Portfolio - Efthymia Eirini Tsianaka

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E F T H Y M I A E I R I N I T S I A N A K A
A R C H I T E C T U R A L P O R T F O L I O

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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
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Redesign of Charitos square on
Rhodes island.
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Residence with guest houses
for the keeper of the archae-
ological site on Rhenia Island.
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Redesigning the old town square
Katehaki in Chania.
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Passive row-houses in Helsing-
borg.
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Helsinki central Library.
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Residence of a single family in
Volos.
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Orthodox chapel of saint atha-
nasius with baths next to dragon
houses on Euboea island.
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Landscape intervention on exca-
vation site in the ancient city of
Volos.
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REDESIGN OF CHARITOS SQUARE ON RHODES ISLAND
3 r d P r i z e i n t h e P a n h e l l e n i c a r c h i t e c t u r a l c o m p e t i t i o n
Te a m : E E . Ts i a n a k a , M . L i a r o s , N . C h e r e t i s , T . C h o l ev a s
L a n d a r e a : 5 3 8 3 m 2
To t a l s u r f a c e 5 3 8 3 m 2
O r g a n i z i n g I n s t i t u t i o n : M u n i c i p a l i t y o f R h o d e s
C o m p l e t i o n s t u d y : 2 0 1 6
Haritos Square is designed to be an intermedi-
ate space between the city and the coastline. Its central
axis emerges as the most distinguished element of the
overall layout, due to the surrounding buildings and the
definite geometry of the plantations.
The main concern of the redesign of the square
focuses on the unobstructed distribution of its elements,
in order to enhance its accessibility and its relation to
the nearby buildings. Hence, the parking plots are gath-
ered all together into an underground garage and the
facades of the surrounding buildings face directly the
square. The smaller regions of plantations added to the
existing palm trees are arranged around the construc-
tions at the center of the axis creating distinctive areas.
Those areas are designed to bring together
the surrounding buildings with the innermost core of the
square. The constructions at the center of the square
utilize depressions in the ground and water in order to
create a pleasant environment for cultural activities and
leisure.
The proposed plantings in cooperation with the
palm trees zones, the path of the water to the North
(waterfront) and the spaces in the central zone compose
the transition to the sea. This particular narrative is rep-
resented by the use of water. Starting from the fountain,
crossing the square, reaching people in order to relieve
them during summer.

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General site plan - Underground parking plan
Excavation - Fountain plan details and sections

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Excavation - Fountain perspective details
Square view

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PASSIVE ROW-HOUSES IN HELSINGBORG
Ongoing Project
Team: EE. Tsianaka, A. Asis, M, Puchala
L a n d a r e a : 1 1 7 m 2
e a c h
To t a l s u r f a c e 1 0 . 0 0 0 m 2
L u n d U n i v e r s i t y
M S c i n E n e r g y E f f i c i e n t a n d E n v i r o n m e n t a l B u i l d i n g D e s i g n
The purpose was to design a terraced house
in a cold and humid climate such as Helsingborg, in the
south of Sweden, using Passive House strategies, with
energy use and moisture issues as the focus.
The design include 14 houses built as row hous-
es in 3 and 4 units. The project is developed in Maris-
taden district in Helsingborg.
The first phase included weather analysis
and site layout design for the chosen area which had
to maximize solar heat gain and minimize wind in-
con-veniences. Additionally, there were included park-
ing places, bicycle parking, internal roads, vegetation
and building service. The second phase involved the
design of one specific house unit with an approach into
the construction materials and details, and a complete
first analysis of its moisture safety and energy demand
The room distribution was chosen in order to
enhance the energy behavior of the building. Thus, the
kitchen was placed to the north for addiotional heat
gains on the coolest part of the house. The entrance was
placed on the same facade, with an additional protec-
tive and unheated glass room, acting as a pre-entrance,
making the temperature difference between outdoor to
indoor less noticeable. The office and living-dining room
were located to the south with big windows to enhance
the daylighting and heat gains.
Using FEBY stadards specifications, the annual
energy demands for heating and cooling are 14.55 -
0.51 kWh (less than 35 kWh without the domestic hot
water), while the peak loads for heating and cooling are
9.09 - 6.78 W/m2
(less than 17 W/m2
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Axonometric view

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Section A-A Section B-B
Ground floor plan 1st
floor plan 2nd
floor plan

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Exploded axonometric North view
South view

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Construction details
Wind, Energy and Thermal comfort simulations

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REDESIGNING THE OLD TOWN SQUARE KATEHAKI IN CHANIA
Publication: DOMES (Greek architecture yearbook 2015), Issue No. 133a, p. 234-235
Team: EE. Tsianaka, T. Kanarelis, G. Veloudios, T. Cholevas, M. Liaros, N. Cheretis
L a n d a r e a : 5 3 8 3 m 2
To t a l s u r f a c e 5 3 8 3 m 2
O r g a n i z i n g I n s t i t u t i o n : M u n i c i p a l i t y o f C h a n i a
The project regards the redesign of the old town
square “Katechaki” at Chania, Crete. The composition’s
purpose is to engulf the principles of a contemporary
approach concerning the design of urban public spaces,
based on history, memory, landscape, bioclimatic, archi-
tecture and the distinctive characteristics of the site.
The fundamental design principle is to establish
form in a world. This cosmos is contained in a quad-
rangle, clearly stated geometry from the neighboring
“chaos” (=what is not organized). The square is differ-
ent from the urban geometry in its core by diverting
the orientation of the excavation, the western wall and
the floor, thus creating a new autonomous reality. This
geometry brings forth the elements of the “old world”:
the excavation and the tree. The scar of the ground (ex-
cavation) emerges the constant testimony of the city’s
history. The defined nature (tree) refers to the natural
landscape around of which the world (“cosmos”) is cre-
ated.

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General floor plan
General view of the square

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General plan view - Parking Wall - Square detail

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Square view - South section - Western wall view

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RESIDENCE WITH GUESTHOUSES FOR THE KEEPER
OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE ON RHENIA ISLAND
Thesis project
L a n d a r e a : 1 4 5 1 m 2
s u p e r v i s o r : P r o f . T h o e k l i s K a n a r e l i s
U n i v e r s i t y o f T h e s s a l y D e p a r t m e n t o f A r c h i t e c t u r e - C o m p l e t i o n s t u d y : 2 0 1 4
The purpose of the project is to design the resi-
dence with three guesthouses for the permanent keeper
of the archaeological site excavations on Rhenia Island.
The decision of the Athenians at the beginning
of the Peloponnesian war to enforce the clearance (ca-
tharsis) on the island of Delos, namely the prohibition
of burials and births on the holy Island, converts the
western nearby island of Rhenia in one of the important
cemeteries (necropolis) of the ancient world. The hith-
erto archaeological excavations revealed relics of an
ancient settlement, burial monuments and shrines, tombs,
altars, sarcophagi, scattered farm-houses of antiquity,
material evidence of the past.
Today the island is uninhabited; it is used as
a grazing and mild cultivation area by residents of
Mykonos. There are five small Christian chapels and
some scattered rudimentary shelters. However, to carry
out systematic excavations some limited but basic build-
ing infrastructures are required.
The main axis, in regard to composition, con-
sists of two inner courtyards around which the building
facilities are developed. The main passage, which faces
the sea, connects the two courtyards and functions as
an exhibition space where the small findings of the ex-
cavations are presented in the built-in showcases along
the way.
Overall, the proposal is divided into three
zones-areas. The first zone-area consists of the cen-
tral courtyard surrounded by the residence of the keep-
er, which is adequate for housing his family if needed.
More specifically, the house includes two bedrooms, a
kitchen, a living room and an office. The second zone
is an intermediate, transitional space that houses the
shared facilities – library, kitchen and a semi-outdoor
space, which connects the two courtyards. In the third
part there are the guesthouses and the laboratories for
the scientific and technical staff as well as for the re-
searchers of the excavations. In the same area is also
located the second courtyard which serves as an out-
door space for processing and exhibiting the findings.
Furthermore, the flat roof is accessible and from that
height one can have full view of Delos Island.
Finally, as the connection with the local elec-
tricity grid is not possible, the building is energy inde-
pendent. More specifically, as a result of the two court-
yards, a microclimate is being created, contributing to
the ventilation and cooling of the facilities. There is also
the possibility of a vertical axis wind turbine installa-
tion at the North-East area of the site, where the height
increases, and the collection of the rainwater from the
roof and the courtyards through an underground tank.
The materials used are stone, found on the island, and
concrete.

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Balsa model
One o f th e inner courtyards, host-
i ng excavation’s big fndings.

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General site plan - Site view - South section

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North elevation - East elevation - Site sections

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HELSINKI CENTRAL LIBRARY
The new national library of Helsinki is intended
to be housed in the central of the Finnish capital, in the
area of Töölönlahti. The building’s plot bears a weighty
significance culturally for the city of Helsinki, as it is
surrounded by the Finnish parliamentary, the Finlandia
Hall designed by Alvar Aalto, the national museum, the
Kiasma museum of art designed by Steven Hall and the
city’s railway station.
Given the particular circumstances of the region,
efficient and discreet integration of the building in the
surroundings was a key factor in shaping the final idea.
On this basis, elements such as the linearity of the rail-
way station and the transparency of the public urban
architecture of Northern Europe contributed particularly
in the form of the proposed building.
More specifically, the linearity became the
characteristic feature of the structure, that determines
the movements inside the building, and the shape of the
plot was the starting point processing the building’s vol-
ume. As a consequence, the linearity of the movements
transformed to the main corridors and, perpendicular to
that axis, volume breaks down into three sub-sections.
Through the use of a translucent material, special im-
portance is given to the visual permeability of the struc-
ture’s shape, while full transparency of the ground floor
gives the impression of a light building. Finally, the main
view recedes at the center creating an opening to the
opposite square and emphasizing the entrance area.
The central idea, the drafts and the final com-
position of the study carried out jointly in the group.
My individual effort focused on the construction of the
three-dimensional model and the photorealistic visuali-
zation.
Site’s location
Team: Efthymia Eirini Tsianaka - Konstantinos Nikolaides
L a n d a r e a : 1 8 6 7 7 m 2
s u p e r v i s o r : P r o f . Va s s o Tr ov a
U n i v e r s i t y o f T h e s s a l y D e p a r t m e n t o f A r c h i t e c t u r e - C o m p l e t i o n s t u d y : 2 0 1 3

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Ground, 2nd
, 4th
floor plan - East elevation (day-night) - Library details

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Scope of the reconstruction is a fenced archaeological dig, a
gap in the city, a rift in time. Soil, weeds and old facades.
A ruined ancient wall separates the excavation in the middle.
On the one west side of the site, stands the ancient wall, which, hidden
as it is under the ground of the sidewalk, it is obvious to only those
standing inside the pit, while on the east side are the remains of two
ancient tombs.
Opposite the ancient wall, a courtyard is designed. In the center
of the yard there is a dug soil in which the rainwater is being gathered
and around which a concrete seat is created. Passing the marble thresh-
old, a concrete walkway leads to the courtyard. On the other half of the
excavation, on the side of the burials, it is designed only the concrete
threshold, and throughout the area of intervention there are sections of
floors with shiny yellow tiles, which mark the space.
LANDSCAPE INTERVENTION ON EXCAVATION SITE IN
THE ANCIENT CITY OF VOLOS
L a n d a r e a : 1 0 4 9 m 2
s u p e r v i s o r : P r o f . T h o e k l i s K a n a r e l i s - Ko s t a s M a n o l i d i s
U n i v e r s i t y o f T h e s s a l y D e p a r t m e n t o f A r c h i t e c t u r e

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Site plan - Sections - Material details (yellow tile - marble - concrete - old stone)

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ORTHODOX CHAPEL OF SAINT ATHANASIUS
WITH BATHS NEXT TO DRAGON HOUSES ON
EUBOEA ISLAND
Sacred and hidden, in everyday life, manifests itself almost
exclusively with bans and boundaries. Identified as the forbidden,
the enclosed the separated. Arises outside the public domain.
Sacred spaces are creating their own homelands, symbols,
laws, small exiles from the public gaze. Expand and diversify the
current and commonly accepted sense of time, place and morality.
Indifferent to social and acceptable regularity of today. They give
shelter to people, sorrows, leftovers, delinquencies, and whatever
regularity cannot afford. Sacred is the delinquency of the quotidian
These spaces are interpreted, understood and applied only
to those who own their own codes. Revealed to those who are
looking for them.
This project concerns the design of one sanctum with bath
next to the ancient structures of dragon houses on the top of mount
Ochi in Euboea island.
L a n d a r e a : 8 2 m 2
U ni versity of Thessaly Department of Ar c hitec tur e

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Α ΑΑ Α
B 0 01 12 24 48 8BC C
Β ΒC C
Section B-B
Section A-A
West ElevationNorth Elevation
Axonometric
Section C-C
N N
Ground Floor Plan Flat Roof Plan
0 1 2 4 8
0 1 2 4 8
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0 1 2 4 8 0 1 2 4 8

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RESIDENCE OF A SINGLE FAMILY IN VOLOS
The studio was about the design of a single
family residence in a given urban plot. Formal, function-
al, technical and social issues related to the architecture
of the house were taken into consideration.
An initial exploration of spatial qualities, ten-
sions and transitions gradually formed the core of a
specific functional arrangement. The question of a
house’s interiority and its conjunction with a demand for
openness and public interaction was strongly addressed
both via the two interiors courtyards and one garden,
which is located in the transitional level of the house’s
threshold. A similar significance was given to the layout
and performance of separate house parts correspond-
ing to particular bodily needs: eating, resting, sanitation,
working space. The materials used were concrete, red
brick and wood.
The ground floor consist of the working room,
located behind the entrance, the living room facing the
patio, one small sanitation area, and finally the kitchen
and the dining room, which are revolving around the
second and more secluded courtyard. The first floor
comprises the three resting areas, one of which could be
used as a guest room, two bathrooms and two terraces,
with the bigger of them being crowned by a wisteria
pergola.
Nevertheless, the entire project seeks to trans-
gress current stylistic inclinations and over-analytical
approaches and penetrate a conception of the house as
a condenser of the being.
L a n d a r e a : 2 4 5 m 2
U ni versity of Thessaly Department of Ar c hitec tur e - C o m p l e t i o n s t u d y : 2 0 1 1

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Ground Floor Plan 1st
Floor Plan
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Α Α
Α ΑN

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Section B-B
Section A-A
Flat Roof Plan
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South Elevation
North Elevation
Exploded Axonometric

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