04/04/2026
ATHENS P4ARCHITECTURE WORSKHOP
Converting two old warehouses to an architecture studio
“When you’re in the studio painting, there are a lot of people in there with you - your teachers, friends, painters from history, critics [...] and one by one if you’re really painting, they walk out. And at the end, if you’re really painting you walk out too.”
Philip Guston
Unifying and converting two old shops into architectural office posed an exceptionally challenging task. This challenge arose from our desire for the resulting space structure to reflect and crystallize the working methods and compositional methodology we follow (or at least the one we aspire to follow).
In terms of spatial arrangement, the architectural office is organized into three levels. At the underground level, a subterranean and uncanny realm, we find the model/fabrication workshop and the material/texture library.
On the upper level, bathed in natural light and transparency, a linear table accommodates the necessary computers and design tools for the drawing and visual procustion.
The two realms mentioned above converge, shape-shift, and evolve on the ground level, directly connecting with the city. The prototypes, sketches, and diagrams unite and become the basis for daily discussions on the development of projects and the ideas that occupy our minds.
A slanted wooden theater brings together all the levels and separates the “square” of composition from the auxiliary and storage spaces of the office.
Photographs: Antonis Sarris