https://sofiasofianou.com sofiasofianou.com Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:43:39 +0000 https://sofiasofianou.com en https://sofiasofianou.com/Desktop Sat, 24 Jun 2023 03:50:12 +0000 sofiasofianou.com https://sofiasofianou.com/Desktop &nbsp;︎Sofia Sofianou 2026 https://sofiasofianou.com/About-New Sat, 24 Jun 2023 04:36:44 +0000 sofiasofianou.com https://sofiasofianou.com/About-New <img width="2313" height="3616" width_o="2313" height_o="3616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5012c94b8fed42e1df922a0db22cb2e8d103d0cecf8f7be3edd9ddf39815162d/IMG_5580-copy-bw3.jpg" data-mid="246127520" border="0" data-scale="62" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5012c94b8fed42e1df922a0db22cb2e8d103d0cecf8f7be3edd9ddf39815162d/IMG_5580-copy-bw3.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sofia Sofianou is an architect and visual artist from Athens, Greece, holding a graduate degree from Harvard Graduate School of Design, Master in Architecture II (2021) and a Diploma in Architecture from University of Patras, Greece (2018). Currently located in London and having worked in architectural offices in Athens, Copenhagen and Boston, she participated in international projects and competitions in Greece, Denmark, and USA. Her most recent artworks were exhibited at the EMST (National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens) and the Opening Gallery in New York City, as well as the Greek Pavilion of the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale. Sofia’s research interest revolves around experimenting with visual representation, coding and optics. Her studio is driven with a strong focus on urban planning, ecology and sustainable design. https://sofiasofianou.com/Projects-2 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 02:32:24 +0000 sofiasofianou.com https://sofiasofianou.com/Projects-2 <img width="6000" height="2553" width_o="6000" height_o="2553" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df586e6133afcde18cb6ce36c09418b937ba5b171056ddeb4cd6ef6e7cc9b60b/COVER-IMAGE-BW7.png" data-mid="251031689" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df586e6133afcde18cb6ce36c09418b937ba5b171056ddeb4cd6ef6e7cc9b60b/COVER-IMAGE-BW7.png" /> Light Forming <img width="3000" height="3020" width_o="3000" height_o="3020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c3a7fb3cca0efdc6802fed003b876d665210abcc27a64015dd01aa3e80df75b/index-crenshaw2.jpg" data-mid="159207098" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c3a7fb3cca0efdc6802fed003b876d665210abcc27a64015dd01aa3e80df75b/index-crenshaw2.jpg" /> Unbuilding Crenshaw Discount Store <img width="700" height="705" width_o="700" height_o="705" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24a3b48e04686ff0c1e29703d250dd1d5d8f15b0f7a730a2d9ade809c43157e8/index-nostalgia.jpg" data-mid="223619375" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/700/i/24a3b48e04686ff0c1e29703d250dd1d5d8f15b0f7a730a2d9ade809c43157e8/index-nostalgia.jpg" />Reflective Nostalgia <img width="3000" height="3020" width_o="3000" height_o="3020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9659f9d29b13ec85aa89e816643dcc0b863ff3b6ca7cc7511c843e138f224cc9/index-theater2.jpg" data-mid="159207107" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9659f9d29b13ec85aa89e816643dcc0b863ff3b6ca7cc7511c843e138f224cc9/index-theater2.jpg" />A&nbsp;floating theater at the Aegean&nbsp;Archipelago <img width="3000" height="3020" width_o="3000" height_o="3020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af733de0b5463e2abecd4e76a6655b143e5debb325aefd66ba40e6d7a65c86d3/dropsGIF2.gif" data-mid="159206931" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af733de0b5463e2abecd4e76a6655b143e5debb325aefd66ba40e6d7a65c86d3/dropsGIF2.gif" />Writing Form of a Pendant Water Droplet <img width="3000" height="3020" width_o="3000" height_o="3020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a5175504f59388e28715fc4eb4e712b045ec2fbd668ce54717d8f9682118ff7/index-tcolumn2.jpg" data-mid="159207072" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7a5175504f59388e28715fc4eb4e712b045ec2fbd668ce54717d8f9682118ff7/index-tcolumn2.jpg" />Digital Media: Manipulations <img width="3000" height="3020" width_o="3000" height_o="3020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7988c18547e2b6c70b24ca2bf9b0c478961526da87d055016223ab7467cb2ff/index-diploma2.jpg" data-mid="159207200" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7988c18547e2b6c70b24ca2bf9b0c478961526da87d055016223ab7467cb2ff/index-diploma2.jpg" /> The Scale Experiment <img