Larnaca Under Shadow II

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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

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Athens x4

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

New Zidonians update

Some new updated pictures from the (always ongoing!) 'New Zidonians' project

6th Biennale of Young Greek Architects

An invitation to the 6th Biennale of Young Greek Architects, organised by the Hellenic Institute of Architecture HelIArc
Next Wednesday evening at Bennaki Museum (Peiraos, Athens)
draftworks* participate with the Alikes Visitor Centre

New Zidonians

A new model from the ongoing New Zidonians project for the MIT: 'envisioning peace'

europan 2007

model photos from our participation in Europan 09 (2007).
you can see more at www.draftworks.eu

"Backstage Architecture is a collection of projects that represents an original panorama of architecture on a global level across a network of professionals. In it are the names and contacts of architects under 40 from forty-five different countries, one per country, each selected and presented by a referee in the book Worldwide Architecture"
from the site: www.www.backstage-architecture.org , where draftworks* participate with the project at Alikes/ Cyprus
our referee is the architect Petros Fokaides

Follow the link on the above 'backstage' logo to have a look

London Festival of Architecture '10

The benefits of spending the summer in London:
Cocktails at the temporary restaurant atop a construction site overlooking the Olympic Park in east London (Carmody Groarke).

Bartlett, 2010 Summer Show

At the Bartlett Summer Show last night. Opened by Hitoshi Abe. Untill Saturday 3 July.

Research Projects 2010 book

The new book 'Research Projects' was launched at the Bartlett Summer Show and includes draftworks' texts and projects

Alikes visitor centre

More photos from the 'Alikes Visitor Centre' wooden model