berlin.de Architect, Technical University of Berlin Tutor, Berlin

Marta Fernandez Guardado martafergua@gmail.com Architect, Technical University of Berlin Tutor, Berlin

Panos Dragonas panos.dragonas@gmail.com Architect, University of Patras Professor, Athens

Agapi Proimou aproimou@upatras.gr Architect, University of Patras Professor, Athens

A collection of my works as an architecture student till 2022 November 2022