Factory Outlet building near Athens Intl Airport by Aeter
Normally, one does not associate an outlet building with architecture. Or design. Or both. But the greek firm AETER , with Harry Bougadelis at its helm, managed to change that.
The building of the Factory Outlet chain sits right opposite the main complex of the Athens International Airport. While this clothing chain's previous buildings were not your everyday building blocks used for such places, their latest one upped the ante a lot.
Designed on the outside with curved lines following different tracks for each level, the façades seem to be different slabs of metal carelessly thrown one on top of the other - their deliberate mismatch giving the building its unique look.
The material used is a specially curved sandwich panel, the Waveline, made by the Greek company Corus: the panels are made in their factory in Greece, then sent to Holland for curving. The back of the building though is not curved - straight lines and angles set the tone here.
If you're visiting Athens, it is not easy to miss this - you see it on your right hand when leaving the airport either by car or train.
Presently I am an architecture student at the London South Bank University in the United Kingdom and I am very interested in the design of this building and I am using it as the precedent for my final third year project.
I am humbly requesting some information about the building concept and possible sustainable factors which influence the design.
Posted by: Kevin Roy | April 23, 2008 at 11:23 PM
really nice looks
Posted by: pawan malani | September 16, 2009 at 08:31 AM