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selected work 2015-2018
Pinelopi Pappa Architect Engineer NTUA / Master Urban and Territorial Strategy Student, Sciences Po Urban School
contact T 0033 766608028 E pinelopi.papp@gmail.com A 11, rue d’Hauteville 75010 Paris FRANCE
CO NTENTS
curriculum vitae
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academic projects ΝΕΏΝ ΤΌΠΟΣ a boatyard for wooden vessels
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STITCHING THE BUFFER ZONE strategic plans and proposals for nicosia buffer zone
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EXHIBITION SPACE AND COMMUNITY CENTRE restoration of traditional oil-press building
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PUBLIC SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS
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POLIΣIMΕA a manifest for the supermodern city - the case of Syggrou Avenue
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architectural competitions RESTORATION OF THE MUNICIPAL MARKET OF CHALKIDA honorable mention in architectural competition
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NEW CYPRUS MUSEUM 1st prize in international architectural competition
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built projects ORANGE2FLY ACADEMY workspace interior design
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CURRICULUM V I TA E education Master Territorial and Urban Strategies | Sciences Po - Ecole Urbaine Sep 2019 - currently
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Social and solidarity economy and rurality: practices for mobilizing rural development programs and contracting tools -
collective project commissioned by Avise as part of the TRESSONS programme (oct 2019 - currently)
Diploma Architecture and Engineering | National Technical University of Athens - School of Architecture Sep 2011 - Mar 2018 Final grade 9.42/10 - Awarded by Limmat Stiftung and National Technical University of Athens for ranking 3rd in NTUA Scool of Architecture graduates for the academic year 2017-18
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Neon Topos: a boatyard for wooden vessels - diploma project (Mar 2018)- grade 10/10 PoliΣemia: a manifest for the supermodern city - the case of Syggrou Avenue - thesis projetc (Feb 2017) - grade 10/10 Systematic Analysis of Vernacular Buildings and Settlements in Lakonia, Greece - collective project commissioned by NTUA
as part of the vernacular patrimony digitization programme (Oct 2013 - Mar 2014)
High School Degree | 3rd High School of Volos Sep 2008 - June 2011 Final grade 19.6/20 - Awarded by Eurobank for one of the highest greek national exams score in Volos (score 19,308/20,000)
software CAD / BIM
Adobe Creative Suite
3D Modeling and Rendering
Autodesk AutoCAD
Adobe Photoshop
Rhinoceros
Revit Architecture
Adobe Lightroom
3d Studio Max
Adobe Indesign
Vray
Office Suite
Adobe Illustrator
Cartography
Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Adobe Premiere Pro
Magrit
l a ngu a ge s Greek
Native speaker
English
Excellent knowledge International English Language Testing System (IELTS) 2018 | grade 8.5/9.0 Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) | University of Cambridge
French 6
Excellent knowledge Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française Dalf C2
pr o fe s s i on al expe r i e n c e A rc h i tect Engineer Vasileios Ntovros Architects Apr 2018 - June 2019 Participation in all stages of architectural design, from preliminary design to construction, graphic representation, 3D modeling and rendering, knowledge of the greek construction and urbanism legislation Projects
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Natural Materials Building Complex in Pitsidia, Crete GR (2019) - preliminary design Boat restaurant lightning design (2019) - preliminary design, technical drawings Hotel wing renovation in Agia Pelagia, Crete GR (2018-19) - preliminary design, technical drawings Vernacular two-storey residence functional rehabilitation and extension in Evia, GR (2018-19) - preliminary design, technical drawings, building permit Two-storey family residence construction in Paiania, GR (2018-19) - technical drawings, building permit Orange2Fly Academy interior design in Athens, GR (2018) - preliminary design, technical drawings Two-storey residence renovation in Petroupolis, Athens, GR (2018) - preliminary design, technical drawings Boutique hotel renovation in Santorini, GR (2018) - technical drawings
A rc h i tectura l Intern Theoni Xanthi - XZA Architects Feb 2017 - Mar 2017 | Oct 2016 Part of the working group for the International Architectural Competition for the New Cyprus Museum _ 1st prize
Vasileios Ntovros Architects Sep 2016 Part of the working group for the Architectural Competition for the Restoration and Functional Rehabilitation of the Municipal Market of Chalkida _ honorable mention
Maria Sfyraki Architects and Associates Aug 2015 - Sep 2015 Participation in the preliminary design stage of a large scale project
L o g i s tics Co -o rd inat or I nt e rn Alpha Omega Church Supplies Sep 2014 - Oct 2014
skills / s oft s k i l l s • • • • •
Creative, motivated, organised, engaged and responsible personality Analysis and synthesis spirit Group work, adaptability and fast-learning qualities Architectural conception abilities, interior design, graphic representation, architectural model production Driving license - B category
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w o r k s h op s Rethinking the waterfront of Mersin Nov 2014 Mersin Univerity Faculty of Architecture, École Nationale Superieure d’Architecture Paris la Villette, National Technical University of Athens _ Trinational Urban Strategic Design Workshop _ Mersin
Towards an ephemeral city Sep 2014 HELLAΣTOCK _ International Construstion Workshop _ Athens
Urban Lightscapes: creating participatory light prototypes Nov 2013 Beforelight and IAAC collaboration _ International Prototype Workshop _ Barcelona
sem i n ars Photography Technique and Image Processing Jan - June 2019 METApolis gr_ Athens
Cities are back in town : an urban sociology for a globalised world Jan - Μar 2019 MOOC _ SciencesPo _ coursera.org
Autodesk Revit Architecture 2018 Essentials_Certified User Nov - Dec 2018 Loulakis Polychronis and Partners _ Athens
Architectural Modeling _ Introduction to Laser Cutting Nov 2017 National Technical University of Athens - Modeling Laboratory _ Athens
Autodesk 3D Studio Max Feb - Mar 2014 CAD Studies _ Athens
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Nov - Dec 2012 National Technical University of Athens - Photography and Image Laboratory _ Athens
vo lun t eeri n g Exhibition Supervisor during European Researcher’s Night in National Technical University of Athens (Sep 2016) Exhibition guide during Athens Biennale 4 AGORA - tours in greek and in english (Oct - Nov 2013) Assistant during Urban Lightscapes Symposium at Onassis Cultural Centre in Athens (Oct 2013) Summer Camp Counselor for children aged 9-16 years old (Jul 2011 | Jul 2012) 8
exhib i t i on s [OUT] Topias - Performance and oudoor public space Sep 2016 - Nov 2016 Collective exhibition of final projects of the 7th semester elective course: “Evolution of Scenography as the Result of Transformation in Theater” _ Benaki Museum, Athens
European Researcher’s Night Sep 2016 Participation with final project of 9th semester Architecture and Urban Design studio _ National Technical University of Athens, Athens
Strategic plans and proposals for Nicosia buffer zone Sep 2016 Collective exhibition of final projects of 9th semester Architecture and Urban Design studio _ Cyprus House, Athens
Le Corbusier 50+ Greek architects in his office Oct 2015 Collective exhibition of final projects of 8th semester History and Theory course as part of the memorial of 50 years after Le Corbusier’s death _ National Technical University of Athens, Athens
Prague Quadrennial of performance design and space Nov 2014 Collective exhibition of final projects of the 7th semester elective course: “Evolution of Scenography as the Result of Transformation in Theater” _ Prague
Architectural Inheritance of the Traditional Settlements of Lakonia Sep 2013 - Dec 2013 Exhibition of the recording and analysis of the vernacular settlements of Lakonia as part of NTUA internship program _ Lakonia, Greece
i nter e s t s / ex t r a -c u r r i c ul a r a c ti v i t i es Travelling Warsaw - Crakow (2019), New York - Boston (2018), Madrid (2018), Berlin - Dresden (2018), Jerusalem (2017), Hamburg (2016), Instanbul - Mersin (2014), Barcelona (2013 | 2012), Rome - Florence - Sienna (2011)
Photography Architectural and urban photography Dancing Currently amateur dancer | former professional dancer, teacher and performer Singing Former member of amateur youth choir
