THE ATTICA MANSION IN ATHENS
In 1988, Warlamis accepted the proposal of Mr. Konstantinos Alexandrakis to make plans for a building on the corner of Kifissias Avenue and Katehaki Street in Athens. The building had already begun to be built with other plans and the new design had to be adapted to the already existing foundation.
Warlamis had the idea of “enlarging” the narrow facade towards Kifissias Avenue with a rounded corner and thus better projecting the building on the main street.
he himself writes…
I tried to transfer the original spirit of plasticity to the functional and urban reality of modern Athens. Thus, with the synthetic curvature, avoiding as much as possible the cuts, I tried to bring about a reconciliation with the surrounding space by letting the spatial flow of Katehaki and Kifissias streets embrace the simplified and soft volume of the building. This oncoplastic solution creates a distinct and interesting urban quality because it avoids isolation and reconciles with the surrounding space. My attempt to give an intensity to the perforations of the shell and, in relation to all the openings, comes from the necessity of communication with man. I preferred more legible elements and symbols instead of a purely geometric composition. I chose an emotional, sensual relationship of human identification since the abstract phase of modern geometric perception leaves man apathetic and unmoved.
