‘Papercut” is the result of the collaboration between
the architectural office dARCH Studio and the fashion
designer, Yiorgos Eleftheriades. A place 90m2, located
on the first floor of a two-storey building at the
center of Athens, where the fashion designer exhibits
his work. The need to synthesize the two different
approaches to design (fashion design, architecture)
was the focal point of this project. Concepts and
practices used in fashion design (patron) were
incorporated as organizational principles during the
design and the construction phases of the project.

The ephemeral character was a wish of the client.
Existing furniture were rearranged in order to bring
into forth the two new constructions that were
handmade, using eco –friendly (100% recyclable
material) corrugated packaging carton and low
cost OSB wood .The materials intended to emphasize
the dynamic properties of the space, contrasting,
in means of value and texture the materials used
by the designer. The sense of packing ,as a
reference to refurbishment, is spatially expressed.
Synthesis 1.Trying to free as much space as possible,
the existing massy furniture was suspended on the
wall, where the tables became lightings, the book
case turned into stand for coffee machine and
display case. The wall was covered with corrugated
carton in stripes, with the corrugated side of the
carton on the front. As a result the furniture
seemed as they were wedged in the cardboard.
Synthesis 2 is based on the design of a biomorphic
self-illuminating construction consisted of
thousands sheets of corrugated carton. The boxes
that perforate the liquid form, intensified with
the use of built-in indirect lighting, produce
display cases.
The two dimensional material is transformed into
a volume provoking visitors in free interpretation.
Every construction in the atelier was
made ad situ as site-specific prototype models.

Location: Agion ANARGIRON 13, Psirri, Athens
Client: Yiorgos Eleftheriades
Floor area: 90 m2
Photography: Vasilis Skopelitis
Cost: 2.500 €
Budjet: 10.000 €
Date: 15/10/2007
Designer: DARCH STUDIO
Made in Greece

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