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Analyzing the visual and spatial porosity of the “Athenian polykatoikia” building type: the compositional articulation of the façade as an urban element in the wake of the 2008 – 2017 economic recession in Greece

Strantzali Christina

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The current research focuses on selected multi-storey apartment buildings in Athens, locally referred as “polykatoikies”, that began to be constructed in the wake of the 2008-2017 Greek economic recession and aimed to reinterpret the post-war type of the urban polykatoikia. Emphasis is put on the apartment buildings that sought connections with Athens’ s public space and urban fabric through their spatial margin/edge dividing the private from the public realm. The polykatoikies are, thus, analyzed through the prism of their frontal façade’s compositional articulation, as the façade constitutes the visual and spatial filter between the public space of the city and the private spaces of the polykatoikia.The objective of the study, within the framework of the Athenian polykatoikia’ s façade as a constituent element exhibiting urban behavior, is to serve as a first step towards indicating new potential strategies of interaction with the public, common ground of the city. These strategies may unveil the emergence of new scenarios of urban symbiosis following the period of economic recession.The findings suggest that more “porous” architectural gestures are witnessed at the selected façades post-recession. For a more comprehensive understanding it is recommended that the research is further complemented with additional examples and interpretative tools.

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