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MARIA KOUTSARI_a r c h i t e c t _

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curriculum vitae_6

diploma thesis_ O.T. 388_A THEATRE SCHOOL_8

architectural design_LANDSCAPE, SPACE, FORM AND SPACES OF CULTURE_14

architectural design_THE ARCHITECTURE OF INTEGRATION AND TRANSFORMATION_18

urban design_URBAN DESIGN STUDIO_22

urban design_PARIS BATIGNOLLES_24

conservation/restoration_RESTORATION OF 1ST MALE HIGH SCHOOL_28

conservation/restoration_ARCHITECTURAL MEASURE DRAWING_30

conservation/restoration_THESSALONIKIS PORT_32

competitions_UIA INFO POINT_34

competitions_HOUSING PROJECT IN PELOPONESE_38

competitions_BORD GAIS DESIGN COMPETITION_42

competitions_FLEXICON_46

master seminars_DIGITAL FABRICATION_50

master seminars_(DIS)CONNECTED TERRITORIES_54

master seminars_SELF SUFFICIENT BUILDINGS_58

master thesis_OSCILLATION_62

other interests_THEATRE COSTUME DESIGN_66

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MARIA KOUTSARI

Date of birth Nationality AddressContact details

26 May 1983Greek21, Kapetan Douka Str., 55236, Thessaloniki, GreeceTel: +30 2310 344219, Mobile: +30 6972690797 e mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION_

2008-2009 Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), Barcelona MasterinAdvancedArchitecture,Self-sufficientHabitats2001-2007 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.Th) Diploma of the Department of Architecture, School of Engineering (graduation grade 8.72/10, excellent) Diploma Thesis Dissertation, graded 10/10 - Diploma Thesis Project, graded 9.88/102005 Technische Universitaet (TU) Berlin - School of Architecture Participation in the international exchange students program “Erasmus-Socrates”, March-July, 20051995-2001 German School of Thessaloniki High School Diploma - Greek graduation grade 18,6/20 - German graduation grade (Abitur) 1.4/1

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE_

2008 Cooperation with Prof. Lefaki Architectural research, analysis and design of under cultural protection buildings2005-2008 Architectural office ‘‘OFFICE 25 architects’’, since September 2005 Architectural design and construction 2002-2004 Educational Organization Papiotis Teaching experience in Architectural drawing (technical-drawing) by hand, preparing candidate students for the National Panhellenic Exams

CERTIFICATES-AWARDS-SCHOLARSHIPS_

2009 Participation in the “4th Architecture Festival, eme3 COLAPSE”, in the CCCB/MACBA, Barcelona2009 Participation in the “Solar Decathlon Europe 2010” for the IaaC entry “FabLabHouse”2005 Scholar of the international exchange students program “Erasmus-Socrates” 2000-2002 European Youth Parliament Certificates

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June 2008 Bord Gáis Networks – National Distribution Control Building Competition OFFICE 25 architectsApril 2008 Housing project in Peloponese, for the burn villages in summer 2007 OFFICE 25 architectsMarch 2008 INFO POINT: International Competition for architects under 35 (XXIII World Congress of architecture, Torino 2008) Irini Iliopoulou, Maria Koutsari, Mili Kyropoulou, Antigoni ManolakiFebruary 2007 International Convention Centre of the city of Madrid OFFICE 25 architects

ADDITIONAL SKILLS_

Computer skills: Proficientintheuseof:Office,AutoCAD,ArchiCAD,Artlandis,Photoshop,InDesign,Rhino,Grasshopper,Monkey,ECOtect Beginner in the use of: Sketch up, 3d Max, CorelDRAW, Flash, Illustrator Languages: Greek (Native) English (Fluent), Certificate of Proficiency in English by the University of Michigan German (Fluent), Grosses Deutsches Sprachdiplom Spanish (Beginner), 6-month-seminar with private lessons

OTHER INTERESTS_

2000-2002 European Youth Parliament Participated as a member at the European Youth Parliament (E.Y.P). Participated at the International Session in Athens (2000, as delegate), in Bern (2000, as delegate),and in the National Sessions in Thessaloniki (2001, as interviewer) and in Athens (2002, as committee president)2003-2008 Member of the student theatre group of architecture (construction and design of costumes and theatrical settings)2008 Handmade Jwellery Lessons 2008 Sailing diploma

