A critical factor for the selection of this kind of project and its exact location was the glorious history of the island of Chios on wine making, with historical references to ‘ariou-sios enos’ [ariousias’ wine, a red, sweet wine] even in Hom-er’s epic poems. Strabo, a greek geographer who lived in Augustus’ era, placed Ariousia in a position near a small village, better known today as ‘Kourounia’.

The site’s identity could be best described as a deserted place, with an inclined ground and a bold relief, both offer-ing a spectacular panoramio. Around the site, there’s noth-ing but vineyards, while the village can be seen at a distance of approximately 4 km. The site constituted an ideal loca-tion for the winery because of its proximity to the vineyards, which would result in the minimum harvest damage, while its northern orientation and the altitude (approx. 500m over the sea) would provide the ideal winemaking thermal conditions.

The way in which the building would fit in with the ground was suggested by the simplicity of the landscape and the augmented importance that wine itself and places of its storage once had. Cellars, or caves as they used to call them in France, were initially trenches, or mine shafts, and only after the 14th century did they become the subterra-nean space in which, nowadays, wines are stored.This idea of a cellar as a bolt and a hole, led to an aggregate dive of the building which, apart from its conceptual aspect, would offer stable thermal conditions throughout the year. Furthermore, a leveled spatial organisation permitted an energy saving product flow through gravity, taking full ad-vantage of the inclined ground.

The spatial organisation emerged from the need to com-bine three tracks, that of the product, the worker’s and the visitor’s. In their bigger part they remain discrete, al-though in selected spots they intersect, without obstructing one another. The central axis of the winery is a stair, which runs throughout the building, ending up in the cellars. The production line is organised around this zone, while com-pressed by the site’s morphology is converted into a devious one. Apart from that, the winery itself is a ‘descent’, since the product’s entrance is at the highest point and ends up in the site’s lower part.

In conclusion, there emerges a subterranean building, whose cell is partially exposed at the ground surface, reactivates the place and restores myths while rising from the soil.

marlboro outlets // spiros papadopoulos architecture studio

[april-july 2008]

degree thesis // winery in northern chios [in collaboration with Archo Pischou. july 2009]

Nowadays, people come across unexpected decelera-tions-pauses of their movement, when they have to wait which is something that they rarely choose voluntarily. Waiting is an unintended interruption, a disturbance of the programme of everyday life. Its start can be un-marked and unnoticed and its end is frequently uncer-tain. It is the ‘meantime’, the interval between present and an anticipated event. It is often named as ‘wasted time’, whilst it is the only case in which time passing is strongly understood, compared to movement and the environmental development.

At the beginning of this research, there was an attempt to write down the ‘waitings’ a man experiences, with the aim of creating a list, that would include as many points and situations as possible, where someone has to wait. Hence, a list emerged which organized and categorized ‘waitings’ according to their theme, place,duration and human body posture. Those lists where enriched throughout the development of the research and they were further analyzed with references to time theories [H. Bergson, G. Bachelard], famous pieces of art [e.g. E. Hopper] and anthropological theories on typical behav-iours that are developed by people waiting.

Part of the final presentation was the audiovisual ma-terial collected from in situ observation, such as pho-tographs and videos, or even recorded telephone mes-sages. Another outcome was the creation of both a printed and animated instruction manual on waiting, condensing all the conclusions made through the in-vestigation.

special research topic // in between.waiting instants.[in collaboration with Archo Pischou. february 2008]

Having visited Kinetta, one can observe the existence of 3 zones of sound nuisance, adjacent to the touristic spots. These are the new national highway, the railway tracks and the former national highway. This intense sound variations, from natural to artificial sounds, is the cause for focusing on a research concerning sound matters, such as permis-sible noise level exposure, sound variations according to different material properties, noise barriers, soundproof booths, white noise etc.

