Sonia Tsakni
Poseidonos (av.)On July 1st 2020 the demolitions started at Ellinikón. After the celebrated inauguration of the demolition process, in the presence of the Greek prime minister, during the first phase of the project around 900 buildings have been demolished and the coveted casino is almost completed, though, the inevitable failure of this venture is just around the corner. Lamda’s ambitious project however probably accomplished its foremost goal, profit. This project takes place some time in the near future with our site being a concoction of half-finished projects, buildings, etc. and debris left behind.
The housing unit as part of the urban fabric of the ever-evolving city, is being distinguished from the one located in the countryside and is defined by the density and the proximity to different amenities. Also, the social life, that the city dictates, in contrast to the countryside, is a significant factor in defining what a house is for the inhabitant of the city. The house apart from contributing the space where biological, and not, needs are satisfied, establishes the link between the resident and the city and is a point of reference for them.
Mara Angelou
Lamda Development analysis
Ground Folds
Georgia Papalexandri
Maria Vourloumi
Hellenikon
Hellinikon is a unit of the Municipality of Argyroupolis-Hellinikon of the Southern Sector of Athens of the Attica Region. Its total area is 7.5 square km, of which 5.5 belonged to the old Hellenic International Airport. Originally built in 1938, it was the only airport in the Greek capital, but closed in 2001 after six decades to pave the way for Athens' new International Airport before the city's turn as host of the 2004 Olympic Games. Hellenikon appears as a huge, almost evacuated, geographical presence in the landscape of Athens. In addition, as one of the last public sites remaining in Athens, Hellenikon is a representative of a potentially metropolitan public center for the city and is therefore highly controversial, politically, economically and culturally.
Aghios Cosmas
Aghios Cosmas is a large sandy beach within walking distance from the seaside boulevard Avenue, immediately after Alimos, opposite the premises of the former Athens International Airport is located approximately 9 km southeast of the city center, thus it is the nearest to the center of Athens coast of Attica.
Aghios Cosmas is a large sandy beach within walking distance from the seaside boulevard Avenue, immediately after Alimos, opposite the premises of the former Athens International Airport is located approximately 9 km southeast of the city center, thus it is the nearest to the center of Athens coast of Attica.
Amphibius, a term derived from the Greek “amphibios“, or “living a double life”, usually used to express the lifestyle of the animals that live both in the water and the land. Describing perfectly as a beyond the literal land-water binary to encompass new amphibious lifestyles can be a springboard to approaching the double conditions of nature and/ or cities, social and/ or private lives, vacations and/or everyday living, etc. all concluding to the basic manifestations of the human spirit, those of desires and needs. Thus, one can suggest that as modern day amphibians we keep surviving through many circumstances of duality, dilemmas and contradictions.
Our project aims in finding the meeting points and possible intersections between all the above dipoles and consequently transitioning our viewpoint in living through an architecture of need, to an architecture that celebrates our need to succumb to desire.
Eleuftheria Pyroudi
Yannis Tsagklis
UPstairs
Dora Kounavi
Hellinikon_the urban gab in-between Hymettus Mt., Saronic Golf and Attica’s urban grid
Hellinikon is not an empty space. It has a past that is connected to the Golden Era of Greek aviation. It has a present as an enormous urban gab in-between the Hymettus Mt., Saronic Gulf and Attica’s urban grid. In- between nature’s formations and human installations. Our generation must make sure that it shall also have a future with great potential in aspects of alternative, sustainable and dynamic development.
The designing process of an urban park forms a comparative advantage for the entire Attica landscape. The formation of a naturally designed Mediterranean area is a challenging bet for the Greek politics and bureaucrats. The challenge should be accepted. The dialogue between the parc and the surrounding neighborhoods benefits both parts and has an unknown dynamic. Furthermore, the linear promenade in the axis of Hymettus Mt. - Saronic Golf intents to connect these elements by the means of human movement. But human engagement is the reason of urban design process afterall.
Tower_the formation of a human micro-society in vertical
The architectural archetype of a tower, in its Greek roots of “pyrgos” is the version of an emblematic construction for the supervision of an area. In the same way but allegorically, the contemporary tower installed nearby the waterfront of Hellinikon dominates the surrounding area with its vertical form but mostly with its enormous shadow imprint on the ground level. This is an environmental issue as the total imprint of the tower in CF-U1 area is two times plus the total size of this area. The impact on the surrounding neighborhoods, although temporary – as it follows the sun’s daily route – must be considered in the design process.
The program of the tower complies with the land uses of CF-U1 area regarding the housing as dominant use. The profile of the user is the young scientist or entrepreneur, the new immigrant type, who either returns from abroad or leaves his / hers hometown for the big city – metropolis-to-be Athens. The mixing of public and private areas evolves around the central patio – a vertical garden – which connects vertically the floors and horizontally the housing units of the tower. The tower changes shape all the way up as the “Form Follows the Function”. Bella vista is the purpose. The foyer plays the key-role with the open-space entrance.
