ATHINAS STREET INTERVENTION

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Omonoia Square, once referred to as the Heart of Athens, has now become a symbol of social collapse. In contrast, Syntagma Square, located approximately 1.3km away, has established itself as the new center of Athens and continues to thrive with tourists. In order to revitalize Omonoia Square, I proposed a network that will attract not only the tourists, but also the locals, in order for the general area of Omonoia Square to continue thriving in the future. My main initiative was to bring an intervention in the Athina street, the main street that leads straight towards Omonoia square from Monastiraki.

Mark RohArchaeologies of the Future Museum

revitalizing omonoia square

INTERVENTION

Scale 1/4"=1'-0"

The exhibition is displayed in chronological experience from beginning to the end. Also, the exhibition is displayed in two ways, one on the ground as a walking experience and on the walls as an engaging experience. The wires are visual mappings of intertwined events that has influenced the things that are being exhibited.

INITIAL IDEAMy initial idea was to create a portable interventions that can attach/detach itself onto a building that was in need of care. These portable interventions will be attached until the building has been revitalized, and will be placed all along the Athina Street to create multiple zones of intervention.

Athinas st.

44’

22’ 23’

27’

23’

34’

870 Sq ft.

1480 Sq ft.

636 Sq ft.

380 Sq ft.

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1ST FLOOR Tourist Based Programs A. RestaurantB. RestroomC. Small Gift shopD.Cafe

2nd FLOOR Local/TouristsA. Art GalleryB. RestroomC. Culture on DispalyD. Art Gallery

3rd FLOOR LocalsA. Administrative officeB. Communitive planningC. LoungeD. Restroom

Lifting the exhibition to allow pedestrains to use the sidewalk and walk underneath.

Small glass frames gives slight hint of view at the exhibition above, sparking curiosity to people who are walking by underneath.

The exhibition walls act as a guidance through each art work but also in some areas become a point of entrance into the main building.

In these models, I tried to map out the movements of the local and the tourist and their points of intersection through out the surrounding area of Omonoia square. These models answered my question of where people will enter my intervention from and gave me a guide on how to coherently tie the Athina street and my intervention together.

CONCEPT MODEL

City Scale

Block Scale

Street Scale