a. artefact 126: the storytellers
firepit serhan ahmet tekbaş, thanasis ikonomou
beginning as a digital scan of a rock found in the mountainous village of Boltaş, the artefact is sculpted from a rusting iron-rich stone that shifts in colour and texture to express the movement of time. In an endless decay and simultaneous rebirth, it explores the relationship between manufactured and natural modes of sculpting and storytelling.
a. artefact 126: the storytellers
firepit serhan ahmet tekbaş, thanasis ikonomou
beginning as a digital scan of a rock found in the mountainous village of Boltaş, the artefact is sculpted from a rusting iron-rich stone that shifts in colour and texture to express the movement of time. In an endless decay and simultaneous rebirth, it explores the relationship between manufactured and natural modes of sculpting and storytelling.
b. ecologies of clutter
mariza daouti, eftychios savvidis
In an effort to relate ourselves to our digital interlocutors and their material surroundings, we look at commonplace, overlooked objects
which inhabit the backdrop of videocalls. Clusters of objects are subtracted from the two-dimensional screen and then reconstituted digitally and brought together in physical space, as a three-dimensional still life.
b. ecologies of clutter
mariza daouti, eftychios savvidis
In an effort to relate ourselves to our digital interlocutors and their material surroundings, we look at commonplace, overlooked objects
which inhabit the backdrop of videocalls. Clusters of objects are subtracted from the two-dimensional screen and then reconstituted digitally and brought together in physical space, as a three-dimensional still life.
c. Long days bed, instead
eleni diana elia, kleanthis rousos
Rooms merge into each other,
desk: what a view from here though,
way better than being at the office
bed: what, are you talking about headboard? headboard: they use me as
a backdrop for their outside life,
they think i look cute
Days into themselves.
sofa: do you think they really need
us though?
desk: all we need is each other dining table: yeah, i can’t even stand up on my own three legs without you bed
c. Long days bed, instead
eleni diana elia, kleanthis rousos
Rooms merge into each other,
desk: what a view from here though,
way better than being at the office
bed: what, are you talking about headboard? headboard: they use me as
a backdrop for their outside life,
they think i look cute
Days into themselves.
sofa: do you think they really need
us though?
desk: all we need is each other dining table: yeah, i can’t even stand up on my own three legs without you bed
d. tactics of urban re-humanisation
charis nika, sebastian koukkides
In contrast to the strategies currently employed in the Cypriot urban landscape, the project examines architectural typologies of the local tradition. It explores their autonomous and collective making processes, their responsiveness to the local climate, their intricate spatial qualities and the richness of social practices they allowed for.
d. tactics of urban re-humanisation
charis nika, sebastian koukkides
In contrast to the strategies currently employed in the Cypriot urban landscape, the project examines architectural typologies of the local tradition. It explores their autonomous and collective making processes, their responsiveness to the local climate, their intricate spatial qualities and the richness of social practices they allowed for.
e. system of options
eleonora antoniadou (superside studio), nayia savva
The system consists of two main elements, the hanging structure and the separation surface. Together, they give the dweller the ability to create sub spaces and parallel programs. The cast aluminium structure and the variety of modular units introduced give the opportunity to change directions in space, creating different paths and typologies.
f. Metro-polis
kkreate studio (christophoros kyriakides, orestis kyriakides)
Metro-polis is designed to generate potential urban scenarios caused by social distancing. Its form and activation mechanics are that of a board game. Its elements represent physical structures, non-physical variables and the human factor. Through ‘play-ing’, their complex effects and subsequent impact on urban life are translated onto the game’s board.
f. Metro-polis
kkreate studio (christophoros kyriakides, orestis kyriakides)
Metro-polis is designed to generate potential urban scenarios caused by social distancing. Its form and activation mechanics are that of a board game. Its elements represent physical structures, non-physical variables and the human factor. Through ‘play-ing’, their complex effects and subsequent impact on urban life are translated onto the game’s board.
g. Desire lines
dakis panayiotou (kiss the architect), theodoulos polyviou
‘Desire Lines’ is a site-specific VR installation, immersing physical bodies in projected, virtual trajectories, proposing alternative ways of inhabitation, orientation and getting lost. Getting lost still involves inhabiting space and following non-existent trajectories, until the state of being lost becomes a state of meditation.
h. aseedlingplace*
urban gorillas (veronika antoniou, teresa tourvas)
aseedlingplace* attempts to reconfigure the micro-scale of a domestic garden into a fluid experience of encounters in an urban context. Everyone is encouraged to take part by planting seeds, transfering cuttings, tending and growing new plants in one’s neighbourhood and by taking photos as they grow, share them at #ASeedlingPlace.
h. aseedlingplace*
urban gorillas (veronika antoniou, teresa tourvas)
aseedlingplace* attempts to reconfigure the micro-scale of a domestic garden into a fluid experience of encounters in an urban context. Everyone is encouraged to take part by planting seeds, transfering cuttings, tending and growing new plants in one’s neighbourhood and by taking photos as they grow, share them at #ASeedlingPlace.
i. Emergency re-appropriation
Studio naama (natalie savva, mark rist)
Acknowledging the inefficacy of a top-down system, the project examines the architect’s role in grassroots urbanism, by celebrating the way in which self-initiated acts can be interwoven between small communities, with the potential to empower both the individual and the collective through co-dependency in communal domestic settings.
i. Emergency re-appropriation
Studio naama (natalie savva, mark rist)
Acknowledging the inefficacy of a top-down system, the project examines the architect’s role in grassroots urbanism, by celebrating the way in which self-initiated acts can be interwoven between small communities, with the potential to empower both the individual and the collective through co-dependency in communal domestic settings.
j. The city within
rania francis, gergana popova
Interrogating the relationship between increased activity in homes and the lack of physical encounters, the monomateriality of the object reflects on the compression of all experiences within the domestic environment. The proportions of the window frame signify a normality of the past, but only a small corner remains, representing the fragmentation of that normality.
j. The city within
rania francis, gergana popova
Interrogating the relationship between increased activity in homes and the lack of physical encounters, the monomateriality of the object reflects on the compression of all experiences within the domestic environment. The proportions of the window frame signify a normality of the past, but only a small corner remains, representing the fragmentation of that normality.
k. spread the secret
wet-hard agency (regner ramos, kleanthis kyriakou, Gabriela ennich, christian gonzález, brian torres)
a speculative model of the now-closed ‘Secrets’ nightclub, the model commemorates, memorializes, and problematizes the lack of LGBTQ+ spaces in Cyprus’s built environment. Floating above this abstract representation of the former nightclub is a scaled-down model of the salt lake, that follows
its exact geological contours and acts as a sanctuary for ‘Secrets’.
k. peripatetic landscapes
Emilio Koutsoftides (koutsoftides architects), Gabor Stark
Peripatetic Landscapes is a composite object which combines physical specimens from the village of Lemba with the transmission of field recordings of the same location. It plays with the notions of space and time, distance and proximity, the tangible and the intangible through the incorporation of material and sound sampling.
k. peripatetic landscapes
Emilio Koutsoftides (koutsoftides architects), Gabor Stark
Peripatetic Landscapes is a composite object which combines physical specimens from the village of Lemba with the transmission of field recordings of the same location. It plays with the notions of space and time, distance and proximity, the tangible and the intangible through the incorporation of material and sound sampling.
