The research study “Dwellings at Holy Monastery of Kalami in Nauplius_ recordings, testimonies, notes and illustrations of monastic life and hospitality” examines the parameters that form a monastic reality.
Monastic life is often seen as something unreal. I tried to record the lifestyle of a convent and the everyday use of spaces within the monastery.
Each individual monk living in a monastery defines and characterizes the area, giving meaning and value in each space in a different way.
By staying in a monastery I tried to identify and gather the characteristics of a nunnery through observation and research, which led to my own analysis and experience. The goal was to understand and interpret the “experienced lived space” of the convent and not the space as such.
Essentially, this paper is not about a morphological or typological investigation of the monasteries, but a general exploration of what kind of habitation implies such a lifestyle in a place like this.
The research creates a collage of elements and concepts gathered through investigation in monasteries, books, articles, online resources, videos and discussions.
Conducted site specific investigation, recording and analysis of women’s Holy Monastery of Kalami in Nauplius, looking, observing and mapping daily life, activities, ceremonies, architectural structures, spatial patterns, objects, the terminology, the monastic life and philosophy of monasticism.
The traces of the habitation model of the monastery makes a pattern for the concerted communal life and can be seen as a new way of habitation for people in our days.
