Athens Building by Julien De Smedt Architect, JDS Architecture in Greece, Design Proposal Pictures

Athens Building Design : Architecture

Contemporary Greek Architectural Project design by Julien De Smedt Architects

17 Apr 2008

Contemporary Building in Athens

Design: Julien De Smedt Architects (JDS)

Athens Building by Julien De Smedt Architect

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The given program of the mixed-use building includes parking, commercial spaces, office space and housing, arranged in the following sequence: a 6 storey parking cellar, shopping and galleries half a level below street level, superposed by restaurants, shops half a floor above street level flanked by one floor of offices and two levels of housing on the top; an architectural moussaka!

The Athens law requires all new development to provide 30% of unbuilt land for public use.

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In this project Julien De Smedt Architects provide 30% of unbuilt and cleared to the sky as well as around 20 percent of unbuilt but covered. Thereby providing a very accessible ground floor. Due to its strategic position the site for the mixed-use building should ideally be a void: it would allow to connect 2 important poles of the neighbourhood, the AVDE Library square and the crossing of Megalou Alexandrou & Kolonthynthous.

Due to the difficult equation of land use and maximization of build substance, it’s almost impossible to join those ends. By cracking the ground across the site the project creates a canyon that links both ends.

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Athens Building designer : Julien De Smedt Architects

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Athens Mixed-Use Development – Building Information

Mixed-use Building: SHOPS, OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX
Location: ATHENS, GREECE
Size: 5,500 M2
Type: COMMISSION
Status: ON-GOING
Client: OLIAROS

Athens Building by Julien de Smedt – Project Team

Julien de Smedt, Barbara Wolff, Kamilla Heskje, Alexandros Geroussis, Andy Vann, Dimitri Brisy, Dries Rodet, Federico Pedrini, Felix Luong, Lena Billmeier, Melissa Kim, Mike Robitz, Nicolas Kisic, Jens Vilhemson, Josua Gillet, Michaela Weisskirchner, Sandra-Tabea Hirschler, Taku Nagamatsu, Therese Wallstrom, Wouter Dons

Athens Mixed-Use Building design : JDS Architects – a architecture design studio led by Julien de Smedt

Location: Athens, Greece, southeast Europe

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Athens Architecture Designs – architectural selection below:

Marina Tower, Agios Kosmas marina area, Ellinikon
Design: Foster + Partners
Ellinikon Marina Residential Tower Greece by Foster + Partners
image : dbox / Foster + Partners
Ellinikon Marina Tower Design
Lamda Development release designs for Marina Tower, the first green high-rise building in Greece. Located in the Agios Kosmas marina area and one of Ellinikon’s first architectural landmarks, Marina Tower will be the tallest building in Greece and the tallest green beachfront high-rise building in the Mediterranean.

Syngrou Avenue Office Buildings
Design: Bennetts Associates and Divercity Architects
Syngrou Avenue Office Buildings Athens
image Courtesy architecture practice
Syngrou Avenue Office Buildings

Cosmote TV HQ and Studios
Design: LC Architects
Cosmote TV HQ Studios Athens
photo © Nikos Daniilidis
Cosmote TV HQ and Studios

Acropolis Museum Athens

Julien de Smedt Architects

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