christos zantis - architectural portfolio 2014

christoszantis a collection of creative works

PROFESSIONAL WORKS 2004-2013

ACADEMIC WORKS 2007-2012

01 introduction

christoszantis

TELEPHONE (UK): +447923246662

TELEPHONE (CY): +35799416766

48 HARRINGTON ROAD, E11 4QW, LEYTONSTONE LONDON, UK

architect / designer

www.chriszantis.com / www.zanaplus.com

E-MAIL: [email protected]

http://www.chriszantis.com/

http://www.zanaplus.com/

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Born in Canada in 1987, re-located to Cyprus in 1992. Holds a First Class Honours BSc in Architecture and a First Class Honours Diploma in Architectural Engineering (for which he received the “Lambros and Thaleia David” Award for Best Annual Diploma Project in Architectural Engineering). He is currently undertaking and MA in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths University of London with a pathway in Design. He has worked extensively in architectural practices since 2004, collaborated for submissions in national architectural competitions, lead the Production/Editing Team for the Digital Media used for the participation of Cyprus in the 2010 Architecture Biennale in Venice, and has worked as a consulting architect in the design department of ROOMS, a furniture retail company which also provides turn-key interior design services. His interests in Architecture include Architectural Technology, Digital Design and CG Visualizations, Lightweight Structures and Prefabrication, Structural Engineering, Kinetic Systems, Sustainable Design, Space Syntax, Architectural Theory and Philosophy. As for interests outside the area of Architecture, he has a passion for Poetry and Creative Writing (First Prize for poem submission for the Cyprus Participation in “International Year of the Planet” Conference, Non-Profit Participation in Poetic Anthology “The Flowers of our Souls” for the SOS Villages in Greece, Merit in the National Annual Greek Embassy Essay Contest). He is an avid Guitarist and Song-writer, Web Designer/Developer and Software Programmer, and is constantly up to date in matters of art, design and photography, and strives to fuse all his skills together to achieve maximum results with high standard in quality. In 2012, he co-founded ZANA+ Design Studio ( www.zanaplus.com ), a collaborative, interdisciplinary design studio that focuses on 3D Visualization ( Architectural, Interior, 3D Animations, Virtual Panoramas ), provides Architectural Draftwork Services, as well as Web Design and Development, Graphic Design and Image Post Processing. ZANA+ also acts as an intermediary agency that bridges clientele with young freelance creative talent, increasing the accessibility of the public to design resources at minimal cost.

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employment history ZANA+ Design Studio 2012 – Present Co-Founder and Freelance Architect/Designer and 3D Visualizer ROOMS / Stefos Evripidou LTD November 2012 – August 2013 Freelance Project Coordinator / Manager ROOMS / Stefos Evripidou LTD July 2011 – April 2012 Architect/Interior Consultant Zantis Enterprises LTD December 2009 – Present Web Designer / Developer, Consulting Architect, Graphic Design, 3D Visualization Struktur 02 Summer 2010 Associate/Team Member in Architectural Competition for the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) Christakis Hadjichristou Summer 2010 Head of Production/Editing of Digital Media for the Cyprus Participation in the 2010 Architecture Biennale in Venice University of Cyprus/Panayiota Pyla 2009-2010 Digital Image Archiving/Photography of buildings in Cyprus for MESARCH (Research Group for Modern Architecture in the Eastern Mediterranean) Andreas Hadjizachariou Summer 2008 Designer – Refurbisment of Traditional Houses in Cyprus Abdallah Aboul-Hosn Summer 2008 Freelance Designer, Modeller, Conceptual Design Maria Vakana 2005-2007 Freelance Designer Andreas Heracleous Summer 2004 Intern Architectural Designer

academic history Goldsmiths, University of London

2012 – 2013 MA in Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship, Design Pathway

University of Cyprus

September 2011 – May 2012 Diploma in Architectural Engineering

(GRADE 9.29/10)

University of Cyprus September 2007 – May 2011

BSc in Architecture (GRADE 8.87/10)

Ayias Phylaxeos Lyceum

2002 – 2005 Graduating Grade19.83/20

Highest Scoring Candidate in Entrance Exams For BSc Architecture, University of Cyprus

Full Scholarship by Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation

GCE A Levels Physics (A)

Computers (A) Mathematics (B)

English Proficiency

Bilingual English/Greek (Former Canadian Resident) IGCSE (A)

