Orestis Michelakis_ Portfolio + CV 2016 by Orestis Michelakis

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Orestis Michelakis Part II Architectural Assistant

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26 Samouil Haous Agia Triada, Heraklion Crete, Greece 712 02

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orestis.michelakis@gmail.com +30 6947131552

Who am I? I was born in 1992 in Crete, Greece where I grew up until 2010 that I moved to the UK to study Architecture. The socio-economic turmoil that my country and Europe in general experiences in the last decade was critical to the development of my own architectural agenda. I am fascinated by cities, the complexity of urban life, the material flows that they include and the way that the urban commons can contribute in city planning. I have a passion for pursuing collective and interdisciplinary solutions - something I desire to achieve practically in my projects. In my studies I had the opportunity to experiment with the social, economic, environmental and political dimension of architecture and to work in projects with strategies for transition to circular economies, renewable energy sources, participatory design and planning of community infrastructure as well as the struggle for reclaiming the “right to the city”.

Experiences 12/2016- Architecture workshops for children & young adults/ Environmental Workshop “Σπείρα”: A collective vision for the place we live in, identifying shared needs and activating our shared cultural experiences, constructing spatial interventions with waste. 2013-2014 Cre.Cen.D Architectural office & Publications agency/ Yorgis Petrakis/ Heraklion, Crete Thalita 13: Architectural intern; competing in architectural competitions; producing and presenting development strategies and case studies and other duties. Contact no. : +30 2810 282630 2013- Design and manufacture of handmade spearguns from timber, carbon fibre and resins for the main body and laser-cut mechanical parts from 316L steel and acetal: Made to order and set-up according to the free-divers needs and wants; personal occupation; using laser cutter, industrial lathes and woodworking tools. 2011- Experience working different jobs: professional fishing and food service.

Specialties Participatory design & construction: Group workshops for neighbourhood planning/ alternative methods of design and construction with industrial hemp, straw and recyclables/ urban space interventions. Preparation, composition and presentation of urban strategies and case studies: Transition to localised circular economies/ Urban resilience/ Sustainability/ Urban farming/ C.P.U.L. and industry within the urban fabric. Urban Commons & co-ownership: Strategies for collective use of resourses/ analysis of material flows and social capital/ co-ownership in housing & live-work environments/ utilising empty urban spaces.

Education 2014-2016 PlyMArch/ Master of Architecture / University of Plymouth: Live projects with emphasis in developing resilient strategies for the development of undermined or threatened urban areas; socio-spatial, economic and political aspects of architecture; the urban commons and their role in architecture and urban planning. 11-12/2015 Craft Revolution workshop / Schumacher College: Construction of a 12m2 cabin with timber by using vernacular construction methods and diy tools (i.e. steambending). 8/2014 International BioUrbanism Workshop: Heraklion Crete: Socio-Spatial Transformations Under the State of Emergency in Greece 2010-2013 BA in Architecture / University of Plymouth: Bachelor in architectural education; dissertation on the right to the city. 2006-2010 Fine art trainning / Kallitechniko Scholio Kritis [Arts School of Crete]: fine art; sculpture; dance; theatre; cinema.

PC Software_Skillset_Languages PC Software: AutoCAD/ Revit/ SketchUp/ Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator & Indesign/ LumionPro/ ArchiCAD/ Microsoft Office Skillset: Hand drawing/ Digramming/ Image edit/ 3D modelling/ Laser machine/ Imprinting and recording building condition/ Composition and presentation of complete urban strategies/ Participatory workshops/ Woodworking experience Languages: Greek[mother tongue]/ English[fluent with years of experience]/

Spanish [beginner]

Awards_Exhibitions 5/2014 Ideas competition/ Development strategy for the west coastal front of Heraklion, Crete / Municipality of Heraklion Crete/ 2nd award. Information :http://www.aahaeota.gr/node/495 6/2015 Competition Designing for the Urban Commons, by Theatrum Mundi / Winning project Information:http://designingtheurbancommons.org/ 6/2015 Exhibition MakeCity Festival Berlin, HO Project Space: Presentation of the project COMMONSTRUCTION to the public. 6/2015 Exhibition in LSE Atrium Gallery in collaboration with LSE Arts: Presentation of the project COMMONSTRUCTION.

