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Cubes Aleorion Latarnia Morska by Vasilis Mylonas

Cubes Aleorion Latarnia Morska by Vasilis Mylonas is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Brązowa Nagroda A' Design Award in Projektowanie Architektury, Budynków i Konstrukcji Competition Category.


BrązowaArchitektura· 2022

Cubes Aleorion Latarnia Morska

by Vasilis Mylonas

Client: bo.M Design Studio

Brązowa Nagroda A' Design Award Winner in Architektura Category

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The Design

About Cubes Aleorion Latarnia Morska

Cubes Aleorion to koncepcyjna latarnia morska, która została opracowana dla krawędzi falochronu portu morskiego Volos w Grecji. Wieża latarni morskiej składa się z betonowych bloków w kształcie sześcianu ułożonych jeden na drugim, stopniowo przesuwanych ze środka, różniących się rozmiarem i wycinanych na różne sposoby, tworząc wewnętrzne puste przestrzenie, w których znajdują się schody prowadzące na szczyt. Otwory na każdym poziomie przedstawiają różne perspektywy miasta, portu, zatoki i przeciwległego wybrzeża. Odsłonięta, całkowicie betonowa konstrukcja nawiązuje do materialności miejskiego portu, brukowanego falochronu i miejskiego otoczenia.

The Recognition

About the Brązowa Nagroda A' Design Award

Cubes Aleorion Latarnia Morska to laureat Brązowej Nagrody A' Design Award, wysoce prestiżowego wyróżnienia przyznawanego znakomitym projektom wyróżniającym się kreatywnością, pomysłowością i przenikliwością. Laureaci Brązowej Nagrody to w pełni utalentowane i uderzająco twórcze artefakty, które poświadczają ogromne doświadczenie, wyobraźnię i zaradność ich twórców. Cubes Aleorion Latarnia Morska ma być wysoko cenionym, podziwianym i drogim sercu przedmiotem, który jest wyjątkowo profesjonalny i innowacyjny. Ten projekt nagrodzony Brązową Nagrodą A' Design Award łączy najlepsze praktyki w sztuce, nauce, designie i technologii oraz jest doskonały dzięki dbałości o szczegóły. Cubes Aleorion Latarnia Morska znakomicie zaspokaja potrzeby, porusza pragnienia, czaruje uczucia i przemawia do ciekawości.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The Cubes Aleorion is a proposal for a new lighthouse for the port of Volos, Greece. A tower is formed by cube shaped all concrete blocks that are placed upon each other, are horizontally slightly shifted off center and are cut out in various ways, creating internal voids that house the stairway to the top. It is a modern interpretation of the so called Aleorion of Xerxes, originally built around 480 BC in the middle of the sea passage between Skiathos island and mount Pelion in central Greece.
Dimensions & Packaging
Design concept was developed on the basis of cube shaped concrete blocks placed upon each other, forming a 14.25m tower.
Tags
lighthouse, concrete, brutalism, observatory, port, greece
Production Technology
Cubes Aleorion design concept was developed on the basis of cube shaped concrete blocks placed upon each other. The blocks are horizontally shifted around the main vertical axis, gradually differentiate in size and finally are cut out in various ways, creating internal voids and openings. Inside the hollow space created, the stairway to the top is being placed. The exposed all-concrete lighthouse structure echoes the materiality of the port breakwater and the urban character of the surroundings.
Design Challenge
The real challenge was to create ana architectural form that respects various factors at the same time, such the landmark position of the lighthouse at the entry of the city port, the materiallity and aesthetics of the urban enviroment and the long history roots of the city and the port itself and the character of a maritime nation sailing the Mediterranean for thousand of years.
Research
The research spanned almost the whole naval history of Greece and finally found inspiration at the most ancient maritime safety structure in the world that once stood on the reef Lefteris, in the middle of the sea passage between Skiathos island and mount Pelion in central Greece
Inspiration
The project was inspired by the so called Aleorion of Xerxes, built around 480 BC and once stood on the reef Lefteris of the Aegean Sea, Greece. It is considered as the most ancient maritime safety structure in the world, built 250 years before the Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Dolomite stones, used for the construction of the lighthouse were placed on top of each other forming a tower that functioned as a warning sign of the reef and the nearby very shallow waters.
Project Duration
Cubes Aleorion location is the port of Volos, Greece
Operation Flow
The vertical circulation, besides a necessity for technical and maintenance purposes, serves as an open invitation to visitors to explore the structure and enjoy the view. Each level frames a different viewpoint of the bay, thus creating new perspectives of the city, the port, the sea and opposite coast of the Pagasetic Gulf. The casual walk on the paved breakwater is enriched with a new end-destination, encouraging the extension of the city waterfront promenade onto the sea. A new landmark of the port and the city is born.
Image Credits
Image #1: Creator Vasilis Mylonas, Cubes Aleorion 01, 2021.
Image #2: Creator Vasilis Mylonas, Cubes Aleorion 02, 2021.
Image #3: Creator Vasilis Mylonas, Cubes Aleorion 03, 2021.
Image #4: Creator Vasilis Mylonas, Cubes Aleorion 04, 2021.
Image #5: Creator Vasilis Mylonas, Cubes Aleorion 05, 2021.

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