TOEFL Paper Based Test 657, 5.5/6 in Written Essay

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awards and recognitions “Lambros and Thaleia David” Award 2012 For Best Annual Diploma Project in Architectural Engineering First Prize “International Year of Planet Earth” Conference Poem Submission for Cyprus Participation (2008) Full Scholarship by Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation Highest Scoring Candidate in Entrance Exams For BSc Architecture, University of Cyprus Non-Profit Participation in Poetic Anthology “Flowers of Our Souls” For the Support of S.O.S Villages in Greece (2006) Merit In Annual National Greek Embassy Essay Contest (2005) Merit Annual Panellenian Poetry Contest for the 1943 Holocaust in Kalavryta, Greece (2005) 8th Position from Students Annual National Computer Programming Olympiad (2005)

software proficiency Abode Creative Suite CS6

AutoCAD 2004-2007-2010-2013 2D Rhino 4.0 SR8 and Rhino 5.0

Grasshopper, Paneling Tools for Rhino V-Ray, Brazil, Maxwell & Neon for Rhino

Artlantis 4.1.8 + Artlantis 5 SketchUp

Corel Graphics Suite X5 Nemetschek Allplan

Microsoft Office Suite Lumion 3.01 + Lumion 4.0.2

ArchiCAD Revit

3D Studio Max Bentley Microstation V8i

Vectorworks

participations/exhibitions CMA | EDU : The 2013 Exhibition. Celebrating Design Talent in Mediterranean Schools of Architecture Participation in Exhibition with HexMod Best Diploma Projects in Architecture in the Mediterranean 83 Projects from 200 Schools of Architecture in 13 Countries Nominated by University of Cyprus London Design Week 2013 – Tilt by Goldsmiths University Participation in London Design week via Goldsmiths Annual MA Design Show with TheHive

interests Architecture & Design

Entrepreneurship, Business Modeling & Management Web Design & Development

Personal Development Software Programming

Poetry & Creative Writing Guitar and Instrumental Composition

Photography Art

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From a very young age I have been addicted to knowledge. However, the first thing I was taught as a child was not knowledge per se; it was the comprehension of the learning process. I grew learning, while learning how to grow, and knowledge for me has become a way of life. This enabled my conscious mind to focus more efficiently, and allowed for the development of my keen observational skills and attention to detail. As the child of a “jack of all trades” father (ranging from Computer Engineering to Property Development and Real Estate) and a self-employed hairdresser mother, I was exposed to the importance of both Entrepreneurship and Business Management from a very young age. My father, constantly seeking new entrepreneurial models to apply his self to, and my mother, managing her own business, both following common-sense and intuition, became to me examples to professionally admire and avoid. As a result, I have become a multi-dimensional “jack of all trades” as well, in my own respect. I am an avid guitarist, I have a strong and varied background in web design/development and software programming and I find great depth in writing prose and poetry in both English and Greek, for which I have been awarded a number of prizes. During my teenage years, I had begun to develop a natural inclination towards the sciences and the arts simultaneously. My search for an area of expertise that would allow me to combine my imagination and creativity and my love for science led me to Architecture. As a student of Architecture at the University of Cyprus, and through my long work experience over the years, I have managed to explore various areas of Design, as well as develop an arsenal of skills and construct my own vocabulary of expression. At the same time, I gained valuable insight into the framework within which businesses thrive and expand. Architecture is an area of design that is not solely about designing buildings. It is about designing spaces, about being able to shift between scales during the design process, allowing for architecture to work with detailing, interior design and project management in a spatial and urban level. Above all, Architecture is a social and communal practice. My personality made it necessary for me to develop good communication skills from a very early stage in my life, and to be able to establish rapport with a wide variety of people. I am a firm believer of collaboration within and between fields, as it generates ideas that are well rooted and rich in content, given the right people and the correct platform for discussion.

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zana+ design studio ZANA+ is a design studio that was founded by Nastasia Evangelou, fellow architect, and myself. It was conceived as both a design service provider to accommodate the needs of various businesses in Cyprus and all over the world, and as an initiative to network young creative individuals like ourselves to the creative industry, by acting as liaisons for the commissioning of freelance projects. We are a collaborative, interdisciplinary design studio that focuses on 3D Visualization ( Architectural, Interior, 3D Animations/Walk Throughs, Virtual Panoramas ), provide Architectural Draftwork services, Web Design and Development, Graphic Design and Image post processing. We collaborate with a number of creative individuals outside our focus field to offer clients a wider variety of services by acting as agents for both customers and collaborators. Moreover, in the summer of 2012 we set up a 12 hour work-shop for students of Architecture that wish to improve their visualization skills, and we plan on taking similar educational initiatives in the future, possibly in collaboration with academic and state institutions.