width="3000" height="3020" width_o="3000" height_o="3020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44b7a9cc369b22c3fff60f40160e87a4e86462d22555c5ff54163c327f9809ba/indexgenericspecificity.jpg" data-mid="160180429" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/44b7a9cc369b22c3fff60f40160e87a4e86462d22555c5ff54163c327f9809ba/indexgenericspecificity.jpg" />The appeal of Generic Specificity <img width="2048" height="2080" width_o="2048" height_o="2080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffa93538cb55ee9a3f137ec79d2d6b5aac8a32a86d5bda9a6c7fa8fcfa8224c8/Gemini_Generated_Image_y32az7y32az7y32a.png" data-mid="244649839" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ffa93538cb55ee9a3f137ec79d2d6b5aac8a32a86d5bda9a6c7fa8fcfa8224c8/Gemini_Generated_Image_y32az7y32az7y32a.png" />Inhabiting Imperfect Replicas <img width="3000" height="3020" width_o="3000" height_o="3020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3045e3f492b608f0b31d360a1d416b36c6c043adb94d9ffc3a6279a3411054e3/index-ptolemaidajpg.jpg" data-mid="160181821" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3045e3f492b608f0b31d360a1d416b36c6c043adb94d9ffc3a6279a3411054e3/index-ptolemaidajpg.jpg" /> Regeneration and Reuseof former coal mining areas in Ptolemaida https://sofiasofianou.com/Research Sat, 12 Jun 2021 20:43:43 +0000 sofiasofianou.com https://sofiasofianou.com/Research <img width="3000" height="3020" width_o="3000" height_o="3020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6fc9ef7e88734ea7fe30359d5297f0a2cc45a22911aa87d833d978e3bb92e054/index-research.jpg" data-mid="159207464" border="0" data-scale="98" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6fc9ef7e88734ea7fe30359d5297f0a2cc45a22911aa87d833d978e3bb92e054/index-research.jpg" /> Entelecheia of the Urban Form <img width="3000" height="3020" width_o="3000" height_o="3020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be953f869e02fde05a5e540bc06b084e049a4af431e190f6b2437d417bef59ba/index-territorialmachines.jpg" data-mid="159207676" border="0" data-scale="98" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/be953f869e02fde05a5e540bc06b084e049a4af431e190f6b2437d417bef59ba/index-territorialmachines.jpg" /> Seaside: A scenario for new living conditions <img width="3000" height="3020" width_o="3000" height_o="3020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6e09544bd09190f6a3f460dd181b4cd688504f4b29933bdd79c3442e6a722d5/index-grid.jpg" data-mid="159208455" border="0" data-scale="98" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c6e09544bd09190f6a3f460dd181b4cd688504f4b29933bdd79c3442e6a722d5/index-grid.jpg" /> Grids&nbsp;Between ethos and aesthetics <img width="700" height="705" width_o="700" height_o="705" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/654693fc890c9c0b841c0fdf5ea1f732d50078f300ece880bd6a65e54181beb8/index-RegenerativeBodies.jpg" data-mid="223624295" border="0" data-scale="96" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/700/i/654693fc890c9c0b841c0fdf5ea1f732d50078f300ece880bd6a65e54181beb8/index-RegenerativeBodies.jpg" /> Regenerative BodiesFuneral Party No.1 <img width="700" height="705" width_o="700" height_o="705" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54d68557a5325ecdea4f6d07839e51f5a332a71507c7c353eab5d4012788b155/index-AmplifiedRealities.jpg" data-mid="223931822" border="0" data-scale="95" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/700/i/54d68557a5325ecdea4f6d07839e51f5a332a71507c7c353eab5d4012788b155/index-AmplifiedRealities.jpg" />Amplified Realities https://sofiasofianou.com/Unbuilding-Crenshaw-Discount-Store Tue, 08 Jun 2021 23:23:25 +0000 sofiasofianou.com https://sofiasofianou.com/Unbuilding-Crenshaw-Discount-Store Unbuilding Crenshaw Discount StoreHarvard Graduate School of Design Module 2 Studio for Spring 2021STU 1327&nbsp; Underground Instructors: Mira Henry + Matthew Au (Current Interests) <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d91912a04f06be9507fba312678c89323a2db6e546e74d6004abae44b329849d/Enscape_2024-05-07-23-06-20.png" data-mid="221840947" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d91912a04f06be9507fba312678c89323a2db6e546e74d6004abae44b329849d/Enscape_2024-05-07-23-06-20.png" /> Los Angeles Facades are portraits. Not only portraits of the building, but portraits of the surrounding as well; they collect and reflect information.The project is about a set of portraits, reflecting the reality of the front and back faces of the Crenshaw Discount Store in Los Angeles. 