ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO KAPODISTRIA MARA
Healthcare Design in Organodomi
Indicative projects: Affidea Diagnostic Centres/Polyclinics
Contents
“The BrainARCHy”
with prof. Papalampropoulos L.
A social experiment on Neuroarchitecture, Patras
“Smart Kryoneri”
with prof. Dragonas P.
Regeneration of urban, coastal zone, Zakynthos
The reception area of the Affidea Diagnostic Centres is designed to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere for visitors. The combination of contemporary design and materials, modern technology and high aesthetics aims to reduce the anxiety of patients, both during the examination and the waiting period.
With safety, functionality and unimpeded access to the Affidea premises as core principles, a positive, relaxing and attractive clinical environment is created.
“The BrainARCHy”
A social experiment on Neuroarchitecture, Patras
Generally, the project is about creating a social experiment, in other words a future micro-society that people can live, educate and work. It is based on how architecture affects the human brain, in other words on neuroarchitecture, and it is also a criticism about the “intelligent” future of the cities.
According to research from numerous universities, multiple spatial elements, can have different impact on the function of human brain, thus creating different feelings and capabilities.
At the same time, multiple architectural elements, shapes and materials, can influence in a different way the human brain, producing specific brain waves.
Based on the above research, a building structure is created, which is based on the excessive use and repetition of these elements. Respectively, the three levels are configurated, that, from top to bottom, serve functions such as work, education and habitation.
This social experiment, is taking place in Patras, Greece, in a specific unexploited site, previously working as a train station.
Respectively, the three levels are configurated, in a way that; from bottom to top, as seen on the drawings below, serve functions such as work, education and habitation.
“Smart Kryoneri”
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The subject
the dissertation thesis is the regeneration of the coastal, urban region of Kryoneri in Zakynthos, with the application of smart technologies.
Proceeding to the further analysis of the region, we understand the different qualities of the surfaces, with emphasis on the few green areas and the large quantity of rocks.
It is basically a residential area, which includes also both urban and tourist uses.
The circulation is structured by the horizontal, dual direction coastline boulevard that leads from the one side to the town centre and from the other to the suburb Akrotiri, as well as by smaller vertical routes that connect the area with different points of Zakynthos.
The redesign of Kryoneri, is based on a layering strategy. According to this, the issues and the needs of the area, are encountered by its configuration to different layers, which concern the movement, the surface and its buildings.
Thus, the elements of layering are configurated: movements, surfaces, points and large objects.
The goal of this regeneration, besides the urban redesign and the practical “smart” upgrade, is the creation of an area, which now modernised, does not adheres to the technology, but on the contrary, is actually “smart”, by responding to the people needs and by providing interesting and useful programs. In relation to the Research thesis, a critical evaluation of smart cities, we raise the question of what is this, that makes a city or a neighbourhood really intelligent. According to this, for our region, we sum up to the following axes, on the basis of which, the area can be regenerated in a smart way: mobility, people, environment, technology and economy.
By reviving a coastal zone, as we have mentioned, emphasis should be placed on the different kinds of beaches which are now created.
Firstly, on the urban beach with the re-use of the G.N.T.O. facilities, which now function as thalassotherapy center with: fitness suites, W.C. and chainging rooms, pools and hydromassage.
Also, on the connection of the tourist beach with the commercial zone, with the corresponding access roads and connection routes for a larger expansion of visitors, the restaurants- bars which work on the tourist beach, the semiopen market that also functions with a green, sustainable manner, by having as a base an organic garden that supplies both market and restaurant. Furthermore, similtaneously, more shops with local products are working with a view to the harbour.
Lastly, the cultural beach and zone, creating interesting, contiguous routes of connection.
