TYPE: Four-story residential building of three independent units | LOCATION: 51 Proodos street, Voula, Athens, Greece | ARCHITECTS: Panos Leventis (50%), Maro Papadopoulou (50%)
The four-story building is situated on a hillside above southeastern Athens. The concept/form was inspired by the client’s long stay in the Congo, where he owned and operated freight steamboats. The apartments on the first and second floor are identical, while the third and fourth floors make up a single unit, with larger interior spaces and an extensive terrace. Two walls, running north - south, explicate the design intentions: The curved wall, on the western side, winds along the sea view, to which it exposes balconies and windows, while the straight wall, on the eastern side, organizes the sequence of secondary spaces and sets a backdrop for the volumes and the curve. The angled positioning on the site provides for the placing of both an enclosed space and a large balcony directly on the front façade, where the sea view is best.
TYPE: Third phase for urban design of 1990 architectural competition winning scheme | LOCATION: Confluence of Via Sacra, Ermou, Peiraios and Irakleidon Streets, Athens, Greece | ARCHITECTS: Maro Papadopoulou; Theoklis Kanarelis; Third Implementation Phase: Panos Leventis (25%)
The new public space proposed in the area west of Kerameikos, the city’s ancient cemetery, functions as a third major core for central Athens. Beyond its connection to Syntagma and Omonoia (the other two edges of the triangular 19th century design for downtown) via Ermou and Peiraios streets, the Square’s linear character and axial design unifies and projects the areas of Acropolis and Thissio towards industrial Gazi and the quarters west of it. The Square upgrades these latter quarters by offering them open and inviting spaces for social gathering and leisure. Extensive green areas provide valuable breathing space to the city center. The Acropolis-Gazi axis follows the actual footprint of the ancient Peireus Way, and goes through, as it then did, the Peireus Gates, making Keramikos Square a primary cultural and archaeological node for Athens.
TYPE: High School and Elementary School Designs for Invited Contract Competitions | LOCATIONS: Cephalonia and Leptokatya, Greece | ARCHITECTS: Maro Papadopoulou (50%), Panos Leventis (50%)
TYPE: High School and Elementary School Designs for Invited Contract Competitions | LOCATIONS: Cephalonia and Leptokatya, Greece | ARCHITECTS: Maro Papadopoulou (50%), Panos Leventis (50%)
TYPE: Public Administration Building [Proposal for a contract Competition] | LOCATION: Halkida, Evoia, Greece | ARCHITECTS: Ioannis Vikelas, Elias Skroumpelos | COLLABORATING ARCHITECTS: Panos Leventis, Alexandros Partsalis
The proposed design solution breaks down the program morphologically and volumetrically, and the building becomes a point of reference for the area, with an architectural vocabulary that ensures its urban and public character. The central cube contains official meeting spaces, a reception hall and a cafe. Differentiated from the urban fabric and the other components of the composition, the cube carries the symbolism of a visible and recognizable monument. Two perimeter buildings, containing the majority of programmatic requirements, describe the complex to the surrounding city. They follow and complement the urban fabric in dimensions and geometry, behaving as inviting edges by opening and creating voids and passages. The space created between the buildings is of major urban importance, as it completes the biggest public complex of the city.