ATHENS SPACE - Lola

 

Ann Demeulemeester store in Seoul

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Richard Woods building, paying with fake wood

My idea for this project is an existing rectangular space which is my living room in Athens. It occupies the whole floor and it is special because it is my family home, it's the central space of the house where we all meet. An intresting aspect of Mediteranean architecture are the balconies which are filled with plants and smells. The western side is filled with pots with plants are durable and retain their leaves in winter. There is one tropical plant, a frangipani, that blooms in spring letting out the most divine smell, while in winter its leaves fall leaving a bare thin beautiful trunk. On the opposite side where the two small balconies are there is a huge deciduous tree that arises from the land, and the atmosphere of the linving room changes depending on the season. The décor is also something that changes often and it is a space that could be manipulated into many things. During the summer months the sliding windows are all open, as long as you can handle the heat, creating an inside-out space, while in the winter months it becomes a transparent living room surrounded by green in the center of Athens.