JADRAN

4th place in International architectural competition for the conceptual architectural – urban design of hotel “STARI GRAD ULCINJ”, total design area 24.015 m2, government of the republic of Montenegro - Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, Ulcinj, Montenegro.

Jadran hotel lays on top of a 30 meters cliff overlooking the city Ultsini in the Adriatic. The synthetic problem included the presence of the town - monument opposite to the rock, the  large size of the building and the morphology of the rock. The solution which was finally chosen was based on ideas that have already been implemented by residents to address the steep slopes of the rock. The form of the hotel was adjusted in order to resemble the existing terraces in an attempt to adapt the form of the complex on the flows and the geometry of the rock. Following the ridges and peaks of the rock the terraces are integrated  on the site and the morphological surface of the rock. At the pick of the rock the composition tackles to prevent the emergence of a visual competitor and tries to enhance the visual relationship that already exists between the cliff and the historic city.

Ioannis Oikonomou, aim

CONFESSION SPOT

MyCity2  /  confession spot  /  symbiosis? -    15 Biennale de la Mediterranée  Thessaloniki / Rome 2011

Mycity2 Confession Spot is an installation which serves as a direct link with Mycity2. It constitutes a hovering cube made of white cloth which surrounds  a  lectern to where the inhabitants of the city is able to confess their urban desires. Instead of a book, on the lectern rests a lap top through which the inhabitants can choose the location and write down their  desire by clicking the corresponding square of the platform. They can fill in the communication form describing the attributes of their desire and then their urban desire is channeled to architecture offices of the city which undertake it’s formulation and placement on the hovering platform. After that the inhabitants can click on their chosen square in order to see their desire becoming true in Mycity2.  

Ioannis Oikonomou, Fotis Sagonas

PARK TO PARK

Park to Park is a project which blends low cost strategies and the utilization of unusable cityscape in order to promote the city’s future urban regeneration.Park to park idea is based on the city’s constant need for mature trees as necessary parts of it’s future urban regeneration schemes. The city’s future always demands the presence of mature trees making urban regenerations an even more expensive prospect. Park to park project proposes to confront the cost of the future by turning it into an advantage of the city today. The proposition dictates the creation of a network of urban tree nurseries situated in areas which at the moment are empty of any function. In those nurseries young trees will be left to mature after they have been purchased cheaply,  keeping the plantation cost low. This network will eventually supply the future regeneration with low cost mature trees. The tree nursery consists of low cost boxes made out of wooden pallets. The maturing box will eventually be used as transportation container. The result of this process is a park organized in wooden boxes where trees grow waiting to be transported to their final destination. By growing it’s own trees the city cuts down the cost of it’s future regeneration. In the mean time while waiting for the trees to mature the city offers us a piece of it’s future today.   

Ioannis Oikonomou, Grigorios Vegliris

PEARL

Seeking to create a visual connection that negotiates the qualities of the old and the new city, the project features a series of lines that define and articulate
the functions of the centre. using the existing school of arts as a starting point, the project adopts a u-shaped layout, resulting in an open courtyard space. the sequence of lines that run along the north-east plot of the site manipulates the topography by lifting the strip of land to various heights. arranged to a slanted angle to receive maximum sunlight, the linear addition directs circulation, creates spaces for outdoor leisure activities and gives the block a thematic cohesion. at the most exocentric area of the site adjacent to the spinal circulation which connects the block’s two major boulevards together, the lines are cut to accommodate a large planetarium. resembling a pearl inside an oyster, the partially-hidden building is further skewed by the series of lines which come between the building and the viewer. the structure regulates the access to all function areas, while the atrium that surrounds it provides entry to the administration building as well as the amphitheatre to the south and exposition area.

Architect: Ioannis Oikonomou

CITY HORISON

2nd Place in International architectural competition “Urban and architectural design of waterfront Tivat “Pine”, area 9900m2, Municipality of the City of Tivat, Montenegro.

The urban design problem concerning the urbanization of a former militarized zone and it’s transformation into a international touristic destination came to surface through the urban regeneration of the pier of Tivat. Through the analysis of the architectural question it became apparent that the real issue revolves around the problematic relationship between the wharf and the surrounding area as well as the urban role which is able to play. In this sense the pier can be seen as an urban core that manages the flows of the city. In order to operate in this manner, the pier should be linked in a bigger degree to the city center and also have direct communication with the north and south side of the town. For this to happen the pier itself must to be completed to a certain point of it’s surface. Covering the existing gap of the pier, the city’s front facing the street  becomes a bigger, including the former military zone. This way the whole pier is transformed into a square, ready to be connected to the rest of the city through the management of materials.