As a result, the main concept is that of a vacation pack-age strongly connected with silence and pause, conditions that enhance a completely different way of experiencing a place, and that is through sound. Thus, ‘Hanikian’ hotel is transformed into a vacation spot, where one can experience different sound conditions, through ‘distorted sound situa-tions’. In order to achieve that several soundproof materi-als are used, both natural and constructed. Particular hotel rooms are totally insulated, a garden is found at the 3d floor and a transparent swimming pool at the fourth, while on the semi-outdoor roof, the site’s sound can be heard nearly undistorted, just a little decreased because of the six-floor building’s height. [http://press-pause.blogspot.com]

architectural design studio VI // vacation package. [group project, september 2007]

The aim of this studio is to examine the general condition of ‘tourism’, taking into consideration all the contem-porary types of tourist consumption, in order to create a‘vacation package’, part of which could could be the de-sign of a tourist resort. The area given for this research is the seaside, athenian suburb of Kinetta, and optionally, its decadent hotel ‘Hanikian’.Recommended points of focus: cartes-postales, suitcase, lobby, room.

Attention was given to two elements: The con-nective wall, made of apparent concrete and the discrete organization of functions which becomes more obvious at the first floor of the building. In the case of the new residence each function is boxed in rectangular masses which are per pair intersected, creating a closed system with an atrium in its core.Like in Villa dall’ Ava, the spatial organization is based on three discrete levels which are however combined with a proportionate roof elevation in order to maintain a standard height in each room. [common areas ±0.00m, bedrooms -0.50m, workspace +0.50m]Moreover, the straight connective wall of Villa dall’Ava now turns into a meander that twists among the rectangular masses with a big enough width in order to enclose, and create at the same time, the house’s corridors. The wall is becoming a dominant element as it is elevated one meter over the higest roof level.

elective design studio IVa // selective contiguities. [group project. july 2007]

The studio is based on a hypothetic scenario, ac-cording to which there are clients asking for a house, built next to Villa dall’ Ava by Rem Kool-haas in Saint-Claude, west of Paris. The brief re-search on Koolhaas’ residence will be followed by the design of a house that will, in any possible way, be correlated with the already ex-isting one.

This method is divided in four parts:a. intuitive production of paper foldings b. compilation of relational objects, production of algorithmsc. diagrammatic representation of their quali-tiesd. transfer to another material, standardisation to an expanded design field [large+small scale objects]

The outcome of my experimentation through sinuous paper transformations was a ‘chaise-longue’. That piece of furniture if only made by bent plywood would maintain its proportions and give the maximum of its qualities, such as partial adaptation to the user’s body.

elective design studio IIIb // supersurfaces. folding as a method of generating forms. [individual project, february 2006]

architectural design studio II // residence in volos [individual project,june 2004]

A first approach to the problem, is the choice of a subjective, unpleasant spatial condi-tion, that of claustrophobia as experienced in a dark, narrow room with double the normal height. That situation will be used as the starting point for inventing my own variations and solutions to that hypothetical problem, affecting the form of the building both conceptually and structurally.

The main points of interest are the interior lighting alterations in combination with a pepretually transforming facade, both ad-justed to the owner’s need for privacy at any given time. All the above, lead to a facade where conventional windows are replaced by frames that cover the biggest part of the walls, while a diaphragmatic surface con-sisting of vertical, rotating louvers, stands in for shutters and curtains.portfolio // Virginia Sotiraki ////////

The summer workshops were initiated as a particular way to think again what “architecture in a local frame” could mean and how an architectonic investigation could be driven towards local phenomena. The third workshop (proposed under the name “paradigmata”) was selected to represent Greece for the 9th archi-tecture biennale of Venice. In this year’s “works on shelves”, the workshop will investigate the materiality of the archive and some literal possibilities for the con-structions of memory platforms. ‘

abstract from: http://www.kamworkshops.com/

The result of this workshop is the invention of a ‘re-pulsion-burial mechanism’, an underfloor storage sys-tem. In fact, a three-dimensional grid creates recesses which will receive vertical, sliding, storage spaces. All those are based on the scenario that this spaces are to be used by only one person who obsessively hoards objects and caches them, with no particular classifi-catory pattern but without rejecting the possibility to re-discover them at the same time. In order to achieve that, on top of each storage unit there is the date of the day that each object was hidden, a fact that creates a personal retrieval code wich also turns the floor into a narrative medium.

