Current Situation of The Refugee Housing

During the trip to Athens,I visited the site three times as well as the neighbourhood,this area is very close to the center of Athens，the main buildings surrounded including two hospitals,a stadium,the police headquarter, the court of justice and a bank with several clocks on the facade all show a strong contrast between themselves and the abandoned refugee housing,both in scale and facade.

The “refugee” neighbourhood at Alexandras avenue, situated at a nodal point within the network of the city, occupies in total a site of 14.323 m2, comprises 8 three floors apartment blocks, 228 flats (each about 45 m2 in area), and covers a built total surface of 13.620 m2.

This area is mostly be occupied by multi-storey residential houses except for those public buildings I mentioned above.The modern multi-storey buildings have a totally different typology with continous balconies and sunshades.

section of the difference btween the refugee housing and the multi-storey residential building

typology of the multi-storey residential buildings

 

No physical connections between the "old" and the "new" except the hanging lamps in-between,below is an interesting view of the open space in between with the glass and concrete facade of the distant Court of Justice.