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Core Agora

Firm LocationThessaloniki,
CompanyNot a Number Architects
Lead ArchitectErmis Adamantidis, Dominiki Dadatsi
Design TeamPavlos Symianakis
ClientDomes of Elounda

The project consists of a series of small wooden pavilions that make up space for boutiques, workshops and art galleries. The volumes sit on a grid-like arrangement in the centre of a sloped park in Elounda, Crete. The characteristic skin of the pavilions is made of plywood lamellas in a woven pattern that reflects traditional basket weaving techniques. The uniformity of the skin that functions as a vertical sun shading device is interrupted by large windows that frame the products on display. At night the volumes light up like lanterns illuminating the surrounding pathways in the park.