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1 project type diploma project location volos, greece date march 2018 collaborator eirini verga efthalia - maria markopoulou supervisor ioannis zachariadis consulting supervisors panayiotis vasilatos constantinos moraitis see ful project online https://issuu.com/ pinelopipappa/docs/neon_topos
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ΝΕΩΝ ΤΟΠΟΣ a bo a t yard f o r wooden vessels
Having our attention captured by the constant degradation of the value that wooden vessels have in our country, we decided to address to the timeless relationship between the Greek people and the sea, a symbol of which is the wooden vessel itself, by designing a boatyard, a place for the damaged boat to heal. The act of “healing” a boat requires the use of an inclined plane called launch ramp as the minimum condition for the boatyard to exist, making the design of the launch ramp the most important clue of this project. Facing the city of Volos, the synthesis is located in the location of the old boatyards, at the edge of the port, next to the starting point of the mythical ship of Argo. For the past century and half, this place has been hosting boatyards, whose needs of operation have led to major interventions such as a crevice in the hill and a large scale landfill in 1983 as part of the redesign of the port. The design is defined by two axes: the axis of the ramp realising the relationship between the sea and the land and the axis parallel to the coastline that symbolises the relationship between the two sides of the cliff. Approaching the site, a cemetery for old wooden vessels is organized on the lanfill of 1983 surrounding a remaining old launch ramp. The cemetery functions as a melancholic garden for the boatyard and the starting point of a promenade through the site.
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LAND - WATER AXIS | THE LAUNCH RAMP PIER
CEMETERY-BOATYARD AXIS | THE PROMENADE vessels’ outdoor parking
employees’ parking
visitors’ parking
employees’ entrance
cemetery of wooden vessels
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the shelter
the wall
entrance from the hill
exit to the hill
employees’ entrance
exit to dock
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The crevice of the cliff in the site is shaped in order to place the launch ramp, as a retreat of the earth from the sea in order to welcome the boat. The main sheltered working space is located beside the ramp. A concrete wall is placed next to the launch ramp at the exact position of the crevice, in order to hill the wound of the hill and host the required facilities in three main levels. The wall functions as a screen before which the maintenance of the vessel takes place and it takes two main openings which provide communication between the indoor and the outdoor spaces of the boatyard.
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PROGRAM DIAGRAM
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PREPARATION
LIFTING
sails removal
multiple lifting methods
mast removal using a crane
- using a pulley - using a vehicle controlled boat trailer - using traditional methods of the past (“βάζα”)
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MAINTENANCE adjustment of vessel either on trailers to facilitate moving around or wooden chocks
DYEING construction of temporary metal or wooden structure to spray-dye the vessel
co-operation with carpentry workshop mechanical and electronical check
STORAGE
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MECHANICAL WORKSHOP KITCHENREST AREA
FIRST-AID WC
ELEVATOR
ELECTRICAL WORKSHOP
PATTERN LIBRARY
CARPENTRY WORKSHOP
STORAGE TIMBER STORAGE
SHORT-TERM MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE ZONE
WORKBENCHES
BOAT DESIGN ELEVATOR WC
STORAGE
CONSTRUCTION AND HEAVY MAINTENANCE
DYEING AND HEAVY MAINTENANCE
MATERIAL STORAGE
VESSEL DYEING
VESSEL LAND ENTRANCE
LIFTING AND LAUNCHING ZONE
BERTHING STERN-TO
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MAST STORAGE
VESSEL OPEN PARKING
FIRST LEVEL FLOOR PLAN
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DIAGRAMS OF VESSEL MOVEMENT INSIDE THE BOATYARD
The main working space consists of an inclined plane – 5% - where the construction and the maintenance of the boats take place. This plane that begins from the launch ramp, can be extended up to the entrance of the boatyard where an open parking for boats can be found. On the one side of the working space, a route connects the entrance of the boatyard with a pier. On the other side - the side of the concrete wall, there is another pier used for the short-term maintenance works on water.
