PORTFOLIO_DANAI_ATHANASOULA_18_10_2011

PORTFOLIO

VIA PIETRO CUSTODI N.6 I MILANO I ITALIA

+39 339 288 72 15 I [email protected]

DANAI ATHANASOULA

ARCHITECT

Statment of intent

SIX YEARS OF STUDYING AND WORKING THE SCIENTIFIC FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE MADE ME REALIZED

HOW IMPORTANT OUR PROFFESION IS WITH ITS STRONG RELATION TO HUMAN NATURE. HUMANS LIVE,

ENTERTAIN AND DEVELOP A SENSE OF BEING INSIDE THEIR OWN PERSONAL SPACE. I WAS TAUGHT

HOW TO DEAL WITH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF BUILDING THEORIES AND HOW TO PROPOSE SOLUTIONS TO

PROBLEMS POSED IN VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS. THE BEAUTY OF ARCHITECTURE LIES IN THE

FACT THAT YOU MIX HUMAN FEELINGS AND DESIRES WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS. THROUGH MY

WORK I CAN ACTUALLY SEE ART AND DESIGN FOR MAKING LIFE EASIER AND HAPPIER.

INDEX

Professional Projects

Academic Projects

Professional projects

Studio ARCHIT

Milan I Italy I www.ar.ch.it

Mostra AEM

Milan I Italy I Trienalle

Mostra AEM

Milan I Italy I Trienalle

Project_showroom Samsung

Bergamo I Italy


Bergamo I Italy


Bergamo I Italy

Appartamento_interni

Pontresina I Switzerland

bagni



stanze



soggiorno

Mostra di Alberto Savinio

Milan I Italy I Palazzo Reale

Mostra di Alberto Savinio

Milan I Italy I Palazzo Reale

Faliero Sarti_concept retail

Milan I Italy

Faliero Sarti_concept retail

Milan I Italy

Academic projects

Politecnico di Milano

Milan I Italy I master in interior design MID I 2010-2011

Domestic

House I Borneo I Amsterdam

THE ASSIGNED PROJECT WAS TO BUILD A HOUSE IN BORNEO.

WE HAD TO DEAL WITH VARIOUS CHALLENGES, SUCH AS THE

RELATION OF THE ESTERIOR WITH THE INTERIOR .THE CENTRAL

IDEA WAS THE “TREE” AS THE CENTER OF THE FAMILY AND

ALSO AS THE RELATION WITH THE NATURE. AS A SECOND STEP

THE KITCHEN HAS BEEN DESIGNED AS THE HEART OF THIS

HOUSE BECAUSE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY LOVE TO

COOK. THE INTERIOR AND THE ESTERIOR OF THIS HOUSE WAS

DESIGNED WITH THE IDEAS WE TOOK FROM THE CENTRAL IDEA

AND IN THE FINAL DESIGNS AND RENDERS IT S EASY TO SEE

THIS REFERENCE.

concept

Domestic


floor plans I mood

Domestic


I prospects I mood

Domestic


renders I interior

Domestic


Working spaces

Offices I Milan I Italy I Cordusio square

THE ASSIGNED PROJECT WAS TO REDESIGN THE INTERIOR OF

AN EXISTING BUILDING IN CORDUSIO SQUARE. THE CENTRAL

IDEA WAS “WATER” AND “BUBBLES” AS A REFERENCE TO OUR

SPORT COMPANY THAT WAS A COMPANY WITH PRODUCTS

FOR SWIMMING. OUR SHOW-ROOMS WERE THE HEART OF THE

DESIGN AND WERE DESIGNED AS “BUBBLES” WITH DIFFERENT

MATERIALS EACH ONE BUT ALWAYS WITH A RELATION TO

WATER. THE INTERIOR DESIGN AS WELL AS THE SELECTION OF

FURNITURE WAS CAREFULLY THOUGHT AND DECIDED FROM

THE CENTRAL IDEA.

I concept I floor plans I mood

Working spaces


I concept I sections I mood

Working spaces


I renders I interior

Working spaces


I renders I interior

Retail

Aspesi store I Milan I Italy I Via Montenapoleone

THE ASSIGNED PROJECT WAS TO REDESIGN THE INTERIOR OF

AN EXISTING SHOP IN VIA MONTE NAPOLEONE. THE CENTRAL

IDEA WAS TO DESIGN AN “ECO STORE”. THE PROJECT WAS

DESIGNED AND CONSIDERED AS A “REDUCE, REUSE,

RECYCLE” SHOP. IT HAD TO BE MADE A BIG RESEARCH IN ECO

MATERIALS AND FURNITURE. ALL THE INTERIOR WAS

DESIGNED FROM THE BEGINNING WITH THE IDEA OF USING

“ECO DESIGN”.

concept I floor plans

Retail


I concept I sections I mood

Retail


I concept I sketch up I mood

Hospitality

Hotel Room I sea resort

THE ASSIGNED PROJECT WAS TO DESIGN A HOTEL ROOM USING A LOW BUDGET. THE IDEA WAS A

HOTEL THAT CAN BE POSTED IN MANY DIFFERNET LOCATIONS SUCH AS: CLOSE TO THE SEA, IN THE

CENTER OF A CITY OR IN A SUBURB . THE MAIN IDEAS WERE: FLEXIBLE,COMFORT AND CALM, RELAXING

ATMOSFERE. THE RESULT OF THE PROJECT WAS A HOTEL ROOM WITH NATURAL COLORS AND

MATERIALS, ORGANIC AND RELAXING FORMS.