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O.T.388_THEATRE SCHOOL_faculty: Aleka Alexopoulou, Sasa Lada_

project team: Maria Koutsari, Antigoni Manolaki_

october 2007

School main entrance, view from Chrimatistiriou square

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The thesis project theme was a Theatre School in the district of “Fragon”. This district has been connected with trade and small industry for many years, be-cause of its close relation to the port of Thessaloniki. Recently it has been upgraded because of its proximity to the city cen-tre and started to attract artists who found big and cheap spac-es to live and work. This realiza-tion along with the University proposal to build a new Theatre school very far away from the city centre, led to the proposal of a new building for the public theatre school, based on the be-lief that a theatre school has to be in constant interaction with the city and its citizens. The chosen plot lays between two important squares: “Empo-riou square” and “Chrimatistiriou square” and consists of buildings of different periods. The pro-posed building is trying to ex-pand on the whole block in the sense of a parasite, that at some points is trying to work with the existing buildings and at some others is replacing them.

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The organization of the build-ing program was classified in three categories: (1)Theoretical education, (2)Acting and (3)The-atre Laboratories (stage design, costume design, direction etc.) The three directions are given a certain independence, but they keep the sense of interaction and communication between them as they are organized around a central atrium. The main entrance to the building is done from “Chrimatistirou square”. Apart from the main uses the building is equipped with administration, library, caf-eteria, a multifunctional space, a dancing hall and a music hall. Special attention was paid to the “Acting” sector. A big double height wing was hanged over the 1-storey buildings of Katou-ni str. Four different halls with separate supporting spaces for lockers and showers. The four spaces are able to change posi-tions and influence the remain-ing space, thus giving a certain degree of flexibility and inspira-tion for creation of events.

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Finally, the theatre of the school is occupying the southwest cor-ner of the block. The entrance to the theatre can be served either from the main atrium or the “Emporiou square”. The vol-ume of the theatre is not only characterizing the square but is also visible from “Tsimiski”, the main city centre street, thus at-tracting visitors and serving the extroverted side of the school. The theatre is designed accord-ing to the “black box” typology, thus giving a large degree of flexibility to the space and al-lowing the theatre productions to experiment with the space. The theatre space can be eas-ily transformed allowing many different interrelations of ac-tors and audience. Additionally the theatre can communicate directly with the school and be easily accessible underground from the scenery laboratory. Finally, its working in coopera-tion with one of the neoclassi-cal buildings, which is serving for the actors’ dressing rooms and at the same time as hosting space for visiting students.

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LANDSCAPE, SPACE, FORM AND SPACES OF CULTURE_faculty: Rena Sakellaridou, Claudio Conenna_

project team: Maria Koutsari, Dimitris Chatzopoulos, Sasa Cheli_

october 2006

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Museum of Music

The project is about a new Mu-seum of Music that the city is lacking, next to the Municipal Concert Hall of Thessaloniki. The idea behind the Museum Program is that it will be sup-plementary to the Music Hall, which is designed to host only big events. The Music Museum apart from hosting its perma-nent exhibition is thought to host small music events and temporary exhibitions. The plot is at a very exceptional place and is strongly charac-terized by two main facts: The horizontality and the calmness of the sea and the imposing sea view in contrast with the strong existence of the huge Music Hall. Both the music Hall and the Museum share the same plot, which occupies an artificial pier at Thessaloniki’s waterfront. In contrast to the Music Hall that doesn’t seem to take into con-sideration the strong existence of the water, the proposal’s main attempt is to integrate it in the design.