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Iterior Visualization of Penthouse Apartment

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Villa in France Complete Interior Renovation Proposal (Furniture, FF&E, Kitchen, Lighting, Fixtures, Carpentry, Home Automation)

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Villa in France Complete Interior Renovation Proposal (Furniture, FF&E, Kitchen, Lighting, Fixtures, Carpentry, Home Automation)

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Villa in France Limassol Interior Renovation Proposal (Furniture, FF&E, Kitchen, Lighting, Fixtures, Carpentry, Home Automation)

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Vintage Retail Interior Design Branding

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Custom Design of ZANA+ Design Studio Website


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rooms 2012-2013 During my year studying my MA in Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths, University of London, I was employed by ROOMS, a furniture retail store with a design department that facilitates the custom design of kitchens, bookcases and wardrobes, on a third party basis to initially coordinate, and subsequently to Project Manage a renovation of an existing property in London. The project was a complete refurbishment, changing flooring, wardrobes, lighting, furniture, sanitary ware, kitchen, and the transformation of the garage to a cinema room. The house is situated in a gated community in South West London, overlooking the river between Barnes and Hammersmith. Project is due for completion end of August 2013

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rooms 2012-2013

Villa in Hammersmith

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rooms 2011-2012 During my fifth and final year at the Department of Architecture at the University of Cyprus, I was employed by a company called ROOMS, which is a furniture retail store with a design department that facilitates the custom design of kitchens, bookcases and wardrobes. At the early stages of my employment, my duties were to provide support for the sales department with the custom design of the aforementioned elements. However, the knowledge and skills I had acquired during my studies quickly found an application when I introduced the design of 3D interiors visualizations of furniture proposals. This resulted into the growth of the scope of services provided by the company to customers, and soon enough we had started preparing them at a large scale. It was indicated that my creative input should be incorporated within the designs, especially when preparing a furniture selection as new proposals for new customers. My supervisors entrusted me with the preparation of two complete proposals for refurbishments: the latest being a private villa in London and the other a Radio Station in Limassol, Cyprus. These assignments included the complete re-design of the space, the selection of floor/wall materials and fixtures, design of kitchen and wardrobes, furniture selection and lighting, tasks that required me communicating with all the supporting suppliers and coordinate their input into one complete proposal.

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Private Villa in Limassol, Cyprus

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Refurbishment of Radio Station, Limassol, Cyprus

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international architecture biennale venice 2010 In the summer of 2010, I was invited by my teacher Dr. Christakis Hadjichristou, who had been assigned to curate the Cyprus Participation in the International Architecture Biennale in Venice, to be his main assistant in this project. As part of this venture, I was responsible for the organization, manipulation, processing, production and post-production of all the digital material used in the exhibition. Moreover, I was in constant contact with our graphics design team in Greece, regulated the communication and collection of material from the various architects that were exhibited, and I was required to ensure the quality of the processed work in print with the various production lines we used to create the exhibition panels and the associated book available at the exhibition. The title of the Cyprus Participation was named “Encounters: A Walking Movie”. “The montage techniques used to stitch the images together are analogous to the perceptual mechanisms at work when navigating the built environment. Still, while the depiction of encounters of people does not happen through the material exhibited, a number of different encounters do take place in and through the exhibition itself. The visitor is indeed warned that by entering the exhibition, he/she may end up being engaged in encounters in architecture, despite the architecture, for architecture, but more importantly, because of the architecture. Some of these meetings involve the visitor, the projects presented and their architects, while other encounters take place between the visitors themselves. This last type is encouraged if not dictated by the rotating linear elements which require some kind of coordination between the visitors. Another type of encounter occurs between the exhibited projects themselves. The visitor basically walks through an architectural fiction movie which comments on how architectural entities “socialize”. The architectural landscape presented exists, but only through the montage techniques used to create it. So, projects which are in reality kilometers away from each other end up being next to each other while in some cases they even merge into one spatial entity. Rather than basing this stitching together on the relationships contained within the rhizome between the architects, it was allowed to evolve more based on other, more architectural relationships or connections within the projects themselves. And while the architectural story told is basically fiction, it is at times based on actual spaces and forms, and other times on shares histories, collective memories, or fantasies of a more personal nature.”

