Yearbook 2015/16
p. 25
Programme
The constituent parts of the semester Structured around four consequent phases, the project was set up in relation to its context(s). The specific and unique spatial and environmental qualities of this context(s) constituted a scenario for the projects, providing a foundation for the envisioning of new conditions and innovative architectural typologies. In the city, the project unfolded embracing the places in which the roofscape not only acted as a support for the already existing infrastructures or offered extended vistas, but also provided new territories for appropriation and inhabitation. Thus maximising its potential and responding to the city’s dynamics and spatio-environmental constraints (congestions, pollution, light noise, or the coexistence with other species…). In the landscape, extreme physical and environmental conditions became a living reality. The project aimed at reconstructing/sustaining (like a corset) the earth from the natural aggressive conditions (climate, erosion), making it possible to harvest its energies and vistas. The first phase was the initial formulation of a “manifest/programme” that outlined an individual position in relation to the subject matter: to dwell. The second phase - a preparation for site explorations. The third phase was the development of an architectural proposal and, consequently, the execution and production of a specific narrative derived from the performed investigations and the produced archive, aiming to communicate the project in the fourth phase.