The thesis project is concerned with the reuse of the building previously housing the now obsolete National Tobacco Organisation located in the city of Agrinion. The proposal involves turning the building into a research facility for processing hemp fibre into yarn and textile. Thus it is questioned whether industrial buildings should only be turned into cultural centres as is the most common approach. Through the spectrum of transparency demanded for the garment industry today, in terms of both environmental and social aspects, the thesis tries to reimagine this industrial use in a smaller scale closer to artisanal practices, returning back to the city. The proposed new use is constantly referencing the city’s history tied with the tobacco cultivation and processing in a way of finding a bridge between past and future without erasing the former.

 The need for theoretical research with a combination of fieldwork and the contribution of the information provided by social media and new online emerging resources was proven catalyzing for this specific project. At the same time approaching sustainability in a broader sense of how it can be applied not only spatially and in the design process, but also its existence in the core of the programs meant to be enclosed inside a space, has been important. For that reason choosing a more hybrid variety of tools has been a crucial part in search of a use that does not come about from the external single-glance of a narcissistic architectural mind. In that respect it was the whole research approach and working method that assisted into morphing the initial empirical quest into a design product, into space.