Personal characteristics_Interests_Activities > Actively engaged/ Cο-operative/ Communicative/ Responsible/ Persistent/ Self-taught/ Adaptive/ Critical > Sketching/ Poetry/ Photography/ Architecture[radical, inclusive, vernacular]/ Dance/ Theater/ Painting > Freediving/ Spearfishing/ Sailing/ Guitar/ Handcrafting & constructions/ Reading/ Camping in nature/ Trekking

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Who am I? Experiences Education PC Software_Skillset_Languages Awards + Exhibitions Personal characteristics_Interests_Activities

CONTENTS PROJECTS

1.0 - COMMONSTRUCTION, Tottenham, London, 2015 [Award winner] 2.1 - URBAN STRATEGY: Backyard Revolution, 2016 Słupsk, Poland 2.2 - DETAILED DESIGN: Backyard Revolution, 2016 Słupsk, Poland 3.0 - Strategy for Industrial symbiosis, Tottenham, London, 2014 4.0 - Urban Waterfront Regeneration, Heraklion, Crete, 2014 [Architectural Competition] 5.0 - Public School Extension, Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, UK, 2013 6.0 - Stonebuilt house Restoration, Heraklion, Crete, 2009-2013 7.0 - Essays & Research 8.0 - Modelmaking 9.0 - Drawings & Graphic designs 10.0 - Handmade composite & timber spearguns

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1.0 Architectural Competition: COMMONSTRUCTION,

CONCEPTUAL SECTION: The relationship between space and use; living spaces, community workshops, public assembly spaces, facades and sreets.

Commonstruction project strategy

This project is the result of a collaboration between the PlyMArch course, the LSE and “OUR TOTTENHAM”, a group consisted by 52 collectives ( i.e. local businesses, urban agriculture groups, right to the city initiatives) that are set to propose an alternative to the municipal regeneration plan A_____ manual for radical inclusivity for Tottenham, London, with the claim that a policy of social cleansing is being used to facilitate a land grab by developers and speculators. We took part in participatory planning and design workshops Award Winning Project and spent several days discussing the situation with both ‘OUR TOTTENHAM’ and the local authorities DESIGNING THE URBAN COMMONS: Competition by responsible for the regeneration. Theatrum Mundi The purpose of this project/manual is to create a circular reference for various actors in the area that will coordinate collective action and enrich the threatened public life. There 4th May 2015 Tottenham, London are 3 key types of spaces that constitute it: live-work units; community workshops; and professional start-up spaces. The project is based on the legal model of a community land trust (CLT) in order to pursue equity and funding as a group. The mixed use groundfloor is primarily focused on community spaces (i.e. workshops) and professional start-up spaces that will act as a think-tank for the area. Above is a series of live-work units (3 different typologies) that residents construct themselves through participatory design and construction processes. Self-build or voluntarily-build projects earn 25% equity on completion. The live-work spaces will accommodate professionals that can help in running the community while the start-up spaces add density and are fundamental in sustaining the project economically. Our project acts as a place of assembly and collective action; for communities to meet, share knowledge and participate in commoning. We want to create a collective conscious between communities and promote and test alternative models of coexistence, in contrast to the current unsustainable model.

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CONSTRUCTION PROCESS OF LIVE/WORK UNITS

STAGE 1: Through participatory design an internal spatial arrangement is produced; then the construction process begins with the installation of a lighter timber framework of a customised internal arrangement plugged on to the heavy timber frame core. The workshops and professional spaces in the groundfloor are already functional.

STAGE 2: After the lighter timber frame is installed hempcrete is molded around the frame to construct walls and openings of the design. Similarly, the roof insulation is installed and cladded; the materials suggested for this process are recycled steel roof tiles and hemp insulation.

STAGE 3: The front and rear facade of every unit is made itnerractive through customised designs and cladding adapted to the use and arrangement of the unit. Surfaces that could act as party walls for future units remain plastered; this is decided through the spatial dialogue involving the whole project space.

