PILA Studio

The Loop is a concept proposal for an urban office campus in Maroussi, Athens.

The design prioritizes employee wellbeing and transforms the expansive site into a lush green oasis. The workspace is fully integrated into the surrounding landscape and the campus is equipped with outdoors amenities, like sports facilities, versatile event spaces, gardens, dining and meeting areas.

A distinctive pitched roof that provides unique double-height office spaces on the top floor and creates an iconic skyline. Collaboration and creativity is encouraged through the thoughtful placement of circulation pathways and service cores, to ensure uninterrupted floorplates of 2,500 sqm for single or split tenancy. The Loop’s facade features integrated shading elements that adapt to different orientations, and operable panels for natural ventilation to significantly reduce energy consumption.

THE LOOP: https://pila.studio/projects/the-loop/

PILA Team: Ilias Papageorgiou, Christina Papalexandri, Silena Patsalidou, Iztok Hvala, Meropi Konstantinidou, Konstantinos Petropoulos, Giorgos Variamai

Structures: TTA Consulting Engineers

MEP: INSTA Consultants Engineers

Traffic Consultant: Zekkos

Landscape Design: doxiadis+

Lighting Design: Danilof

Acoustics: Timagenis

Sustainability/LEED Consultant: DCarbon

Nestled in a slope on the coast of Paxos, this vacation house sees traditional materials and a local typology meet contemporary needs and modern proportions.

Driven by the desire to establish continuity between the life of the house and the landscape, the circulation around, through and up the house is externalized. Each of these corridors connect the program of the house and extend outwards across the site. Common areas such as the living, dining and kitchen spill from the ground floor to the pool and outdoor areas, shaded by an olive tree.

PILA Team: Ilias Papageorgiou, Christina Papalexandri, Konstantinos Varvitsiotis, Konstantinos Voutoufianakis Petropoulos

VILLA AEAEA: https://pila.studio/projects/villa-aeaea/

PILA had the pleasure of presenting Dimokratias House at Benaki Museum last week, while construction continues on site.

Thank you to DOMa.archi Diaries 04 for the invitation to discuss the project in detail, amongst significant ongoing architecture schemes in Greece.

PILA team: Christina Papalexandri, Ilias Papageorgiou, Alexandra Giovani, Konstantinos Petropoulos, Konstantinos Varvitsiotis, Marina Avouri

Project: https://pila.studio/projects/dimokratias-house/

Images: Yiannis Hadjiaslanis