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Princes Lubomirski Museum Wroclaw, Poland

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Team : Karolina Szóstkiewicz, Irgen Salianji, Marina Kounavi, Harris Vamvakas, Karolina Duda, Konstantina Lola Status : Competition project Location : Wroclaw, Poland Program : Museum The central idea of the project derives from the Lubomirski Princes Museum’s precious content of the exhibition material. A special box is therefore proposed to accommodate the treasures of the museum: the arts exhibition on the ground floor, the numismatic exhibition on the first, the treasury on the second and the Lviv panorama on the third and fourth floors. The treasury box (szkatuła) is placed inside a large void in the middle of the plot, as a totem, standing out of its surroundings, thus highlighting its importance. On the same time it allows the public flows to develop all around it, creating visual connections to the historic urban context around the building.   A linear and efficient core is developed at the north side of the plot, creating a clear separation between the public...

Elefsina Administration & Services Building, Greece

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Architects   f or   Urbanity   propose a new typology of office space for public institutions, one that brings public servants and citizens in interaction and introduces the notion of efficiency and human character into the realm of bureaucracy. Team : Marina Kounavi , Karolina Szóstkiewicz, Irgen Salianji , Tatiana Zoumpoulaki, Karolina Duda, Konstantina Lola Location: Elefsina, Greece Program: Administration and Services Building The proposal for the new office building of P.E.D.A. is based on a radial volumetric configuration that creates a large central space in the heart of the building, which expresses the notion of the common, condenses all public services and facilitates the orientation of the visitors. The central space becomes a catalyst and the reference point of six linear building extensions that shelter an independent service on each floor. Therefore the building functions as a unified organism that however allows autonomy to each of its departments....