The thesis “Urban rooms in Didimoteicho” is based on archeological conclusions related to the name of the town Didimoteicho (“didimo”=twin and “teicho”=wall), a town on the borderline between Greece and Turkey.
The town lies between two hills (Castle of Kale and Agia Petra). Archaeological excavations in the second hill reveal buried Roman city era. Archaeologists claim a total destruction of the city in the 7th century forced the population to move to the nearest hill, the Castle of Kale. The new position is better fortified and so preferred. During this shift from the previous to the new position of the town, both hills were dwelled, and this is the condition under which the town is named Didimoteicho.
Archaeological finds from past centuries, distinct within the web of the town. They are found mostly at the level zero, giving to the ground a narrative power. The fact that the town never was a political center allows the characteristics of cultures to maintain without being expropriated.
The question Aristide Antonas poses after reading Flusser, about the relation between writing technology and architecture is something being investigated.
The concept of dipole was the dominant thought that has organized the design concept of the project, the dipole of the two hills, east - west, ground - roof, real - digital.
The final project entails flooring that unifies the path between the Castle of Kale and the hill of Agia Petra, underlying the common ground of the findings. Moreover, digital roofs are being inserted, visible only through Google Glass technology. They function like digital roof findings and lead the visitor to attraction points while constructing urban rooms.