ARCHITECTURAL BUREAU 3 /Dritsa Nikoletta & Plaini Christina renovated a rooftop apartment in Neapoli, Athens dated to 1977.
-text by the authors
“In a 1977 building, the rooftop apartment that we redesigned had an advantage: the view towards the city of Athens. The previous arrangement neglected that view, obstructing it with walls and small rooms. Our main concern was to re-establish the relation with the urban environment, and treat the flat as an ‘observatory’.”
ARCHITECTURAL BUREAU 3 therefore suggested, an open-plan kitchen & living room looking towards carefully- designed exterior spaces. This re-arrangement, resulted to the formation of a step that organizes the space, and extends to the exterior. Right in the center -and not just symbolically- an open fireplace dominates the space.
With a given entrance point at the far end of the apartment, we gave emphasis on a circulation zone that transcends through the whole length of the plan, and organizes the different functions. It is an important zone that accommodates multiple storage spaces, and was designed as a play of analogies in black & white.
Black color is actually heavily used as a background of things, or as a contrast to the white walls that dominate in the flat. Another dialogue takes place between the wooden floors and the ceilings.
Plan & Section
Facts & Credits
Project Total renovation of 1977 rooftop apartment
Location Neapoli, Exarheia
Building Surface 110 sq.m.
Design-Construction 2008-2010
Design – Decoration – Supervision ARCHITECTURAL BUREAU 3 / Dritsa Nikoletta & Plaini Christina
Photography Dimitris Kleanthis
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Στοιχεία έργου
Τίτλος έργου Ρετιρέ στη Νεάπολη
Τοποθεσία Νεάπολη, Εξάρχεια
Έκταση 110 τ.μ.
Ημερομηνία 2008-2010
Μελέτη/Επίβλεψη αρχιτεκτονικό γραφείο 3 / Νικολέττα Δρίτσα & Χριστίνα Πλαΐνη
Φωτογράφιση Δημήτρης Κλεάνθης
Προμηθευτές
Είδη υγιεινής ΠΑΤΗΡΗΣ
Ηλεκτρολογικό υλικό & πίνακες ΝΙΚΟ / προμηθευτής: ΑΦΟΙ ΤΗΛΙΑ Α.Ε.
Είδη φωτισμού / Συστήματα / Διακόπτες ΑΠΛΕΤΟΝ
Σύστημα σκίασης FENETRA
Ξύλινες κατασκευές ΝΙΚΟΓΛΟΥ ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ
Θέρμανση RUNTAL /προμηθευτής: ΓΑΒΡΙΕΛΑΤΟΣ ΜΑΡΚΟΣ Ε.Π.Ε.
Θύρα Ασφάλειας Χρυσή Πόρτα
Τζάμια – Κρύσταλλα ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΚΩΣΤΑΣ
Θερμοπρόσοψη BAUMIT
Στρώματα COCOMAT
Check out Room with a view designed by Architectural Bureau 3!
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