ISSUE 141 – ATHENS: FORMAL/SPONTANEOUS
Overview
The ‘formal/spontaneous’ pair are not literally opposite poles. Nevertheless, in a search for the synonyms for its two constituents with architecture as a field of reference, the impression of a dipole seems to be reinforced, and shades of meaning emerge which make them jointly appropriate, as a culmination of attributes, to describe and interpret Athens and its architecture, and when theoreticised, to serve as a starting point for new planning.
‘Formal’ means suitable for a function or occasion with strict requirements (particularly a ceremony), occurring in public, deriving from a public authority, generally acceptable, proper, in accordance with the rules – therefore planned, official, ‘normally’ customary, actual, substantive, strictly rational. Anything formal has to do with the sign and the form, with the public and the whole.
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Contents
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EPHEMERAL INTERVENTIONS IN THE CITY, 2012Giannis A. Koukis
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THE ΝOTION OF CRITICAL RESTORATION, 2013Dorette Panagiotopoulou
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WEAK AND MONUMENTAL (ΜNEMEIOSIS TOU ADYNAMOU), 2014Aristide Antonas
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SECTION ON THE CITY 1:5, 2015Konstantinos Chatzaras
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ATHENS IS BURNING, 2015Alfredo Brillemburg, Hubert Klumpner
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PETRALONA HOUSE, 2017Point Supreme
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PERAMA, 1974-1989Georgios Pantopoulos
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EDITORIALΓεώργιος Α. Πανέτσος
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ANAFIOTIKA
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HOUSE-OFFICE OF ERNST ZILLER, ATHENS, 1863
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AT THE EDGE OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, THE ASYRMATOS SETTLEMENT, 1923-1963Zografia Karekou
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THE NEA ALEXANDREIA COLONY AND THE TERRITORIAL ECONOMY OF ATHENS, 1920Stamos Papadakis
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ELEMENTS FOR SELF-KNOWLEDGE. TOWARDS A TRUE ARCHITECTURE (EXTRACTS)Aris Konstantinidis
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FORMALLY INFORMAL: THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY CHANCERY BUILDING IN ATHENS, (1956-1961)Alexandros C. Samaras
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PROJECT FOR THE NEW ACROPOLIS MUSEUM AT MAKRYIANNI, 1989Chi Wing Lo, Panayiota Davladi
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'1994', 1996Andreas Angelidakis
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SEVEN POSITIONS ON ATHENS, 1996Georgios A. Panetsos
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THE AFTERLIFE OF THE OLYMPIC STADIUM: BETWEEN FORMALITY AND INFORMALITYJilly Traganou
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THE NEW ATHENIAN GROUND, 2006Thanassis Manis
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AN URBAN-AGRARIAN VISION FOR ELEONAS, 2012Yannis Aesopos