While walking on that floor the sound variations be-tween filled and empty spaces, direct the user, whilst they simultaneously remind him of the very existence of the hidden objects. Each and every time that the user opens a unit he can choose up to which point he will retrieve it, as it is constructed in a way that allows him to stop it at several points.

It is all about a form of a ‘diary’ that could extend from a strictly set space up to the possible infinite.

Architectural design and 3d representation of marlboro outlets as part of my internship at spiros papadopoulos architecture studio, from april to july 2008.> marlboro outlets in athens> marlboro outlet in chanea, crete> marlboro outlet in rhodes

Curriculum Vitae

Virginia Sotiraki Address: Rasmusgatan 1B

Malmö SE-214 46

Mobile: +46 (0)70-366 5485

E-mail: virsot@gmail.com

PERSONAL SUMMARY

Detail oriented, creative and hardworking design enthusiast who believes in the lifechanging potentials of carefully designed spaces and experiences. Currently looking for a challenging and creative position that will further my personal and professional development.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Assistant Store Manager 2011-09 - 2012-05Oikos Design Shop, Athens GRCustomer Service, Product Display, Social Media Management, Content writing and Online Marketing

eCommerce Manager 2011-03 - 2011-09 Ebio Health Food Online Shop, Athens GRInternet Marketing, learnt how to improve online Customer Experience

Interior Designer, Retail Salesperson 2010-02 -2010-11Daskalopoulos Kitchen furniture, Athens GRSpatial design and 3d representation of proposals, Customer Service and order management

Architect-Intern 2008-04 - 2008-08 Spiros Papadopoulos architectural studio, Athens GRDesign and 3D representation of small-scale commercial outlets with custom-made furniture Junior Architect-Intern 2005-10 - 2005-12Konstantinos Adamakis architecture studio, Volos GR

EDUCATION

Master of Arts (M.A.), Visual Culture 2012-2014 Lund University, Lund SE

Master of Architecture (M. Arch), Architectural Engineering 2002-2009 University of Thessaly, Volos GR

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COMPUTER SKILLS

Operational Systems: Windows, MacArchitectural Design: Autodesk Autocad, 3D Studio MaxGraphic Design: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Quark XpressMS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPointOther: Adobe Premier

Learning new software tools is never an obstacle!

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Swedish: Elementary Proficiency (in process)English: Full Professional ProficiencyFrench: Limited Working ProficiencyGreek: Native Proficiency

OTHER ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS

Graphic Design, Marketing 2015-05 Malmö Gallerinatt, Malmö SEProduction of Marketing material for funding purposes

Scenography 2015-04 Musical ‘Pippin’, Hvidovre Music School, DKVolunteered as an assistant in the scenography production process

Stage Design, Graphic Design 2013-01 - 2013-02DocLounge Lund, Lund SEInvolvement in stage design and design of promotional material for English speaking audience

Scenography 2012-09 - 2012-12 LUST Student Theatre, Lund SEMember of the scenography group Designer Assistant 2007-05 Alexandros Psychoulis for ’Art athina 2007’, International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens, Athens GR Assisted in the artwork production process

Power Yoga, Arts and Culture, Cooking, Dogwalking

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Social Security Status: Owner of a swedish personal number and of a european healthcard (References and relevant Certificates can be provided upon request)

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02-03 Curriculum Vitae

-------- Selection of Projects 2002 - 2015

05-08 Winery in Chios // Architecture, Small Scale + Communication Design

09-11 In between. Waiting instants

// Communication Design, Text + Video

12-13 Vacation Package at the Athenian suburbs // Architecture, Small Scale + Communication Design

14-16 Self - portrait // Communication Design

17-19 Meander Chaise // Small Scale Design

20-21 Residence in Volos // Architecture

22-24 Underfloor Storage System // Small Scale Design

25-26 Tobacco outlets // Architecture + Small Scale Design

27-28 Promotional material // Communication Design + Content Writing

29-30 Banner - poster - flyer - covers design // Communication Design

31 Blödsbrollop // Scenography Design

32 Architectural and Visual Culture research + essays (list-full text available upon request) // Text

Index

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Based on the island’s long history of wine mak-ing, with historical references that date back to Homer’s epic poems, this project aimed at the reactivation of the broader area and the revival of its myths around wine making. At the same time, this would enhance the product’s prestige and become integral part of its branding techniques.

