ARCHITECTURAL BUREAU 3 renovated a 1977 rooftop apartment in Neapoli, Athens

ARCHITECTURAL BUREAU 3 /Dritsa Nikoletta &  Plaini Christina renovated a rooftop apartment in Neapoli, Athens dated to 1977. 
-text by the authors

“In a 1977 building, the rooftop apartment that we redesigned had an advantage: the view towards the city of Athens. The previous arrangement neglected that view, obstructing it with walls and small rooms. Our main concern was to re-establish the relation with the urban environment, and treat the flat as an ‘observatory’.”

ARCHITECTURAL BUREAU 3 therefore suggested, an open-plan kitchen & living room looking towards carefully- designed exterior spaces. This re-arrangement, resulted to the formation of a step that organizes the space, and extends to the exterior.  Right in the center -and not just symbolically- an open fireplace dominates the space.

With a given entrance point at the far end of the apartment, we gave emphasis on a circulation zone that transcends through the whole length of the plan, and organizes the different functions. It is an important zone that accommodates multiple storage spaces, and was designed as a play of analogies in black & white.

Black color is actually heavily used as a background of things, or as a contrast to the white walls that dominate in the flat. Another dialogue takes place between the wooden floors and the ceilings.

Plan & Section

Facts & Credits
Project     Total renovation of 1977 rooftop apartment
Location   Neapoli, Exarheia
Building Surface              110 sq.m.
Design-Construction       2008-2010
Design – Decoration – Supervision     ARCHITECTURAL BUREAU 3 / Dritsa Nikoletta &  Plaini Christina
Photography     Dimitris Kleanthis

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Στοιχεία έργου
Τίτλος έργου  Ρετιρέ στη Νεάπολη
Τοποθεσία  Νεάπολη, Εξάρχεια
Έκταση 110 τ.μ.
Ημερομηνία  2008-2010
Μελέτη/Επίβλεψη    αρχιτεκτονικό γραφείο 3 / Νικολέττα Δρίτσα & Χριστίνα Πλαΐνη
Φωτογράφιση    Δημήτρης Κλεάνθης

Προμηθευτές 
Είδη υγιεινής  ΠΑΤΗΡΗΣ 
Ηλεκτρολογικό υλικό & πίνακες  ΝΙΚΟ  / προμηθευτής: ΑΦΟΙ ΤΗΛΙΑ Α.Ε.
Είδη φωτισμού / Συστήματα / Διακόπτες  ΑΠΛΕΤΟΝ
Σύστημα σκίασης  FENETRA
Ξύλινες κατασκευές ΝΙΚΟΓΛΟΥ ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ
Θέρμανση  RUNTAL /προμηθευτής: ΓΑΒΡΙΕΛΑΤΟΣ ΜΑΡΚΟΣ Ε.Π.Ε.
Θύρα Ασφάλειας  Χρυσή Πόρτα
Τζάμια – Κρύσταλλα  ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΚΩΣΤΑΣ
Θερμοπρόσοψη    BAUMIT
Στρώματα  COCOMAT

Check out Room with a view designed by Architectural Bureau 3!