{"id":1579,"date":"2026-01-17T17:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mardiris.gr\/?page_id=1579"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T17:29:16","slug":"what-if-co-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mardiris.gr\/el\/what-if-co-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"What If, Co-Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Architecture design studio VII: What If, Co-Sustainability<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Apostolos Mardiris, Nikolaos Lemonidis<\/p>

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On the occasion of the September 2023 floods<\/strong> in the region of Thessaly<\/strong>, we were called to reflect on the role of architectural thought<\/strong> and practice after such a large-scale natural disaster. The way in which we, as architects, can act within an urban fabric<\/strong> that has suffered this kind of destruction is not at all clear to us. In searching for a starting point, we turned to the most obvious place: the settlement of Palaia. This is where the Krausidonas river ends, and where the consequences of the flooding were most severe.<\/p>

The first step was to create a map that records the condition of the ground in the settlement of Palaia. Initially, the aim of our research was to study the area<\/strong> and redesign part of the settlement with a logic adapted to the likelihood of such phenomena.<\/p>

However, through the map we created, we observed another very significant problem in the urban fabric after the bad weather had passed: the large amount of debris<\/strong> that was deposited. The process of removing this material is both time-consuming and costly. Thus, we considered that this presents an opportunity to utilize<\/strong> these materials on-site<\/strong>, by creating housing that follows the construction logic of rammed earth. Therefore, we arrive at a proposal for the reuse of these unexpectedly available materials.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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