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20.5 - 9.6 2013
AT MEGARON ATHENS
THEIR FIRST
BUILDINGS
Stenou Aliki, Triantafyllidis Theoklitos
Tempest: A Floating Theatre for the Aegean Archipelago
2012
Undergraduate
National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Professor(s): Papalexopoulos Dimitris,
Gyparakis Giorgos,
Gyftopoulos Stavros,
Mazarakos Thomas (Department of Shipbuilding Engineering in NTUA)
Gyparakis Giorgos,
Gyftopoulos Stavros,
Mazarakos Thomas (Department of Shipbuilding Engineering in NTUA)
Following this idea, we see the Aegean Sea as a cluster of islands that function as a whole, creating a network but also retaining each its own character. In this dispersed city we propose a model of common infrastructure of a big scale, which is based on the idea of moving. We choose to apply this strategy on the field of culture and more specifically we suggest a travelling theater that can act as a communication channel (a bridge) between the islands. Thus, we take an existing ship and transform it to a theater, trying to create our ship-theater.
As an indicative route we propose a circumnavigation of the Cyclades Islands, which we consider the heart of the Archipelagos. The beginning and the end of the journey is Ermoupolis, the capital of Syros, which is also the geographical and cultural capital of the Cyclades Islands. A list of the ports is proposed as a guide in the hands of each director for the selection of the ideal location for each performance. As far as the way the ship connects to the dock, there are two main ways, alongside and the mooring but we also encourage the access by small boats by the sea.
The ship chosen for our project, with the contribution of the Shipbuilding Department of the NTUA, is the Spanish research Vessel called Hesperides. This choice was mainly made because of its excellent cruising capability in open sea, its stability and maneuverability in limited space. Additionally, it has an ideal size (length, width, draft) for all ports and for the theater itself. Finally, it has a special form, which we found very interesting and which, having its main superstructure in the center, favored the trilateral division of the ship into a foyer, a theater and a residential space for the troupe. These are the main uses in our project.
Our concept is based on the idea of "digging" the bulk of the ship. Inner walls and decks, originally fragmenting the inner space of the ship, are eradicated leaving their traces on the outside walls of a big, unified open space that is now created in order to host our theater. Perceiving this space as the core of the ship-theatre, we try to use all surrounding areas in order to serve it: after entering the ship, the audience finds a large open air space on the stern of the ship, which plays the role of an urban square, then one moves on to the semi- open air foyer, which is a flexible space, and its character depends on the show and finally, through a narrow passage the viewer enters the big void where there is the theater. By that, we aim to surprise and awe the audience. Behind the theater and towards the bow of the ship is the backstage, the cabins and the public areas for the crew and the troupe. The crew of the ship resides in the front vertical part of the superstructure, where there are also the pilot house and the captain's cabin. Finally, in the bow of the ship we perforate the upper deck and create an atrium, with a tree and a small auditorium for rehearsals that gathers the troupe and serves its daily life.
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Aliki Stenou was born in Athens in 1988. She graduated from Moraitis High school in 2006. She studied Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens, where she graduated with honors in 2012. In 2010 she took part in the I.A.E.S.T.E. program through which she worked in Tunisia for three months. During 2010 and 2011 she participated in the Erasmus exchange program following for a year her studies at the Technische Universität Berlin, in Berlin. In 2011 she presented her lecture at the National Technical University of Athens under the title Odyssey of a city: the representation of cities in Science Fiction Cinema. In 2012 she presented her thesis at the NTUA under the title A floating Theater for the Aegean Archipelago. During the years 2006-2013 she has attended several seminars in acting, film, photography, painting and sculpture in Greece and Germany having participated in relevant exhibitions in Berlin. Since 2013 she has been working in Munich, Germany.
Triantafyllidis Theoklitos was born in the summer of '88 and grew up in Athens. He studied Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens, where he graduated in 2012. Since then he has been practicing in several architectural offices and has been looking for a place to develop his activities. He is currently working in China. He has participated in several exhibitions and competitions in Greece and abroad.
Triantafyllidis Theoklitos was born in the summer of '88 and grew up in Athens. He studied Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens, where he graduated in 2012. Since then he has been practicing in several architectural offices and has been looking for a place to develop his activities. He is currently working in China. He has participated in several exhibitions and competitions in Greece and abroad.