Athenian Properties Real Estate Showroom / 09 Design Architects

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“Athenian Properties”, an established real estate office in Kypseli Athens, assigned to our office the design and construction of a 15sq.m. Showroom in Kypseli, Fokionos Negri square.

Client`s requirements for the project were to create a space in a central public square, to exhibit the available properties by the use of stands and screens, a meeting table and a small desk space. A storage room also is created at the mezzanine of the showroom. The store is on the ground floor next to the historical “Café Central” once meeting point of “Old Athens” Intellectuals, artists and actors. The building a modernism 1950 post war era residential building, required to be approached with respect to its’ design forms.

We put our effort to use materials and forms that belong to this historical Athens area. The materials used intend to create a connection with Kypseli’s urban context, with elements of Bauhaus and Industrial architecture forms. The colors used in our design are black and white, to resemble the black and white nostalgic Greek movies atmosphere of Fokionos Negri and this old part of Athens. Bauhaus forms of rigid simple curved steel railings and signs were adopted for the design of the Showroom`s front sign that also has a laser cut reals estate company’s logo and also hides the AC exterior unit.

The interior walls are cladded by white façade bricks that create a neutral background to the steel exhibit stands structures. The floor finish features white concrete with handmade cement tiles, creating a central pattern also very commonly found in buildings of the pre and post war era at the area. The reinforced concrete mezzanine’s slab plaster was removed and the cast in site concrete was polished, as we wanted to make the 1950`s concrete cast visible to the interior.

Finally, custom made overlapping roof lights are suspended from the roof to provide direct light to the stands and to the rest of the showroom space.

Facts & Credits:
Project: Athenian Properties real estate show room.
Date:November 2016
Design and construction: 09 Design Architects – Theodosis Fylaktopoulos – Architect – Yiannis Verroios – Structural Engineer
Owner: Athenian Properties
Location: Fokionos Negri & Eptanisou St. – Kypseli – Athens
Area: 15 sq.m.
Pictures: Nikos Karabinis – Proper Photography

ATHENIAN PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE SHOWROOM / 09 DESIGN ARCHITECTS

ATHENIAN PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE SHOWROOM / 09 DESIGN ARCHITECTS / PHOTOGRAPHY: NIKOS KARABINIS ? PROPER PHOTOGRAPHY

SOURCE: 09 DESIGN ARCHITECTS

Athenian Properties Real Estate Showroom / 09 Design Architects

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