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Table / Athenes Public Housing in Athens, Greece by Kotaro horiuchi architecture

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Article source: Kotaro horiuchi architecture

Eating’ is one of the most crucial and basic activities of human existence. Relocation of ‘Eating’ space from interior space to exterior space will result in expanding the activity of ‘communication’ into open communal spaces. Traditional eating space will be removed from buildings and relocated to shared space called table.

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Architect: Kotaro horiuchi architecture
Name of Project: Table / Athenes Public Housing
Location: Athens, Greece
Program: Public housing
Plot area: 200 m2
Built area: 420 m2

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Piraeus Tower in Athens, Greece by Marco Acerbis Studio

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

2010 International Competition the ‘New Face of Pireus Tower’, The second highest tower in Athens

Simple ideas have often been the driving force for the evolution of human kind, like the idea of the sails that allowed Greek ships to cruise all over the Mediterranean sea. Today, in an era of complex energy problems we also need simple solutions to difficult problems. To provide a new look to the tower we have to think more about the environment and the energy consumption that we would spend to climatize a building.