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A PARTNERSHIP TO PROMOTE THE GREEK ARCHITECTURAL VISION
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20.5 - 9.6 2013
AT MEGARON ATHENS
THEIR FIRST
BUILDINGS
KREMMYDA LIDA, MATALA MYRTO
MINING MUSEUM IN SERIFOS
2011
Undergraduate
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE N.T.U.A., ATHENS, GREECE
Professor(s): TSIRAKI SOFIA (SUPERVISOR)
VASILATOS PANAYOTIS (COUNSELOR)
VASILATOS PANAYOTIS (COUNSELOR)
The new museum is seen as a crucial point of a single path that aims at developing the industrial wasteland and promoting the area as a place of memory. The new synthesis is formed as a building-course on which is based the visitor’s tour.
A linear central axis organizes the routes to the entrance and enables the access to the museum from both levels of the mines.
The museum space is designed so as the visitor to acquire a biomatic experience associated to the quality of the mining galleries while he observes the exhibition. Apart of the permanent exhibition spaces, a space for temporary exhibitions, a small auditorium, laboratories for the researchers and a small café are also provided.
A key challenge and concern was the integration at a memorial site so distinctive and particular. The key synthetic tool was the analysis and reinterpretation of the place and its components. The stone structures and retaining walls, the gallery, the rugged terrain, the metal loading bridge were translated into new spatial experiences by creating grades based on counterpoints and transitions of light, proportions and materials.
The element that composes the central idea of the synthesis is the design of a tall retaining wall, the crooked route of which continues the traces of stone walls in the area. Its folding and projection shape the entrance and define the interior of the museum.
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Leda Kremmyda was born in Athens in 1986. She studied at the School of Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens and she graduated in 2011. In 2009 she continued her studies at the School of Architecture at the University of Florence as a participant of the Erasmus program with a scholarship sponsored by IKY. Her diploma thesis in collaboration with M. Matala was completed in 2011 and is nominated for the NTUA's Thomaidio Award. Currently she is attending the postgraduate program "Architectural Design - Space - Culture" at the School of Architecture at NTUA. Since 2011 she works as an architect participating in several architectural competitions in Greece and abroad. In 2013 she was honored with a distinctive mention in the architectural competition for the design of the Museum of Underwater Activities in Piraeus and the regeneration of part of the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) Costal Zone.
Myrto Matala was born in Athens in 1987. She studied at the School of Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens from which she graduated with excellence (9,3) in 2011. In 2009 with a scholarship sponsored by IKY she participated in the Erasmus program continuing her studies at the School of Architecture at the University of Florence. Her diploma thesis "Mining Museum in Serifos" was presented in 2011 and is nominated for the NTUA’s Thomaidio Award. Since 2011 she continues her studies at the postgraduate program "Architectural Design - Space - Culture" at the School of Architecture at NTUA elaborating on issues of museum ideology in modernity. At the same time, she runs an architectural office in Athens. In 2013 she was honored with a distinctive mention in the architectural competition for the design of the Museum of Underwater Activities in Piraeus and the regeneration of part of the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) Costal Zone.
Myrto Matala was born in Athens in 1987. She studied at the School of Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens from which she graduated with excellence (9,3) in 2011. In 2009 with a scholarship sponsored by IKY she participated in the Erasmus program continuing her studies at the School of Architecture at the University of Florence. Her diploma thesis "Mining Museum in Serifos" was presented in 2011 and is nominated for the NTUA’s Thomaidio Award. Since 2011 she continues her studies at the postgraduate program "Architectural Design - Space - Culture" at the School of Architecture at NTUA elaborating on issues of museum ideology in modernity. At the same time, she runs an architectural office in Athens. In 2013 she was honored with a distinctive mention in the architectural competition for the design of the Museum of Underwater Activities in Piraeus and the regeneration of part of the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) Costal Zone.