CARPENTRY WORKSHOP
SHORT-TERM MAINTENANCE
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THEMATIC LIBRARY
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COMPUTER DESIGN
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double-level space for the study of the wooden boat
use of CAD and 3d programs for boat design
timber structure on the wall with book shelves
production of boat scale models
SAIL DESIGN
sail design, production and repairing sail storage in specially designed recesses in the timber structure of the wall
collaboration with boat design sector
STUDY AREA
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CARPENTRY WORKSHOP
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double-level indoor space for wood processing
DESIGN FLOOR “SALA” elevated wooden floor for the production of 1:1 vessel parts
collaboration with outdoor working space materials and tools storage on the wall
THEMATIC LIBRARY
PUBLIC ENTRANCE
REST AREA
DESIGN
SAIL DESIGN
CARPENTRY WORKSHOP
LIGHT MAINTENANCE
ADMINISTRATION BOAT DESIGN
BOAT MODELS EXHIBITION CONNECTION WITH THE HILL REST AREA
COMPUTER DESIGN
SHORT-TERM MAINTENANCE
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ADMINISTRATION
CONSTRUCTION AND HEAVY MAINTENANCE
PIER
SECOND LEVEL FLOOR PLAN
SAIL DESIGN
EMPLOYEES’ ENTRANCE
DYEING AND HEAVY MAINTENANCE
SAIL DESIGN WORKSHOP
As far as the other facilities are concerned, on the ground floor one can find the carpentry as well as the electronic and mechanical workshops. On the first floor, the administration offices, the sail design workshop and the vessel design section are organised. On the top floor there is placed a thematic library concerning boat building. All facilities are connected with a variety of outdoor spaces in all three floors in a way that the communication with the cliff is restored. As an example, a cafe on the second floor is connected with both a balcony on the side of the canal and another one that leads to the cliff.
THE CANAL AND THE WALL
THE THEMATIC LIBRARY
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Our proposal aspires to create a new site for the boat, focusing both on program and topography. It contributes to the constant transformation of the coastline of the port and at the same time becomes part of the continuum of a site that changes according to the demands of the boatyard. Functional and spatial correlations are combined in order to create a lanscape that not only addresses the boat, but also the city of Volos. By redifing the shape of the port, our intervention becomes an integral part of the topography itself.
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2 project type academic project Architectural design 9: Urban design and strategies
location nicosia, cyprus date february 2016 collaborators aristeidis misiaris margarita zakynthinou-xanthi supervisor constantinos moraitis see full project online: https://issuu.com/ pinelopipappa/docs/_______
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STITCHING THE BUFFER ZONE s t ra t e gic pl a ns an d p r op osals for n i cosi a bu ffer zon e
Nicosia buffer zone is a contemporary “avaton” dividing the city in two parts. Its current image forms a dystopian scenery full of horrific reminiscents of the war, where both total amnesia and excess of memory exist. Therefore, it consists some kind of a “no man’s land”, or better put, a non-place where time has paused. Under the assumption of a future reunited city, we approach the dead zone as a line of unique and unprecedent form and a raw historic landscape to be preserved. In our proposal, void is used as the most adequate design tool to address to the ethics of intervening in a such a place. The buffer zone retains its form and is repurposed as a metropolitan museum park planted with local straws, the most important exhibit of which is the zone itself as well as the ruins inside it. The former landscape of oblivion is given back to the whole of the city and it is transformed into a topos of reflection and historical awareness. In addition to that, a research centre for the history of the city of Nicosia is proposed, as well as a researchers’ village beside it. Balancing between ideas of life and death, oblivion and memory, emptiness and fullness, our approach serves the vision of preserving the key traces of the past in the development of the contemporary city of Nicosia while offering historical and cultural education for the generations to come.
THE B UFFER Z O NE MO DEL | S C ALE 1: 2000
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MASTERPLAN MODEL | SCALE 1:1000
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abandonment | building ruins
outdoor museum park
underground museum research centre “a slot of culture”
urban tissue | residential development
CITY-MUSEUM INTERRELATION | SCHEMATIC SECTION
strategies urban agriculture citizens’ collective for the zone protection
new residence residential blocks for the employees of the museum
underground museum research centre for the city of nicosia
outdoor museum park concentration of war debris and ruins dense vegetation growing over the years landscape of reflection
old train rails reuse of old rails installation of modern railway transportation
to oldest historical city centre - venetian city walls
MASTERPLAN
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conne ct ion wi th m us e um par k r esear cher s’ offi ces
WANDERING BETWEEN THE RUINS | SCHEMATIC SECTION
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The museum park operates relatively to the Research Centre for the City of Nicosia. The centre is designed in two levels underground in an incision of the earth next to the dead zone border, resembling a contemporary “slot” of culture. Its main axis is a long linear public movement dividing program functions in two opposing bars. At the end of the building and on the city level, there is a large public square. A river-bed of public flow, or else, an enlarged line of interrelations and sharing, is thus created transforming the research centre into an exit of the museum park to the city.
