portfolio of thanos zervos

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CONTENT

Architectural Projects

Computer based design

Surveying - Restoration

Crafting - Drawing - Painting

ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS

ABOUT TEAM WORK: In National Technical University of Athens, where I studied in the School of Architecture, almost every architectural project is carried out as team work. There has been a try in this portfolio to focus on material created solely by me, but in other cases my par-ticipation and contribution to every project is clearly ex-plained, with respect to my coworkers and professors.

The works selected, are placed in chronological order.

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PARTICIPATION IN TEAM:

(NTUA)2012

Architectural synthesis, 3D Modeling, Plans, Rendering, Color Paintings, Drawings, Model

LIBRARY - CULTURE CENTER IN NEA PHILADELPHIA, ATHENS

NTUA School Project, 6th Semester

Assistant Professor: D. Isaias

Group Work (2 team members: Zervos Th., Mitropoulos A.)

LOCATION:Athens, Nea Philadelphia center,Redestou and Kizikou str.

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LIBRARY - CULTURE CENTER IN NEA PHILADELPHIA

DESCRIPTION: Nea Philadelphia is an area in Athens constructed in the fi rst half of the twentieth century. It was inhabited mostly by immigrants after 1922’s immigration movement. The project was a Library with spaces used as a center for immigrants, having greek language courses and cul-tural events. The preservation of the individual structure style of the

area was considered very important. The building is divided to two concrete masses connected with a metal construction that includes the entrance, the elevator and the stairs. The fi rst of the concrete mass-es has several classrooms and an administration offi ce and the short-er one includes the Library and a loft that is used as a reading room.

2012

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(NTUA)

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SOUTH - EAST ELEVATION

SOUTH - WEST ELEVATIONGROUND PLAN 0 1 2 3 5 m

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

STUDY AREA

LIBRARY

PROJECTION ROOM

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(NTUA)

2012 - 2013

Architectural synthesis, 3D Modeling, Plans, Rendering, Color Paintings,Drawings, Model

ATHENS HISTORICAL MUSEUM

NTUA School Project, 7th & 8th Semester

Assistant Professors: T. Papaioannou, D. Papalexopoulos

Group Work (3 team members: Zervos Th., Kataras D., Mitropoulos A.)

LOCATION:Ioannou Paparigopoulou and Parnassou, Klafthmonos square, Athens



Assistant Professors: T. Papaioannou, D. Papalexopoulos

Group Work (3 team members: Zervos Th., Kataras D., Mitropoulos A.)

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(NTUA) 2012 - 2013ATHENS HISTORICAL MUSEUM

DESCRIPTION: The subject of the course was to design a museum with one permanent exhibi-tion about the history of the city and a space for various exhibitions and events. The site of the construction was a space on Klafthmonos square, currently used as a parking area. Under the ground, lie the remains of the ancient city wall. The building is divided to two concrete masses connected with a steel construction. The entrance to the building is in the biggest of the two concrete masses. This

building also contains a cafeteria, a restaurant, a library, a shop and the foy-er to an underground auditorium. The metal construction connecting the two concrete masses contains the exhibitions and an area on the rooftop, used by the restaurant and the cafeteria. Under this construction there is a public area where the ancient city wall is partially uncovered. The second, smaller con-crete building contains toilets, storage rooms for the exhibitions and fi re escape.

Watercolor painting of the synthesis

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2012 - 2013ATHENS HISTORICAL MUSEUM

1. Elevation as seen from Klafthmonos square2. Section3. Render of the steel construction supporting the metallic net

4. Render of the building with the metallic facade net.5. Render from Paparigopoulou str.6. First floor plan

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(NTUA)

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2012 - 2013ATHENS HISTORICAL MUSEUM (NTUA)

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1. Cross section render

2. Pencil cross section of a steel joint.

3. Constructing details of the building (original drawings in scale 1:10)

4. Photos of a 1:50 section model

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2013(NTUA)


(NTUA)2013


RECONSTRUCTION OF KLAFTHMONOS SQUARE IN THE CENTER OF ATHENS


Assistant Professors: K. Moraitis, N. Mpelavilas

Group Work (3 team members: Zervos Th., Mitropoulos A. Nassi M.)

LOCATION:

Klafthmonos square, Athens


Architectural synthesis, 3D Modeling, Plans,


Assistant Professors: K. Moraitis, N.

Group Work (3 team members: Zervos Th., Mitropoulos A. Nassi M.)

Klafthmonos square, Athens

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2013RECONSTRUCTION OF KLAFTHMONOS SQUARE IN THE CENTER OF ATHENS

CURRENT SITUATION: Klafthmonos square is located in the center of Athens by Stadiou street. This location is the border of the old city to the south and the new city to the north. The buildings of the north part are mostly constructed in 18th century and are considered important sam-ples of the period of neoclassicism. The older part of the city in the

south is mostly defi ned by it’s individual eastern character, smaller streets full of life and international people, in contrast with the big avenues of the north side. Under the ground lie the remains of the ancient wall. The axis of the wall is expressed in the modern city as the division between north and south area along Stadiou street.

(NTUA)

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RECONSTRUCTION OF KLAFTHMONOS SQUARE IN THE CENTER OF ATHENS 2013

Ground Plan

(NTUA)

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2013RECONSTRUCTION OF KLAFTHMONOS SQUARE IN THE CENTER OF ATHENS

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1. Section A2. Section B3. Photos of the 1:200 model

(NTUA)

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2013(AHO)

INDIVIDUAL WORK AT AHO

(AHO)2013

RESIDENTIAL AREA IN THE BORDER OF THE FOREST OF OSLO

AHO School Project, Studio B3 of Master Of Architecture

Assistant Professor: Per Olaf Fjeld

LOCATION:This project has no specifi c location. It is a conceptual study of the border between the city and the forest.

2013(AHO)RESIDENTIAL AREA IN THE BORDER

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2013RESIDENTIAL AREA IN THE BORDER OF THE FOREST OF OSLO

DESCRIPTION: This project was a study of the border between the growing city of Oslo and the forest that sur-rounds it. The design was inspired by the form of an ant nest. The erosion of the forest around the city was expressed by the outline curve,

that creates receptacles of human life, caus-ing the sense of containment. Each building of the synthesis, is divided in two parts, one of them being used as a home and the other in-tended for a working space for the inhabitants.

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SELECTED MATERIAL FROM PAST PROJECTS

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2. Material of Architectural synthesis 5 in NTUA. The project was an elementary school in Argiroupoli.Assistant Professor: D. IsaiasTeam members: Zervos Th., Mitropoulos A.(2011, NTUA)

1. Drawings from the 8th Semester elective course of Architectural Synthesis, studying the work of Lebbeus Woods.Individual WorkAssistant Professor: T. Papaioannou(2013, NTUA)

3. Drawing of Exarxeia square, from Urban Planning 2.(2011, NTUA)

COMPUTER BASED DESIGN

Includes material from parametric designs, interactive constructions, 3d modeling and real time rendering.

COMPUTATIONAL SCULPTING PROJECT IN NTUA

Participation in team:

The course

Synthesis of Sculpture, Parametric design of functional model, construction of model machine, and Presentation at SGT foundation(Onassis cultural center)


Assistant Professor: D. Papalexopoulos

Group Work (2 team members): Thanos Zervos, Maria Revisiou

This project was part of the Course of Architectural Technology of the 9th Semester at National Technical University of Athens. The goal of the course was to introduce students to computational design software. The students were divided to small teams (2 to 5 students per project) and designed interactive sculptures with no practical use as machines, inspired by the work of Jean Tinguely. After the synthesis of the sculp-ture, the teams worked with Rhinoceros and Grasshopper, to learn how to create a model of their idea. Final task, was to create a working in-teractive model of the synthesis, by programing an Arduino circuit, that consisted the core of the sculpture.

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The link below presents a collection of projects from the course, including this one, explaining the main idea of the subject:

https://metamechpostdigital.wordpress.com/

The idea

Programing the Arduino Circuit

The distance between the machine and the person approaching it, is calculated by an infrared distance censor. Part of the assignment was to strictly keep the project in low budget, using simple materi-als and equipment.

For the programing of the circuit, two different approaches were taught. The fi rst was to transfer the information from Grasshopper to the Arduino circuit, using the Firefl y plug-in, and the other one was to program directly the circuit.Students experimented with both procedures. This specifi c project was fi nally worked with the latter.

The mechanical set up, was inspired by an airplane rotary engine. The structure of the engine was in this case inverted, as the power in this mechanism is trans-fered from the rotating axis to the pistons, which bend the soft surface. The axis is powered by a small electric motor, controlled by the Arduino circuit, that also controls the led bulbs that light up the mechanism.

The main idea of the sculpture was to create a machine that would bend a soft surface. As a person comes closer to the ma-chine, the speed increases and the mechanism lights up, making the surface transparent.

2014

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BENCH AND BICYCLE STOP INSTALLATION IN ERMOU STREET IN ATHENS 2011(NTUA)

DESCRIPTION: This design is an installation project in Ermou Street, and it was part of a 6th Semester course of NTUA. The course’s subject was to design furniture of public use. The idea of the proj-ect was to create a sitting bench that would

be also used as a bicycle stop. The area in-cludes a series of ancient relics and a pedestri-an street that crossed the archaeological area. The structure of the benches is refl ecting the idea of decomposition of the ancient relics.


