DIMITRI0S ZOUPAS SELECTED WORKS FEB.13 dimitrios Zoupas Kastanienallee 37, Berlin, 10119 +49 015151007630
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muSEum OF uNdERWATER ANTIQuITIES International Ideas Competition / Athens / October 2012 The Municipality of Piraeus in Greece launched an international Ideas competition for the transformation of an existing Silo Building, situated in the Port of the city, into a museum of Underwater Antiquities. On a second level it was asked from the participants to provide a master plan for the
Museum’s surroundings, so that the whole area could eventually operate as an extended zone of cultural activities.
The core challenge of the transformation of the building lies in the manipulation of the former grain containers, an array of concrete shells of 2,5 x 2,5 x 26,00m size.
The project becomes one of subtraction rather than of addition; the building has to stand up to
the standards of a contemporary Museum, preserving along the way also elements of its industrial past. Except from the carving out of the interior, the sole architectural gesture in our proposal is
the introduction of a ‘new roof’, that follows the grid of the former cells and houses the restaurant and the temporary exhibition. By means of a long linear building outside of the existing, we house
further parts of the program, as laboratories and storage rooms, and also provide the museum with a new entrance.
The theme of linearity is implemented also for the overall organization of the surrounding area. collaboration : A.Avlonitis, I.Giannakopoulou bird’s eye view perspective
axonometric diagrams
entrance view
terrace view
longitudinal section
first floor plan
KOLEmVETES : REVISI(TI)NG THE OBLIQuE Master of Design Thesis / Harvard GSD / January 2011
Built on two parts, my Thesis seeks to address the tradition of anthropometric models in Architecture through a new
perspective. The first part is devoted to an analysis of the Architectural Manifesto ‘The Function of the Oblique’, signed
by Paul Virilio and Claude Parent in 1966. Although not explicitly portrayed as an anthropometric model by its authors, the
‘Oblique’ is treated as such in the context of the present work. In contrast to other anthropometric models of the mid-20th century, the ‘Oblique’ revolutionized the frame of metric reference to the human body, by placing its emphasis not on the body’s physiognomy, but on its physiology. Rather than an abstract representation, the body of the ‘Oblique’ is an alive, idiosyncratic, energized ‘being’.
The analysis of the first part takes the form of synthesis in the second part. In an effort to transcribe the principles of
the ‘Oblique’ in a present day context, the body of the Kolemvetes becomes the substitute for the body of the dancer,
which for Virilio and Parent would describe the ideal inhabitant of the ‘Oblique’. The principles of our aquatic kinesthetic experience, transcribed in a non-aquatic setting, provide the material for a new spatial narrative.
Let us for a moment revisit Virilio and Parent’s thesis: An Architecture of Dis-equilibrium for the body of Meta-stability. An Architecture of Topological continuity to accommodate Mobile and Immigrant bodies. What I want to suggest here instead is an Architecture of Disorientation for the body of In-stability. An Architecture of Topological Fracture, of Discontinuity, to accommodate Suspended and Alienated bodies.
PETRIPLATZ ARCHAEOLOGICAL VISITORs CENTER International Ideas Competition / Berlin / November 2012 The Petriplatz Archaeological Visitor Center will be a building unique of its kind for the city of Berlin. Built on the ruins of a gothic church and a Latin School the new center is comprised of two major areas : one is the Archive, where ruins from the site but also from other
excavation areas will be stored and exposed temporarily and a series of laboratories and research facilities of non public mainly character. As the interstitial space of both, the relative small exhibition area of the Visitor’s center brings the public and non public aspects of the program together. We chose from the outset to support the direction of having the ruins fully exposed to weathering (allowed also
by the brief) and envisioned the new Center as a part of an arcaeological walk, where one having finished the visit in the excavation site concludes the route by a visit to the Archive hall as well as the laboratories and conservation facilities. The building hovers from the
ground sitting on concrete pillars; the expression of the building becomes the dialogue of the heavy brutalist concrete Archive and the light translucent glazed surface of the laboratories. collaboration : Holzer Kobler Architekturen
conceptual diagram
construction detail
exploded axonometric
the excavation area
Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point Passenger Terminal International Ideas Competition / Hong Kong / March 2011 The design ideas competition called for active submissions in relation to the proposed Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point (BCP) Passenger Terminal building and the four vehicular bridges across the Shenzhen River. The new BCP will be located in Hong
Kong’s north-eastern New Territories and Shenzhen’s Luohu district to serve passenger, goods and vehicular traffic travelling between Hong Kong (HK) and Shenzhen (SZ) East.
