![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, in the Republic of Belarus, President Aliaksandr Lukašenka has described the coronavirus pandemic as “yet another psychosis” while warning that “panic can hurt us more than the virus itself.” His prescription: drink vodka (though ideally not while working), play hockey, do some farming, drive a tractor, and visit a sauna twice a week. see more project submissions from our readers here.It was around a month ago that the eccentric dictator of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow, ordered his government ministers to fumigate the entire country by burning yuzarlik, a perennial herb also known as harmala or Syrian rue, the better to destroy any viruses “invisible to the naked eye.” In fairness, ancient Greek physicians did consider wild rue to have anti-parasitic and anti-malarial properties, but it is also entheogenic, and I wonder about the long-term effects of bombarding all of Turkmenistan’s government buildings, schools, and even cemeteries with a hallucinogen. ![]() Status: distinction in architectural competitionĭesignboom has received this project from our ‘ DIY submissions ‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. Main use: administration building of the region of attica, greece View of the open air amphitheater in the gardenĪrchitect: leonidas papalampropoulos, georgia syriopoulou the main entrance to the administration building is signified as a recession of the mass that welcomes the visitor with a view of the green surroundings, providing access to the office spaces, the public functions (auditorium, exhibitions, café) and the garden itself. two ramps on the external sides of the building cut through its mass and allow for public access to the garden, which can function both independently and in conjunction with the office spaces, thus becoming a meeting space for the visitors and the employees alike. at the same time, the manipulation of the skin and the allocation of functions address the scale of the adjacent neighborhood and the pedestrian experience, with facades that act as semi-transparent filters and allow views of the micro-scale inside the building. The gesture of enclosure in hortus conclusus shapes the building as a landmark within the urban scale with a robust visual identity. papalampropoulos and syriopoulou ‘s proposal focuses on three main axes: the preservation of the spatial qualities and inherent atmosphere of the place the creation of a new ‘urban artifact’ with which to reassemble the dispersed public space of the city and, the expression of the historic memory of elefsina through the gesture of enclosure, signifying spatially the symbolic transition into the space of ‘the other’, and the contrasting scales of various urban elements as an outcome of the coexisting fragments from the city’s past. Interior view of the entrance to the gardenĪcting as a spatial metaphor of paradise, the preservation of the site’s topography creates a symbolic connection with the mythology of the surrounding meadow, where it is said that hades, the god of the underworld, kidnapped persephone, the daughter of agriculture goddess demeter. a new social space is offered to the citizens within the building for the reinforcement of local identity. the project reformulates the topology of the existing vegetation in order to define an internal landscape, which acts as a sanctuary for rest, meditation and memory amidst undefined boundaries, vague spaces and fragmented public spaces in the junction of the city with the industrial area. Leonidas papalampropoulos and georgia syriopoulou adopt the typology of an enclosed garden, hortus conclusus, in their proposal for a new administration building in the city of elefsina, greece. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |