• Project: Design Competition
  • Location: Psychiko | Athens
  • Completion: 2018

Psychiko | Embassy Office Building

" An embassy building is a separate body of a small community in another and so its’ design should be treated"

The aim was to combine monolithic and strict lines and solid volumes for such a use of building, adding the new trends of contemporary architecture, energy saving design, plus the balance of a building in its natural environment.

Internally we searched for the easy perception of functions and directions, the spacious feeling of perspective and clean lines. We designed an extroverted shell, highlighting the social character of the use, accompanied with ecological approach and environmentally friendly outfit. We picked up and brought out the different function blocks, together with the partly necessary privacy that an embassy needs in a foreign environment....

Building data
In a plot of land of 1700 sm we designed a three-story building of 1450 sm main surface + 1250 sm of basement auxiliary surface.
The main area is divided in sectors.
The main Office sector (gathered in the left part block, in three floors), the administrative Office sector (gathered in the right part, in two floors), the auxiliary Office sector (gathered in the right part, in two floors), the visitors sector (gathered in the right part, in two floors).
These sectors additionally provide the following capacities of 700 sm office space + 265 sm aux. office space, that can host 100 to 125 employees.
The Parking area provides 3 spots outside the building, 20 parking spots in the first and second basement.