A great project is that one that is not made with compromises, nor with tactic outside the ‘comfort zone’. It will become big, not because of too much attention or technique but for one and only one reason. Because it pursues perfection and the further it goes, the hunt becomes uninterrupted, almost relentless. Great works do not obey rules but create them. Leaving their indelible imprint on time.
A great project just makes you calm.
The Port of Thessaloniki has commissioned MVRDV to lead the evolution of the eastern part of the Greek city’s port into a modern urban environment and a multi-character major hub. The project, which will be MVRDV’s first in Greece, aims to raise the international profile of Thessaloniki and enable it to compete on the world stage.
As Greece’s second-largest city and the capital of the country’s region of Macedonia, Thessaloniki has historically been an important crossroads between the Balkan states, the Aegean Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. Continue reading »
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Η πραγματικότητα είναι πολύ, πιο σύνθετη απ’ όσο νομίζουμε. Ο ιδεοψυχαναγκασμός και η αρχιτεκτονική, δύο λέξεις, δύο έννοιες εκ διαμέτρου αντίθετες, αποκλείεται να έχουν κάποιο κοινό τόπο, έστω ένα σημείο σύγκλισης. Σήμερα, θα καταρρίψω αυτή την τόσο λανθασμένη σκέψη, καθώς αυτά που ενώνουν την αρχιτεκτονική και τον ψυχαναγκασμό είναι πολλά περισσότερα από αυτά που τα χωρίζουν.
Η Αρχιτεκτονική λογίζεται ως Επιστήμη αλλά και ως Τέχνη. Ως επιστήμη επιδιώκει την εφαρμογή και πιστή εκτέλεση των μελετηθέντων σχεδίων με τη βοήθεια των κατάλληλων υλικών. Αποστολή της (ως επιστήμη) είναι η διαμόρφωση του φυσικού χώρου ως ένα καταφύγιο που εμπεριέχει τα στοιχεία της προφύλαξης, της οικειότητας, της απομόνωσης από τους φρενήρεις ρυθμούς της καθημερινότητας. Continue reading »
Unfortunate though it may be for the dreamers of the world, we’re all judged not by what we imagine, but what we actually do. This goes double for those specifically tasked with creating things in the physical environment, from engineers and architects to inventors and artists. Leonardo da Vinci, the original “Renaissance man,” was an engineer, architect, inventor, artist, and more besides, and five centuries after his death we continue to admire him for not just the works of art and technology he realized during his lifetime, but also the ones that never made it off his drawing board (or out of his notebooks). And as we continue to discover, many of the latter weren’t just flights of fancy, but genuine innovations grounded in reality.
Take the bridge Leonardo proposed to Sultan Bayezid II, who in 1502 had “sent out the Renaissance equivalent of a government RFP Continue reading »
…once i saw this house, i fall in love with it! It reflects the owner’s culture…
Panagiotis Goutos GM G.Ktizein ltd
Situated in the hillside above Porto Heli fishing village with stunning views of the Mediterranean sea. Epsilon Horizon villa is a contemporary house built for the perfect holiday all year around.
Greek tourism is set for another record
year in 2017 with the country on track to welcome 30 million visitors. In the last three years, Greece has seen a sharp increase in investment in its tourism industry, which accounts for roughly a sixth of the economy and last year brought in more than €13 billion in
revenue.
Over the next three to five years, more
than €4 billion are expected to be invested in approximately 200 tourism related projects around the country. “For 2017, the first signs of the market are positive,” according to a recent National Bank of Greece report, which estimates that the country needs some €22 billion in tourism-related investments over the next
five years.
TARGETED TOURISM INVESTMENT COULD INCREASE RECEIPTS BY 40% OVER 5 YEARS
+¤1.2 Bln in HOTELS
annually for 5 years
+¤3.3 Bln in INFRASTRUCTURE
annually for 5 years
+5.5 Mln TOURISTS
annually after investment
+¤5 Bln in RECEIPTS
annually after investment
Source: National Bank of Greece
Congratulations to the Mexican Government and the well known architect Norman Foster. They take seriously that new project, they have vision, produce culture, respect the environment, invest in the future, respect science and architecture. We will certainly visit this new airport, as soon as it will operate( the year 2020)…
Landscape architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander has won the 2015 Margolese National Design for Living Prize for her impact on Canadian cities. The School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of British Columbia, who awards the annual $50,000 prize, chose Oberlander for her “breathtaking, poetic, unforgettable, charged with meaning, and above all, Modernist” designs that have made “outstanding contributions Continue reading »
