University of Thessaly
School of Architecture
P37 | COMMONISM. The infinite plan of everyday life
by Fotini Adrimi / Vasilis Kalisperakis
The subject of this research revolves around the characteristics that a novel public space could have, a space of the commons, one that is inhabited by the multitude. These concepts are referenced as they have been set to the forefront by A. Negri, M. Hardt and P. Virno, attempting to interpret the modern globalized reality. The metropolis is considered to be the natural space of the multitude, “the factory” of the bio-political production. Τhe multitude is the predominant way of existence for the modern human. In the modern metropolis, though, public space is under persecution. The expansion of the subject comes through the construction of a building, whose scope is to function as a condenser of the “commons”. This building is a platform of functions that is deluged by the multitude of the metropolis. The encounters and the interaction of the multitude is the main challenge that we aim to meet through the structure. A space where we imagine information, knowledge and emotions flowing. The building is not placed in a specific location, but could be in any site of the city with a large urban density, forming a sort of pause in the urban continuity. It evolves on the motion level of the city, the zero level and functions as a passage as well as a condenser.
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Fotini Adrimi graduated from the University of Thessaly, Department of Architecture in 2012. Along with Vasilis Kalisperakis she co-founded lost minute studio in 2008, along with their studies in architecture, an architecture and visualisation studio that offers a ‘plug-in’ service to several architectural offices in Greece.
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Vasilis Kalisperakis graduated from the University of Thessaly, Department of Architecture in 2012. Along with Fotini Adrimi he co-founded lost minute studio in 2008, along with their studies in architecture, an architecture and visualisation studio that offers a ‘plug-in’ service to several architectural offices in Greece.
School of Architecture
P37 | COMMONISM. The infinite plan of everyday life
by Fotini Adrimi / Vasilis Kalisperakis
The subject of this research revolves around the characteristics that a novel public space could have, a space of the commons, one that is inhabited by the multitude. These concepts are referenced as they have been set to the forefront by A. Negri, M. Hardt and P. Virno, attempting to interpret the modern globalized reality. The metropolis is considered to be the natural space of the multitude, “the factory” of the bio-political production. Τhe multitude is the predominant way of existence for the modern human. In the modern metropolis, though, public space is under persecution. The expansion of the subject comes through the construction of a building, whose scope is to function as a condenser of the “commons”. This building is a platform of functions that is deluged by the multitude of the metropolis. The encounters and the interaction of the multitude is the main challenge that we aim to meet through the structure. A space where we imagine information, knowledge and emotions flowing. The building is not placed in a specific location, but could be in any site of the city with a large urban density, forming a sort of pause in the urban continuity. It evolves on the motion level of the city, the zero level and functions as a passage as well as a condenser.
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Fotini Adrimi graduated from the University of Thessaly, Department of Architecture in 2012. Along with Vasilis Kalisperakis she co-founded lost minute studio in 2008, along with their studies in architecture, an architecture and visualisation studio that offers a ‘plug-in’ service to several architectural offices in Greece.
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