The block located near Klafthmonos square is presented as a closed fenced structure that prevents the access and crossing of the public in their everyday movements. The solid corner fronts formed by the main roadways in the center of the city of Athens come to an immense contrast with the angular and more wide-open end of the block in the opposite corner, which marks an indirect entrance to the interior areas of the block. The buildings that are part of it are characterized by intense cultural significance and consist a landmark of the historical, classical architecture of Athens, while at the same time they symbolize the decline of Greek culture that prevents to this day their rehabilitation.
The examination on this block focuses on the changes and configurations that a building can undergo in a vast period of time, both from natural causes and from human interventions. There interventions, alter the original character and purpose of the building, resulting in the tendency of extinction of its heritage and history.
The purpose of this diploma is the reintegration of the building block in the urban network, but in the same time without restoring the exact uses of the abandoned buildings. The utilization of empty spaces and the creation of openings as public passages contribute to the tour and recognition of a part of the cultural heritage that is now missing. All these, while preserving the existing cultural functions and highlighting them in combination with the inanimate remains of a once secular Athens, a prominent narrative path is created that aims to communicate their history, both semantically and architecturally.