Private Residence at Platy

Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Timeline: 2007-2012
Status: Built
Size: 690 m²
Budget: 1.500.000 €
Client: Undisclosed

ARCHITECTS: THEO. DAVID ARCHITECTS

Design Principal: Theo. David FAIA
Project Architects: Emre Bozatli, Yiannis Kythreotis

Photographs: Charalambos Artemis, Theo. David, Emre Bozatli

DETAILS OF INVOLVEMENT:

> Full scope of involvement, from initiation of the first ideas to the completion of the construction.

> Played a significant role in the conceptual development and the entire design process. Performed design alternatives and implementation with coordination of various sketch models. Created digital models to explore the form and space and the design alternatives.

> Prepared and coordinated Tender and Construction Documentation.

> Coordinated services of engineering consultants to be incorporated within the design.

> Conducted research on materials, products, fixtures and generated sample boards.

> Attended construction site inspections.

> Arranged, chaired and participated in meetings with clients and consultants.

> Guided teams of architects and trainees.

> Coordinated all post-completion matters and assisted clients.

PROJECT TEXT:

The idea for this residence for a young family on a suburban corner lot was informed by thinking how (as in certain works of art) an entire microcosm can be accommodated and expressed within the restrictive volume of a cube of space.  The microcosm of the act of dwelling is expressed not only by spatial folding within the given volume, but with the juxtaposition of contrasting materials including water that define horizontally and vertically habitable space.

For more information please visit:

http://tdanyc.com/

Appears here courtesy of Theo. David Architects.

Stylianos Lena Elementary and Nursery School

Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Timeline: 2007-2012
Status: Built
Size: 4.100 m²
Budget: 5.000.000 €
Client: Ministry of Education and Culture, Republic of Cyprus

ARCHITECTS: THEO. DAVID ARCHITECTS

Design Principal: Theo. David FAIA
Project Architects: Yiannis Kythreotis, Emre Bozatli, Yiorgos Tryfonos, George Kallis

Photographs: Charalambos Artemis, Emre Bozatli

DETAILS OF INVOLVEMENT:

> Full scope of involvement, from initiation of the first ideas to the completion of the construction.

> Played a significant role in the conceptual development and the entire design process. Performed design alternatives and implementation with coordination of various sketch models.

> Created detailed digital models to test structural ideas, material finishes, spatial arrangements and interior configurations.            

> Conducted research on context, building type, program and structural design.

> Prepared and coordinated Tender and Construction Documentation.

> Coordinated services of engineering consultants to be incorporated within the design.

> Conducted research on materials, products, fixtures and generated sample boards

> Attended construction site inspections.

> Arranged, chaired and participated in meetings with clients and consultants.

> Guided teams of architects and trainees.

> Coordinated all post-completion matters and assisted clients.

PROJECT TEXT:

The organizational idea for this community of educational spaces consisting of an elementary school and independent nursery school was to provide an architectural identity to each by the juxtaposition of an obtuse triangle over an oval.  This severe formal composition which recalls the constructivist movement was further developed by the use of contrasting material finishes and color while repeating the oval as an oculus cut into the triangular metal courtyard canopy, as a raised exedra and music room volume.

For more information please visit:

http://tdanyc.com/

Appears here courtesy of Theo. David Architects.

Gladstonos 22 Residential Development

Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Timeline: 2005-2011
Status: Built
Size: 12.750 m²
Budget: 18.000.000 €
Client: J&P Ltd.

Shortlisted in “Housing Category” at World Architecture Festival, 2011 (Barcelona, Spain).  

ARCHITECTS: THEO. DAVID ARCHITECTS

Design Principal: Theo. David FAIA
Project Architects: Yiannis Kythreotis, Nicolas Paraskevaides, Emre Bozatli

Photographs: Charalambos Artemis, Theo. David, Emre Bozatli

DETAILS OF INVOLVEMENT:

> Prepared and coordinated Tender and Construction Documentation.

>  Coordinated services of engineering consultants to be incorporated within the design.

>  Conducted research on materials, products, fixtures and generated sample boards.

>  Attended construction site inspections.

>  Prepared publication and presentation packages. Created posters for exhibitions. Managed photographers.