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LANDSCAPE, SPACE, FORM AND SPACES OF CULTURE_

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The analysis of the site was ex-tended in a short analysis of the whole waterfront of Thessalon-iki and an attempt to discover and explore the relationship of the city to the water. The idea is based on two waves that are connected through a transpar-ent glass “neck”, thus allowing to the visitor to enjoy the view in different ways. The view is canalized and framed through the building’s volume and is evident in different degrees ac-cording to the spaces use. This was based on the ascertainment of the fact that the city’s relation to the water is differentiated strongly along the coast and the desire to project this on the building’s concept. For example, the amphitheatre has a hostile relationship to the sea, while the cafeteria has a more direct relationship to it. The exhibi-tion space ,on the other hand, is a two storey space, which is allowed to have only visual rela-tion to the water through open-ings, thus framing the view and intergrating it to the exhibtion.

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THE ARCHITECTURE OF INTEGRATION AND TRANSFORMATION_faculty: Tasos Kotsiopoulos, Rena Sakellaridou, Claudio Conenna_

project team: Maria Koutsari_

february 2006

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The central idea of the design was based on the division of the uses in three distinguishable volumes and their composition in height. The double height entrance volume, is including reception, information desk and administration office and is placed on street level. The am-phitheatre, accompanied by a small cafeteria and an exhibition space is placed right above. Last, on the higher levels the three-storey library is placed so that maximum lighting is achieved. The three main volumes are connected through a vertical fa-cilities volume. Moreover, a free floor between the amphitheatre and the library can serve open-air events and exhibitions.Main goals of the concept were the integration of the building in the existing urban environ-ment and its adequate func-tional and aesthetical organiza-tion. Therefore, the height of the neighboring buildings was kept, while the backing of the three last floors allows better light-ing conditions for the touching housing units.

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THE ARCHITECTURE OF INTEGRATION AND TRANSFORMATION_

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Special care was taken for the ancient ruins that were dis-covered in the plot and which are part of a roman arena. The methodology that was chosen was the “hanging” of the build-ing from the neighboring build-ings, so that the minimization of the first floor would be possible. Thus, adequate lighting for the ruins and visible contact with the pedestrians is achieved. The materials that are chosen are mostly metal, glass and con-crete. The first floor of the library plays the role of a huge beam that allows the building to be hanged from it. As for the library, the book-shelves are organized on a single three storey high wall. The stairs to reach to all the selves are also the means to go to all three floors. According to the readers needs, three different rooms are designed, for magazine reading, media and traditional reading. Finally the transparent volume of the amphitheatre allows vi-sual contact of the visitor with the street, while night lighting gives the character of a symbol to the building.

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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO_faculty: Kiki Kafkoula, Aleka Gerolimpou_

project team: Maria Koutsari, Antigoni Manolaki_

february 2006

The purpose of the studio was to design a new plot for housing, to extend the overloaded area of Toumpa. The design of the blocks was based on two main concepts: the detersion of high speeds in car circulation and the promotion of the neighbor-hood scale. The result allowed the formation of a green zone and a small centre with school and commercial use. Three main typologies were designed: _The tower typology with office, housing and commercial use on the street level. _The typology of the three level buildings, offering a large vari-ety of housing units and _The single housing typology proposed along the park zone. Finally special care was given to the parking spaces, the circula-tion of cars and pedestrians and the green spaces with sport fa-cilities.

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PARIS-BATIGNOLLES_faculty: Claus Steffan, Verena Kyrein_

project team: Maria Koutsari, Michaela Roth-Boggis, Alessandro Agrimonti_

june 2005

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The purpose of the studio was to redesign a plot in Paris Bati-gnolles. Batignolles is outside the center of Paris and has a reputation for being a fashion-able place to live. Batignolles was supposed to be the location for the Paris Olympic Games in 2012 and the plot, which was a former train station, was sup-posed to be redesigned to host sport facilities for the Olympic games. Though, after the orga-nization of the Olympics was assigned to London, the plot is presenting a high opportunity for the district to develop a new housing district. The studio visited the plot and made an on site analysis of the plot, as parallel action with a workshop co-organized with the School of Architecture of La Villette. The purpose of the workshop was to explore the perspectives of the “Watergy” project, a system for water treat-ment, building climate control and food production for single housing, on mass housing.

