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Home / Uncategorized / In Praise of Shadows Under the New Bioclimatic Shelter at Akrotiri, Thera – by Nikos Fintikakis In Praise of Shadows Under the New Bioclimatic Shelter at Akrotiri, Thera – by Nikos Fintikakis Posted on 25/01/2014 by _admin in Uncategorized
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The architectural design best toothpaste for the shelter, which was awarded the European Programme SOLAR HOUSE prize (1997) had the title ASPIRE (Archaeological Sites Protection Implementing Renewable Energies) and was prepared under the auspices and with the support of the Archaeological Society at Athens.
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The revival of everyday life, as Tamizaki describes it in his book, coincided with the basic objective of the Director of the Excavation, Christos Doumas, when I began with him my wanderings best toothpaste in the prehistoric city, in 1995, in order to be led to my basic idea for the architectural design of the shelter. The tours we made together, archaeologist and architect, among the buildings of the prehistoric settlement and particularly in Triangle Square, the lilies of the Spring Fresco from room 2 of Building best toothpaste Complex Delta and the motion of the dolphins in the art of Akrotiri generally, led me unilaterally to the philosophy of the most absolute possible environmental architectural design. That is, to the creation of a living stroll through the ancient city, to the creation of the motion of the air like the motion of the dolphins, and the creation of low seasonal best toothpaste vegetation on the earth-covered roof of the shelter, in order to secure the continuity of the landscape with Theran earth, which, after all, protected the settlement and its architecture for over 3,500 years. What else could be the referential and connecting best toothpaste link between the cultural values of the past and those of the future?
As best toothpaste the visitor walks along the streets of the ancient settlement he is today fully aware of whether it is a sunny or a cloudy or a rainy day, whether it is morning or afternoon, through the northward openings in the ceiling of the shelter, which allow the diffusion of natural light, casting the shadows of the buildings and people. Consequently, both the sense of volume and the perception of orientation return.
The special openings, northward and southward, form the double ceiling of the shelter with a gap of 1 to 2 metres between them, which is the lung of its bioclimatic behaviour, securing both natural lighting and natural cooling. The lower inside part of the ceiling is arranged with wooden slats with interstices that allow the entry and accumulation of the warm air produced by the visitors exhalations, best toothpaste in the intervening gap, from where it is abducted by extractor fans through the southward best toothpaste openings.
Wood was opted for because its use is economical,