Excerpt from the catalogue of the Cyprus Participation

Credits:

Christakis Hadjichristous (curator)

Aimilios Michael (deputy curator)

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Linear Rotating elements in Encounters: A Walking Movie

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zantis enterprises Zantis Enterprises limited is a company my father founded many years ago that takes on various projects from time to time, from land development, to real estate, production of digital products, web development and design, and various technological installations in homes and businesses. Zantis Enterprises has recently been subcontracted by Primetel, an Internet Service Provider in Cyprus, to manage the installations of their services in Paphos, Cyprus. Over the years I have worked closely with my father on many projects and various business ventures. Lately, we have expanded to taking on web design and development projects on a larger scale with higher caliber of clients. Moreover, Zantis Enterprises is currently re-designing a network of online websites composed of business directory, classifieds, coupon promotional material and real estate, and is setting up a VoIP service for use from mobile phones all over the island. Below is a screenshot from a website designed for Skin Line, a chain of medical laser centers in five cities all over Cyprus.

A website designed for Hypertower, a new office building that has just finished construction in Limassol, Cyprus


A website designed for SkinLine, a chain of medical laser centers in five cities all over Cyprus.

http://www.skin-line.com/

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The Hive – MA Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship Project

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The Hive – MA Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship Project

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hexmod | diploma project Hexmod is a project that explores the morphology and feasibility of applying flexible structures in tall buildings, on a functional and constructional level, based on modularity and prefabrication, giving a greater level of customization to the built form from a more performative perspective. Following an analysis of flexible theoretical concepts of the past, such as the Spatial City by Yona Friedman, the Plug-in City by Archigram, Gunther Domenig’s Ueberbauung Ragnitz, and the Nakagin Capsule Tower by the metabolist Kisho Kurokawa, the approach was divided into a two-fold scenario: the development of a main infrastructure that services a number of structurally and functionally autonomous units that are assembled together to create one unified building. Upon reviewing a number of contemporary conceptual proposals on the same subject, it was deduced that the relationships that govern the evolution of tall structures can be organized in 3 different hierarchies of development: monolithic structural cores with add-on modular units, structurally independent stackable modules and modular structural infrastructure. Evidently, it was chosen that the project would try to combine these positions in order to create a structurally efficient and prefabricated method of construction for use in the design of tall buildings. As the structural necessities needed to be established from the start, it was decided that the prosthetic modules would come in a variety of uses – residential spaces, office spaces, outdoor vegetation and public spaces. Moreover, it was chosen that in order to have a more efficient response to lateral wind loads, the plan view of the building should be circular in shape, in order to distribute the forces acting on it more evenly. Upon comparison of the structural systems applicable in the design of high-rise developments for interior and exterior structures, it was selected to base the prototype on an outrigger interior, but applying a honeycomb-like structure on the exterior, that would serve a dual purpose: to act as the tension-bearing structure bracing the outrigger trusses together, but also to act as a support for the external modules to attach on the main infrastructural building. The structural systems were chosen based on their structural effectiveness and efficiency, limitations in floor planning, weight and cost of construction. The morphology of the honeycomb structure on the exterior was generated based on a number of factors. The first and foremost set of factors on the selection process was architectural. The search for a morphology that would optimize a number of architectural factors, such as day lighting, natural ventilation, less space consuming connection of independent modules and stronger cross bracing structure (leading to more efficient use of structural material and hence achieve a more light-weight design). By using a hexagonal form, it was possible to pack the plug-in modules more densely, hence making it possible to pack a larger number within the same volume. The length of the modules is variable between 8 and 12m in length, and it is possible to house up to 16 units per floor, residing on a tower of 30m in diameter, with an internal core of 15m in diameter, which houses the vertical circulation of the building and infrastructure of the mechanical systems. The configuration of the tower is entirely modular in sets of 8 floors per outrigger, making it also possible to manufacture and construct the building in an assembled approach.

By using the Grasshopper plug-in for Rhinoceros, it was decided to create an algorithm that would allow the generation of a number of variations in the shape, scale and density of the hexagonal grid, to enable us to test and optimize the architectural expression and structural efficiency of the exoskeleton tube. The parameters that are configurable are the angles of the hexagonal members, the number of faces of the exoskeleton tube, the scale of the hexagons within the predefined height, the total exoskeleton height and the thickness of the structural members.

