Divercity Architects Trac

Project: Apartment, renovation
Location: Ploutarchou street, Athens, Greece
Client: Private
Project Status: Complete, 2010
Contractor: ECC
Photos: Cathy Cunliffe

This apartment is in a listed building designed
by the renowned Greek architect Dimitris Pikionis
in 1960. Working within the constraints
of the L-shaped space, the corridor was imagined
as an extension of the living space rather
than a ‘dead’ transitional zone. Four sliding
metal doors provide points of entry from the corridor
to the living space, which can be opened or closed
to separate or unify the different rooms. Each
doorway frames a storage unit in the corridor
containing books, CDs, or kitchen utensils,
depending on the function of the room to which
it is connected. Like a white cube, the main room
is a blank canvas that can be folded out or divided
into distinct spaces, according to the residents’ needs.