The site’s morphology and the inclined ground, combined with its proximity to the vineyards, would constitute an ideal location for a winery. Moreover, a leveled spatial organisation would lead to reduced energy consumption, as product flow would be performed through gravity.

The way the building would correlate with the ground was suggested by the simplicity of the landscape and the augmented importance that wine and its storage once had; as well as with the need to combine three different tracks and func-tions: those of the grapes/wine, the worker’s and the visitor’s.

This winery could eventually be seen as a ‘de-scent’ to the landscape and its history that starts with the product’s entrance at the site’s high-est point and culminates in its exit as a finalized product, at the site’s lower part.

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Winery in Chios // Architecture, Small Scale + Communication Design

Degree thesis in Architectural Engi-neering (2009)in collaboration with Archo Pischou Index

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In order to make this project complete, a custom made bottle was proposed.

This would be characterised by a notch on the bottle’s upper side; a detail that would provide a distinctive identity to the wine originated from the winery by becoming its very own alternative ‘logo’.

This would also aid the perfect inclined fitting of the bottle on the proposed storage unit, in order to let the wine age in ideal conditions. (During the aging period, bottles should optimally be placed in a way that the cork doesn’t get dry. That seals the bottle’s content and prevents the wine’s oxidation.)

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Degree Thesis’ Cover

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The research investigated the preconception of waiting as ‘wasted time’, in contrast with an alternate approach that sees it as the ‘meantime’; the interval between present and an anticipated event that affects spatial and temporal experience and perception, in a positive rather than negative way.

The research begun by creating a list that would include as many points and situations as possible where one has to wait. ‘Waiting instants’ of that kind would later on be categorized according to their theme, place, dura-tion and human body posture. This categorization was enriched and supported by time theories (H. Bergson, G. Bachelard), famous pieces of art (e.g. E. Hopper) and anthropological theories on typical behaviours that are performed while waiting.

Part of the final presentation was the audiovisual mate-rial collected from in situ observation, such as photo-graphs, videos or even recorded telephone messages. Another outcome was the creation of a printed and ani-mated instruction manual on waiting, condensing all the conclusions made through the investigation.

(sample of waiting signs designed for the instruction manual)

In between. Waiting instants

// Communication design, text +video

Special Research Topic in Architectural Engineer-ing (2008)in collaboration with Archo Pischou

Thesis’ Cover Template

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(instruction manual on waiting- sam-ple pages)

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The area’s intense auditory variations, from natural to ar-tificial sounds, led to a research around suggested noise level exposure, sound variations according to different ma-terial properties, noise barriers, soundproof booths, white noise etc.

The result was the conception of a vacation package that is strongly connected with silence and pauses; conditions that allow a differentiated way of experiencing a place. Thus, ‘Hanikian’ hotel is transformed into a vacation spot where one can experience different sound conditions. Certain ho-tel rooms are completely insulated and acoustically isolat-ed, while a garden at the 3d floor and a transparent swim-ming pool at the 4th, offer interesting auditory alterations. Getting on top of the building and at its semi-covered roof terrace, one can reconnect with the site’s external, ‘natural’ sounds. These can be perceived as nearly undistorted, only slightly decreaseddue to the six-floor building’s height. [http://press-pause.blogspot.com]

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Vacation Package at the Athenian suburbs

// Architecture, Small scale + Communication Design

Undergraduate project in Architecture for architectural design studio VI (2007)

The aim of this studio was to examine the general condition of ‘tourism’, taking into consideration all the contemporary types of tourist consumption, in order to create a‘vacation package’, part of which could be the design of a tourist re-sort. The area given for this research is by the seaside, at the athenian suburbs; more specifically, its decadent hotel ‘Hanikian’.Recommended points of focus: cartes-postales, suitcase, lobby, room.

insulated rooms

garden

swimming pool

insulated rooms

sea penetration

normal rooms

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common area standard room pool gardensoundproof room

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Self - Portrait // Communication Design

Undergraduate project in Architecture for the elective course Communication and Design (2007)

The aim of the lesson was to introduce the use of structure and concept analysis for the interpretation of the joint forms of picture and text, to focus on the analysis and use of fundamen-tal software tools in order to create optical outcomes, either printed or digital, to work on the essential design patterns and habits of writing.