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conne ct ion wit h t he cit y pub lic s quar e
U P P ER FLOOR PLAN
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RESEARCH CENTRE CROSS SECTIONS
R ESEARCH CENT RE MO DEL | S C ALE 1: 500
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ty ci e th om fr ce an tr en entranc e to the com p l ex
connec ti on wi th r esear c h c entr e
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RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX FLOOR PLAN
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Northwestern of the Research Centre there is a large area of unbuilt free space where we propose the design of a researchers’ residential complex. There are two types of apartments which are combined so as to form two residential bars, one of which is aligned to the axes of the underground centre, and the other rotated in order to follow the axes of the city. In a repetitive pattern, those bars can potentially expand to meet to residential development needs in the contemporary city of Nicosia.
RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX MODEL | SCALE 1:500
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RESIDENTIAL TYPΟLOGIES FLOOR PLAN
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RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX MODEL | SCALE 1:200
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3 project type academic project Special Topics in Building Technology 8 Structural Analysis and Restoration of Historical Buidlings
location rodia, crete island, greece date september 2015
EXHIBITION SPACE AND COMMUNITY CENTRE re s t o rat io n o f t r adi ti on al oi l-p r ess bu i ldi n g
The old oil-press constitutes an important building for the Rodia settlement in the island of Crete. The architectural and archaeological value of the shell, along with the fact that it is one of the few remaining samples of vernacular architecture in the settlement, urge for its immediate restoration. Not only that, it also presents unique specimens of industrial production, containing well preserved machinery of the olive processing procedure. The building consists of two levels, the first one of which used to serve as the main space for the olive - oil production process and the second one for commercial use. The main material of the shell is local stone with a later concrete extension in the southern part. The floors and internal walls are made of wood as well as the severely damaged roof.
collaborator margarita zakyntinou-xanthi eirini klimopoulou supervisor eleni alexandrou
TOPOGRAPHIC VIEW
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ORIGINAL LONGITUDINAL SECTION
An important part of the restoration proposal is the adaptive reuse of the old building for communal use. The fist floor is transformed into an exhibition space sheltering all the original machines and tools that were found, whereas the upper floor is turned into a community centre hosting educational and interactive activities for the children of the village. Our strategy aims at the preservation of this unique sample of industrial architecture through repurposing and the education of the generations to come.
ORIGINAL EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR STATE
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MACHINERY - OLIVE PRESS
MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN
GROUND LEVEL FLOOR PLAN
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According to restoration ethics, our intervention is clearly distincted from the original building. The wooden roof is replaced by a metal structure with skylights bringing light to the interior. The upper floor is completely restored using metal and wood. At the front of the building, on the southern side, all the concrete additions altering the original image of the shell are removed and replaced by a patio with wooden shades on a metal frame. Lastly, the windows and doors, being relatively not damaged, are preserved and restored to their original state. 1
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1. Restoration and replacement of roof structure 2. Use of skylights to bring light to ground level 3. Restoration of original wooden frames when possible 4. Installation of revolving glass panels 5. Metal contruction used for shading 6. Installation of outdoor wooden deck 7. Concrete addition and metal rail
PROPOSED RESTORATION - AXONOMETRIC VIEW
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ROOF CONSTRUCTION - SECTION DETAIL
ROOF CONSTRUCTION - AXONOMETRIC DETAIL
ORIGINAL STATE OF ROOF
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4 PUBLIC SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS project type academic project Architectural Design 7: Multifunctional Public Building
location tavros, athens, greece date july 2015 collaborator efthalia - maria markopoulou
The synthesis is a proposal for a public School of Performing Arts along with an experimental stage and is located next to a high speed car junction between Piraeus Ave and Chamosternas Str in Athens. The business and commercial character of the two streets expressed in the high rise multifunctional buildings around the site as opposed to the residential character of the neighbourhood beside them call for a redefinition of the relationship between the neighbourhood and the big avenues. In addition to that, matters of scale, function and symbolic meaning generate considerable issues to handle through design. The main idea consists of a ragged line penetrating the site through a park and connecting the neighbourhood with Piraeus Ave. This line functions as a “carrier� for public movement and shapes the theatrical stage building. On the other hand, the educational facilities of the school are to be found in a robust solid form that rises from the ground freeing the space underneath for a plaza and an open-air theatre. The two volumes that are created are connected through a semi-underground foyer on the level of the plaza.