STAGE 4: Areas in between units are transformed and adapted to the needs of the residents through shared agreements. As a result the project space will densify and simultaneously allow the users to collectively develop their space even further and offer creative solutions to problems that may arise. SPACE TYPLOGY A

SPACE TYPLOGY C

SPACE TYPLOGY B

The 3 different typologies that act as the basis for the participatory design process of the live-work and residential units designed to accomodate different types of users: 3-4 member families; individuals; professionals.

Conception of the completed project: On-going construction in the same space with functional living and professional spaces; Interractive facades allowing for entry and circulation through the mixed use groundfloor.

USES AND SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS:

Community space, workshops, events and exhibition are all located in the groundfloor coexisting and collaborating with more private professional spaces.

light study using sketchup analytics

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2.1 URBAN STRATEGY: Backyard

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REFURBISHED INDUSTRIAL SPACE

URBAN AGRICULTURE

DLUGA STREET

SITE 1

REET

SITE 3

DLUGA ST

EXISTING BUILDINGS

INTERNAL BACKYARD [PROPOSED INTERVENTION]

URBAN STRATEGY

Link to ISSUU publication of the complete booklet: https://issuu.com/orestismichelakis/docs/urban_strategy_ backyard_revolution_

OPEN GROUNDFLOOR AND INTERACTIVE FACADE TO PENETRATE THROUGH THE BLOCK AND DRAW ATTENTION TO THE BACKYARD

COLLECTIVE MAKERSPACE WITH KITCHEN + CAFE

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2016 Słupsk, Poland PlyMArch Live Project in collaboration with the municipality of Słupsk

SYNTHETIC WASTE RECYCLING WORKSHOPS

T NA S POL

Revolution Project _____

BACKYARD REVOLUTION is a live project in collaboration with the Municipallity of the city of Slupsk, Poland, completed as a part of the live project agenda of PlyMArch. This urban strategy is the 1st part of the project for the regeneration of the city centre of Slupsk. Site visit and workshops with the local communities and planners helped in forming a better idea of the place and its needs. After a detailed analysis and documentation of pedestrian circulation, spatial typologies, activities and uses, ownership status and socio-economic networks in the area we created a proposal that creatively combines existing resources and uses to create a resilient city model that relies on the principles of circular economy and is materialised through participatory methods of design and construction that promote inclusivity and collaboration. This project proposes an urban transformation strategy as a response to the problems and the city’s identity. Finally the theoretical analysis is distilled into a visual expression of this strategy that is communicated through a series of diagrams, sketches, models, photos,supported by a range of precedents.

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A ST OW

SITE 2

SITE 4

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PARADIGM OF A TRANSFORMED URBAN BLOCK- DIAGRAM ON PHOTOGRAPHED MODEL

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The 2nd part of the BACKYARD REVOLUTION project developed in collaboration with the city council of the city of Slupsk Poland, local NGOs, the city’s planning office and the residents of Dluga, the urban block that the project is based on. This is a continuation of the previous work, “BACKYARD REVOLUTION: Urban strategy”, and aims to take things into a buildings scale and show how radical inclusivity could be implemented technically through construction details and spatial design. The building offers a series of facilities for recycling, food production, energy generation, social gathering, urban agriculture, accomodation, community workshops and more. The core idea is that it acts as the material toolset and the think-tank that are necessary for inclusive change to happen in the Dluga urban block.

MASTERPLAN

The project is mindful of the reality of the city of Slupsk, the socioeconomic crises that the local population and public services face, the energy poverty of the Dluga area and many more issues that are explained in detail within the full presentation. Resourcefulness, efficiency, adaptiveness and ease of construction were key factors in building design so it can be easily built through participatory construction methods in collaboration with the local communities. Similarly, the facilities and circular metabolism of the building is meant to act as an organ of the greater metabolism of the surrounding area and in extend the city of Slupsk through material flows like organic and synthetic waste management services that the proposed building will contribute by re-appropriating the waste into construction materials and turning organic waste into biogas for heating. By following the steps of the project’s urban strategy for the transformation of the city of Slupsk a network of urban spaces in solidarity with one another is set up (food markets, urban agriculture, spaces of exchange, living and working environments, transport, cultural centers etc.) thus restructuring the city’s broken metabolism into a new, more inclusive model. Link to ISSUU publication of the complete booklet: https://issuu.com/orestismichelakis/docs/spatial_desingn_backyard_revolution

- Drop off and collection point

- Cedum roof with bee-friendly plants - Bee-hives - Solar panels

DETAILED DESIGN: Backyard Revolution Project _____

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2016 Słupsk, Poland PlyMArch Live Project in collaboration with the municipality of Słupsk

- Shared garden for residents of the neighbourhood - Greenhouse for plants and seedlings

- Experimental urban agricultural farm - Educational garden

- Main square - Outdoor market - Hydroponics farm - Resident/user sitting area - Park - Playground - Sitting area

- Allotments area - Main hemp cultivations

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- Parking spaces

MASTERPLAN

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BUILDING PLANS _____ 102

SOLAR PANELS

PELLETS TO PLACE COAL FOR THE HEATING OF LOCAL FAMILIES HONEY PRODUCTION

HEATING

RETROFITTED CONSTRUCTION WASTE IN USE

COMPRESSED RECYCLED WASTE WALL

COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS & PARTICIPATORY ARCHITECTURE

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER

PROCESSING RECYCLABLES

HEMP PROCESSING

PELLET PRODUCTION

BIO-DIESEL TANK

VEGETABLE RECYCLING

DOMESTIC WASTE

RECYCLABLE WASTE

SEDUM ROOF WITH HERBS & AROMATIC PLANTS

HYDROPONICS

GREY WATER FOR USE IN TOILETS

PROGRAMME 5.18 _____ CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS TO RETROFIT LOCAL HOUSING

SOLAR PANELS

BIODIESEL TO PLACE COAL FOR THE HEATING OF LOCAL FAMILIES

HEMP

MUNICIPAL WASTE

PERSPECTIVES + _____ 107

INTERNAL CYCLE WASTE

5.18 PROGRAMME _____

RAINWATER COLLECTION

PERSPECTIVES _____ INTERNAL CYCLES DIAGRAM: Organic waste from the cultivations are digested into biogas, biodiesel or pellets for heating while the food produced on site is used in the restaurant or sold in the 106

market on site. Rainwater is collected for grey water uses. Recyclable waste are collected from the area to be re-purposed, processed into construction materials or used for heating.

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Energy 1) Drop-in Station 2) Anaerobic Digester 3) Fuel storage 4) District Heating Boiler 5) Bio-Diesel & Pellet production

Hemp 6) Seed dehulling, oil press 7) Hemp Processing 8) Workshop Storage 9) Hempcrete Workshop

Recycling 10) Workshop Storage 11) Construction Workshop

Social Spaces 12) Collective kitchen / Café 13) Restaurant sitting area 14) Market 15) Information Hub

Community 16) Shared Laundry Facilities 17) Residential storage 18) Office 19) Projection room 20) Community Library 21) Aromatic garden, Bee Hives 22) Honey Processing 23) 5 Bedroom Apartment 24) 3 Bedroom Apartment 25) Bee Hives

Social Spaces 12) Collective kitchen / Café 13) Restaurant sitting area 14) Market 15) Information Hub

ENERGY

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Bio-Gas

Domestic organic waste Municipality organic waste Allotments organic waste

RECYCLABLES

Domestic waste Industrial waste Construction waste

Bio-Diesel

Anaerobic Digester

Drop Off

Pellet

Grinding

FOOD & LOCAL PRODUCE

HEMP

Locally grown Urban allotments Private cultivations

Locally grown Allotment grown Produced on site Construction waste

Recyclables

Oil Extraction

Sorting Cleaning

Recycling 10) Workshop Storage 11) Construction Workshop

Mixing Food processing

Shredding

Molding

Assembly & Community workshops

As seen when walking through the block

2nd FLOOR PLAN

Social Spaces 12) Collective kitchen / Café 13) Restaurant sitting area 14) Market 15) Information Hub

East entrance to the sheltered marketplace

Hemp 6) Seed dehulling, oil press 7) Hemp Processing 8) Workshop Storage 9) Hempcrete Workshop

