beachness II

beachness II, Lara

Deadline Today Summer '11

The Wonderland Exhibition 'Deadline Today: 99+ stories of making architectural competitions' featuring draftworks* story about the Alikes Info Centre competition, after having traveled to many European cities goes back to Austria.
You can visit it this summer from 9th-28th August at the amazing Gunther Domenig's Steinhaus




Gunther Domenig's Steinhaus: venue of the exhibition

Larnaca Under Shadow

Our project for the Larnaca Municipal Market is now published at Archisearch

You can follow the link below:
http://www.archisearch.gr/article/434/larnaka-ypo-skia---gia-ena-skiasmeno-astiko-edafos.htm

Future Larnaca

draftworks* have been invited to present the 'Alikes Environmental Centre' at the conference:
Larnaca 21: Embracing the Future

Join us on 8 July 2011
Venue: 'Ktima Makenzy', Larnaca

Larnaca Market Competition, Plans

1. Plan of the Groundfloor with the covered market in the middle, the openair market on the left and the parking space on the top
2. Plan of the canopy that covers the market and connects the three parts of the programme

[draftworks*, AA+U, C.Karagiorgi]

The New Zidonians | Where everything was reversible and everything was temporary

A post by Ethel Baraona Pohl in her blog about draftwoks* project New Zidonians
You can follow the link below:
http://dprbcn.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/the-new-zidonians/

"In Greeklish" article

An article by Panos Dragonas in the current issue of Architektonika Themata 45/2011:
“In Greeklish” 8/8: Η ανανέωση του σχεδιαστικού ήθους
featuring draftworks* project: the New Zidonians
You can see the article here

Larnaca Under Shadow II

Open publication - Free publishing - More architecture

Larnaca Market Competition: the text [unfortunately only in Greek, but you can have a look at the pictures&drawings)
team: draftworks* C.Ioannou, C.Papastergiou, AA+U S.Stratis, R.Urbano and C.Karagiorgi, April 2011

"Beachness"

A certain grade of 'beachness". Governor's Beach

Municipal Market, Larnaca / Δημοτική Αγορά Λάρνακας

LARNACA UNDER SHADOW
Some images from our proposal for the Larnaca's Municipal Market competition. April 2011, Cyprus
Design team: Christiana Ioannou-Christos Papastergiou (draftworks*), Sokratis Stratis-Riccardo Urbano (AA+U), Christiana Karagiorgi

Public space at the end of the 'End of History' II

nonosvamos
After our last post here. More pages are written the last few days in the history of public space.
The occupation of Puerta del Sol, Madrid. Peacefully but persistently:

1st Year Studio at U_Nic

A few images from the 1st Year studio at UNic. Final Presentation
tutors: A.Petrou, M.Hadjisoteriou, C.Ioannou, P.Filippou, M.Danou, C.Papastergiou


Stefanos, Marios, Andreas and Danae carrying D.Georgiadou's model


T.Georgiou's model investigations


D.Demetriou's model-drawing investigations

Research Projects 11, Exhibition, London

Draftworks* currently exhibit at The Gallery (Bartlett School of Architecture, London)
Below some photos from the exhibition

Public space at the end of the 'End of History'

One way or the other the last couple of months it has been evident that History is not at its end at all.
And public space is still the throbbing heart of it.



Tahrir (Liberation) Square, Cairo

PhD Research Projects, The Bartlett, UCL

On March 15th, the annual Research Projects conference and exhibition at the Bartlett, London.
draftworks* participate at the exhibition and will be presenting their work on Tuesday afternoon.
Join us for the day-long conference or/and a drink (or two) in the evening, at the exhibition opening!
exhibition 15 March- 1 April

Alikes project in WorldWide Architecture publication (update)

The Alikes Visitor Centre has been published at the new Worldwide Architecture book. The project is introduced by Petros Fokaidis, architect. You can find the book here:
http://shop.wki.it/utet_scienze_tecniche/Libri/worldwide_Architecture_s21710.aspx

Athens x4, Αθήνα χ4 competition, more

‘Being-outside and yet belonging: this is the topological structure of the state of exception’
Giorgio Agamben , State of Exception, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005, p.35

The narrative that we submitted to the competition and accompanied the drawings.
The story of XX a young architect that tries to find his creative way in the post-crisis Athens.
Unfortunately it is only in greek

Open publication - Free publishing - More draftworks

Athens x4

Our submission to the recent competition 'Athens x4'. By draftworks* in collaboration with Christiana Karagiorgi architect