Hexagon Angles

Hexagonal Grid Density | Horizontal | Number of Exoskeleton Faces

Hexagonal Grid Density | Vertical | Number of Hexagons within the Predefined Height of Exoskeleton Tube

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A monolithic structural tube core is designed in the middle of the building, that encloses the staircases for vertical movement, the service areas of the building, and the piping for the mechanical support that runs through the floors to the add-on units. Connections are established axially that secure the external frame to the core. The external frame acts as a tension bearing mechanisms that connect the outrigger structures that protrude from the core, while at the same time acting as support for the connection of the add-on units that are attached externally. Glazing is inserted in the open faces of the frame structure, and is detachable upon connecting the external units. 3-Dimensional supports are used to connect the faces of the honeycomb grid structure, while at the same time anchor the edges of the additional units for added support. A Tension/Compression system of tension/compression rods is designed to connect the supports to the grid, to ensure the rigidity of the frame body. The elevators and staircase are attached to the interior structural core externally and internally respectively. The space between the elevators and the external frame acts as a circular corridor that is diametrically connected through the middle of the structural core.

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CASE 1 Uniform Exoskeleton density with outrigger trusses divided in 8 floors.

The design of the structural system was an integral part of the design process. Variations were executed and calculated in SAP 2000 in order to determine which structural model would be the most efficient in terms of total mass (and hence financial expenditure), and the range of flexibility offered by each structure.


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The morphology of the honeycomb structure on the exterior was

generated based on a number of factors. The first and foremost set of

factors on the selection process was architectural. The search for a

morphology that would optimize a number of architectural factors,

such as day lighting, natural ventilation, less space consuming

connection of independent modules and stronger cross bracing

structure (leading to more efficient use of structural material and

hence achieve a more light-weight design). By using a hexagonal

form, it was possible to pack the plug-in modules more densely,

hence making it possible to pack a larger number within the same

volume. The length of the modules is variable between 8 and 12m in

length, and it is possible to house up to 16 units per floor, residing on a

tower of 30m in diameter, with an internal core of 15m in diameter,

which houses the vertical circulation of the building and infrastructure

of the mechanical systems. The configuration of the tower is entirely

modular in sets of 8 floors per outrigger, making it also possible to

manufacture and construct the building in an assembled approach.


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A monolithic structural tube core is designed in the middle of the building, that encloses the staircases for vertical movement, the service areas of the building and the piping for the mechanical support that runs through the floors to the add-on units. Connections are established axially that secure the external frame to the core. The external frame acts as a tension bearing mechanisms that connect the outrigger structures that protrude from the core, while at the same time acting as support for the connection of the add-on units that are attached externally. Glazing is inserted in the open faces of the frame structure and is detachable upon connecting the external units. 3-Dimensional supports are used to connect the faces of the honeycomb grid structure, while at the same time anchor the edges of the additional units for added support. A Tension/Compression system of tension/compression rods is designed to connect the supports to the grid, to ensure the rigidity of the frame body.


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The elevators and staircase are attached to the interior structural core externally and internally respectively. The space between the elevators and the external frame acts as a circular corridor thas is diametrically conected through the middle of the structural core.

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graft-hub | design studio semester 08 Graft Hub was a project that focused on the interchange of the relationships and dynamics of the activities in the area of the old Xena Gunther Complex in downtown Nicosia, Cyprus. The space syntax encourages the development of “voyeurism” systems between the users. While the parking area seems to be located in an enclosure, the internal courtyard of the complex functions in an introvert way. The form of the design originated from the fusion of two abstract physical models representing these relationships, describing activity fluctuation and intensity. The further development of the form of the building was based on the intention of creating movement flows with direction. The funnel-like shape was selected in order to intensify the sense of perspective and simultaneously create passages of access to the intermediate space of the complex. The morphology allows for the interchange between outdoor uncovered and covered spaces. The proposed building functions as a graft – taking old, abandoned uses from the initial function of the Xena Gunther and assimilating them, acting as an attached implant, rejuvenating and re-activating the area, increasing accessibility and engaging the public. The removal of the ground floor and the opening of the internal courtyard towards the city results into creating a new, intermediate area between internal and external space. The access to the functional areas of the proposal is possible in two ways. The main volume of vertical movement interacts with all levels of the building, and another large ramp for pedestrians which ends on a large plateau which may be used as a public space. The vertical movement core belongs to a wider axis of movement within the building which results to a bridging with the tower at the rear part of the complex.