PROJECT TEXT:

The goal of this private comprehensive residential development of 34 dwellings was the creation of a calming urban living environment respectful of and in harmony with an existing historic neighborhood while responding to the dynamics of an environment defined by distinctive natural elements. 

We were challenged by the following contrasting realities: 

A historic urban residential street and river bed part of a linear park, to relate our architectural concept to them, functionally and aesthetically. This relationship is established not only by architectural language but by the incorporation of public paths that connect the two extreme ends of the site into the development’s master plan.

The development of an appropriate architectural language which followed a documentation of the entire architecture of Gladstonos Street was also influenced by our awareness of certain movements which related to or book-ended the modern era such as the De Stijl, the Constructivists and Bauhaus.

The developed architectural language is expressed beginning with the four semi-detached three level townhouses with front and rear gardens and individual pools on Gladstonos Street and is continued within the stepped in plan and profile four story, 3 bedroom, mid-site apartment complex with garden level individual pools. All resident parking and utility spaces are concealed below grade. This language is evolved further through the plans and curvilinear facades of the riverside simplex and duplex apartments, whose deep, shaded verandas open to the riverbed.

Project’s realization is offered as a paradigm serving as proof that architecture can achieve a developer/ contractor client’s economic goals, while satisfying the interests of diverse stakeholders, including the resident owners and approval bodies, while respecting a landmarked neighborhood and the distinct environmental characteristics of the site.
We aspired as architects of this development, for it to be appreciated as to how one can integrate, without replicating some past (real or imagined), a contemporary architecture successfully into an existing historic urban fabric.

For more information please visit:

http://tdanyc.com/

http://www.worldbuildingsdirectory.com/project.cfm?id=3100

Appears here courtesy of Theo. David Architects.

Nice Day Bleu Residences 

Location: Protaras, Cyprus
Timeline: 2005-2010
Status: Built
Size: 3100 m²
Budget: 4.500.000 €
Client: Nice Day Developments Ltd.

ARCHITECTS: THEO. DAVID ARCHITECTS

Design Principal: Theo. David FAIA

Project Architects: Yiannis Kythreotis, Emre Bozatli, Nicolas Paraskevaides, George Kallis 

Photographs: Yiorgis Yerolymbos, Emre Bozatli

DETAILS OF INVOLVEMENT:

> Full scope of involvement, from initiation of the first ideas to the completion of the construction.

> Played a significant role in the conceptual development and the entire design process. 

> Created digital and physical models to explore the design alternatives.

> Prepared and coordinated Tender and Construction Documentation.

> Coordinated services of engineering consultants to be incorporated within the design.

> Conducted research on materials, products, fixtures and generated sample boards.

> Attended construction site inspections.

> Coordinated all post-completion matters and assisted clients.

PROJECT TEXT:

A ground condition defined by the not too distant horizon of the Mediterranean Sea, the intense blue of the Cypriot sky and ancient rock outcroppings and stone quarries that inhabited the site, all combined to shape an idea about this residential complex of 18 living units. 

A unique relationship to the ground is generated not only by the expected framing of the distant ground, but by allowing a symbiotic relationship between built forms and existing rock formations.

For more information please visit:

http://tdanyc.com/

http://www.niceday.com.cy/

Appears here courtesy of Theo. David Architects.

Teknopark Offices

Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Timeline: 2003-204
Status: Built
Size: 4500 m²
Budget: 2.000.000 €
Client: Istanbul Technical University

ARCHITECT: Prof. Arda Inceoglu

Project Architects: Prof. Arda Inceoglu, Assoc.Prof. Cem Altun, Asli Calikoglu, Emre Bozatli 

DETAILS OF INVOLVEMENT:

> Assisted the schematic design.

> Played a significant role in the conceptual development and the entire design process. Performed design alternatives and implementation with coordination of various sketch models. Created digital models for presentations.

> Created detailed digital models to test structural ideas, material finishes, spatial arrangements and interior configurations.   

> Created initial conceptual visualizations and final 3D views.

> Prepared and coordinated Tender and Construction Documentation.

> Coordinated services of engineering consultants to be incorporated within the design.

> Conducted research on materials, products, fixtures and generated sample boards.

> Attended construction site inspections.

> Participated in meetings with clients and consultants.

PROJECT TEXT:

Converting an existing exhibition hall to a “Class A” office complex for startup companies was the brief given to the architectural team. Our meetings with possible future users of the building finalized our programming studies in which we have to create not only highly flexible working spaces but also a fully equipped fitness facility, a multi-purpose room and a restaurant. 

Horizontal Cores
Existing structure consisted of three long halls adjacent to each other. In order to resolve the issues about services for the new functions, we created horizontal cores. We needed to create 2 zones running in-between 3 existing halls. Our idea was to take the typical core of a multi-story building and use it horizontally. Horizontal cores allowed the space to be divided into smaller offices and housed all secondary service spaces and storages as well. Most of the infrastructure and services of the building run through these 2 cores making sure the much needed flexibility was created for future expansions and alterations. Other ducts and all HVAC related pipework were decided to be left exposed and designed to fit inside the existing steel trusses, adding drama to the common spaces.

Courtyards
Two courtyards were created by ripping of the existing envelope to create open spaces at the west hall. These courtyards are instrumental in bringing natural light and cross-ventilation into the building. 

Entrance Wall
An entrance wall designed to house all the brand identity of the firms working in the building. This freestanding wall was going to conceal the existing roof profiles and create a strongly defined entrance. However, the entrance wall was not realized due to budget cuts. 

Ten years after its completion, the project’s flexibility is still working, allowing companies moving in and out without difficult modifications.

For more information please visit:

http://v2.arkiv.com.tr/p4445-itu-teknopark-burolari.html

Redesign of the Old GSP Area, an Urban Park

Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Timeline: 2011
Status: Competition
Size: 10.000 m²
Budget: 15.000.000 €
Client: Nicosia Municipality

ARCHITECTS: THEO. DAVID ARCHITECTS

Design Principal: Theo. David FAIA
Project Architects: Emre Bozatli, Yiannis Kythreotis

DETAILS OF INVOLVEMENT:

> Full scope of involvement, from initiation of the first ideas to completion of the competition boards.

> Played a significant role in the conceptual development and the entire design process. Performed design alternatives and implementation with coordination of various sketch models. Created detailed digital models to explore the form and space and finalize the project.

> Produced the final drawings, 3D views, diagrams and the graphics for the competition boards.

PROJECT TEXT:

Our new urban park responds to the challenge of the competition brief to maximize the potential of the site in creating, along with passive recreational social and cultural activities and street life, a park as unique urban environment.

To achieve this, we tilted up almost the entire footprint of the old GSP stadium site, creating a gently inclined planted plane gesturing towards the broad facade of the new National Theater. Within this, there is a carved, 49 meter wide oval void which becomes the central square, the focal point of the concept with visual and functional links to the National Theater and beyond.

The pragmatic needs of any strategic investor to be provided with commercially viable spaces were also taken into account. Our concept accommodates these needs by recessing, at sidewalk level under the tilted plane, flexible interior and exterior spaces along the entire sidewalk perimeter of the site and Oval Square, inducing street life along Evagorou Avenue, Vasileos Pavlou and Grigori Afxentiou streets. The entire proposal is supported by a proven automated parking system.

Design Elements

Reflecting pool with dancing waters as linear buffer and water curtain between the Square and National Theater.

Transparent air/light scoops of reinforced plastic will serve as conical light fixtures illuminating the surface of the elevated park. The larger ones will incorporate works of art suspended within or rising up from bases at public parking level.

Giant Screen, 35m long by 10m high steel framed bladelike plane serving as a news ticker and electronic surface for multiple images. A section will accommodate the projection screen for the proposed outdoor cinema.

Evagoras Avenue Promenade, 15m wide with cobblestone pavers and reconstituted stone trim, incorporating the restored KEO clock as visual focal point and with a tree lined central median accommodating kiosks and street markets.

Diagonal Stoa serving as a partially covered landscaped extension of the public sidewalks onto the square through which rises the iconic giant screen, along with elevator and stair access from the self-parking level below.

For more information please visit:

http://tdanyc.com/

http://www.archdaily.com.

Appears here courtesy of Theo. David Architects.

Phileleftheros Headquarters

Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Timeline: 2008-2012
Status: Design Development
Size: 12.250 m²
Budget: 20.000.000 €
Client: Phileleftheros Ltd. 

ARCHITECTS: THEO. DAVID ARCHITECTS

Design Principal: Theo. David FAIA
Project Architects: Emre Bozatli, Yiannis Kythreotis, George Kallis, Yiorgos Tryfonos 

DETAILS OF INVOLVEMENT:

> Full scope of involvement, from initiation of the first ideas to the completion of the Design Development.

> Played a significant role in the conceptual development and the entire design process. Performed design alternatives and implementation with coordination of various sketch models. Created digital models for presentations.

> Created detailed digital models to test structural ideas, material finishes, spatial arrangements and interior configurations.    

> Created initial conceptual visualizations and final detailed realistic 3D views.

> Conducted research on context, building type, program and structural design.

> Coordinated with various consultants such as facade specialists, environmental experts, landscape architects, interior designers, work space consultants, lighting and acoustics consultants.

> Coordinated services of engineering consultants to be incorporated within the design.

> Conducted research on materials, products, fixtures and generated sample boards.

PROJECT TEXT:

The graphic symbolism implied in the architectural morphology of this digital production and administrative center for a media group was inspired by building technology adopted from the idea of fuselage as precedent. 
The fuselage also appropriated as symbol, becomes the container for built independent objects that reflect and house diverse uses including digital production facilities, exhibition galleries, an auditorium, volumetrically articulated building infrastructure and private office suites.

For more information please visit:

http://tdanyc.com/

Appears here courtesy of Theo. David Architects.

Nice Day Prodromou Commercial Development

Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Timeline: 2009
Status: Invited Competition
Size: 2.250 m²
Budget: 4.000.000 €
Client: Nice Day Developments Ltd. 

ARCHITECTS: THEO. DAVID ARCHITECTS

Design Principal: Theo. David FAIA
Project Architects: Yiannis Kythreotis, Emre Bozatli

DETAILS OF INVOLVEMENT:

> Played a significant role in the conceptual development and the entire design process. Performed design alternatives and implementation with coordination of various sketch models. Created detailed digital models to explore the form and space and finalize the project.

> Produced the final drawings, 3D views, diagrams and the graphics for the competition boards.

> Created the architectural animation required for the second stage of the competition.

For more information please visit:

http://tdanyc.com/

Appears here courtesy of Theo. David Architects.

House 0905

Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Timeline: 2012
Status: Concept Design
Size: 250 m²
Budget: 250.000 €
Client: Undisclosed 

ARCHITECTS: SIMPRAXIS ARCHITECTS

Design Principal: Marios Christodoulides
Project Architects: Marios Christodoulides, Christos Christodoulou, Emre Bozatli 

DETAILS OF INVOLVEMENT:

> Played a significant role in the conceptual development and the entire design process. Performed design alternatives and implementation with coordination of various sketch models. 

> Created detailed digital models to test structural ideas, material finishes, spatial arrangements and interior configurations.    

> Created initial conceptual visualizations and final detailed realistic 3D views.

PROJECT TEXT:

The proposed extension of a non-listed existing building of mud-bricks into a three-member family home with contemporary need is located in an area adjacent to the Venetian walls of Nicosia. 

The plot includes a larger existing building consisting of 2 detached houses but the proposal is limited to only one.  The need to maintain the existing envelope of the building arises to prevent the planning authorities to increase the setback of the new proposal from the street edge if the building is demolished.

The existing building was divided into four main rooms with the south area as the main one. All the internal dividing mud-brick walls are removed and the south wall that surrounds the main entrance is replaced by glazing allowing the sunlight to penetrate the open plan ground floor of the existing building during the winter months. 

The existing timber roof structure and tiles are removed. A skylight is inserted following the geometry of the eaves separating, the existing building from the new addition, both structurally as well as visually. 

Due to the removal of the existing partitions and unification of the internal ground floor space, the shell is reinforced and new foundation with steel structural elements holding the upper floor addition is inserted. 

Programmatically the private spaces as bedrooms and restrooms are moved upstairs leaving all the communal areas to the ground floor. Although the existing entrance remains, it is converted into an access to the southern garden and pool, moving the main entrance from the busy main road at the south to the east quiet off-road.

