Detergent factory in Athens
T.Ch. Zenetos, M.Ch. Apostolidis
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General view of the factory (phase one). From right to left: storage of raw materials, production, packaging, storage of finished goods, administration.
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Existing chapel.
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Soap division.
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The "tower".
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Administration-laboratories. The construction of brise-soleil is not completed.
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Side view. The metal lattice of the facades receives transparent, translucent or opaque filling elements, depending on the needs of each sector.
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Plan.
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Plan. Functions. 4. Storage of raw materials, 5. Detergents tower, 6. Soap division, 7. Final stages of production packaging, 8. Printing section-container department, art studio, 9. Storage of finished goods, 10. Administration, 11. Control, weighing mach
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East elevation.
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South elevation. Sun protection is provided by prestressed concrete brise-soleil, placed in more or less dense patterns, according to the orientation of every facade.
Description
The factory consists mainly of a Iarge detergent-producing plant, but the same building also houses a soap division, a printing-packaging section and the admirustration offices. The layout allows for the future extension of every sector separately and in stages.
Text from the magazine: «architecture in Greece» Νο 4, 1970.