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TOPOGRAPHIC PLAN
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GROUND LEVEL FLOOR PLAN
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The educational facilities are verically organised in 3 levels hovering over the ground and overseeing the park and the plaza. The large volume on the one hand refers to the scale of the district, while on the other creates micro environments compared to human scale.Strict as it may seem, the shell contains bumps and voids creating a dialectic between indoor and outdoor space. In addition to that, the extended use of window panels function as a viewing “screen“ of the educational process both from the park and from the pedestrian and vehicles approaching from Pireaus Str and vice versa.
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4TH L E VE L teacher s’ offi ce
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3RD L E VE L
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THIRD LEVEL FLOOR PLAN
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THEATRICAL STAGE TYPOLOGIES
m eta l r o o f c o n s tr uc tio n
a c o us tic r o o f pa n els a c o us tic w a ll pa n els
a da pta ble s ea ts
THEATRICAL STAGE | LONGITUDINAL SECTION
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The theatre of the complex is an experimental stage used by the students of the school. It is organised in two levels: the theatrical floor and the mezzanine, and it is connected with backstage studios and theatrical laboratories . The main structure material is metal and all the finishes are wooden. In addition, there are adaptable custom designed light metal and wooden structures for seats that offer the possibility of multiple plan layouts.
CONSTRUCTION DETAIL SECTION
THEATRICAL STAGE MODEL | SCALE 1:50
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5 project type thesis project location athens, greece date february 2017 collaborator eirini verga supervisor panayotis tournikiotis see full project online: https://issuu.com/ pinelopipappa/docs/
POLIΣIMΕA a m a nife s t fo r th e su p er moder n ci ty - th e case of Syg g r ou Avenu e
The city we live in is currently redefined not only in its boundaries but also regarding its scale. The overabundance of needs decentralises the city core while human activities spread in a much larger field. The emerging model of the global city is expanding in a network where the near and the elsewhere are changing in meaning. This new condition is significantly reflected in architecture, too. In the book “Non places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity”, Marc Augé distinguishes three figures of excess that describe the new reality of the global city and introduces the term of supermodernity. Using Syggrou Avenue as a case study, our thesis pinpoints Augé’s supermodernity in the city of Athens, in both a theoretical and a practical approach. Phenomena utterly connected with the new scale alter the balance of the city elements and emerge a new category of buildings that we call “new elements” - or in the original term“νέα σημεία”[nea simea]. The architecture of these new elements is decoded in an attempt to a further understanding of the supermodern metropolis. The thesis results in a critical consideration that restores the value of the anthropological approach in architecture and brings back the human factor regarding the design and the image of the city. As an answer to the problematics of the excess in space, time and scale, a manifest for the city of supermodernity is composed.
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Le monde de la surmodernité n’est pas aux mesures exactes de celui dans lequel nous croyons vivre, car nous vivons dans un monde que nous n’avons pas encore appris à regarder. Il nous faut réapprendre à penser l’espace.1 Marc Augé
1 The world of supermodernity does not exactly match the one in which we believe we live, for we live in a world that we have not yet learned to look at. We have to relearn to think about space.