For more information please visit:

simpraxis.com

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Dasoupolis High School 

Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Timeline: 2010
Status: Competition
Size: 8.600 m²
Budget: 9.000.000 €
Client: Ministry of Education and Culture, Republic of Cyprus

ARCHITECTS: THEO. DAVID ARCHITECTS

Design Principal: Theo. David FAIA
Project Architects: Yiannis Kythreotis, Emre Bozatli

DETAILS OF INVOLVEMENT:

> Played a significant role in the conceptual development and the entire design process. Performed design alternatives and implementation with coordination of various sketch models. Created detailed digital models to explore the form and space and finalize the project.

> Produced the final drawings, 3D views, diagrams and the graphics for the competition boards.

PROJECT TEXT:

The architecture of a school should function not only as a building with classrooms and labs etc., but also as a place of communication between students, teachers and visitors, generating a sense of place, an educational community.

The basic conceptual and organizational idea of the design of this competition entry for the replacement for an existing high school was meant to be an expression of what was previously mentioned, by the generating of a central shaded pedestrian axis running from the south facing main entrance to the high school complex through to the northern secondary entrance. A secondary axis is generated running east - west which connects the existing pedestrian overpass to the reconfigured athletic fields. The crossroad of these axis is defined by stairs, bridges and elevators which provide direct access to common facilities such as an outdoor amphitheater, cafeteria, teachers lounge and student gathering spaces.

The architectural form of the steel canopy, which protects the primary pedestrian axis, is widened and tilted upward at the main entrance as a visual and symbolic welcoming gesture towards all who enter the school.

For more information please visit:

http://tdanyc.com/

Appears here courtesy of Theo. David Architects.

Mobile Buffer Zone

Representation of Cyprus 
at the 10th International Architecture Exhibition 
Venice Biennale of Architecture 2006

Timeline: 2006
Status: Completed

ARCHITECTS: Simpraxis Architects

Design Principal: Marios Christodoulides
Project Architects: Marios Christodoulides, Christos Christodoulou, Emre Bozatli

DETAILS OF INVOLVEMENT:

> Performed conceptual design and created visualizations.

PROJECT TEXT:

Three historical gates connect the old and the new city through the moat (historical buffer zone). Two of these gates transform to transgress the Green Line (contemporary buffer zone).
The first gate signifies how the North part built itself around walls to ignore the adjacent space. The second gate represents the attempt of the South part to maintain a link with the buffer zone and beyond.
A third mobile unit connects North and South by moving between the two contemporary gates. Its movement violates the nominal experience of space on each side and creates a mobile buffer zone which designates the emergence of a new shared space.

For more information please visit:

simpraxis.com

http://www.domes.firma.cc

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Timeline: 2004
Status: Study

Published in “PORTFOLYO”, Turkish architectural magazine.

DESIGNER: Emre Bozatli

DETAILS OF INVOLVEMENT:

> Created the concept. Prepared all the drawings and diagrams.

PROJECT TEXT:

Peel-it is an experimental and speculative design concept. It is created while conducting research on issues such as flexibility, transformability, mobility in Architecture. 

“... A table, a chair, a bus-stop or a dwelling... How can a thing become all of these? How can one thing turn to anything?” 

The question above has started the Peel-It project. Shortly after investigating the problem, it became clear that the elasticity was the key concept to work on. 

Elastic adj. 1 able to go back to its original length or shape after being stretched or squeezed. 2 adaptable. 
Elasticity n. 1 bendable, flexible, pliable, pliant, resilient, springy, stretchable, stretchy. 2 adaptable, adjustable, flexible.

Peel-It conceived as a panel system composed of at least two layers made of peelable stripes which can be placed either horizontal or vertical, on top of each other. It is possible to place both stripes and/or panels horizontally and vertically as well. 

Skeletal structures of the stripes which form the panels can be constructed by elastic light metal alloys and this skeleton can be coated by various types of flexible fabrics. 

Any requested form can be given to the stripes which can bend, twist, fold and turn. After their transformations applied panels can have the ability to return back to their original flat shapes. 

In order to maintain the desired form, stripes and panels can be hardened and fixed in their form by triggering a chemical reaction in metal alloys. 

A single panel can be transformed to a table or to a sitting unit. Spaces can be created by gathering multiple panels. Peel-It panels can also be marketed as flat pack furniture. The potential implementations are infinite thanks to its almost limitless ability to transform.