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Reshaping Urbanity: St.Andrews districtBsc-March Diploma Thesis, Patras School of Architecture
August 2019




This thesis makes a proposal for the redesign of an Athenian neighborhood. In a distance of 3.0 kilometers from the historical centre, the area has been a vacation destination with residencies of neoclassical typology during the 19th century, and was one of the first areas to be massively constructed during the second half of the 20th century. Thus, it does not lack notable residential and other buildings.

Nowadays, the neighborhood stands prohibitively dense and in a state of decline. The proposal suggests a depletion of existing unconserved and unused buildings, and a redistribution of the urban mass and network, in a more viable and useful manner, providing at the same time a set of public services that are absent. The ultimate purpose of this project is on the one hand the quality improvement of daily life, and on the other the cultivation of a new sense of aesthetics through the architectural stimulus. The overall form of the intervention wishes to integrate fully to the urban fabric so as to not preserve the malfunctionalities of the circulation system of the area. This is achieved through three standpoints: the gradual promotion of local sites, the sequence of different qualities of public space, and the gaze towards the cityscape from overground levels.The sequence of the public buildings is arranged according to various existing and new views of the city and to achieve the best integration into the urban fabric.

The elevations facing the rest of the city borrow elements from its vernacular architecture, and act as a quiet background for daily life. However, the internal elevations present a formality, restoring an appropriate and symbolic public facade, proper to host all massive gatherings, activities and events of the community. Only a few chosen elements stand out of this deliberate homogeinity, in order to stimulate the users’ interest and perception of space.
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