The forms involved in our proposal are inspired by speed of the moving articles and bodies. The space is to be observed from the
point of view of the holder of the velocity, bestowed by the systems of transportat ion. Even our skylights are fashioned like linear openings to track the trajectories of the moving vehicles. In a space circumscribed by speeds, transits and flows we can no longer afford
the single window opening, the corner, the detail, or the ‘here’ -anything that jeopardizes the continuum from A to B. Our elements had to be smoothened into meshworks, curves and a multiple ‘nowhere’ to better facilitate the act of conveyance. collaboration : A. Evripioti, C.Bouras
the interior crossing
bird’s eye view perspective
The control of borders, wherever it is exerted,
comes in a pair of vectors: the entering and exiting. These two antithetical arrows usually mirror one
another. They organize materials, logistic systems a/c
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supoporting facilities
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and job posts around a rigid axis of symmetry.
Nothing escapes the order of the two opposing
trajectories, and the whole -as with no particular orientation- serves as a mere combination that
exhaust the directionality of the components. Our design constitutes an opportunity to navigate a
form that is conceived as asymmetrical, specific
and vectorial, in order to differentiate the space of entering and exiting. ground and first floor plans
exploded axonometric
BETON HALA WATERFRONT CENTER International Ideas Competition / Belgrade / May 2011 The City of Belgrade launched an international one-stage architectural competition to design the Beton Hala Waterfront Center in Belgrade. The Waterfront Center is envisioned as the principal new access point from the capital’s riverfront to its historic core, and a contemporary architectural anchor point for a vibrant pedestrian zone in one of the city’s oldest continually inhabited parts.
Our architectural proposal for the new Beton Hala Waterfront Center supports and asserts the project vision of a dynamic urban hub which will reflect the
communication of history and future through a contemporary approach. The building comes into life as the amalgama of existing and new circulation routes and programmatic venues. Seen from below it presents itself as a bold architectural gesture, while seen from above it attempts to blend into the natural landscape and utterly ‘disappear’. collaboration : A. Evripioti, G.Koufakis, I.Karidi
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exploded axonometric
run off
pavements plazas
sustainable water management
rooftops bioswales
bioswales irrigation of new planting areas cistern
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GERmANINA ESTATE European Ideas Competition / Cyprus / July 2011 The Municipality of Geroskipou launched a two-stage ideas competition on the development of the former agricultural Estate of Germanina. Besides the partial restoration of
some of the existing buildings in the plot, a series of new programmatic functions pro-
posed by the competitors are housed in new buildings, both above and under-ground. With discrete gestures, the architectural proposal seeks to distinguish between the old and the new, both in terms of expression and materiality. with an overall desire however to keep a sense of homogeneity and visual continuity between the existing and the new fabric, as well as among the built and the natural landscape. collaboration : G. Pantazelou conceptual sketches
general layout
museum plaza
bridge view
AQUEDUCT SQUARE European Urban Design Competition / Greece / May 2008 The Municipality of Kavala in Greece inaugurated on 2008 a series of urban design competitions in an attempt to create a new face for the city. The third part of the competition presented here involved an area crossed by a Roman Aqueduct, one of the city’s
main touristic attractions. The name of the area itself is Ydragwgeio, which is the greek name for Aqueduct. The competition asked for the design of a public space in front of the Aqueduct. Any architecture intervention should be very careful in it’s relation to the monument. The program was up to the contesters to define.
Our proposal takes in consideration the enormous scale of the Monument but nevertheless suggests that it would be interesting to introduce a structure of equally
large scale in tension with the Aqueduct. The proposed structure is for the most part a promenade, a viewing platform and from one point on becomes a building,hosting a museum of the Roman Era of the city. collaboration : A. Avlonitis
longitudinal section
site plan
PLASTICITIES Academic / Harvard GSD / Fall 2009 The assignment called for the creation of a temporary pavillion to be placed in the Yard of Harvard University. The pavillion needs to be easiily constructed by two or three individuals and equally easily de-
mounted and transferred in another location. It will function primarily as a small resting area, a “relaxation station� as described by the brief. The choice of materials was open.