2021.Crenshaw Discount Store. The differentiation between the two facades (front and back) of the current store is still to be defined. Both of these facades are important, but they carry different characteristics. <img width="2910" height="3275" width_o="2910" height_o="3275" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b347380365903edcc435716a9572d59f5d456d3b15d13e52a71cab5f6a0b1ef/CDS_04.png" data-mid="110813546" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b347380365903edcc435716a9572d59f5d456d3b15d13e52a71cab5f6a0b1ef/CDS_04.png" /> <img width="2622" height="2950" width_o="2622" height_o="2950" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/816c8d5f601c007aa45f069e15d0ff6e9b13012525ea8fbf5127ce885dec73a6/CDS_03.png" data-mid="110813545" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/816c8d5f601c007aa45f069e15d0ff6e9b13012525ea8fbf5127ce885dec73a6/CDS_03.png" /> 1941. Grayson’s Women Fine Apparel. By studying the facades of Victor Gruen’s first built project in Los Angeles, one can see the old portraits of Crenshaw Discount Store. <img width="1772" height="1993" width_o="1772" height_o="1993" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/68207ed8ecce3bb985728c6dfc584acd1ee2b56c6ea01ac9323d87bde64f7610/Graysons_01-2.png" data-mid="110812932" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/68207ed8ecce3bb985728c6dfc584acd1ee2b56c6ea01ac9323d87bde64f7610/Graysons_01-2.png" /> <img width="1772" height="1993" width_o="1772" height_o="1993" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/acb276cf740b4eba0d77704fbb61391750f43de40adfacd22dace145ad2cc460/Graysons_02-2.png" data-mid="110812934" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/acb276cf740b4eba0d77704fbb61391750f43de40adfacd22dace145ad2cc460/Graysons_02-2.png" /> <img width="2000" height="677" width_o="2000" height_o="677" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2844442fa21f602b2bc4bfdeadc44653c6b2f7e2ebcb400abaec045ed4425c5a/210502_Crenshaw-Discount-Store--DWGS-elevation-front.gif" data-mid="110904572" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2844442fa21f602b2bc4bfdeadc44653c6b2f7e2ebcb400abaec045ed4425c5a/210502_Crenshaw-Discount-Store--DWGS-elevation-front.gif" /> <img width="2000" height="682" width_o="2000" height_o="682" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a621ae34a1d51c328e5bbead0f99b30854f0e1c8b750de65c2af6f274b05356/210502_Crenshaw-Discount-Store--DWGS-elevation-back.gif" data-mid="110904796" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a621ae34a1d51c328e5bbead0f99b30854f0e1c8b750de65c2af6f274b05356/210502_Crenshaw-Discount-Store--DWGS-elevation-back.gif" /> <img width="2628" height="2405" width_o="2628" height_o="2405" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adf47d002dcc2c970b39b33807b8939af7417aed10e5cf7b5c7824a2d939429e/210503_Crenshaw-Discount-Store--AXO-OVERLAP-FRONT.jpg" data-mid="110826447" border="0" data-scale="92" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/adf47d002dcc2c970b39b33807b8939af7417aed10e5cf7b5c7824a2d939429e/210503_Crenshaw-Discount-Store--AXO-OVERLAP-FRONT.jpg" /> <img width="2223" height="1876" width_o="2223" height_o="1876" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/995f4c1d1cd6a4270461ae0fdfa6982556ea9096747b5e7536523db5e18a28f4/210503_Crenshaw-Discount-Store--AXO-OVERLAP-BACK.jpg" data-mid="110826446" border="0" data-scale="100" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/995f4c1d1cd6a4270461ae0fdfa6982556ea9096747b5e7536523db5e18a28f4/210503_Crenshaw-Discount-Store--AXO-OVERLAP-BACK.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2049" width_o="2000" height_o="2049" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/188018bb970b47b4918f6cb1808b4ad6f39a77d8dd12c25074d545caad42fc25/210503_Crenshaw-Discount-Store--AXO-FRONT.gif" data-mid="110950224" border="0" data-scale="53" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/188018bb970b47b4918f6cb1808b4ad6f39a77d8dd12c25074d545caad42fc25/210503_Crenshaw-Discount-Store--AXO-FRONT.gif" /> Could the old facades be reshaped with a contemporary perspective? <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff7131076dbabccee81a5f43ed610a044b4e60a45b5f1b37cb1a00c5cb03c04f/Room01.png" data-mid="161775785" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff7131076dbabccee81a5f43ed610a044b4e60a45b5f1b37cb1a00c5cb03c04f/Room01.png" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07349bfdaad6ee7bc61f50baf733f1e86267200347ffeccf0e37a1f299bcbb10/Lookingup2.png" data-mid="161775794" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07349bfdaad6ee7bc61f50baf733f1e86267200347ffeccf0e37a1f299bcbb10/Lookingup2.png" /> <img width="5400" height="3181" width_o="5400" height_o="3181" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b638ea4b06ce748a2a77ed265b9a02ea7462fc19a2d9a3045f8704eb4e16346e/221205_AXO-NIGHTy.jpg" data-mid="161667029" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b638ea4b06ce748a2a77ed265b9a02ea7462fc19a2d9a3045f8704eb4e16346e/221205_AXO-NIGHTy.jpg" /><img