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Hospitality


floor plan I mood

Hospitality


renders I interior

Academic projects

Politecnico di Atene

Athens I Greece I Architecture I 2003-2009

Exhibit Center

Laurio I Greece

THE PROJECT WAS TO BUILD AN EXHIBITION CENTER IN THE

COASTAL CITY OF LAURION, OLD MINING COLONY LOCATED

NEAR THE SOUNIO COAST IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF ATHENS.

CHALLENGING THE FRAGILE BALANCE BETWEEN THE

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND THE VIVID HISTORY OF THE

OLD MINES INSIDE THE AREA WAS NOT EASY.

THAT WAS ACHIEVED BY THE DECISION TO BUILD A SINGLE

LEVEL EXHIBITION SO THE CONTINUITY WITH THE GROUND

WOULD BE ESTABLISHED. THE PROPERLY SELECTED

SECTIONS HELPED IN GIVING THE BUILDING AN ALMOST

INVISIBLE ASPECT. THE DESIGN PROCESS CONTINUED WITH

THE DECISION TO USE A MATERIAL THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE

GROUND OF LAURION AND WE USED METAL OF THE SAME

COLORING. THE CURVE ON THE SECTION IS ESSENTIAL TO THE

BUILDING'S ADAPTATION TO THE LOCAL SURROUNDING.

concept

I floor plan I section I concept

Exhibit center

Laurio I Greece

concept renders I material

Exhibit Center

Laurio I Greece

Public Library

Athens I Greece

THE ASSIGNED PROJECT WAS TO DESIGN A PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THE BUSY CENTER OF ATHENS. THE

LOCAL SURROUNDING IS COMPOSED BY VERY TALL BUILDINGS. THE CREATION A LARGE PUBLIC SPACE

WAS ESSENTIAL SO THE VISITORS COULD HAVE THE CHANCE OF RELAXING AND STUDYING. THE

GROUND PLAN OF THIS BUILDING WAS CRUCIAL BECAUSE THE TWO SUCCESSIVE MASSES WERE

COMBINED IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE PHYSICAL ADAPTATION. THE ROOF OF THE ONE MASS IS CONTINUITY

OF THE GROUND AND IT IS FREE FOR THE PUBLIC AND NOT ONLY FOR THE VISITORS.

I floor plan I section I concept

Public Library

Athens I Greece

I models I mood

Retro design and development of an old industrial area

Athens I Greece

concept

I master plan I concept

THE ASSIGNED PROJECT WAS THE RECONSTRUCT AN OLD

FACTORY. THE PYRKAL FACTORY WAS PRODUCING

AMMUNITION AND VARIOUS TYPES OF BULLETS IN A VAST

PIECE OF LAND, SO THE CONNOTATION OF THE TERRITORY

WAS REALLY CONTRADICTORY. THE DOMESTIC AND

COMMERCIAL APPROACH OF THE DESIGN PROCESS GAVE ME

THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ASPECT

OF THE BUILDING. THE OLD PRODUCTION UNITS SHOULDN’T

BE DEMOLISHED, RATHER THAN BE A PART OF THE DESIGN

APPROACH. THAT WAS THE FIRST COMPLETE LARGE SCALE

PROJECT, THAT LED ME TO A TRANSITION OF PICTURES AND

DESIGNS TO THE CLOSING OF A SMALL DOMESTIC PLAN. THE

INITIATION THOUGHT FOR THE SELECTION OF THIS VAST

INDUSTRIAL AREA, WAS THE NEARBY PARK THAT IS ONE OF

THE UNIQUE PLANTED SPACES IN THIS HEAVILY

CONSTRUCTED BLOCK OF BUILDINGS. THIS WAS THE START,

CREATING PLANTED AREAS INSIDE THE VAST AREA AS

CONTINUITIES TO THE PARK.

Retro design and development of an old industrial area

Athens I Greece

concept section

Dissertation I Development of an agricultural area

Dystos I Greece

concept

DYSTOS_ROADS FOR BICYCLES – HOSTELS

A. TOWN PLANNING:

1. ROADS FOR BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS

2. NETWORK WITH RURAL ROADS FOR THE SERVICE OF THE FARMERS OF THE REGION AND THE

PEDESTRIANS.

B. REGENERATION:PROPOSAL FOR THE REUSE OF THE MANSION OF KODOSTAVLOS, PROPOSAL FOR A

SMALL ROAD TO THE HILL KASTRI (WITHOUT BIG INTERVENTIONS), PROPOSAL FOR AN EXTENSION OF

THE MUSEUM AROUND THE OLD MANSION, IN THE SMALL HOUSES OF THE OLD VILLAGE (THERE ARE

SOME PRESERVED IN BAD CONDITIONS BUT CAN BE REUSED).

C. COMPOSITION NEW BUILDING VOLUMES: DESIGN OF A SMALL COMPLEX WITH ROOMS FOR THE

HOSPITALITY OF THE VISITORS. IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL LOCATIONS ARE

ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE NATURE, OTHER SPACES: HOST, LIBRARY, INFORMATION,

EXHIBIT.

I master plan I model

Dissertation I Development of an agricultural area

Dystos I Greece

concept

I master plan I model

VIA PIETRO CUSTODI N.6 I MILANO I ITALIA

+39 339 288 72 15 I [email protected]

DANAI ATHANASOULA

ARCHITECT

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