The goal of the project is to establish a structure in the city centre of Karditsa in terms of collective use, which will host functions relevant to food and nutrition, in order to highlight the identity of the city and to develop its special characteristics.
This proposal focuses on the agriculture in the heart of a contemporary Greek provincial city as an extended process of the field. Specifically, when referring to agriculture, the
meaning is not only the agricultural production, but also the production of ideas, behaviors and experiences that derive from this procedure.
meaning is not only the agricultural production, but also the production of ideas, behaviors and experiences that derive from this procedure.
Nutrition and seed bear a political and social identity beyond their literal one. Nowadays, in the developed world, most farmers do not use their existing seeds for next year’s sowing. They have to buy them every year from multinational firms. However, the seed
should be treated as a living organism, not as a product of mechanized process, since
it evolves according to the environmental conditions and humans’ influence.
should be treated as a living organism, not as a product of mechanized process, since
it evolves according to the environmental conditions and humans’ influence.
The whole proposal can be divided into three parts: the reuse of the inactive
building of the Old Electricity Complex in the city center of Karditsa, the relationship
between this building, its existing built environment and the new proposed
construction, as well as the redefining of the in-between public space.
building of the Old Electricity Complex in the city center of Karditsa, the relationship
between this building, its existing built environment and the new proposed
construction, as well as the redefining of the in-between public space.
The establishment of a Municipal Bank of Traditional and Unmodified Seeds
accompanied by a Municipal Processor of fruit and vegetables in the Old Electricity Complex is an effort inextricably linked with the physiognomy of the site and its
people, serving the collective imaginary and reconstituting the Municipal Market Square.
accompanied by a Municipal Processor of fruit and vegetables in the Old Electricity Complex is an effort inextricably linked with the physiognomy of the site and its
people, serving the collective imaginary and reconstituting the Municipal Market Square.