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PARIS-BATIGNOLLES_

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The approach on the site was based on the main concept of building at the edges of the site and leaving a green core in the heart of the site. The circula-tion of the cars was designed in closed loops, so that cars would not be able to cross the site. At the same time the idea for the formation of the blocks is based on the traditional four-sided block, with the difference that in this case the side towards the heart of the site is open. Additionally, the height of the buildings is decreasing, as we get closer to the park. This way a gradual transition from the city-scape to the park-scape is achieved. A detailed proposal for the north side of the plot was based on the south orientation. This could allow the integration of the greenhouses in the de-sign of the buildings. Finally, a module like method was chosen for the house units, and based on the concept of the gradual decrease of the build surface as getting on higher levels, houses with nice terraces which all have access to the sunlight resulted.

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RESTORATION OF 1ST MALE HIGH SCHOOL_faculty: Mili Stefanidou

project team: Antigoni Manolaki, Maria Koutsari

february 2005

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1st Male high school of Thessaloniki

The site is on one of the historic streets of Thessaloniki, at Vas-ilisis Olgas Avenue 5 and the two neoclassical buildings that it contains are under historical preservation. Though, only one of them has been restored and is currently being used as second-ary school. The proposal aims at the restoration and reuse of the second, almost identical build-ing, to support the rising needs of the school. The seminar’s first part aims on the analysis of the current con-dition of the building and the survey on specific restoration methods. The second part fo-cuses at the proposal of reusing the building and redesigning the whole plot in order for the school’s needs to be covered. More specifically, the addition of an underground building is being proposed for the host-ing of the school’s cafeteria and a multifunctional space. The two buildings host the teach-ing spaces and a library, always based on their original design.

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ARCHITECTURAL MEASURE DRAWING_faculty: Maria Arakadaki

project team: Antigoni Manolaki, Maria Koutsari

february 2004

Survey and documentation of traditional housing

The seminar focuses on the sur-vey on historic and traditional buildings, through architectural measure hand drawing. The building chosen is a two-storey house in Vasilika, a small settle-ment near the city of Thessa-loniki. The house has a main el-evation to the street and a small internal courtyard, through which one can enter the house. A small space and a wooden stair lead to the upper floor where the main living spaces are gathered. The first floor is divided in four rooms, one of which facilitates the kitchen. The building materials are main-ly stone and wood and only few interventions with modern ma-terials have been made.Through detailed measurement and drawing of the building the seminar aims to analyze the building methods and the gen-eral condition of the building and to provide documentation for future research.

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NINE BUILDINGS IN THESSALONIKIS PORT_project leader: Styliani Lefaki

project team: Lampros Antaras, Ioannis Oikonomou, Giannis Tsoukalas, Maria Koutsari

february 2008

The measuring, analysis and re-search on the harbor buildings was a project for the Ministry of Culture. Because of the new un-derwater high-speed road that the Municipality of Thessaloniki wanted to build to minimize traffic in the city center, the de-molition of nine buildings in the area of Thessaloniki’s port was proposed. The cultural meaning of these buildings is great, as they have been part of the city’s history for many years. Nowadays, the port uses have been decreased, leaving these buildings, which were former storage buildings, without use. A big effort though has started since 1997, when Thessaloniki was the cultural capital of Europe, to introduce cultural uses in the harbor, with the International Film Festival of Thessaloniki being the greatest at the moment. The project focused on the mea-surement and drawing of the nine buildings, thus proving their great value to the cultural heritage of Thessaloniki.

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UIA INFO POINT_project team: Irini Iliopoulou, Maria Koutsari,

Mili Kyropoulou, Antigoni Manolaki_

march 2008

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The project aims at the creation of a conceptual path through architecture, an end-to-end way to which different uses are attached. Within this objective, the emergence of three spatial types has been persistently at-tempted based on two criteria: (a) protection from weather conditions and (b) accessibility to public. Thus, the following three qualities have arisen: (1) semi-outdoor / 24-hour accessi-ble, (2) semi-outdoor / daytime-accessible, (3) indoor / daytime-accessible. The first type of space is reflect-ed in the lounge area where ac-tivities such as having a coffee, taking a rest and meeting other people take place on a 24-hour basis. Further, the exhibition area embodies the second type of space; in addition, it encom-passes the indoor facilities, which materialize the third type of space. The construction hull is made of paper tubes that allow solar lighting, natural ventila-tion and visual contact, while at the same time presenting an eco-friendly touchable skin.

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With reference to the hull con-struction specifications, vertical columns IPB 100x100mm and horizontal beams create 4x6m-sized Π-shaped frames that are bolted together with 1,5m-long horizontal beams of 80x80mm cross section. Diagonal stainless steel ropes provide static sup-port to the framework, so that it is easy to dismantle, transport and reassemble in a different ur-ban environment. On top of the framework, chip-board (OSB panels) is applied in order to make the Info Point rainproof. Wooden deck covers the floor. 80mm-diameter paper tubes cover both sides of the framework. The Info Point doors open and close mechanically, folding onto the roof. One of the door leaves slides open verti-cally, thus playing the role of a totem-sign. The design considerations be-hind the UIA Info Point have targeted at the creation of an architecture emblem for the city wherein people are invited and whence architecture is transmit-ted.

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HOUSING PROJECT IN PELOPONESE_project team: OFFICE 25 architects_

april 2008

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The proposed housing unit, of 80sqm, is designed in one sin-gle level, with 5,4m maximum height. The proposal was based on the concept of two court-yards, which enter the main vol-ume of the house, bringing the “nature” in it. This move, apart form its symbolic meaning, giv-ing the sense of embracing and protecting the trees planted, has a major positive influence on the thermal and visual comfort of the building. The courtyard at he north side of the house, provides with a cool space dur-ing summer, while the second one on the south side provides with protection during the sum-mer months and allows the sun to reach the small greenhouse, in order to contribute to the houses heating.

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The greenhouse placed in the core of the building is oriented to the south and channels the air to all the spaces that are adjusted to it. Behind the high glass surface a thick wall is ab-sorbing the heat and attributes it to the building during night. During summer the glass façade is designed to open in order not to overheat the house. More over photovoltaic panels are proposed on the south oriented roof that are able to cover 30% of the house needs in electric-ity and all its needs in hot water. Additionally, water collection is being proposed from the flat parts of the roof. The water col-lected can serve with little filter-ing to cover the needs in almost all the uses apart from potable water.

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BORD GAIS DESIGN COMPETITION_project team: OFFICE 25 architects_

june 2008

Concept

The first raw idea about this building was nothing but the image of a huge gas pipe that can be bent several times in or-der to form an office building and serve the needs of the com-pany and the people that will be using it. Exactly like the use of a real gas pipe, which is the medium through which the gas company delivers its product and serves the community.The second symbolism of this scheme is a strong image of a huge snake facing the highway. The snake is a symbol of ‘’moth-er earth’’ for many cultures, as it derives from it, exactly the way that gas does. But then again, there lies the sarcasm and hu-mor of the case as we all know that ‘’there are no snakes in Ire-land ‘’. But maybe Ireland has got one after all.

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The building is organized in a single level, which facilitates good communication through-out the organization and pro-vides easy interaction of staff. It is articulated around a pivot point which consists the core of the facility. Hanging corridors emerge from its first floor distrib-uting access to the several sec-tors. This was a design decision that was made to accommodate the need for easy interaction of staff between various depart-ments. The user is not obliged to walk around the perimetric cor-ridor of the building in order to reach the preferable destination but can easily shortcut using the pivot building.

OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT(A) Manager-150m2(B) Services-760m2(C) Maintenance-335m2(D) Stores-325m2(E) Gas control-200m2(F) Facilities-50m2(G) Insurance claims-30m2(H) Business regulation and planning-45m2(I) Aurora telecom-55m2(J) Safety & Quality-260m2(K) Training school-500m2

CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT(L) Manager-150m2(M) Renewals-135m2(N) Local authorities-35m2(O) Design-240m2(P) GIS/Drawing office-210m2(Q) Construction-390m2