width="5400" height="3181" width_o="5400" height_o="3181" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22e21fb7de6863ff61734de8351fc3a7a7a157602c82c7cc9afde87a7a48d4ea/221205_AXO-DAYy.jpg" data-mid="161667030" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/22e21fb7de6863ff61734de8351fc3a7a7a157602c82c7cc9afde87a7a48d4ea/221205_AXO-DAYy.jpg" /> <img width="2083" height="1158" width_o="2083" height_o="1158" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0dad6bd5cf9254b404ad29193aa7f060db017cad96d1aea2a2867689d5709703/FACADE-7-NIGHT.gif" data-mid="110950668" border="0" data-scale="89" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0dad6bd5cf9254b404ad29193aa7f060db017cad96d1aea2a2867689d5709703/FACADE-7-NIGHT.gif" /> Could undoing or unbuilding be a way to redesign this store? <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db914de1cff88390e74622f1b69311764549a675914c6c39876d6eb5db077254/Enscape_2022-11-02-23-42-12.png" data-mid="221840951" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db914de1cff88390e74622f1b69311764549a675914c6c39876d6eb5db077254/Enscape_2022-11-02-23-42-12.png" /> https://sofiasofianou.com/Reflective-Nostalgia Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:29:17 +0000 sofiasofianou.com https://sofiasofianou.com/Reflective-Nostalgia Reflective NostalgiaAlternative Futures for Shanghai's Shikumen Heritage Harvard Graduate School of Design Studio for Fall 2019STU-1309 Reflective Nostalgia Instructors: Neri &amp; Hu <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b21070b2f70333788998ac873d1c9649c00ebf92a7f94c8133e27dcb946a1ee/Enscape_2024-12-10-19-27-13.png" data-mid="223619429" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b21070b2f70333788998ac873d1c9649c00ebf92a7f94c8133e27dcb946a1ee/Enscape_2024-12-10-19-27-13.png" /> Bathhouse - Center Bath This proposal for an alternative future for Shanghai’s Shikumen Heritage includes a hotel above ground and an underground bathhouse as machines of memories. The new program is about setting the founding ground; a bathhouse that constructs a heterotopia and places of bringing back memories. New forms of bathrooms are created by carving and subtracting, creating a sense of grotto. The place that the two programs (hotel + bathhouse) connect is the ground floor which functions as a threshold and an in between space between the two. The floor is carved in the same way as the floor and ceiling of the underground floor. Nostalgic memories, which are the ones missing, should be visible and will be the ones that will continue existing. Nostalgic memories will be identified in the morphology of the new form of the hotel, as the element of the pitched roof of the typology of the Lilong won’t be replaced but it will be transformed. <img width="1247" height="885" width_o="1247" height_o="885" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a4c9910093f29113fbd4777420b012740f3e605ba30011ee3ea85383883d9e2/SectionBB.jpg" data-mid="223624262" border="0" data-scale="90" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a4c9910093f29113fbd4777420b012740f3e605ba30011ee3ea85383883d9e2/SectionBB.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2bfd2c56dbd371935a5366a91d8e59528622fd4b53a2938435c79a0cf9c210b0/Enscape_2024-12-10-22-20-37.png" data-mid="223622331" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2bfd2c56dbd371935a5366a91d8e59528622fd4b53a2938435c79a0cf9c210b0/Enscape_2024-12-10-22-20-37.png" /> Bathhouse - Entrance <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/761e11f35d68491f9800a02cf8c03c3d5853006c2e21e90e401e48e86a633198/Enscape_2024-12-10-17-33-48.png" data-mid="223622752" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/761e11f35d68491f9800a02cf8c03c3d5853006c2e21e90e401e48e86a633198/Enscape_2024-12-10-17-33-48.png" /> Bathhouse - Common Bath <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c7f839542b09dc48c9b0c6bcf2ae99260c4d4b2a2d125171ba6f92be11d78be/Enscape_2024-12-10-17-53-15.png" data-mid="223623046" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c7f839542b09dc48c9b0c6bcf2ae99260c4d4b2a2d125171ba6f92be11d78be/Enscape_2024-12-10-17-53-15.png" />Bathhouse - Common Bath <img width="2245" height="1325" width_o="2245" height_o="1325" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/485dd77e1ec448c972aa5a4a570dbbc7cae72392d543768cce0f9e06c463232d/Screenshot-2024-12-10-164135.jpg" data-mid="223622592" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/485dd77e1ec448c972aa5a4a570dbbc7cae72392d543768cce0f9e06c463232d/Screenshot-2024-12-10-164135.jpg" /> Bathhouse - Individual Bath <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1ebd8f970c09e563cb50657e988ed9094451548a429bd71d65e8585316181b5/Enscape_2024-12-10-19-07-41.png" data-mid="223622966" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1ebd8f970c09e563cb50657e988ed9094451548a429bd71d65e8585316181b5/Enscape_2024-12-10-19-07-41.png" /> Private Room - Level +02 https://sofiasofianou.com/Light-Forming Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:43:39 +0000 sofiasofianou.com https://sofiasofianou.com/Light-Forming Light FormingSofia Sofianou Shortlisted Project for The Home of Shadows #4 International CompetitionJUNE 2026 <img width="1600" height="680" width_o="1600" height_o="680" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ebb5eee53543ff4ce279049eb3274ec6d94a762df118f700c0644ad8379a3e9/1_CoverImage.jpg" data-mid="252309745" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ebb5eee53543ff4ce279049eb3274ec6d94a762df118f700c0644ad8379a3e9/1_CoverImage.jpg" /> Rhikea Under the Mediterranean sun, this house in Rhikea is meant to reinterpret geometries through new spatial forms, geometries that are drawn through shadows and light. <img width="1600" height="901" width_o="1600" height_o="901" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fbb50685090b99e9c9eb07174f1cd0f2fa4815139f4e6e2ee5b190ff3c5615f/2_Courtyard-View.jpg" data-mid="252309747" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3fbb50685090b99e9c9eb07174f1cd0f2fa4815139f4e6e2ee5b190ff3c5615f/2_Courtyard-View.jpg" /> Shadows are not just the manifestation of disappearing light, but the expression of shaping forms. These forms transform through time, they are soft shapes that project and intersect with rigid structures.<img width="1600" height="1347" width_o="1600" height_o="1347" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bda9b9f5f5d28f8033fcd7ca52d24923b956b8aff560270da1078edf4ab097ba/5_Drawings.jpg" data-mid="252309750" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bda9b9f5f5d28f8033fcd7ca52d24923b956b8aff560270da1078edf4ab097ba/5_Drawings.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="901" width_o="1600" height_o="901" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eff305f93d0ebbe7f2d3b75b50968908017e137df4d150125bab333078bd5b44/4_InteriorView.jpg" data-mid="252309749" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eff305f93d0ebbe7f2d3b75b50968908017e137df4d150125bab333078bd5b44/4_InteriorView.jpg" />The new forms are produced during midday through the shadows that are cast by the shed. In the afternoon, these geometries disappear, and they transform into a softer mass that almost dematerializes and loses the perception of the grid. Over the course of one day, the structure of the grid dissolves, it becomes a uniform surface that covers gently the topography of the site. At night all these forms are erased, in order to be rediscovered the next day with the morning sunlight. <img width="1600" height="680" width_o="1600" height_o="680" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1090118d9d07cae15bb2559139f433d249f60f30e8a0d8310c7d4192059c98e4/3_Diagrams.jpg" data-mid="252309748" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1090118d9d07cae15bb2559139f433d249f60f30e8a0d8310c7d4192059c98e4/3_Diagrams.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="901" width_o="1600" height_o="901" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/096df25985bef23c3e7c2275adf6e73b3b926a38de9edc5f45f5c8994de9c3ad/7_EveningView.jpg" data-mid="252309752" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/096df25985bef23c3e7c2275adf6e73b3b926a38de9edc5f45f5c8994de9c3ad/7_EveningView.jpg" /> https://sofiasofianou.com/Aegean-Archipelago Wed, 16 Nov 2022 03:41:17 +0000 sofiasofianou.com https://sofiasofianou.com/Aegean-Archipelago A floating theater/school at the Aegean ArchipelagoHarvard Graduate School of Design Module 1 Studio for Spring 2021 STU 1322&nbsp; Temporary and Ephemeral Structures Instructor: Toshiko Mori <img width="2315" height="1516" width_o="2315" height_o="1516" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72432d83763542563704755dcda1f1d86c77fb71791aaf685d4abd38b10c166c/theater-not-very-far-Recovered-last---Copy-copy.jpg" data-mid="159199380" border="0" data-scale="78" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72432d83763542563704755dcda1f1d86c77fb71791aaf685d4abd38b10c166c/theater-not-very-far-Recovered-last---Copy-copy.jpg" /> The reasoning of this project lies behind the greek law of the withdrawal of the fishing vessels. According to this law, fishermen can withdraw their boats in order to get a considerable financial support with the only condition being the dissolution of their boats. As a result, this policy forces a lot of fishermen to destroy their boats in order to get