The requested outcome of the studio was the creation of a self - portrait. There was no proposed method or software to be used. Each student was free to choose his / her preferred means that would define the characteristics of the final printed or digital ‘object’.

A first approach was made through the selection of what I be-lieved it had influenced the way I grew up and had eventually defined the present ‘self’.

Pages were intentionally left almost blank, in an attempt to ex-press my hesitation to expose myself. At the same time, this was my way to lay an emphasis on the emotional value and importance of every single word or picture that was used in the booklet.

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This method was divided in four parts:a. intuitive production of paper foldings b. compilation of relational objects, production of algorithmsc. diagrammatic representation of their quali-tiesd. transfer to another material, standardisation to an expanded design field (large+small scale objects(

The outcome of my experimentation through sinuous paper transformations was a ‘chaise-longue’. The use of bent plywood allowed the maintainance of the objects initial proportions and morphology, which ensured its comfort due to its adaptability to human body.

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Meander Chaise

// Small Scale Design

Undergraduate project in Architecture for the elective course ‘Supersurfaces. Folding as a method of generating forms’ (2006)

The laboratory ‘Hyper-Surfaces: morphoge-netic narratives’ is not formulated from its very start as a designing problem to be solved but as a research for a productive method, allowing in that way the emergence of the field of applica-tion during the process of designing. Morpho-genesis is explored as a process of origin and development of form. The single surface and its transformations constitute the basic synthetic tool.

algorιthm (meander)

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Residence in Volos // Architecture

Undergraduate project in Architecture for architectural design studio II (2004)

The purpose of the studio was to design a residence with a simple and functional pro-gram. Spaces for specific operations would be accomodated by an already existing build-ing. Particular emphasis was given to theo-retical questions on the notions of housing through lectures that approach the subject on different aspects. The main objective was the formulation of personal answers in the worldwide issue of residence by taking as granted that one neither rejects modern and historical examples nor imitates them. Questions around technology matters, er-gonomy, integration of the proposal into the constructed and natural environment have been encouraged and thoroughly investi-gated.

A first approach was made by choosing a personally unpleasant spatial condition. Claustrophobia as experienced in a dark, narrow room with double the normal height, would be used as the starting point for in-venting my own variations and solutions to that hypothetical problem. Focusing on that condition, affected the form of the building on a both conceptual and structural level.

My main point of interest was to investigate the alterations of interior lighting in relation to corresponding feelings of privacy, through a transforming facade. All the above led to the replacement of conventional windows by glass surfaces that cover the biggest part of the walls. Vertical, rotating louvers, would stand in for shutters and curtains, creating a diaphragmatic filter in between the inner and outer world of the house.

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Underfloor storage system // Small Scale Design

8th ΚΑΜ workshop - Shelves (2009)

group project

The summer workshops were initiated as a particular way to think again what “architecture in a local frame” could mean and how an architectonic investigation could be driven towards local phenomena. In this year’s “works on shelves”, the workshop would investigate the materiality of the archive and some literal possi-bilities for the constructions of memory platforms.

abstract from: http://www.kamworkshops.com/

The result of the workshop was the invention and construction of a ‘repulsion-burial mechanism’ as an underfloor storage system. A three-dimensional grid created recesses which received vertical, sliding, stor-age spaces. This was based on the scenario that this spaces are to be used by somebody who obsessively hoards objects and caches them. There was no partic-ular classificatory pattern, other than inscribed dates on top of a unit each time an object would be hidden. This created a personal retrieval code, while trans-forming the floor into a narrative medium.

The sound variations between filled and empty spaces would direct the user, reminding him of the very exis-tence of objects underneath him.

Each and every unit was constructed in a way that al-lowed the user stopping it at several levels.

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Tobacco outlets // Architecture + Small Scale Design

Spiros Papadopoulos architecture studio (2008)

Architectural design and 3d representation of tobacco outlets as part of my internship at Spiros Papadopoulos’ architecture studio, from april to july 2008.

