9th Place winner: Choreographing Space - Dimitra Gkougkoudi and Elli Athanasiadou from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki : Tamayouz International Award for Excellence in Architectural Landscape and Urban Graduation Projects

Tamayouz Excellence Award is an international architecture award that aims to celebrate the achievments of young architects and designers world wide. It is judged by a renowned International Judging Panel. The purpose of this architectural design award is to recognise the excellence in architectural design and education worldwide and showcase excellent architectural examples to promote and provoke architectural debate to share architectural experience and knowledge among young architects and academics.

​Dimitra Gkougkoudi and Elli Athanasiadou from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki are winners and honorable mentions for their Choreographing Space graduation project, supervised by Maria Vogiatzaki.
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'Architecture and Dance' are two creative fields with common interests around the concept of three dimensional space and movement. Parallelisms can be drawn between the two disciplines concerning matters of expressiveness, mechanical aesthetics of the human and structural body and gravity as a parameter of restriction. Moreover during the last years Architecture, supported by computational technologies, tends to redefine movements contribution to the design process as an effective parameter. In this context fruitful relationships can be drawn between the two creative practices. ​

​The final proposal is a space devoted to movement [kinesis]. A Kinesis Hall is a space derived from movement and aiming to embrace it as well. It is conceived as a stage where different typologies of performative space meet. At the core, the ‘open stage’ serves as the primary circulation of the building and as a multifunctional performative space that engages the audience to approach, experience and participate. The building also acts as a stage for the city. Passers-by become the spectators of the activity that takes place inside. Performance space typologies also comprise an outdoor amphitheater and a black-box. The program also includes dance rehearsal studios, a movement recording studio, co-working spaces, a mediatheque, a water-hall and a restaurant.

The project is situated in Peiraios Street in the city of Athens, a brownfield regionwhich is considered an under development cultural axis. The building opens uptowards Peiraios Str., connecting it through a passage with the neighboorhoods, thus revitalizing the character of the area.
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A south orientation has been chosen in order to maximize heat gains during the winter, while the centrally located patio allows for cross ventilation as well as functions as a ventilation chimney.
The form has been approached structurally as a steel frame structure cladded with solid and perforated concrete panels to match the industrial character of the area.

Invitation to students worldwide:
Tamayouz is delighted to invite students of Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Planning, Architecture Technology and Landscape Design worldwide to register and submit their Graduation Projects. An independent international jury will review all entries and will select the winners of Tamayouz International Award 2017.  Prizes include: An MSc Scholarship for 2 Years at the Polytechnic University of Milan, 2 scholarships for the Stadslab (European Urban Design Laboratory) master classes, Medals for 7 Honourable Mentions, supervisor the Year Medal, University of the Year Medallion.  All the selected winners making the Top 10 list, the supervisor of the year and the university of the Year will be invited to attend our annual Tamayouz Excellence Award ceremony (Travel Expenses covered by the organisers of the Award).

Read the Brief here ​​
http://www.tamayouz-award.com/tamayouz-international.html​ ​