Physical Model of Proposal

Floor Plans

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Christos Zantis

Sophia Theologou

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poro-city | parametric design with grasshopper for rhino semester 08 Poro-city was designed as a case study project for the elective parametric design module during the 8th semester. During this project, my partner and I decided to create an exhibition space that would: a) adapt to it’s surrounding buildings, taking up as much space as

possible; b) Manifest in different phenotypes based on the amount of people

that will be passing through the volume (the more people flowing, the more porous the volume is to give the impression that the space is less constricting).

The result is generated by creating boundary lines between existing buildings, and hence a path between them. That line is then subdivided depending on the number of visitors to the pavilion, and by randomly creating viewing perspectives to see when the “eye-sight” intersects the volume and create a hole pattern at that location, which can vary in tolerance based on the designers input.

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Christos Zantis

Sophia Theologou

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Heter-OS | design studio semester 07 Heter-OS is a designed concept proposal for a school of Theatre in the Old Urban area of Nicosia, Cyprus, within the Venetian Walls. The project title is the result of an amalgamation of the words Heteros (héteros "another but distinct in kind") and Os (mask in Latin), thus producing the “Other-Mask”. It was selected in order to refer to the duality and contrast between the elements coming into play in this dynamic setup; Personas, including the student, the actor, the role and the spectator, as well as Spatialities, including indoors and outdoors, movement and standstill, visibility and obscurity, accessibility and restriction, the old and the new, the used and the abandoned. The initial analysis of the area indicated that there had been an interesting interchange of use and architectural expression, which very often was introduced through spatial layers and/or interposing elements into the urban fabric. It was evident that the linear green zone at the rear of the plot could be taken advantage of, by using it’s linearity to superimpose a pathway to connect one side of the plot to the other, allowing for multiple accesses and the creation of new movement in the area. The design is divided into two interconnecting parts - the school, and the theatre. The two parts are set up in such a way as to function autonomously if required, but are enabled seamlessly with each other. Vertical pathways connect to the movement axes in right angles, while the movement modes are separated in layers.

> Β Ο Υ Λ Γ Α Ρ Ο Κ Τ Ο Ν Ο Υ Κ Α Ι Α Ρ Σ Ι Ν Ο Η Σ

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Heter-OS | design studio semester 07 > ΧΩΡΟΣ ΜΕΛΕΤΗΣ

> ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΟ ΘΕΑΤΡΟ

> ΝΕΑ ΣΚΗΝΗ ΘΟΚ

> ΚΙΝΗΜΑΤΟΘΕΑΤΡΟ ΠΑΛΛΑΣ

> ΑΝΟΙΚΤΟ ΘΕΑΤΡΟ

> ΚΙΝΗΜΑΤΡΟΓΡΑΦΟΣ ΠΑΝΘΕΟΝ

CLOSE PROXIMITY VENUES

INTERMEDIATE PROXIMITY (WITHIN THE WALLED CITY)

> ΘΕΑΤΡΟ ΕΝΑ

> ΑΡΧΟΝΤΙΚΟ ΟΔΟΥ ΑΞΙΟΘΕΑΣ

Contrasting Architectures Transitional Spaces Vertical Transitions Interposing Urban Fabric

Design of parallel layers of interposing vertical pathways for viewing, movement and seating.

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Heter-OS | design studio semester 07

Master Plan with Landscaping

Digital Representation of Area

Master Plan with Landscaping

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Sections Of Classrooms and Theatre

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Visualization of Spatial Layering as applied to Design

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u-pod | design studio semester 06 The brief for the design studio for Semester 06 included the design of a research facility based on the concepts of mobility, interactivity and sustainability. The purpose of the facility was to monitor and research the impact and technological advances of modes of transport. Our concept was to create an array of detachable pods that could be attached to a main infrastructure, hence correlating the interaction of permanent and temporary applications with a physical/structural manifestation. The main platform has minimal infrastructure and functions as a distributional axis for the building services and acts as an expansion for the pod applications. The pods provide a variety of structural combinations with one another depending on the varying necessities of the building functions, and are transportable in order to support in-city research.

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suspend it. | steel construction semester 05 Designed as a part of a Steel Construction course, “Suspend it” was a pavilion to display recent architectural news and events in Cyprus. Our efforts were to create an innovative and bold approach, by suspending the a rigid volume in mid-air from a number of pillars with tension cables, creating a form of a truss that would act as a nullifying factor against earthquakes and wind pressure. The glass volume is then fitted with a grid net that limits the amount of sunlight that enters the building, and to ensure the capability of cross ventilation, structural glazing is used on all sides of the building with openings at both foot and ceiling level.

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Christos Zantis

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