Within the 16,000 m2 industrial marble yard there are three production buildings, an auxiliary site office pod and the new Headquarters of Administration and Show Rooms. The building’s volume and shape is inspired by the traditional mediterranean marble quarries of Penteli and Dionyssos in Greece or Carrara in Italy. The company follows today’s high technology for both Greek archaeological restorations (Parthenon, Propylaia, Herodus Atticus...
The OKEANOS office property had the unusual site of an entire building block of 1900m2 in Ilissia (Michalakopoulou Avenue) on the preferential “off- ring” area of Athens CBD. It covers the needs of “Alpha Insurances” or Alpha Bank with eight floors and mezzanine above ground (7.000m2) and five basements underground (8.000m2). The building is near Ampelokipoi Square on Mesogion Avenue, next to the Holiday...
SHIPPING OFFICES ‘COSTAMARE’ SYNGROU AVENUE and PHALERON DELTA The ‘Costamare’ offices were built in the area between Phaleron Delta and Syngrou Avenue. 6000m² have been built on 8 levels, including the owner’s flat in the penthouse with added spaces of mechanical and garage below ground with a service penthouse in the penthouse garden area. The cylindrical concrete columns have been clad with semi-cylindrically cut...
Vouliagmenis Avenue, connects the city of Athens and the older Ellinikon airport. The area has developed as a center for car representatives, offices and show rooms. The FIAT HELLAS headquarters covers 6.500m², where 3.600m² are office spaces with three lower levels of covered parking. The five storey building with two basements was organized as part of the urban volume of the owners’ existing structure....
SHIPPING COMPANY OFFICES IN KAVOURI, ATTICA Architects M. Photiadis and P. Massouridis The design of the offices conformed to the company’s needs, stressing the close relationship between various departments. This seemed to call for a central axial patio which would divide the building longitudinally into two half-levels, with vertical circulation cores placed alongside it. Thus, the west end contains the main core and the...
The result of a competition among five firms, where a main feature was the functional use of Energy and passive systems. The existing site is a central boxite extraction hub on Mount Parnassos with an exit from the 51st Km of the National Road. Important criteria: • The building’s exact location. • Traffic circulation. • Retaining a number of existing buildings. • Design environmentally...
‘BP Hellas’ HQs on Athens’ suburban Avenue The four-storey office building is on a flat narrow lot vertical to Kifissias avenue on the Athens suburb of Philothei. The building brief was based on the company administration questionnaires. The structure has a stepped up volume with a main trunk of sectors with a view to the avenue and a back service road. The initial accepted...
Biscuit Factory at Chalkis Architect M. Photiadis The first unit built comprises a vertical tower and the main production building, with input and output platforms at each end. An elevator moves the basic materials up the tower. Flour is stored on the top floor, from where it moves down while being treated, mixed, turned into dough and shaped into biscuits, which are baked and...
DEMOUNTABLE PAVILION “PAPASTRATOS TOBACCO CO.” THESSALONIKI COMMERCIAL FAIR 1968 The Company exchanged a conventional pavilion for one that exploits prefabrication. A three-dimensional poster invites visitors at this or future fairs. The pavilion was assembled within one week to be disassembled in less time and shipped to other fairs. Its design and construction allow for changes in shape, size, volume with additions or subtractions of...
This Bank headquarters is sited within a long, narrow lot with limited front. The client’s brief required a customers’ exchange extending through four levels with administration offices on the three typical floors and three set- backs. The elevation is planned upon a double modular system of 1.30 and 1.95m allowing for office flexibility....