1st FLOOR PLAN

Hemp 6) Seed dehulling, oil press 7) Hemp Processing 8) Workshop Storage 9) Hempcrete Workshop

The building within its context

Energy 1) Drop-in Station 2) Anaerobic Digester 3) Fuel storage 4) District Heating Boiler 5) Bio-Diesel & Pellet production

Internal courtyard and hydroponic farms

PLANS _____ 101

Retrofitting existing houses

Market N

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

MATERIAL FLOWS & INTERNAL CIRCULATION DIAGRAM ON THE GROUNDFLOOR PLAN

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1ST FLOOR WALL JOINT

SECTIONAL STUDY: MATERIAL COMPOSITION

SECTIONAL STUDY: LIGHT CONDITIONS

The sedum roof was selected as a simple green alternative that also allows activities like urban beekeeping and serves as a shared garden.

Strawbales cladded with recycled PVC panels are used for the residential spaces to achieve high levels of heat and sound insulation

Recycled synthetic waste are heat treated into sheets of 120x80cm that are stacked on top of one another using the frame as a guide.

While the interrior floor is made out of recycled synthetic sheets for the exterior prefabricated concrete slabs were preferred.

Hempcrete is used for the majority of groundfloor walls for its durability, fire resistance, sound insulation and ease of construction.

2ND FLOOR

SECTIONAL STUDY: NATURAL & MECHANICAL CIRCULATION

SECTIONAL STUDY: HEATING

STRAWBALE: 1ST FLOOR WALL JOINT Reclining system skylights that allow natural ventilation of the corridor of the residential units

Mechanical ventilation system is installed in the hempcrete workshop

19 °C Reclining system skylights that allow natural ventilation in the hempcrete workshop of the ground floor

25 °C 19 °C

1ST FLOOR Mechanical ventilation system is installed in the workshop spaces of the ground floor

25 °C

19 °C

Natural ventilation in addition to the mechanical ventilation in the plastic recycling workshop

25 °C

GROUNDFLOOR

HEMPCRETE/STRAWBALES: 1ST WALL JOINT

25 °C

SEDUM ROOF: WALL TO ROOF JOINT

LAYERED MODEL EXPLORING MATERIALITY AND USES

42X100mm GLULAM BATTEN

42X100mm GLULAM BATTEN 200X200mm GLULAM POST

200X200mm GLULAM POST

20mm LIME PLASTER INTERRIOR

30mm RECYCLED PLASTIC SHEET CLADDING

20mm LIME PLASTER EXTERIOR

400mm STRAWBALE INFILL

1000x800x300mm RECYCLED PLASTIC BRICKS

30mm RECYCLED PLASTIC SHEET CLADDING TRANSPARENT

800x600mm CONCRETE FOUNDATION

SYNTHETIC WASTE WALL STRUCTURE

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400mm HEMPCRETE INFILL 800x600mm CONCRETE FOUNDATION

800x600mm CONCRETE FOUNDATION

STRAWBALE WALL STRUCTURE

HEMPCRETE WALL STRUCTURE

Series of sections and technical studies of construction details with the 3 basic materials that are used in the project: hempcrete, strawbales and stacked recycled synthetic waste. A timber frame was selected for the construction because of the breathable nature of that materials to avoid that corrosion and other disadvantages that would emerge with a steel frame. Orestis M. Portfolio | 15

3.0 Strategy for Industrial symbiosis, Tottenham Hale _____

2014 Tottenham, London, UK PlyMArch Live Project in collaboration with “OUR TOTTENHAM” collective

Our attempt to create a more inclusive urban strategy for the area of Tottenham Hale, one that would try to empower local industry through mechanisms of cohabitation and networking where industries are invited to share spaces with other industries or community actors and collaborate with one another through an active exchange of resources and knowledge. Apart from enhancing locally oriented industries the strategy of co-habitation focuses in transforming the empty spaces that have emerged from the densification process and appropriating them to accomodate the local needs for affordable housing, collective live-work environments for independend professionals, for open public spaces that allow events and more. The strategy is deeply routed to the community workshops of “OUR TOTTENHAM” a local organisation consisted of 52 initiatives including people and groups from different professional and ethnic backgrounds, industries, local families and others that felt threatened from the regeneration plans that were put forward for the area and were asking for an alternative. These workshops were fundamental in forming an understanding of local needs and socio-economic relations between actors that in combination with our analysis of pedestrian activity, vehicle movement, building typologies, land use and local industries fuelled the final masterplan.