this financial grant. In other words, this means destroying not only the way of living of many families in the islands of Greece, but also damaging part of the history, <img width="1146" height="1218" width_o="1146" height_o="1218" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5875d653223bd22a7f45bb68a54606dc938f6bf382fc38b20ee50381353c7ee3/20221103-17-18.jpg" data-mid="159203837" border="0" data-scale="96" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5875d653223bd22a7f45bb68a54606dc938f6bf382fc38b20ee50381353c7ee3/20221103-17-18.jpg" /> <img width="1233" height="1171" width_o="1233" height_o="1171" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93ff4560c9184006c3c2c870747ad93c610c73414dca17a066030496226aac7b/20221103-17-182.jpg" data-mid="159203836" border="0" data-scale="100" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93ff4560c9184006c3c2c870747ad93c610c73414dca17a066030496226aac7b/20221103-17-182.jpg" /> The main idea is to find a way to protect the traditional wooden fishing vessels, by re-purposing the function of the boats in order to be prevented from dissolution. In this way the fishermen will still get a percentage of the financial support, according to the policy and the fishing boat is temporarily transforming in to an itinerant structure. During the summer and daytime this structure will function as a classroom and during the evening hours will perform as a theater. Whereas in winter and autumn, when there is no fish shortage, the vessel will continue functioning as a fishing boat. The form of the deck is not corresponding to the curvature of the boat in order to intensify the juxtaposition between the linear form of the structure and the curved geometry of the vessel. This ambiguity is evoking the fact that the whole structure is actually a boat but you can not really see it. One can understand what is under only if it gets disassembled. During the evening hours, the classroom can be easily disassembled and by taking out the front beams. The liberated space can function as a stage for the theater, while the supporting spaces and the backstage are hidden by the curtains. Hence, the whole configuration works as a space for performance. <img width="2362" height="1986" width_o="2362" height_o="1986" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35da0798d8126decc30cb1d2fac945d18de80ec07261219fc171aa5ac31b3c1b/theater-calm-transparent2.jpg" data-mid="159199138" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35da0798d8126decc30cb1d2fac945d18de80ec07261219fc171aa5ac31b3c1b/theater-calm-transparent2.jpg" /> <img width="2362" height="2024" width_o="2362" height_o="2024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12c7623cc9764a053d995bdc2ead4d3be165e1a27777a197792bdd51a1957320/theater-not-calm.jpg" data-mid="159199152" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12c7623cc9764a053d995bdc2ead4d3be165e1a27777a197792bdd51a1957320/theater-not-calm.jpg" /> Light fabrics and textiles are transforming the module from a thin framework to an enclosed space. The materiality of the module is consisted from wooden beams, straw fabrics, linen textiles, steel wire rope and fish nets. All of these components are coming together to assemble one full module which will ultimately function as a classroom. The only constrain is the location of the steering wheel, whereas the arrangement of the furniture can be adjustable and reconfigured according to the students’ needs. The furniture are fold-able elements: tables and chairs that can be folded and stored when they are not longer needed. <img width="1274" height="533" width_o="1274" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1792ae9a2e6688ed1b7dddab6577415ed734e40a8b00fa17eef62bbde087f265/pelago.jpg" data-mid="159203700" border="0" data-scale="95" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1792ae9a2e6688ed1b7dddab6577415ed734e40a8b00fa17eef62bbde087f265/pelago.jpg" /><img width="2362" height="1986" width_o="2362" height_o="1986" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ae75be6604b26acf4a42e4b579d0195aba59c7f71ecbb3e48a78114fd5a11d1/classroom2.jpg" data-mid="159203597" border="0" data-scale="90" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ae75be6604b26acf4a42e4b579d0195aba59c7f71ecbb3e48a78114fd5a11d1/classroom2.jpg" /><img width="1257" height="381" width_o="1257" height_o="381" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6fddf87449187883edded0aaa5c7cd33b4bd1aa67d1f0dc33718be6f67003609/20221103-202.jpg" data-mid="159203705" border="0" data-scale="90" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6fddf87449187883edded0aaa5c7cd33b4bd1aa67d1f0dc33718be6f67003609/20221103-202.jpg" /> The overall ambition is