SHARED SERVICES DEPARTMENT(R) Finance-120m2(S) IT-14m2(T) HR-14m2

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INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE OF THE CITY OF MADRID_project team: OFFICE 25 architects_

february 2007

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CICCM, or Flexicon, will be a meeting point for the celebra-tion of meetings and cultural events. It is located in the final section of the Castellana axis, in a high strategic value area of the city, recovered as a new financial centre. The concept of flexicon is based in the linking of the two green spaces that surround the plot, with a “bridge” building, on the rooftop of which a great urban space gives continuity to the “Parque de la Ventilla”. The building and the parking spaces are developed under the skin of the park, contrasting this way the four skyscrapers.The second goal of this project is to create a convention cen-tre that meets high flexibility and interchangeability require-ments. For this reason, two main spaces are created to host the two convention halls, both of which could be split into more halls, thanks to the use of hy-draulic systems and moving pannels, allowing this way to the CICCM to host a variety of events. This flexibility justifies the centres name: Flexicon

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DIGITAL FABRICATION_faculty: Marta Male Alemany

project team: Maria Koutsari

december 2008

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The objective of the seminar is to introduce students to the digital fabrication processes, focusing on the techniques of the available fabrication ma-chines. Each student is given the chance to work directly with the machines, use the specific CAM software and oversee his/her own job.

CNC laser-cuttingteam_Javier Martinez _Maria KoutsariThe intention of the class is to produce a large-scale lighting installation, where each student contributes by fabricating one of its parts. The challenge of the assignment is to produce a three-dimensional pipe, con-structed with planar sections and assembled like a cage with planar ribs. Students are given standard part typologies and geometric constraints for the end sections of their individual part to facilitate the overall as-sembly and allow for possibili-ties of variation in the final ar-rangement, while at the same time producing a unique design.

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3D printingteam_Gokcen Demirkir _Maria KoutsariThe class intents to produce a series of small crayon cases, that are going to be able to fit 4 crayons each. The students are given the chance to explore the potentials of fabricating parts without geometric limitations. The modeling of these cases considers issues like complex curvature and detail intricacy, in order to investigate the pos-sibilities of 3D printing.

CNC millingteam_Raquel Gallego Lorenzo _Nathaniel Velez _Maria KoutsariThe intention of the class is to explore milling processes as a way of producing unique molds, and explore the potentials of creating differentiated tile as-semblies, the elements of which will be casted in these molds. The modeling of these tiles will consider issues like surface curvature and relief, in order to investigate the possibilities of CNC Milling.

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(DIS)CONNECTED TERRITORIES_faculty: Vicente Guallart, Willy Mueller, Marta Male Alemany

project team: Kalpit Ashar, Cesar Cruz Cazares, Niovi Ketonis, Maria Koutsari

december 2008

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locate aviaries along the existing water flowsOur selected location considers points of intersection between the Collserola Park and the Ser-ralada de Marina Park. Our in-tentions lie in connecting the two territories by bridging the city of Montcada, specifically the composition of the trans-portation lines. While infrastruc-ture lines create a network of urban connection, we propose a network of natural connections bridging across urban areas.The geometrical strategy out-lines two existing factors; green areas and water flows: _The (dis)connected green ar-eas are connected together through ecological connectors. _The (un)interrupted flows of water are interrupted through aviaries.

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The routes follow a ‘tunnel’ stra-tegy through which the slopes develop an ecological environ-ment . As a result, a landscape of tunnels is created below the motorways and railways, which may represent an independent intersection or symbolize a net-work of crossing agents. The landscape becomes a porous passage with accessibility, vis-ibility, light and air circulation. The main system for the con-struction of the tunnels is a Mechanically Stabilized Earth system (MSE) that is achieved by the use of gabion baskets and horizontal wire mesh panels that provide soil reinforcement.The potential to vegetate a ga-bion basket wall offers unique landscaping potential. Once established, the vegetation will add even greater strength to the structure. Other advan-tages to the system are that gabion structures can be built with speed and economy in all circumstances; they are virtu-ally maintenance free; they are highly permeable and form flexible, permeable, monolithic structures.

