Exploring city typologies
Larnaca Castle Exhibition @ ΦουσκοPolis
Participation in the “ΦουσκόPolis” Activating Public Spaces event by Urban Gorillas
Curating an exhibition
Tutors: Maria Hadjisoteriou, Angela K. Petrou, Spyros Spyrou
Students: Anthimos papaperikleous, George Kartsakas, Rodoulla Konnari, Afra Omidi, Rafaella Psaroude,
Rafaela Neokleous, Stefanos Farmakis, Pantelis Sofos, Alice Vuap, Andrew Nicolas, Christos Xenofontos
Work presented:
Arch 301 Urban design studio Fall-2013 Tutors: Maria Hadjisoteriou, Angela K. Petrou, Paris Philippou
Arch 301 Urban design studio Fall-2014 Tutors: Eleonore Zippelius, Spyros Spyrou
Location: Larnaca Castle, Cyprus
Date: 2015
Post-industrial sites are typically characterized by areas of vacant land. Pockets of unused and secluded spaces in the Refinery area of Larnaca offer many opportunities for discovering the ‘as found’ use of such vacant sites.
As a result of their ambiguity, city voids allow informal activities to appear and spontaneous events to emerge and disappear. Closely connected to local conditions and actors such spaces accommodate everyday activities, promoting community events and local identity.
We understand In-between spaces as alternative spaces occupied informally and producing alternative public spaces that are dynamic and transient. Spatially hidden, such spaces can be revealed through theoretical notions which help us decode their hidden potential.
The physical location of the site in relation to the city provides visually inaccessible sites close to the coastal edge. Typically conditions vary according to seasons and according to local events or the cultural calendar (holidays, weekends, festivals). The changing edge of the coastline and variable presence of wild vegetation changes the physical conditions, aiding or disallowing visual and physical access. Activities enabled by the particular conditions become facilitators for other events, creating a system of variable densities and networks of events.