ON-PAPER EXPERIMENTATION WITH THE CONCEPT OF INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS

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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE EMPTY INDUSTRIAL SPACES AFTER THEIR TRANSFORMATION

CENTRAL PUBLIC SPACE WITH RENNOVATED BUILDING AS PROPOSED IN THE MASTERPLAN

PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY LEVELS IN THE AREA

IDENTIFYING LOCAL BUILDING TYPOLOGIES

MASTERPLAN

MOVEMENT SHAPING THE MASTERPLAN

RELOCATION OF LOCAL INDUSTRIES

OPEN PUBLIC SPACES AND CIRCULATION

PROPOSED BUILDING USES AND GREEN LINKS

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This competition was completed with the architectural office of Yorgis Petrakis with an interdisciplinary team of 5 people. It is a public conceptual competition for the regeneration of the west coastal front of the city of Heraklion in Crete and particularly the reconsideration of the periphery of the Public Football [Architectural Competition] Stadium that was constructed over the Athens 2004 Olympics. _____ The competition brief included a series of infrastructure such as sport facilities, culture and recreation Award: 2nd acquisition spaces as well as a space for hospitality and accomodation. Our own agenda was to fulfill the competition criteria through spaces that also relate to local needs and emergencies and manage to spatially accomodate 2014 Heraklion, Crete them in order to avoid the pattern of abandoned athletic facilities that has appeared after the 2004 Olympics. The needs and emergencies that we identified in the area was a space for local food markets, a coastal public walkway, public sport facilities, a space for caravan campers and last but not least the regeneration of the natural scenery of the area. We maintained the natural lines of the landscape and allowed the ecosystems that exist within the area to flourish and penetrate through the lot; movement axes were created in agreement with secondary paths and dirt roads that were already active in the area. Later, the spatial arrangement was adapted to this pattern with close attention to the human scale and the effect of the proposed infrastructure to their surroundings. The position of the proposed buildings is important in creating valleys and openings that can accomodate the temporary/ ephemeral events that will be taking place in the surrounding space. This is also reflected in the form and materiality of the designs i.e. the light steel frames and canvas canopies are in agreement with the sheltered stands that local produce sellers use in the food markets weekly.

4.0 Urban Waterfront Regeneration

SECTION ALONG THE MAIN MOVEMENT AXIS

1. THE TEMPLATE

2. THE HUMAN EFFECT - INVASION

3. THE RIVER - CORROSION

4. THE SEA - CONFRONTATION

5. THE BIRTH OF ECOSYSTEMS

6. THE AGORA - COMMONING

PHOTOREALISTIC MODEL OF THE SITE

ELEVATIONS AND SECTION OF THE HOSPITALITY AND ACCOMODATION STRUCTURE

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NATURAL HABITAT

URBAN CONTEXT

ROAD NETWORK PRIMARY MOVEMENT AXIS PEDESTRIANISED MOVEMENT FLOWS

SEA SAND DUNES GREEN SPACES RIVER

MOVEMENT

URBAN CONTEXT

SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT

URBAN CONTEXT

SPORTS CULTURE HOSPITALITY PARKING COASTAL HABITAT RIVER HABITAT MOUNTAIN HABITAT

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School Extension. 5.0 Public _____

Stoke Damerel Plymouth, UK. 2014 Heraklion, Crete 2013 _____ Project: EPHEMERAL EXTENSION Live Project in collaboration with Stoke Damerel High

The final Design/Architectural Synthesis project of the Architectural BA(Hons) course in the University of Plymouth developed in collaboration with Stoke Damerel High School. The assignment was to create an extension to an existing community college that aims to link it with the local community and the city of Plymotuh in general through a series of spaces that will allow interdisciplinary education and interaction between the different social elements involved. The relationship between learning, gathering and play spaces was of great importance in the design. Thus the project was developed through a series of actual workshops with students, teachers and other members of the Stoke Damerel community; a survey was completed that listed groups that were involved with agricultural production, arts and culture as well as various professionals that were willing to relate to the school with workshops and collaborative learning events that would act as a starting link of an evolving connection between the highschool and life in the city of Plymouth.