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SELF SUFFICIENT BUILDING_faculty: Vicente Guallart, Areti Markopoulou, Luis Fraguada


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The building is perceived as an organism that is sufficient in energy, food and water. For the energy sufficiency, solar panels are proposed on the building’s south façade. For the food needs of the 400 inhabitants, 2000sqm vertical farming of hydroponics are proposed. The water con-sumption strategy is combining two systems: rainwater harvest-ing and recycling of blackwater and greywater. Blackwater and greywater is going to serve the hydroponic gardens, while the rainharvesting systems cover 95% of the buildings needs. The optimization of the building shape has taken into account three main parameters: The op-timum sun angle for the solar panels, resulted the inclination of the south facing surfaces. The other three facades, are intend-ed to be the medium of harvest-ing the rain water, so they have to be inclined as well. Last, the air coming from NNW, helps the ventilation of the building, while during summer the north façade opening allows the north breeze to enter the building and cool it.

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The program is distributed along the height of the tower just like the distribution of the uses in a neighborhood along its main street. Starting from commercial uses at the bottom, to recreation, offices, housing and ending with the gardens. A wider base host the commercial uses, maximizing the profitabil-ity at street level, while common public spaces at levels 7 and 17 are create a boundary between different uses. The differentia-tion at the towers depth allows the creation of different typolo-gies of housing units. The units are sharing the vertical garden on the top and have their own integrated water harvesting sys-tem, creating each a self-suffi-cient system itself. For the solar skin design, a script was used. Following the distri-bution of uses, “attractors” were placed, according to which the perforations were scaled. This results to smaller openings for office and commercial and big-ger for housing and more regu-lar for housing and office, while more random for commercial and gardens.

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OSCILLATION_faculty: Miquel Mesa


june 2009

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The city of Thessaloniki is a coastal city that hasn’t explored yet the potentials of water, the natural element that is domi-nating the city. The relationship of the city to the waterfront re-mains underdeveloped and few proposals have been material-ized until now. At the same time, while the demand for energy is constantly increasing and there is a global tendency towards the renewable energy resources, the potentiality of the presence of water in the city is rising. Therefore the possibility of har-vesting the wave energy needs to be explored.The proposal tackles with the is-sue of near-shore wave energy harvesting and the social im-pact or the aesthetic influence that an infrastructure like this can have to the city. Therefore a structure that can be integrated in the social life of the citizens is proposed, by means of pub-lic spaces and open-air public uses such as exhibition spaces, municipal pools and open-air concert theater that can be vis-ited by all the citizens of Thes-saloniki.

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The proposed floating structure is conceived as a multidisci-plinary project which is trying to deal simultaneously with the three layers of environmental, social and economic self suffi-ciency. Its dual function as pub-lic space and energy generator is trying to merge two appar-ently controversial features in one, with the purpose of raising the public awareness on envi-ronmental issues.The energy harvesting mecha-nisms, among which the public space is developed, accumu-late the necessary wave energy and feed it to the city. At the same time an interactive sys-tem is embedded to arise pub-lic awareness. According to the amount of energy that is being collected throughout each day the public spaces are being lit more intensively or not during night, thus projecting to the citizens the issue of the lack of energy resources. Finally, its ability to float pro-vides with the necessary flex-ibility and adaptability, which allows the structure to be mov-able whenever needed.

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Costume sketches for performance“Obscene comedy”

Student theatre group of architectureMay 2008

DESIGN OF THEATRE COSTUMES_project team: Maria Koutsari, Mili Kyropoulou,

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june 2007- may 2008

The theatre play “Pervertimen-to y otros gestos para nada” based on the original script of the spanish writer Jose Sanchis Sinistera, was presented in May 2007, in the small theatre space of the School of Architecture in Thessaloniki. The play was based on several monologues, describing the characters of the theater’s contributors and their relationships. The costumes were designed on the concept of the “absurd” theatre, on which the writer is referred several times.

In May 2008, the student theatre group of architecture presented an adaptation of three plays of Mariveau, under the title “Ob-scene comedy”. The play was divided in three main parts, placed in different time period. That gave the inspiration for the design of the costumes. Ad-ditionally, the pairs that were formed were characterized by a different costume color and a unique identity that helped to structure the play.

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Instance from performance“Pervertimento y otros gestos para nada”Student theatre group of architectureMay 2007

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