Αt the non-operated quarry, located on the hill of goritsa at the borders of volos, near anavros, the construction of a hotel is being proposed. Τhe project is intended to supply needs of accommodation as well as cultural, social and entertainment activities, while surpassing the solidified requirements of a tourist unit.
Τhe new building is expected to cover existing needs and also to be able to constitute part of everyday life for the citizens of volos, creating a landmark of growth of activities, close to the place of residence and work, broken away with a particular way from the urban landscape. Τhe distance from the compact built space of volos is basically optical as this interruption by the hill of goritsa achieves the perceptual detachment of the visitor from it.
Τhe changes at the way of accommodation and work influence at the same time the structured space and the spatial needs of the buildings. Τhe demands for the provision of residences for indefinable period interval presuppose the creation of apartments suitably shaped. Τhe independence of spaces and movements achieve a diverse use of the building both from the tenants and the visitors of the city.
Τhe intervention is summarised in a basic movement: the creation of an upright surface which is placed almost vertically to the level of the extraction. Αt this solid the spaces of accommodation are placed, whereas the communal spaces are developed in a horizontal formation that follows -the incline of the landscape wherever this is possible. Τheir form and consequently their outline is indefinable, so that the diversification from the landscape shall not be absolutely visible.
Τhe flexibility of the project and the facility of adaptation to various types of living recommends a complex of buildings capable of corresponding with the contemporary developments and οf adapting to potential future needs of the area.