Metadata
Title
DEcelaration Sanctuary
Creator
Peppas, Michael
Andreou, Thalia
Galkina, Valleria
Yiakubiv, Chrysanthos
Neoptolemou, Kyriakos
Location
Nicosia, Cyprus
Call Number
005-LF-S002
Date
2014
School
University of Nicosia, Department of Architecture
Category
Student
Prize
2nd Place, Student Category
Project Assumption
From a conventional library the Athenaeum evolves into a tool allowing users to create data and store them within the building’s structure. Data conversion from analog to digital makes information a virtual substance that is coded into particles of a building material resulting in the structure acting as the main storage. Users have limitless access to data from anywhere in the building. A structural grid introduced as scaffolding during the existing building’s dismantling process becomes the movement axis for a 3D anti-gravity printer that is being fed with material containing coded information. The proposal continuously provokes experimental and adaptable spaces.
Project Statement
The escalating omnipresence of data inspired the proposition of an information processing and storing institution as an extreme scenario for 2050. As information becomes the most valuable “matter”, it must be flexibly accessible and be supported by programmatic injections, such as data creation labs, collaborative spaces, recording stations and storage spaces. Programmes injected parasitically will transform existing ones and consequently the existing building. During the dismantling process selected volumes will be retained by a new mechanism (grid system with protective layer). After the dismantling, the programmatic layout will keep evolving; the proposed mechanism will be responding to changing spatial needs.
Registration Number
46175062