SECTION A-A’

SECTION B-B’

SECTION C-C’

PROCESS SKETCH

WEST ELEVATION

FIRST FLOOR PLAN PLAN

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SECTION/ PERSPECTIVE

GROUNDFLOOR PLAN

SEQUENCE OF SECTIONS & ELEVATIONS. USER EXPERIENCE

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SKETCHES EXPLORING SUN MOVEMENT AND LIGHT CONDITIONS

CONCEPTUAL SKETCH OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN EXISTING AND NEW BUILDING

DIAGRAM DEPICTING THE KEY OPENINGS ALLOWING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE AMPHITHEATRE, THE CENTRAL ATRIUM AND THE SCHOOLYARD

CONCEPTUAL SKETCH OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN EXISTING AND NEW BUILDING

EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS IN SECTION

STUDY OF LIGHT CONDITIONS IN SECTION - ILLUSTRATING THE GREEN LIGHT EFFECT OF THE EXTERNAL CLADDING ON THE INTERNAL SPACE

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TECHNICAL SECTION SHOWING CONSTRUCTION DETAILS FROM GROUND TO ROOF

FINAL SECTION ILLUSTRATING MATERIALITY AND SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT

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6.0 STONE BUILT HOUSE

RESTORATION, HERAKLION _____

Samouil Haous, Agia Triada, Heraklion, Crete, Greeceo2009-2013 Family project

The scaffolding at 26 Samouil Haous was originally build in 1927 in the Agia Triada neighbourhood in Heraklion. The intention was to carry out a DIY restoration that would entirely transform the original spatial arrangement while maintaining as much of the old stonebuild structure as possible. Works involved: surveying and Imprinting the condition of the original building; demolishing the front porch extension and removing the roof; clearing the stonebuild walls and reinforcing with cement rings; Refurbishing & reinforcing floor slabs; constructing pitched timber roof; preping the stone and re-routing the stone walls several times; constructing light timber frame mezzanine in the 1st floor appartment These works were undertaken by a small group of people as it is a family project with the assistance of professionals wherever necessary.

The building before any works begin in 2009

First floor concrete slab.

WEST ELEVATION

SECTION / NORTH ELEVATION

Above: First floor interrior after the pitched roof was constructed

After the demolition of the front porch extension; removing the thick plaster coating off of the stone.

Pouring the 1st floor concrete slab

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Bellow: The timber roof frame

Alluminum door and window frames installed in 2011

The two appartments finished in 2013. Lemon tree in the garden

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

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7.0 ESSAYS & RESEARCH

MODELMAKING _____

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Colledtion of handmade models from a variety of different projects

Primary Architectural Research works 2013-2016 Available on demand

[ESSAY]

8.0

For me modelmaking is an incredible design tool for the early stages of the project to experiment with masses, forms and materialities. My personal modelmaking style would be representational models of spaces under use and self-explanatory diagrammatical models that communicate the project logic.

RE-INVENTING THE URBAN COMMONS: Urbanisation and Self-management, 2013

Space. Politics. Change. Investigating the relationship between urban and political struggles in our cities today through a series of case studies of initiatives and events like the Greek anti-austerity movement [Αγανακτισμένοι], the creation of Parko Navarinou and the mash shut down of autonomous occupied spaces in Athens over the winter of 2012. This essay aims to question the socio-political aspects of the urbanisation process of our cities today; investigate the transformation of urban struggles today in an attempt to re-connect with the right to the city.