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SY G G R OU AVENUE, AT H EN S , GRE E C E
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6 project type architectural competition architectural design Vasileios Ntovros architects location / year chalkida, greece / 2016 client Municipality of Chalkida
RESTORATION OF THE MUNICIPAL MARKET OF CHALKIDA Ho norabl e m e nti on i n an ar ch i tectu r al comp eti ti on
The project is a proposal for the restoration and functional rehabilitation of the old municipal market of the city of Chalkida and its adjacent square. It was awarded an honorable mention during the national architectural competition launched by the city’s Municipal Council in 2016. Chalkida is a long-lived Greek city dating since the paleolithic era that bears visible elements from diverse historical periods. However, the prolonged negligence of architectural preservation and the absence of a strategic plan for the management of local heritage have given a largely fragmentary morphological character to the city. The municipal market, currently in an abandoned and dilapidated state, and its adjacent square are both examples of this heterogenous identity. The purpose of the proposal is thus to create an “umbrella” under which all the historical samples-extracts found in the intervention area can coexist and interact in order to foster the reactivation of the pubic space. Specifically, the design proposes the preservation of the two distinct architectural and historical phases of the building complex (late 19th century and early 20th century) as well as of the more recent interventions bearing historical or architectural interest. The aim is to reintroduce the feeling of urbanity in a former topos of collective memory by favoring mixity and density and to establish a new relationship between the market, the square and the surrounding neighborhood.
personal participation part of the working group / participation in concept creation / production of architectural designs (topographic plan, sections, elevations) / graphic representation / rendered images editing / building diagrams
EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE PROPOSED ADDITION
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a’ bu i ldi n g p h ase
p r op os e d addit ion
mar k et ar ea
m ar k et ev ent s s h el t er ed ar ea
b’ bu i ldi n g p h ase
p u bl ic s q u ar e
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TOPOGRAPHIC PLAN
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Fabric sunshades and canopy
Wooden skin and additions
VIEW OF THE OPEN-AIR MARKET
Original shell
The existing shell is restored to the extent that it preserves its morphological features and is upgraded in terms of functionality. All proposed additions are lightweight, reversible and retractable (fabric sunshades and canopy, wooden exterior skin) and they are strategically designed so as to favour openess and encourage social interaction and common activities (sheltered central space for holding events and open-air market on the square).
SYNTHETIC ELEMENTS
installation of textile sunshades in old sheds folding wooden skin
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replacement of destroyed mezzanines restoration of existing mezzanines
possibility of unification of neighbouring stores
INTERIOR VIEW OF THE MARKET
The distribution of commercial uses in the complex is designed in order to enhance the interaction between the market, the square and the city. An open-air fare, reflecting the interior uses of the market, is proposed on the square and enhances the flows between the two poles. The central patio of the market is covered by a retractable fabric shelter and can potentially host cultural events, open-air projections, etc. The market regains its importance in the city and becomes a contemporary commercial, cultural and social center for Chalkida.
REACTIVATION OF THE MARKET DURING THE DAY AND NIGHT
old masonry renforcement using contemporary materials bearing metal structure of the fabric canopy
photovoltaic panels new mechanological installations
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7 project type architectural competition architectural design Theoni Xanthi - xza architects location / year nicosia, cyprus / 2017 client Cyprus Ministry of Transport, Communication and Works area 36.129 m2
NEW CYPRUS MUSEUM 1 s t prize in an i n ter n ati on al ar ch i tectu r al comp eti ti on
This is an international architectural, two-phase competition that lasted 8 months. In the first phase, among 129 entries, seven propositions were selected, and in the second phase, three awards were given by the 9 members jury, in which Sir Peter Cook and Elias Zengelis took part. The new museum will host one of the largest collections of Cypriot archeology, projecting into international scope the history and the culture of Cyprus. The particularity of an archaeological museum is that it hosts a world that comes from the bowels of earth. The residues of human life, humble or precious, clumsy or artifacts, that the earth preserved offering them the value of priceless. With this value they were rediscovered by the humans, digging into the earth to find their identity. They are the distant traces of everyday people, the archetype offspring of human life. Anthropocentric prototypes of chronic soul. What should be then the new environment for something that comes back to light? The proposal suggests to be raised from the soil, and declare its presence to modern humans. Since when something returns from obscurity and oblivion becomes collective memory and belongs to all. Needs a new protected environment, but which communicates, receives and diffuses in the city. It is the hovering cloud of a distinctive heritage, which while longer belongs to all – is global -, it cannot leave because is attracted from the Cypriot land of its birth and thus levitates but remains motionless –it is “meteor” -, unable to be separated from the terra.
