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A ground floor shop of an old Athenian apartment building in the area of Kallithea is converted into a ground floor private residence, thus forming a broad framework of architectural intervention. Underneath the proposal’s basic points, one can trace the fundamental synthetic principle of an occupant living on the ground floor in plain sight. Yiorgis Yerolymbos Yiorgis Yerolymbos Privacy is secured through the discretion of design. A systematic layering juxtaposed over the existing envelope seeks to resolve the aim set. Reversibility of construction independent of the existing structural system has been of paramount importance, both interior as well as exterior of the shell. Yiorgis Yerolymbos Yiorgis Yerolymbos... More

The Journey The wild scenery of Attica, with its rocky hills and olive trees, on the way to the busy port of Lavrio, is the site of this " bespoke" Shell petrol station. Rejecting  the pre- fabricated images of Shell petrol stations chains, that are brought directly to a site, while ignoring its characteristics, was the original source of the idea for a custom-made space that allows the User to be an active participant with the surrounding nature. The building was conceived in such a way that time, porosity, movement, transparency and materiality were the starting points for spatial exploration. Time The journey engages time: a quick time of simple petrol filling, an intermediate that allows for using shower, shop and toilet facilit... More