> outlets in athens> outlet in chanea, crete> outlet in rhodes

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Promotional material // Communication Design + Content Writing

Malmo Gallerinatt (2015) //Communication Design

(Black logotype: courtesy of Konstfrämjandet Skane, orange badges copyright: Ottosson Media)

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DocLounge Lund (2012)

//Communication Design + Content Writing

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Banner-Poster-flyer-covers design // Communication Design

Ebio Health Food Online Shop (2011), Boulevard Soundsystem show-case (2010), selection of undergradute projects in Architecture (2004-2007)

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Blödsbrollop // Scenography Design

LUST - Lund University Student Theatre (2012)

group project

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Architectural and Visual Culture research + essays (list) // Text

Selection of academic essays (2006-2014) - full text available upon request

Glitch Art Narratives: An investigation of the relation between noise and meaningMaster’s Thesis in Visual Culture (2014), 57 pages

Wearable Technology: Body, Power, PoliticsEssay (2014), 11 pages

Urban Projection Mapping: A short history of a visual phenomenonEssay (2013), 20 pages

Reconceptualised forms of violence: When Games and Reality clash togetherEssay (2013), 12 pages

The Making and Experience of Audio Visual CulturesEssay (2013), 4 pages

Sound Art: Analysis of De Boek’s ‘Staalhemel’ and Wilshen’s & Quinn’s ‘Analogue Tape Glove’, in relation to the listening experiences they cre-ateEssay (2013), 4 pages

Concepts of DesignEssay (2012), 4 pages

Changing perceptions of Time and Space during the last 200yearsEssay (2012), 4 pages

Power and Design: How do we use design objects? How do they ‘use us’?Essay (2012), 4 pages

In between: Waiting InstantsMaster’s Thesis in Architectural Engineering (2008), 70 pages, available only in Greek

Fallingwater: When the building becomes a human bodyEssay (2006), 6 pages, available only in Greek

Beauty Salons: Female spaces?Essay (2006), 5 pages, available only in Greek

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marlboro outlets // spiros papadopoulos architecture studio

[april-july 2008]

A critical factor for the selection of this kind of proj-ect and its exact location was the glorious history of the island of Chios on wine making, with historical references to ‘ariousios enos’ [ariousias’ wine, a red, sweet wine] even in Homer’s epic poems. Strabo, a greek geographer who lived in Augustus’ era, placed Ariousia in a position near a small village, better known today as ‘Kourounia’.

The site’s identity could be best described as a de-serted place, with an inclined ground and a bold re-lief, both offering a spectacular panoramio. Around the site, there’s nothing but vineyards, while the vil-lage can be seen at a distance of approximately 4 km. The site constituted an ideal location for the win-ery because of its proximity to the vineyards, which would result in the minimum harvest damage, while its northern orientation and the altitude (approx. 500m over the sea) would provide the ideal wine-making thermal conditions.

The way in which the building would fit in with the ground was suggested by the simplicity of the land-scape and the augmented importance that wine it-self and places of its storage once had. Cellars, or caves as they used to call them in France, were ini-tially trenches, or mine shafts, and only after the 14th century did they become the subterranean space in which, nowadays, wines are stored.This idea of a cellar as a bolt and a hole, led to an aggregate dive of the building which, apart from its conceptual aspect, would offer stable thermal con-ditions throughout the year. Furthermore, a leveled spatial organisation permitted an energy saving product flow through gravity, taking full advantage of the inclined ground.

The spatial organisation emerged from the need to combine three tracks, that of the product, the work-er’s and the visitor’s. In their bigger part they remain

degree thesis // winery in northern chios [in collaboration with Archo Pischou. july 2009]

Nowadays, people come across unexpected decelera-tions-pauses of their movement, when they have to wait which is something that they rarely choose voluntarily. Waiting is an unintended interruption, a disturbance of the programme of everyday life. Its start can be un-marked and unnoticed and its end is frequently uncer-tain. It is the ‘meantime’, the interval between present and an anticipated event. It is often named as ‘wasted time’, whilst it is the only case in which time passing is strongly understood, compared to movement and the environmental development.