Our team chose to experiment with plastics and explore the particular features of plastics in building lightweight constructions. A
number of different aggregations were tested. The final form is composed by a series of identical modules, specially crafted so
that they allow a great degree of shape variation and flexibility. The
typical module is demonstrated along with potential ways of combining the modules together so that the desired form can be achieved. collaboration : D. Jack, A.Vacas
view of final assembly
paper tests
plastic module and aggregation system
CAD/CAM APPLICATIONS IN ARCHITECTURE Academic/ Harvard GSD / Fall 2009
This project was part of a student assignment for the course : “Cad/
Cam: applications in architecture� with Professor Martin Bechthold. As part of a study on material behavior we were asked to design a
lamp fixture using a flat sheet of metal. Our idea was to produce
a lighting module that could be reproduced and arranged in several
ways leading to a variety of end products: fixtures hanging from the ceiling, layed down on the table or mounted on the wall. We invested
our efforts in the research of different ways in which a flat sheet of metal can essentially be forced into shape to produce a threedimensional object.
collaboration : S. Schaum
hanging lamp
detail of the joint
MUSEUM OF BAVARIAN HISTORY Professional / International Ideas Competition / Holzer Kobler Arkitekturen January 2013 / Lead Designer
MINSHENG GALLERIES Professional / Studio PeiZhu / September 2011 - February 2012 / Lead Designer
PRAdA SEOuL Professional / ByoungCho Architects / May 2012 / Lead designer
WuHAN ART muSEum Professional / Studio PeiZhu / September 2011 - February 2012 / Lead designer
_Education HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN (Cambridge, MA)
Master in Design Studies(MDesS), concentration in Design and Technology, January 2011 Thesis : ‘Kolemvetes: Revisi(ti)ng the Oblique’, Professor Sanford Kwinter
+ The work addresses the use of anthropometric models in architectural design, using as its vehicle
and focal point an analysis of the work of Claude Parrent and Paul Virilio on the ‘function of the oblique’. NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY ATHENS, School of Architecture (Athens, Greece) Diploma of Architecture (5 year), February 2005 _Teaching / Research Teaching Assistant : GSD Edessa Studio, Fall 2009, Professor M.Schwartz
Research Assistant : The Zofnass Program for Infrastucture Sustainability (GSD), Fall 2009, Professor S.Pollalis
Research Assistant : GSD Ceramics Workshop, Castellon, Spain, Spring 2010, Professor M.Bechthold Teaching Assistant : NTUA 8th Semester Core Design Studio,Spring 2008, Professor D.Issaias
Teaching Assistant : NTUA 9th Semester Core Urban Design Studio, Fall 2007, Professor A.Kourkoulas Visiting Critic : Pratt Institute, !st and 2nd year Core Design Studio, 2009-2010
_Professional Experience Holzer Kobler Architects, Berlin (www.holzerkobler.ch) Project Architect
08.2012 - now
leading architectural competitions both in Germany and abroad. + Green City Competition, Zurich
+ New Library and Plaza for Green Square Competition, Sydney + Petriplatz Archaeological Visitor’s Center, Berlin + Museum of Bavarian History, Regensburg
Byoung Soo Cho Architects, Seoul (www.bchoarchitects.com) Project Architect
02.2012 - 06.2012
involved in cultural, residential and office projects in South Korea. + Kishwire Museum and Office Building, Busan + Prada Flagship Store, Seoul
Studio Pei Zhu, Beijing (www.studiopeizhu.com) Intermediate Architect
06.2011 - 02.2012
lead designer on a number of institutional and cultural buildings in China. + Minsheng Gallery, Beijing
+ Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan
+ Elementary and Secondary School, Beijing Zoupas Architecture, Athens (www.zoupas.eu) 02.2005 Architect / Partner
designed and completed a number of residential, commercial and public projects in Greece. participation in architectural competitions in Greece and abroad. Recent work includes: + Piraeus Cultural Coast, International Architectural Competition, Athens
+ The Aghia Sofia Axis, European Urban Design Competition, Thessaloniki + Germanina Estate, International Ideas Competition, Cyprus
+ Beton Hala Waterfront Center, International Ideas Competition, Belgrade
+ Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point, International Ideas Competition, Hong Kong + Enercube, Research Project on Sustainable Building Strategy, South Africa + Private Single and Multi-family Residences, Greece