Competition team : 

Ioannis Oikonomou, Ivan Millocevic

GV

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Architect: Io.Oikonomou

MEETING THE SEA THROUGH MEMORY

Gathering all those flows in a common point of convergence a landmark is created which concentrates and diffuses visually the flows of the city operating as spatial tool for the portrayal of the city’s function.

The interior of the urban sack is organized in three thematic spaces the cohesion of which is promoted through the mixing of the elements of the contemporary role of the monument with the remnants of the old.

Competition team: Ioannis Oikonomou, S.Dimitriou, G.Vegliri

HARVEST IN-CITU

Celebrating Sukkot in the inner city constitutes a challenge in terms of its preparation process. Even though the form of the city sukkah might resembles that of the original sukkahs of the desert, its preparation is based on totally different elements. In the boundaries of the city no fruits are gathered from any trees as the harvest has already taken place far away. Citron, myrtle and the fruit of the palm tree, three of the Four Species are unlikely to be found. Harvest in the city context loses its original meaning. Instead of a collective process it becomes a symbol, a meaningful word, a memory.

Competition team: Ioannis Oikonomou, E.Karagiozidou

INHABITABLE SLOT

A perfect slot was created in order to lead  the ocean water right next to the house. The inhabitation of the slot edges’ serves the sence of living on a small beach. This slot is the a junction representing the meeting of two elements, water and earth. Due to the different heat capacity of these two elements, a light air ‘aura’ blows day and night, which can be used for a physical air cooling of the house. 

Competition team: Ioannis Oikonomou, D.Mousiadis, X.Tsitsikas

HIDDEN EXPOSITION

Taking advantage of the adaptation abilities of contemporary architectural morphology, facing the demands of the urban landscape the composition attempts to provide the elements of a direct relationship between the city and the building.
As a result of that relationship a dynamic public space is produced, capable of enriching the symbolic capital of the city through the introduction of a multitude of urban experiences in an urban landscape already chromed by memory.

Competition team: Io.Oikonomou, D.Moysiadis, K.Panopoulos, X.Tsitsikas, G.Vegliris

ORIZON

The composition of museum music begins with a rigorous finding. This concerns the fact that the composition of which will be born will be placed at a point where the data is impressive. The data relating mainly to the powerful sea horizon and the imposing size of the mansion. The plot is more than an artificial ‘platform’ which has been artificially and any physical characteristics with which it could speak to the composition, and thus enhances anyway entoni flatness.

architects: Ioannis Oikonomou, Grigori Vegliri

ARETHA

The architectural composition takes place in an area dominated by the river Aoos and it is marked by the remnants of an old watermill. The tension of the mountain elations, the serene presence of the river, the watermill as well as the stone bridge of Konitsa nearby formulate a mixture of memory and natural beauty which is used as the raw material of a contemporary synthetic process.

architects: Ioannis Oikonomou, Xaris Tsitsikas

SLOT IN THE SEA

The compositional principles of the pier museum aim to the creation of an open democratic space. An urban space which is able to accommodate an areal depiction of the course and presence of the Cuban people in Miami, but at the same time remains undefined  from this function, ready to be used as an open and free area of the city. Searching for a way to achieve those attributes, the composition selected and borrowed its basic characteristics from the ultimate free and undefined space: the sea.

In essence the composition of the museum can be described as a  tree shaped complex of platforms hanging from a horizontal roof, casting their shadow on the lower part of a habitable man made reef. 

Competition team: Ioannis Oikonomou, Grigori Vegliri

ARCHITECTURE OF EARTH

The building is located subterranean, with an orientation to the south. It attempts to be adapted to the natural landscape, defining however as well, the cluster of the buildings, which consists of new and old ones. With its arrangement, it tries to communicate with its surroundings, which refer not only to the natural landscape but also to memories. 
The northern wing consists of a ramp, which can take down the stroller smoothly, from the upper to the lower region, thus contributing to their unification. The loft of the building contributes to the smooth connection of the centre with the area by the lake.

Architect: Ioannis Oikonomou