Doubtlessly, the architecture of these archetypes suggests new kinds of research. It leads us, in a different way, toward contemporary and human, ecological and bioclimatic approaches.
In Greece in particular new paths have been opened discreetly toward a new architecture. One which has to bypass any picturesqueness and which will carefully and with sensitivity prepare the introduction of new technology and the sources of green energy, since, “technology, as much as it can be elegant will enhance the environment and will calm our souls and our instincts” (Kostas Tsoklis).
In our country the introduction of new technologies has habitually violated the natural and the built environment. All shorts of antennas, solar heaters, air-conditioning units and shades have wounded it irremediably. It is obvious that the new technology should be applied carefully and sparingly. It should lead to the reduction of energy consumption rather to the cover-up for incontrollable waste.
Let us then visualize a new architecture by exploiting the accomplishments of technology:
While we strife for the reduction of CO2. Let us build with natural materials and with the architectural handling of the archetypes which, behind their simplicity, hide a unique dexterity and wisdom.
Besides, a really thriving dynamic has of late made its appearance globally, in marked contrast to the out scaled housing complexes. A tendency, rather a resistance, which expresses, by the use of sensitive design and the increasing production of small, poetical shelters which are introduced in order to satisfy the needs of young people.
Those people who cannot and rather wish not to dream their life inside faceless and often aggressive complexes or luxurious villas and want to inhabit spaces of moderate scale, close to nature, with ecological materials and all the accomplishments of modern technology and green energy.
This tendency under any circumstances seems extremely timely. Incidentally, there has been an exhibition at the MOMA (New York) in October 2008 titled “Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling”, where various architectural proposals for small-scale structures utilizing new technologies.
It was not by accident that the Guggenheim Museum in New York staged a retrospective exhibition called “Frank Lloyd Wright: From within Outward” in August 2009 supplemented with an auxiliary exhibition called “Learning by Doing”, organized by the Taliesin architectural school. This second exhibition concerned a retrospective show of small-scale shelters designed, built and inhabited by students at Taliesin West in Arizona and Taliesin in Wisconsin during their studies. The ecological sensitivity of this school, founded by Wright in 1932, increasingly gains world-wide acclaim.
It was no accident that lately numerous proposals for small shelters are circulated by internet geared to young people but not exclusively. Such good news comes mainly from The USA, Japan, the Scandinavian countries, even from the Balkans. Sweden moreover is working on legislature which encourages the cession of land by the state, in woods or natural settings, for the construction of such small units by citizens. These units would be autonomous, exploit new technology, on the condition that they respect the natural environment. Perhaps in Greece, under the current difficult socio-economic conditions, such an approach would help decrease arson and other similar destruction of the environment.
In Greece in particular new paths have been opened discreetly toward a new architecture. One which has to bypass any picturesqueness and which will carefully and with sensitivity prepare the introduction of new technology and the sources of green energy, since, “technology, as much as it can be elegant will enhance the environment and will calm our souls and our instincts” (Kostas Tsoklis).
In our country the introduction of new technologies has habitually violated the natural and the built environment. All shorts of antennas, solar heaters, air-conditioning units and shades have wounded it irremediably. It is obvious that the new technology should be applied carefully and sparingly. It should lead to the reduction of energy consumption rather to the cover-up for incontrollable waste.
Let us then visualize a new architecture by exploiting the accomplishments of technology:
Photovoltaic cells
Air turbines
Vertical gardens
Planted terraces
Shading devices
Synthetic Laminated wood
Ecological insulation systems
Bioclimatic design
Lighting with Leds
Air turbines
Vertical gardens
Planted terraces
Shading devices
Synthetic Laminated wood
Ecological insulation systems
Bioclimatic design
Lighting with Leds
While we strife for the reduction of CO2. Let us build with natural materials and with the architectural handling of the archetypes which, behind their simplicity, hide a unique dexterity and wisdom.
Besides, a really thriving dynamic has of late made its appearance globally, in marked contrast to the out scaled housing complexes. A tendency, rather a resistance, which expresses, by the use of sensitive design and the increasing production of small, poetical shelters which are introduced in order to satisfy the needs of young people.
Those people who cannot and rather wish not to dream their life inside faceless and often aggressive complexes or luxurious villas and want to inhabit spaces of moderate scale, close to nature, with ecological materials and all the accomplishments of modern technology and green energy.
This tendency under any circumstances seems extremely timely. Incidentally, there has been an exhibition at the MOMA (New York) in October 2008 titled “Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling”, where various architectural proposals for small-scale structures utilizing new technologies.
It was not by accident that the Guggenheim Museum in New York staged a retrospective exhibition called “Frank Lloyd Wright: From within Outward” in August 2009 supplemented with an auxiliary exhibition called “Learning by Doing”, organized by the Taliesin architectural school. This second exhibition concerned a retrospective show of small-scale shelters designed, built and inhabited by students at Taliesin West in Arizona and Taliesin in Wisconsin during their studies. The ecological sensitivity of this school, founded by Wright in 1932, increasingly gains world-wide acclaim.
It was no accident that lately numerous proposals for small shelters are circulated by internet geared to young people but not exclusively. Such good news comes mainly from The USA, Japan, the Scandinavian countries, even from the Balkans. Sweden moreover is working on legislature which encourages the cession of land by the state, in woods or natural settings, for the construction of such small units by citizens. These units would be autonomous, exploit new technology, on the condition that they respect the natural environment. Perhaps in Greece, under the current difficult socio-economic conditions, such an approach would help decrease arson and other similar destruction of the environment.
1 left. Refuge, Bachte-Maria Leene, Belgium 2008, Architect: Wim Goes
1 right.House K, in Sausal Pistrorf, Austria 2007, Architects: Yes Architecture
2 left.Summer Wooden House, Norway, Architects Todd Saunders& Tommie Wihelmsen
2 right.The Barn House, Belgium 2007, Architects: Buro II
3 left. La petite maison du weekend, Canada, Patkau Architects
3 right. Joshua Tree,Hangar Design Group
4.House C Chiba, Japan Architect: Hiroshi Nakamura
5.left. vitrahaus exterio, architects: Herzog & de Meron
5 right.The Berkovitz- Odgis House 1988, architect Steven Holl
6 left.Tree-trunk garden House, Netherland, 2009
6 right.Farm House, Norway, Architects: Jarmund / Vigsnaes AS
Micro Compact Home at MoMa 2008
Design Groups: Facultyof Architecture, Institute for Architecture and Product Design
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