ΑΝΑΠΛΑΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΠΛΑΤΕΙΑΣ ΚΑΠΝΕΡΓΑΤΗ / ΚΑΒΑΛΑ / 2008 / Πανελλήνιος Αρχιτεκτονικός Διαγωνισμός/ Δ' Βραβείο/ architectones02 με την Κ.Δήμου, Δ.Σιατίτσα, S. Istudor & Δ.Λιβέρη

REGENERATION OF KAPNERGATI’S SQUARE / KAVALA / 2008 / architectones02 Hellenic Architectural Competition, 4th Prize
Municipality of Kavala
Ιn collaboration with Kalliopi Dimou, Dimitra Siatitsa & Sorin Istudor
Consultant landscape architect: Dionysia Liveri

A cut through time
We are looking for a particular character for Kapnergati’s Square investing in the urban area’s symbolic meanings that refer to the collective memory of the city. We aim to upgrade the Municipal Old Tobacco Warehouse by directing the way that it’s being revealed to the visitor. Our proposal maintains but also enhances the strong urban character of the square giving priority to pedestrians against the vehicles. The basic compositional idea is to create a city center square, that refers to the “field” where the tobacco was cultivated, with the use of new materials and functional urban furniture. We redesign Kapnergati’s square placing a “marble carpet” striped with a special finished metal such as cor-ten on a dark anthracite background of basalt cubic stones. The stripes serve to highlight the perspective towards the Municipal Old Tobacco Warehouse, located at the end of the “carpet”, on a platform-balcony with a view of the square.

So as to emphasize the fact that the square itself is the symbol of the history of tobacco in the city, from the tobacco seeds and it’s process till the city’s industrialization, we “tear” the square to create a downward path towards a vibrant wall-monument, dedicated to the struggles of tobacco workers, and an underground temporary exhibition space. The entire route of the “cut through time” is covered by a dark red metal that gives a “dramatic” feeling to the plot. Public space becomes a monument aiming to translate the memory into a live experience.
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