G
R
E
A
T
GREEK
ARCHITECTURAL
TALENT
ARCHITECTURAL
TALENT


We read











We listen to












We listen to


20.5 - 9.6 2013
AT MEGARON ATHENS
THEIR FIRST
BUILDINGS
Lykouras Ioannis
Inwardness into Intimacy
2012
Postgraduate
Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus - Architektur.Studium.Generale, Cottbus, Germany
Professor(s): V. Prof. Dr. Dagmar Jäger
Prof. Dr. Irina Raud
Prof. Rein Murula
Prof. Dr. Irina Raud
Prof. Rein Murula
The second core of investigation was the complexity of the inner structure of Patarei itself, which is a palimpsest of alterations and additions, turning the core of the complex more and more inwards, creating layers of isolation from the city around it.
This in turn led to the research of layered space, disorientation and labyrinths in architecture and urbanism. The theory found most inspiring and closer to the first personal feelings about the building was Fuhimiko Maki’s description of the concept of OKU, the innermost space, and the use of sensory depth in Japanese traditional architecture, especially to symbolize and protect sacredness.
The result was a partial project, using the concept of spatial depth as a guide to use the isolation and distance of Patarei from the city and its disorienting structure as a quality and as a tool to create a different experience of public space for the city and at the same time bridge the immaterial gap between Patarei and the people of Tallinn. A public sauna center placed as warm heart in the waterfront wing of the building.
CV
Ioannis Lykouras was born in Pyrgos, Greece in 1986 and grew up in Patras. He holds a Diploma in Civil Engineering from the University of Patras, from which he graduated in 2009. In 2010 he became part of the first class of the revolutionary master’s program Architektur.Studium.Generale of the BTU Cottbus, through which he took part in eight workshops in eight different cities around Europe, each time supervised by the local university. In December 2012, after graduating, he won the first prize in the Pirita Beach architectural competition, in Tallinn, Estonia, together with Ullar Ambos, Kaisa Lasner and Pille Noole.