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20.5 - 9.6 2013
AT MEGARON ATHENS
THEIR FIRST
BUILDINGS
Kyriakou Kyriakos, Sofia Krimizi
Supermodelcity, Massive Void
2009
Postgraduate
Columbia University, GSAPP, New York, USA
Professor(s): Keith Kaseman
The need for light, water and air produces a demand for an enormous infrastructure. A perplexed network of pipes runs through the mass increasing the amount of holes while condensing the space. The pipes program the space, defining functions. As the system grows, the degree of porosity increases until the holes become very small. A new state emerges. It is a gray zone between the absolute black or white. We witness the fragmentation of intermediate spaces into undefined zones. The system is repeating itself carving what is already carved in a recursive pattern. A series of crypts and poches emerge on the walls. Hints of interiors appear in the mass. The hypertrofic void forces the system to fail.
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Sofia Krimizi studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens graduating with honors in 2008 and the Ecole National Superieure de Paris la Villete (Master I- Erasmus). She earned a post-graduate degree at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University in New York (Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design) having scholarships from the Fulbright Foundation, the Foundation for Education and European Culture and the Goulandris Foundation. Sofia has worked for various offices including Steven Holl Architects in New York, Ateliers Jean Nouvel in Paris and Grafeio 405 Aris Zambikos in Athens before founding ksestudio with Kyriakos Kyriakou in Brooklyn-NY. She is currently teaching design studios as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute and the University of Pennsylvania. She recently received a research grant from NYSCA (New York State Council of the Arts) and the Storefront for Art and Architecture the American Condominum Metabolism project with ksestudio. She has received numerous awards and mentions in international competitions and exhibited her work at the Museum of the City of New York, the Storefront for Art and Architecture and the Benaki Museum, amongst other places.
Kyriakos Kyriakou studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens graduating in 2008 and the Ecole National Superieurede Paris la Villete (Master I - Erasmus). He earned a post-graduate degree at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University in New York (Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design) as a Themistocles Varangis scholar while winning the Kinne traveling fellowship. Kyriakos has worked for various offices including Ateliers SOA in Paris and ODA (Office for Design and Architecture) in New York as a project architect for the 100 Norfolk high rise. In 2009 he founded ksestudio in collaboration with Sofia Krimizi in Brooklyn-NY. He recently received a research grant from NYSCA (New York State Council of the Arts) and the Storefront for Art and Architecture the American Condominum Metabolism project with ksestudio. He has received numerous awards and mentions in international competitions and exhibited her work at the Museum of the City of New York, the Storefront for Art and Architecture and the Benaki Museum, amongst other places.
Kyriakos Kyriakou studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens graduating in 2008 and the Ecole National Superieurede Paris la Villete (Master I - Erasmus). He earned a post-graduate degree at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University in New York (Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design) as a Themistocles Varangis scholar while winning the Kinne traveling fellowship. Kyriakos has worked for various offices including Ateliers SOA in Paris and ODA (Office for Design and Architecture) in New York as a project architect for the 100 Norfolk high rise. In 2009 he founded ksestudio in collaboration with Sofia Krimizi in Brooklyn-NY. He recently received a research grant from NYSCA (New York State Council of the Arts) and the Storefront for Art and Architecture the American Condominum Metabolism project with ksestudio. He has received numerous awards and mentions in international competitions and exhibited her work at the Museum of the City of New York, the Storefront for Art and Architecture and the Benaki Museum, amongst other places.