Chapters: i. Inmaking the city man has remade himself, ii. The contemporary right to the city, iii. Anti-capitalism and urban struggles, iv. The struggle for common space and self-management in Athens today, v. Space and autonomy

[ESSAY] CULTURAL ANIMATION & COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE, 2016 Cultural animation was originally coined by Polish cultural theorist, Grzegorz Godlewski, as “identification, activation, dynamisation of particular sphere of cultural experience”. It arose in Western Europe (particularly France) as an aspect of 1960s counterculture as a method of enabling people’s capacity to participate in social action and public life and so cultural animation became “a practice and philosophy that uses psycho-social methods to expand the capacities of people,” and that promotes “the abilities of people and groups to participate in and to manage the social and political reality in which they live”. Walter Lorenz (1994) notes that the movement’s fundamental expressions originate from community theatre, but for our purposes this text examines how its practice can play an important role in the socio-political establishment of progressive urban initiatives in order to for them to thrive in an otherwise conservative and austere context. Brendan James Daniel, writing about the lack of civic engagement in Polish society particularly after the capitalist transition of 1989, refers to the issue as a cultural and participatory void that is there because of the lack of civic education for people and especially the youth, due to the weak civil sector. In his text, “What surrounds us now: cultural animation and the participatory and cultural voids in Poland”, he suggests that cultural animation can be used to cover these cultural and participatory voids that exist in Polish society and challenge the status quo.

[ESSAY]

THE POTENTIAL FOR RADICAL URBANISM IN POST-COMMUNIST POLAND, 2016

As a developing country and a newcomer to western capitalism Poland is gradually positioning itself within Europe. How does the current climate in Poland realise radical urbanism in terms of the internal politics, regulations and civic engagement? And is it possible to use existing shortcomings of the country’s urban reality to the benefit of urban activism? This text is dedicate to examine the key characteristics that transform the field of urban activism in Poland and critically access a few existing initiatives that have successfully overcome similar barriers.

Chapters: i. Post-communist transition and Civic engagement ii. Słupsk: In search for an identity iii. Cultural animation and “We, the citizens”: Radical Urbanism in Poland iv. Case studies: Holes within the whole > Kaliningrad Mass protest Movement of 2009–2010, Russia, Karine Clément > R-Urban > Basurama [Trash-o-rama] > Recetas Urbanas, Santiago Cirugeda 26 | Orestis M. Portfolio

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Destabilising Territories: Speculative Realities Emerging Research in Architecture

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9.0 COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS,

LOGOS _____ AND GRAPHIC DESIGNS - Personal works - Event & project posters

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This project was initiated by my hobby, spearfishing (underwater hunting on breathhold). It began as a personal project and a chance to improve my woodworking skills and gain knowledge on the mechanics and the materials that one can use to construct a speargun. This is the result of a long process of research, exchange of ideas between other craftsmen and live tests in the sea. The body of the speargun needs to whithstand great loads of over 130 kg and underwater pressures often close to 5 bar. After numerous tests I managed to find the prefered consistency of the epoxy resin and the correct geometry of the trigger and reel mechanisms and the whole system started to be functional. Then by using the loaded rubber bands as guides I begin shaping the body of the spearguns in order to contain the rubber bands and lines and result in a hydro-dynamic speargun that can be manouvered easily underwater. The loading system is based on the rollers at the muzzle of the speargun that allow the rubbers to load above and underneath the main body as well as defuse smoothly with minimum recoil.

HANDMADE SPEARGUNS 10.0 _____

Timber & Carbon fibre body Laser-cut 316L marine steel parts Made to order & hand measurement Tested to depths of -45m

Properly furnaced and dried block of niangon timber. Split in 3 planed 6cm x 4cm poles.

Each pole is then split in 3 2cm thick slats that are clamped together with their wood currents in reverse directions to equalize the natural internal forces that tend to bend timber. Dual layers of carbon fabric are stuck between the slats and glued together with epoxic resins. Holes are drilled in the middle slat to trap air that will help achieve neutral boyoancy.

The steel parts of the speargun like the trigger mechanism, the reel and the stoppers are made by laser cut 316L inox steel and acetal cylinders that are processed in a lathe. The finished speargun is finally painted with enamel paints and then covered with one final hand of transparent epoxy resin that will plastificate the wood exterrior making it waterproof in great depths.

After gluing together the result is planed and smoothened again into a 6cm*4cm pole ready to be shaped into the main body.

Left over timber is stuck into a block that will be shaped into the handle -right or left handed depending on the diver.

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