THE ART CONTAINER, D. DASKALOPOULOS ARTS BUILDING, ATHENS, GREECE
DESCRIPTION
THE ART CONTAINER
BE
AN ENABLER; A CONNECTOR
The
plot of D. Daskalopoulos Arts Building is located in the heart of the Campus of
Athens College. Instead of an iconic imposition, we propose a link between the
urban entrance and the sport fields with the picturesque green park- a link
between urbanity and nature through culture. The circulation zone is positioned
in the urban side offering a unique view of all the workshops to the forest.
BE
CONTEMPORARY
The
D. Daskalopoulos Arts Building will function as a contemporary building devoted
to arts and the aim is to be positioned in the map of the art institutions
around the world which is achieved though the contemporary character of
architecture and the materiality. Moreover, the exhibition hall is a square
space of 7m height which could accommodate any kind of exhibition layout and
give freedom to curators.
BE
INTIMATE
Key
point of the design is to offer an environment which users will feel familiar
with and be able to inhabit it. The proposal is aiming to achieve this through
the materiality as we propose materials which people are familiar with and they
lead to an informal atmosphere.
INFORMATION
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Athens, Greece
Athens College
2022
Competition Entry
Civic Building
5.000m2
ANAGRAM A-U (Konstantina Lola, Simos Makaronas, Marina kounavi)
GRUPPA (Jan Kudlička, Anne-Sereine Tremblay, Maria Karatsiompani)
Architectural Consultant: Nikos Kazeros
Paolo Mossa Idra
GKA engineers
SEEKING
FOR HONESTY & INFORMALITY
The
D. Daskalopoulos Arts Building is an art container which targets to honesty,
simplicity and informality. The circulation cores and the secondary program
which traditionally are hidden in the center of a building and create borders
are located in the periphery of it as plug-ins which support the function of
the building and this process is visible to the encounter. Decision which
offers flexibility, efficiency and transparency through the building. It is
proposed a 3 level bar 63x13m divided in 8 grids.
MEET
ENCOUNTERS
The
interior podium offers a direct connection of the ground floor with the 2nd
floor which is programmatic. Its size propose a space which can function as a
meeting place for visitors, teachers or students which could support in
different moments of the day the needs of the users. It could be used as an
open air amphitheater, a lunch space, a reading zone or a break zone.
IDEAS
ARE CREATING IN THE CORRIDORS
The
podium and the programmatic corridor in the entrance side of the building aim
to increase the friction between the users and enable a constant intercourse.
The current trend in terms of design is to increase the interaction of people
and the size of common spaces. An example in this direction is the New Way of
Working which companies like google, amazon, apple etc develop.
BE
INDEPENDENT
The
proportions of the proposed building and the position of the circulation cores
in the periphery allows the maximum independence of the different programs. The
exhibition, the library, the auditorium, the workshops and the parking can work
simultaneously but also, independently with different access. The composition
results in a building which can function 24h independently without
deteriorating the privacy of the different functions
BE
FLEXIBLE
The
trends and the means are constantly changing with a rapid rhythm. The proposal
targets to achieve the maximum flexibility in order to be always possible to
adapt the building and meet the demands. Environmental spatial resilience are
the key points in terms of architectural and engineering solutions.
