Architecture athens

The apartment is situated in the heart of Kypseli, within a 1970s building that stands as an exemplary model of Athenian modernism. Trail Practice aimed to emphasize the distinctive characteristics of the apartment, crafting a narrative that blends heritage, craftmanship and functionality. Margarita Yoko Nikitaki Margarita Yoko Nikitaki The design process began with an elaborate mapping of materials, techniques, emotions, and memories, connecting Athenian modernist architecture, the neighborhood’s unique character, and the homeowner’s personality. This complex interplay of tangible and intangible elements was translated into impactful interventions that function as parts of an architectural collage. Margarita Yoko... More

Caption   HISTORY FLOWS is the awarded competition proposal for the Architectural Ideas Competition for the Aesthetic Unification and Functional Upgrade of Existing Pedestrian Streets in the Plaka – Monastiraki Neighborhood, by Constantine Bouras Studio & Evita Fanou Architecture & Design, focused on the redesigning of the pedestrian street network and two squares between the Plaka and Monastiraki areas in Athens, in an analogy with the network of rivers and streams that traversed the city in the past.  Constantine Bouras Studio - Evita Fanou Architecture & Design   The design vocabulary that emerges from this fluvial analogy refers as well to the intense flow of people that permeates the area&r... More

In a modern Athenian apartment building of the 1960s, a diplomat invited Constantine Bouras and Evita Fanou [of Constantine Bouras Studio and Evita Fanou Architecture & Design respectively] to design, construct and curate a 110 sq.m apartment with the aim to display the timeless atmosphere of the Pangrati neighborhood. Alina Lefa Alina Lefa Alina Lefa Alina Lefa Alina Lefa While the owner’s primary focus was bringing up to date the apartment's infrastructure, the aim of the architects was, besides responding to this, creating an aesthetic result that would seem effortless and seamless, as if the shell has never been touched, making any intervention appear virtually invisible. The renovation achieved indee... More