At the beginning of this research, there was an attempt to write down the ‘waitings’ a man experiences, with the aim of creating a list, that would include as many points and situations as possible, where someone has to wait. Hence, a list emerged which organized and categorized ‘waitings’ according to their theme, place,duration and human body posture. Those lists where enriched throughout the development of the research and they were further analyzed with references to time theories [H. Bergson, G. Bachelard], famous pieces of art [e.g. E. Hopper] and anthropological theories on typical behav-iours that are developed by people waiting.

Part of the final presentation was the audiovisual ma-terial collected from in situ observation, such as pho-tographs and videos, or even recorded telephone mes-sages. Another outcome was the creation of both a printed and animated instruction manual on waiting, condensing all the conclusions made through the in-vestigation.

special research topic // in between.waiting instants.[in collaboration with Archo Pischou. february 2008]

Having visited Kinetta, one can observe the existence of 3 zones of sound nuisance, adjacent to the touristic spots. These are the new national highway, the railway tracks and the former national highway. This intense sound variations, from natural to artificial sounds, is the cause for focusing on a research concerning sound matters, such as permis-sible noise level exposure, sound variations according to different material properties, noise barriers, soundproof booths, white noise etc.

As a result, the main concept is that of a vacation pack-age strongly connected with silence and pause, conditions that enhance a completely different way of experiencing a place, and that is through sound. Thus, ‘Hanikian’ hotel is transformed into a vacation spot, where one can experience different sound conditions, through ‘distorted sound situa-tions’. In order to achieve that several soundproof materi-als are used, both natural and constructed. Particular hotel rooms are totally insulated, a garden is found at the 3d floor and a transparent swimming pool at the fourth, while on the semi-outdoor roof, the site’s sound can be heard nearly undistorted, just a little decreased because of the six-floor building’s height. [http://press-pause.blogspot.com]

architectural design studio VI // vacation package. [group project, september 2007]

The aim of this studio is to examine the general condition of ‘tourism’, taking into consideration all the contem-

porary types of tourist consumption, in order to create a‘vacation package’, part of which could could be the de-

sign of a tourist resort. The area given for this research is the seaside, athenian suburb of Kinetta, and optionally, its

decadent hotel ‘Hanikian’.Recommended points of focus: cartes-postales, suitcase,

lobby, room.

This method is divided in four parts:a. intuitive production of paper foldings b. compilation of relational objects, production of algorithmsc. diagrammatic representation of their quali-tiesd. transfer to another material, standardisation to an expanded design field [large+small scale objects]

The outcome of my experimentation through sinuous paper transformations was a ‘chaise-longue’. That piece of furniture if only made by bent plywood would maintain its proportions and give the maximum of its qualities, such as partial adaptation to the user’s body.

The laboratory ‘Hyper-Surfaces: morphoge-netic narratives’ is not formulated from its very start as a designing problem to be solved but as a research for a productive method, allowing in that way the emergence of the field of applica-tion during the process of designing. Morpho-genesis is explored as a process of origin and development of form. The single surface and its transformations constitute the basic synthetic tool.

The purpose of the studio is to design a resi-dence with a simple functional program and spaces for specific operations that will be accomodated by a proposed, already exist-ing building. Particular emphasis is given to the theoretical questions of housing through lectures that approach the subject on differ-ent aspects. The main objective of the studio is the formulation of personal answers in the worldwide issue of residence by taking as granted that one neither rejects modern and historical examples nor imitates them. Questions such as technology matters, er-gonomy, integration of the proposal into the constructed and natural environment are encouraged and thoroughly investigated.

A first approach to the problem, is the choice of a subjective, unpleasant spatial condi-tion, that of claustrophobia as experienced in a dark, narrow room with double the normal height. That situation will be used as the starting point for inventing my own variations and solutions to that hypothetical problem, affecting the form of the building both conceptually and structurally.

The main points of interest are the interior lighting alterations in combination with a pepretually transforming facade, both ad-justed to the owner’s need for privacy at any given time. All the above, lead to a facade where conventional windows are replaced by frames that cover the biggest part of the walls, while a diaphragmatic surface con-sisting of vertical, rotating louvers, stands in for shutters and curtains.project selection 2002-2015////////