reflecting into light materials, such as curtains that are operable in order to reveal or hide the backstage. The theater formation is discharged from the intention of having a rigid and very fixed stage, by allowing the waves to slightly move the boats. During the summer, in case of a storm the structure will need to return to the shore, get disassembled and be stored for future use. The possible scenarios are based on the degree of urbanization of the specific territory; starting from an urban region near the port of Syros Island, to a less urban region of a village in Andros, or to an inaccessible beach in Milos. All of these scenarios are flexible configurations of different assemblies. More modules assembled together can act as a stage and the rest of the boats and modules take the role of the audience. The ultimate aim is that the whole structure performs as an attracting point for the Aegean Archipelago which creates future possibilities of rethinking the sea as a way of living. https://sofiasofianou.com/Water-Social-Infrastructure-1 Wed, 16 Nov 2022 04:04:36 +0000 sofiasofianou.com https://sofiasofianou.com/Water-Social-Infrastructure-1 Water and Social InfrastructureHarvard Graduate School of Design Urban Studio for Fall 2020&nbsp; STU 1503: Extreme Urbanism VII in collaboration with: Seoyoung Lee Instructors: Rahul Mehrotra and Charlotte Malterre-Barthes A majority of Ishkashim’s livelihoods revolves around agriculture which makes the water essential for the life the of residents. 90% of the water system is managed by the local community, yet Ishkashim lacks safe water supplies. Our urban vision for the territory of Ishkashim initiates from the aspiration of creating a resilient water network that will be produced from resilient scales of protection and distribution of water resources. That will allow to find a way to make the water more visible and turn the approach of viewing it as a mechanistic system into a sacred resource which will form the settlement, by envisioning the future possibilities and protect from potential disasters. The ultimate aim is not just to improve the water infrastructure of Ishkashim, but to set the basis for a resilient society. <img width="1268" height="1592" width_o="1268" height_o="1592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7664869b4fa7cf04a0212042d8ca84b3d20ec291889f4ba73efca487637aefdc/20221103-water.jpg" data-mid="159200380" border="0" data-scale="88" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7664869b4fa7cf04a0212042d8ca84b3d20ec291889f4ba73efca487637aefdc/20221103-water.jpg" /><img width="1268" height="1584" width_o="1268" height_o="1584" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0957a68768b8c7db8635a426fe0ada7330aca55564a68c1dfce2382a30082e73/20221103-water2.jpg" data-mid="159200381" border="0" data-scale="86" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0957a68768b8c7db8635a426fe0ada7330aca55564a68c1dfce2382a30082e73/20221103-water2.jpg" /> <img width="1274" height="1597" width_o="1274" height_o="1597" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2a22f05493336dee2dd5110a9449b96942b72212c429bd373073ede19d4d46b/20221103-water3.jpg" data-mid="159200392" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2a22f05493336dee2dd5110a9449b96942b72212c429bd373073ede19d4d46b/20221103-water3.jpg" /> <img width="1274" height="1601" width_o="1274" height_o="1601" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6827b0312704c30e6604b8a45e7688b5afb0867fc09073afdf0993ce620124e3/20221103-water4.jpg" data-mid="159200393" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6827b0312704c30e6604b8a45e7688b5afb0867fc09073afdf0993ce620124e3/20221103-water4.jpg" /> https://sofiasofianou.com/Generic-Specificity Wed, 16 Nov 2022 04:14:58 +0000 sofiasofianou.com https://sofiasofianou.com/Generic-Specificity The appeal of Generic SpecificityHarvard Graduate School of Design Architecture Studio for Spring 2020&nbsp; STU 1316&nbsp; Generic Specificity Instructors: Johnston Marklee <img width="1000" height="333" width_o="1000" height_o="333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e7167b7bd67cfc48b95513712cf2d340b90d29a6803904b85455ffd10252773/fin-6-2.jpg" data-mid="160182571" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e7167b7bd67cfc48b95513712cf2d340b90d29a6803904b85455ffd10252773/fin-6-2.jpg" /> The latest definitions of generic and specific originate from the reverse roles that are defined by the International Style of Early Modernism; the generic becomes a device of sterilization and homogenization of everything specific and local, whereas the specific takes the role of regaining all the lost local elements that generality already homogenized. Basically, the