EPSILON ARCHITECTS
CHURCH OF GREECE

Cultural Center

ATHENS

CENTER FOR CULTURE, EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Located on the mountain Ymittos the center consists of six different complexes connected through the road. The first complex is the Academy of Arts and Sciences with classroom and auditoriums arranged around a central courtyard. The next building is a multi-Media Center organized along a linear structure next to the road. The guest house is located at a remote site detached from the main street. It houses 200 guest providing rooms, suites, a wellness center, restaurants business center and overall facilities of a four-star hotel. The biggest complex is found at the end of the road where a variety of cultural buildings form a spacious plaza. Program includes a museum, a conference center with a 600-seat hall, a library, a gallery, two smaller auditoriums and small conference spaces. Each of these facilities has its own functional and formal autonomy while at the same time they all create a unified whole resembling the piazza of a small city. An additional building that houses administration is found adjacent to the square.

CLIENT

Church of Greece

PROPOSAL

2007

BUILDING AREA

64,000 m2

COLLABORATORS

D. Antoniou, E. Katsoufi