Ruins stand out among the rest elements of the urban scape as spatial relics of the past.

In the cities, where the coexistence of different time layers can be easily noticed, connections between the existent ruins and the urban scape are being explored, as well as ways of managing the inevitable wear of today’s constructions in the future. The project intents to understand the basic parameters that lead to the disrepair of a dwelling in order to later suspend the disrepair of the proposed construction. This suspension can be achieved only if it is considered from the very beginning of the design process.

Contrary to the fact that for centuries the ruin is being evaluated as a fragment, this proposal intents to create bonds between the ruins of different time periods which already exist in the particular area of the intervention and also to integrate the proposed construction into the network of public spaces in the area of Keramikos. In this way, the future ruin of this specific construction disclaims the attributes of a fragment and as a consequence its disrepair is suspended as long as it consists part of a whole.

Additionally, as far as the aesthetics of the distorted morphology of the ruin is concerned, the separate elements constantly change the scale, the movement, the incoming light and other aspects of the empirical perception of space because of the unceasing struggle between Form and Nature. Therefore, a predesigned transformable shell aims directly at the suspension of the disrepair. The transformation process concerns the rearrangement of the spatial elements and the raise of different space values.

Due to the fact that the public space can be considered as an important component of the theatrical experience, the ruin is also being studied regarding to a more scenographical view. The proposed construction forms a three-dimensional transformable dynamic setting which organizes the action at the same time inside and outside. The views and the movement inside and around this shell undertake an important role in the public sphere.

Finally, the functionality of the construction keeps the disrepair away through the alternation of uses and the transformation of the shell. At this point is claimed the conversion of the private space into public, where the citizens can familiarize with the construction by reclaiming the facilities that the shell provides them in accordance with their needs.