GEORGE KATODRYTIS / STUDIONOVA ARCHITECTS :: PROJECTS

PROJECTS Category

Ajman Municipality International Competition

municipality buildingThe municipality building proposal is is an urban and public garden. (more...)

Parametric Modeling

GCThis hybrid condition of scale interiority and exteriority allows for maximum evolution and adaptation. Changes have an impact on the overall structure. (more...)

Work published on Europaconcorsi.com

lecture image - virusTwo projects by George Katodrytis / StudioNova Architects, Virus House and Dubai Culture Hub Two are published on the popular Italian web site: Europaconcorsi.com. (more...)

Dubai’s Manhattanism

2006 highrise - futuristic...Now the focus has turned to Dubai. The contemporary metro-global city creates its spectacle with buildings that relate more to the sky than to the ground, reminiscent of surrealism: a mirage and a new form of Orientalism. The current trend is also sparked off by digital technology in terms of parametric and algorithmic design. (more...)

DUBAI HUB two

Interior viewInterior views of the DUBAI HUB. The main lobby of the buildings is to be as public and accessible as possible, like a typical Dubai shopping center, with escalators and ramps leading to the upper levels, and to special rooms for additional cultural events. All events and items will be consumable: The aim is to convert the culture of shopping into shopping for culture. (more...)

DUBAI HUB one

Sheikh Zayed RoadThe proposal is for a series of cultural hubs which will act as focal points and public foyers where cultural programs can be plugged-in: art galleries, museums, libraries, performance stages, poetry reading salons, music recital spaces, art auction facilities, etc.The aim is to convert the culture of shopping into shopping for culture. The external skin structure and glazing is designed using algorithmic weaving scripts. (more...)

PROTOTYPE HOUSE

Exterior viewPrototype House – Exterior.
In a fabricated landscape where form follows simulation, the modeling machine becomes an instrument of intro-jection and reflection, concurrently placing itself inside and outside in a world of speed and endless variations. (more...)

PARIS LANDMARK

View of rampCompetition for Paris 2012 Olympic Landmark.
”...This creates a new condition: an introverted kind of space, which is deformed rather than expandable, reflective rather than solid, transparent and fluid rather than edited. Though it is interactive, it represents physical isolation and tends toward tele-socialization. (Paul Virilio) (more...)

ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

Model studyCompetition for an Archaeological Museum. (more...)