Architectural synthesis, 3D Modeling and Parametric Design, Plans, Drawings, Model

NTUA School Project, 6th SemesterAssistant Professors: E. Xenou, G. ParmenidisGroup Work (2 team members: Zervos Th., Papoutsi Eleni

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INVESTIGATION OF THE FORM OF A WOODEN BOAT AS AN ARCHITECTONIC ELEMENT 2015(NTUA)

DESCRIPTION: This material does not constitute a project by itself, but it’s part of the research of my thesis in NTUA. The subject of the thesis is a reconstruc-tion of a wood shipyard in Syros Island and the addition of a school and a museum. The ma-

terial above is trying to investigate the relation of the form of the boats being build, with the buildings around, as long as the possible use of those shapes in the design.

Plans of a traditional “Trehadiri” fishing boat

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3D MODELING, SCULPTING AND REAL TIME RENDERING

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1. 3D model of the cave of Alistrati in North Greece.

2. Sculptured 3d model of a hand. Left top: Render of the model before editing with 3d sculpturing software. Bottom right: render with materials added to the model.

3. Those screenshots are from a running project at SpaceUnder Studio. The subject of this project is that the user is walking in a space where basic geometric solids represent buildings. Approaching one solid, it transforms to the building to be presented, and the scene changes to one that includes the building materials and lighting in a real time rendering environment. The project is intended to be used as an electronic portfolio. Unity engine has been used for the development and scripting has been in C#. The project is about to fi nish within February 2016.

SURVEYING - RESTORATION

Includes drawings of surveying projects, which constitute an important part of NTUA study curriculum and tradition.

HAND DRAWINGS AND PLANS: This part of studies in NTUA, focuses on non technological types of working, including mostly works done by hand and measurements taken on site.

The works selected, are placed in chronological order.

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STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF BUILDINGS IN MANI 2011

This material is part of the project for the course “Systematic analysis of vernacular buildings and settlements”. The site of the survey was the area Mani in Greece countryside. The buildings of this area have interesting structural elements as most of them are fortress like construction to shelter the people of pirate attacks in the period between 16th and 19th century.

(NTUA)

INVOLVEMENT TO TEAM PROJECT: The drawing above and participation to the whole surveying project analysis and plans.

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PENCIL DRAWING OF THE CHURCH OF PANAGIA KAPNIKAREA 2012

This drawing is a south elevation of the byzantine temple of Panagia Kapnikarea. The temple is locat-ed in Ermou street in the center of Athens. It was built in 1050 AD, in the remains of previous Chris-tian temple built under the command of Aelia Eudocia.The Drawing was part of a surveying project for the course of Church Architecture (7th semester in National and Technical University of Athens)

(NTUA)

INDIVIDUAL WORK FOR NTUA PROJECT

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RUINED BUILDING IN AIGINA ISLAND 2013

These drawings were included in a team project for the course “Construction analysis and intervention on traditional buildings” (8th semester in National and Technical University of Athens). The course started with a five day field trip in the island Aigina. The building was located in a small mountain village and was build in the 17th century. The survey was followed by construction analysis and intervention proposals at the end of the semester.

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1. Inc drawing of the existing condition of the building (isometric projection)

2. Pencil drawing of the original form of the building (isometric section)

(NTUA)

INVOLVEMENT TO TEAM PROJECT: The two drawings above, participation to structural analysis and the intervention proposal, Intervention plans.

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CRAFTING, DRAWING AND PAINTING

Includes a hand crafted workshop, and a selection of drawings and paintings

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PASTEL, ACRYLIC, WATERCOLOR

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PENCIL, GRAPHITE, CHARCOAL

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RENOVATION OF GARAGE TO WORKSHOP IN NEA SMIRNI (HANDCRAFTED INDIVIDUAL PROJECT) 2014

The interior of this workshop was designed and hand build by me in 2014, and since then it is used as a personal working space.

The floor is made of concrete casted into a grid of plywood planks. The procedure of constructing the floor is seen in the pictures on the left. After the concrete is casted in the grid, it is sanded until the plywood is revealed.

The working table is made out of plywood that lies on a steel construction.

The rest of the furniture is also constructed of plywood which is the dominant material in this space.

The walls of the toilet are a combination of layers of plywood and bricks, held together by steel bars and cement based tile adhesive.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Name: Athanasios (Thanos) Zervos

Address:Athens, Nea Smirni,166 Dardanellion

Postal Code:17123

Mobile Phone:0030 6944761190

e-mail address:[email protected]

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