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20.5 - 9.6 2013
AT MEGARON ATHENS
THEIR FIRST
BUILDINGS
PAPATRIANTAFYLLOU XENIA
CENTER FOR MEDITERRANEAN RESEARCH IN THE ISLAND OF THERASIA
2012
Undergraduate
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE, CHANIA, GREECE
Professor(s): VAROUDAKIS ARISTOMENIS
KARAMANEA PANAGIOTA
KARAMANEA PANAGIOTA
The traditional practices of cave style architecture (hyposkafa) along with the application of modern techniques in the design of the building have conferred some advantages of subterain space and render this construction environmentally-friendly and sustainable.
The proposed intervention corresponds to the needs of the inhabitants and visitors of Santorini, as well as of the interdisciplinary scientific group that is active on the island. In addition to the interpretation centre that liaises such a multicultural community, the proposed building would bring research facilities and an exhibition centre open to visitors under a common roof. So, this project generates an innovative museum that both highlights the natural environment and interprets the results of current research, while the later is being conducted by scientists in lieu. In detail, the facilities housed by this building include laboratories for architects, archaeologists, sociologists, geologists and biologists, a diving centre, amphitheatres and exhibition spaces, a restaurant and observatories. Furthermore there has been an attempt to renovate and reuse the existing settlement of Kera, into a hostel. The intervention in this traditional settlement was based on the concept that the new and the old should coexist harmonically and distinctly.
CV
Born in Athens in 1986. She studied architectural engineering at the Technical University of Crete, and graduated in 2012 with honours. Her diploma thesis involved the design of a research centre in Therasia, Santorini, Greece. During the last three years of her studies, she had been working in the architectural burau EX.S Architects, on small-scale projects and urban projects. She has taken part in conferences, competitions and exhibitions that focus on public space and constructions with natural materials. Moreover, she has participated in architectural action groups (including p-public and piliko group), with an emphasis on participatory design and ecological constructions. Lately, she has cooperated with an urban planning company based in Rotterdam. Finally, she is currently working in the architectural bureau A. G. Varoudakis on small-scale projects and building restoration.