relation between specific and generic could be defined as an eternal loop, that each time, the specific is reclaiming the lost ground of the generic. <img width="3400" height="2200" width_o="3400" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/872a9f4e2e281d9ae68605aa9a8f3c568d6d999716c4829ed9687d7c2183be85/200502_SITE-AXO-context.jpg" data-mid="159203162" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/872a9f4e2e281d9ae68605aa9a8f3c568d6d999716c4829ed9687d7c2183be85/200502_SITE-AXO-context.jpg" /> Arts District, Los AngelesThis project aims to redefine generic specificity at the territory of Arts District in downtown Los Angeles. The generic type at the building’s exterior contrasts the specific elements of the interior. This condition of contrasts that produces ambiguity between the generic and the specific is used as a tool in order to relate the interior with the exterior. Designing in a specific context (Arts District, Los Angeles) is inevitably connected with means that identify beauty in that specific context. Beauty can be caused by two factors, according to Colin Rowe; one factor is nature, which is produced by geometry and proportions and the other factor is custom use, which is related to the notion of familiarity. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="4612" height="2276" width_o="4612" height_o="2276" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e534c8fc82fc7b47cbcb0020c59c3a27abb45201454a37a6deb2741a5f66443e/lvl-1.jpg" data-mid="160182098" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e534c8fc82fc7b47cbcb0020c59c3a27abb45201454a37a6deb2741a5f66443e/lvl-1.jpg" /> Plan Level +1 <img width="4612" height="2276" width_o="4612" height_o="2276" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2579a6a5fded064bbfd07ccb5ebcccdf0dcc72d088c86b806e2b645887824452/lvl-3.jpg" data-mid="160182100" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2579a6a5fded064bbfd07ccb5ebcccdf0dcc72d088c86b806e2b645887824452/lvl-3.jpg" />Plan Level +3 <img width="4252" height="1416" width_o="4252" height_o="1416" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65cb9e64d33b3a468b947c2926f7298b314769ba43025d08d0ac93030ac7a8d3/LOGGIA-2.jpg" data-mid="159203000" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/65cb9e64d33b3a468b947c2926f7298b314769ba43025d08d0ac93030ac7a8d3/LOGGIA-2.jpg" /> <img width="2083" height="694" width_o="2083" height_o="694" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d20876907b050254c2771f9e84c9d61ffe7f9fca309d229aca50eedae64e7dd1/interior-1-orange-1.jpg" data-mid="159202999" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d20876907b050254c2771f9e84c9d61ffe7f9fca309d229aca50eedae64e7dd1/interior-1-orange-1.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="333" width_o="1000" height_o="333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf6e7f81aed8838f5ded570e1f898d54cd1ea4926e9fa23a2cfbb0344964e22e/4_frontal-4-ORANGE-3.jpg" data-mid="159203340" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf6e7f81aed8838f5ded570e1f898d54cd1ea4926e9fa23a2cfbb0344964e22e/4_frontal-4-ORANGE-3.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="333" width_o="1000" height_o="333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc8a715351aac36953cc728958c603ba11800c824399d0eada1fe90916f2cf01/EXT2-FRONT-FACADE.jpg" data-mid="159202947" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc8a715351aac36953cc728958c603ba11800c824399d0eada1fe90916f2cf01/EXT2-FRONT-FACADE.jpg" /> Based on this hypothesis, one could argue that there is an analogy between these two notions and the generic specificity. In other words, the definitions of generic and specific need to be contextualized. Especially the customary beauty cannot be identified without its contextual relations. In this proposal, the purely geometrical and structural qualities of the building are contrasted with the customary that is found through use and familiarity in the interior configuration, by using different modes of artificial and natural light, air circulation and visual connections between the spaces. The overall form derives from the permitted boundaries of the zoning code, without obeying to the curved wall of the toy factory which is located on the south border of the site. On the contrary, the exterior façade at the north and east side are composed according to the street inclination. The form consists of three basic elements: two bars and one courtyard. The form of the building results from the aspirations of maximizing the natural light and air in the interior spaces, by creating two similar volumes. These volumes, although they might appear as repetitive figures, they operate as supplementary masses.