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Team: Irgen Salianji, Marina Kounavi, Karolina Szóstkiewicz, Tatiana Zoumpoulaki, Harris Vamvakas Location: Borovets, Bulgaria Total Area: 6700 m2 Budget: 30 mln Euro Parking Spots: 200 Borovets is the oldest Bulgarian mountain resort and the one with the brightest potentials for future development. However, the Golden Triangle - the center of the village and its most precious property – suffers from the informal developments that have been scattered in the forest since the early 1990s and lacks a unified and characteristic identity. We propose a new clear zoning of development on the north-eastern edge of the Triangle that will define and frame the forest, while a set of activities and outdoors uses will make it attractive to the residents and visitors. Боровец е най-старият български планински курорт и този с най-голям потенциал за бъдещо развитие .  Въпреки това, Златният триъгълник – центърът на селото и негова най-ценна собственост  –  страда от неофициално...

Tutors: Architects for Urbanity (Karolina Szóstkiewicz, Irgen S a l ian j i ) Participants: Gabriela Bratkowska, Karolina Krzyżanowska, Marcin Osak, Natalia Pośnik, Martyna Słowińska, Alicja Szyszkowska, Aleksandra Wróbel, Attendant: Michał Czeszejko AfU tutored one of the student teams of OSSA workshop in Poland last October. Under the topic of the Great Beauty, the students researched the notions of beauty and ugliness in art, fashion, architecture and politics and came up with a series of counter statements, research material, models and a final performance that provoke and extend our understanding of the Great Beauty in the contemporary society! From the students: Our work started with a search of the definition of beauty itself. It turned out that understanding it as an opposition of ugly is the most straightforward way. Yet swiftly we moved towards examples which connect those two contrary aspects. It is the juxtaposition, contrast and controversy in which we find the greatest...

Project team: Irgen Salianji, Karolina Szóstkiewicz, Marina Kounavi, Charis Siaravas Assistance: Marco De Vincentiis, Maria Akrivou, Antonis Athanasiou Location: Sluisbuurt, Amsterdam The discussion and criticism about the contemporary city’s continuous sprawl has increased over the last decades, alongside the inherited alienation and rigid functional zoning that the modern urban planning has imposed. Such urban planning failures in the Netherlands are numerous, including Almere and other housing areas that have been transformed into “ghost cities” due to the lack of mixed functions.  We strongly believe that this is a result of the following two facts: firstly, the mono-functional character of an area and secondly, its aging population. In the case of Amsterdam, urban expansion is also limited by its historical substance and rigid form, making the creation of new land on the Ij river the only option for densification and architectural experimentation.  The development of S...

Architecture : Architects f or Urbanity (Marina Kounavi, Irgen Salianji, Karolina Szóstkiewicz, Harris Vamvakas) Structural : DENCO Structural Engineering (Telemachos Panagiotakos, Stefanos Tsimpourakis ) MEP : GKA Engineers (Kostas Xaniotis, Kostas Hondos) The development of the new Passenger Terminal of Souda will contribute to the future development of the port and provide a high quality service to the continuously increasing number of visitors in Crete. Our proposal aims to achieve optimum functionality of the Terminal and create a landmark that is inspired by the morphological characteristics of the Cretan tradition and archaeology. The passenger terminal will be the first and the last building that visitors will come across during their arrival and departure from Crete . Therefore it is essential to provide a unique experience to the passengers and introduce them to the Cretan hospitality.  The notions of the arrival, pause and departure are expressed through the transluc...