The following thesis concerns the study of an office building that houses start-up businesses, researchers, university students and scientists.
It is located in the city of Volos, in the area of Neapolis, on Leoforos Athi- non, where it’s called to manage a local condition, in contrast to a super- local traffic axis. The main volume acts as a front to the main road, while simultaneously leaving space for the construction of a public hill-park towards the neighbourhood. It provides open-plan spaces for collective work, as well as isolated spaces for the purpose of developing ideas for business activities.
Moreover, the need of adapting the work space to the greek climate, leads to the design of volumes that “hover” over the greenery, that come to compliment the needs of the building and betray an outgoing approach. They function as relaxation spaces, with balconies that allow the vertical continuation of the green hill, while also being outdoor working spaces.