personal participation part of the working group / architectural design (building levels and cross sections) / bioclimatic diagrams / graphic representations / post-editing of rendered images see full project online: http://xza-architects.gr/en/newcyprus-museum/
1. IN SPACE
TRANSITIONS
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2. IN TIME
THE ENTRANCE TO THE MUSEUM
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CROSS SECTION B-B
MASTERPLAN
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The intention for highlighting the archeological finds from the excavation and the past to the light and the present time, led to elevate the museum, thus allowing for the ground level to remain free and be formed with various qualities. As a result, it is created a new spatial stratigraphy composed by three horizontal zones. The upper zone with the hovering body of the museum – the Memory layer. The intermediate zone that welcomes the city – the City layer. The lower zone – the River layer – which hosts everyday functions, is organized around the museum’s atriums and extends to the new park of Pedios river.
HOVERING BODY INTERMEDIATE ZONE GROUND LAYER
A NEW STRATIGRAPHY
The content of the permanent exhibition defined the architectural proposal with the division of three spatial and conceptual entities, each one corresponding on one of the lifted volumes. TOPOS, narrates prehistory and focuses on the relations of the first settlers with the land and its resources. SEA, focuses on the continuous relation between the island and the sea – the timeless intermediate. COSMOS, concerns the historical times, focusing on the relations and the interactions between Mediterranean cultures.
MUSEOGRAPHY
MUSEUM EXHIBITION
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A. UPPER ZONE OF EXHIBITIONS Raised volumes in SN orientation - Double shell-thermal insulation - Controls natural lightning - Shading from the body of the building - Passive cooling through the N-NW natural ventilation - Roof: solar energy collection / photovoltaic panels rain water collection B. INTERMEDIATE ZONE Vertical atriums, Semi-outdoor spaces - Sheltering by bioclimatic canopy, shading solar energy collection - Insulation protection by louver skins - Passive cooling through natural ventilation - Planting, micro-climate C. GROUND ZONE Atriums, Yards, Semi-outdoor spaces - Roof planting: insulation / microclimate - Atriums, natural lightning / ventilation - Planting: micro-climate - Rain water collection
BIOCLIMATIC APPROACH
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The new archaeological museum -within today’s globalized reality- seeks to express its identity through the elements that gave birth to the Cypriot civilization, not only the materials, but also the characteristics of the Mediterranean life and culture that are still alive in the everyday life of the locus. It aims to be a cultural installation that would nurture new environments and behaviors, and act as a revitalizing gesture to the city. *original text written by xza-architects
RIVERSIDE VIEW
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8 project type professional project / workspace design / interior design architectural design Vasileios Ntovros architects and USEARCHITECTURE
ORANGE2FLY ACADEMY Works pace int er i or desi g n
This is an interior design project destined to host the flying academy of Orange2Fly airline company in Athens, Greece. Our approach was to capture the identity of the company and apply it to our design in order to create a bright, contemporary working space fostering efficiency in learning, conviviality and interaction, as well as ensuring privacy when needed. For this purpose, we extensively used semi-transparent materials that allow natural light to diffuse and visual interactions to take place. Careful consideration was also given to the lightning design of the space so as to enhance the effect of natural lightning, highlight the forms and their materiality and create a pleasant, welcoming interior.
location / year maroussi, athens / 2018 client Orange2Fly area 200 m2 photography Proper Photography Šproperphotographygr personal participation architectural conception and design / technical and execution drawings see full project online: https://usearchitecture. gr/portfolio/orange2flyacademy-2/
LIGHTNING DETAILS
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RECEPTION HALL
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TEACHING CLASSROOM
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OFFICES’ INTERIOR - TRANSPARENCY AND VISUAL FILTERS
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LOUNGE - KITCHEN
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RECEPTION HALL
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thank you
paris 2020