ΑmbulatoryexperienceGoritsa

The hill of Goritsa remains unpopular and unexplored for the majority of the citizens of Volos. This project tries to feel and to palpating this hill, whichspatiallytouches thetownof Volos. The exploration of the fill was following the ancient and modern paths, the rootes between the trees, over the ancient fortification, through the grasses, through the time. The weekly visits and climbs led to individual observations, that now they have formed the whole of the hill. Looking thoroughly the cycles of nature and standing on points of optical flights to the town, the sky, the sea, Pelion and the factory of Heracles.

Places of architectural punctuation

The experience of the place becomes through those imprintson thegeographicaltopography. It occurs withinthe passage of time. We meet the meaning of the loss of the natural environment and the concept of filling in the human environment, through the transformation of the first.A scene of successive changes, a continuous reconstitution of the landscape. The places of architectural  punctuation are placed so as to stand and observe the points in a different way. The cylindrical pillbox of the Second World War, the ancient and modern quarries, the ancient fortifications and the traces of the city, the caves, a ladderthat following the stratigraphic section of the modern quarry, the theater with an introspective intention and the interior of the rock. Τhe walk has not finished when the day ends.The hill is illuminated so as to be appeared under the night sky with the intention of creating individual atmospheres and night walks as well.

Let’s go for a walk.