{"id":249,"date":"2012-01-06T20:37:20","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T20:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/?page_id=249"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T10:24:58","slug":"redesign-of-the-athens-school-of-fine-arts-a-s-f-a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/?page_id=249","title":{"rendered":"Redesign of the Athens School of Fine Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Redesigning the building complex of the Athens School of Fine Arts on Piraeus Street<\/strong> aimed to create a school that encourages the blending of different media and fields of knowledge \u2014 in teaching, in making art, and in exhibiting it. The goal was also to shape a free, public, and open space that allows interaction between the city and the academic environment, and to give the school a new identity by respecting the history and industrial past of the buildings, while combining different architectural styles and construction methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_06-1024x340.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_06-1024x340.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_06-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_06-768x255.jpg 768w, https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_06.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To achieve these goals, the following design interventions were made:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Parts of the building are removed to create new pathways.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Openings are added to the Pireos fa\u00e7ade to bring new life to the outdoor space.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clear distinction between open public space and the protected academic environment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boundaries are defined to organize functions and movement. The twisting of the building grid helps guide the shift from &#8216;public\u2013urban&#8217; areas to &#8216;private\u2013academic&#8217; ones. Repeated across the complex, this grid twist creates flexible workspaces and exhibition studios that work independently of the strict structural system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_01-1024x693.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-583 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_01-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_01-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_01-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_01.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_03-1024x746.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-585 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_03-1024x746.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_03-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_03-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_03.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The educational activities are placed in two main zones, on the north and south sides of the site, connected by a central movement route \u2014 like a belt. A separate construction system was chosen, which moves freely between the grid of the existing structure, creating smaller individual spaces or \u201cpockets.\u201d This led to the creation of studio-exhibition spaces on the east side \u2014 flexible areas for students to work and display their art spontaneously, during the actual process of creation. These spaces are temporary, constantly changing and evolving, and are the core educational units of the school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside each studio, students freely shape their own personal workspaces \u2014 like small cells of different sizes and shapes depending on the needs of each art project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the <strong>shared, non-educational functions<\/strong> were placed on the <strong>west side<\/strong>, next to Piraeus Street, opening the school to the city and creating a <strong>public square<\/strong>. The <strong>neoclassical buildings<\/strong> define the school\u2019s fa\u00e7ade on Piraeus Street. The <strong>wall<\/strong> acts like a filter, controlling how urban functions interact with the school environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"955\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_04-955x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-586 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_04-955x1024.jpg 955w, https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_04-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_04-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_04.jpg 1194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"949\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_05-949x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-587 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_05-949x1024.jpg 949w, https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_05-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_05-768x829.jpg 768w, https:\/\/m-architects.gr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ASFA_05.jpg 1186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Thesis, academic project- NTUA<\/em><br>area: 24.523 m\u00b2<br>location: Athens<br><em>architectural design: Meni Gentimi, Eleni Kavallari, Amalia Tsountani<\/em><br>year: 2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Redesigning the building complex of the Athens School of Fine Arts on Piraeus Street aimed to create a school that encourages the blending of different media and fields of knowledge \u2014 in teaching, in making art, and in exhibiting it. 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