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Beschreibung

Athens as a Project is an interdisciplinary publication at the intersection between architecture and photography with a wider reference to contemporary art and urban history. With a particular focus on current metropolitan phenomena and the transformation of cities, it presents the findings of decade-long research project conducted by Platon Issaias on Athens and the specifics of Greece's urban environments that contribute to broader a discussion of the complex politics of urban development in the Mediterranean and the Global South. Partnering with photographer Yiorgis Yerolymbos, Issaias offers original and unique perspectives on the city of Athens, its architecture, recent history, and contemporary life. Texts, architectural drawings and photographs form an Atlas of Athens encompassing exemplary projects, atmospheres and everyday practicesthat go beyond the effects of the economic crisis of the 2010s and the ongoing pandemic.

PLATON ISSAIAS (*1984, Athens) is Head of Projective Cities, an MPhil programme in Architecture and Urban Design at the Architectural Association. He is a founding member of Fatura Collaborative, a research and design collective established in 2009.

YIORGIS YEROLYMBOS (*1973, Paris) studied photography and architecture in Greece and the UK. His photography has been published internationally. Most notably, he captured the ten-year development of Renzo Piano's Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, in the stunning photographic essay Orthographs.

Athens as a Project is an interdisciplinary publication at the intersection between architecture and photography with a wider reference to contemporary art and urban history. With a particular focus on current metropolitan phenomena and the transformation of cities, it presents the findings of decade-long research project conducted by Platon Issaias on Athens and the specifics of Greece's urban environments that contribute to broader a discussion of the complex politics of urban development in the Mediterranean and the Global South. Partnering with photographer Yiorgis Yerolymbos, Issaias offers original and unique perspectives on the city of Athens, its architecture, recent history, and contemporary life. Texts, architectural drawings and photographs form an Atlas of Athens encompassing exemplary projects, atmospheres and everyday practicesthat go beyond the effects of the economic crisis of the 2010s and the ongoing pandemic.

PLATON ISSAIAS (*1984, Athens) is Head of Projective Cities, an MPhil programme in Architecture and Urban Design at the Architectural Association. He is a founding member of Fatura Collaborative, a research and design collective established in 2009.

YIORGIS YEROLYMBOS (*1973, Paris) studied photography and architecture in Greece and the UK. His photography has been published internationally. Most notably, he captured the ten-year development of Renzo Piano's Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, in the stunning photographic essay Orthographs.

Zusammenfassung
Athens as a Project is an interdisciplinary publication at the intersection between architecture and photography with a wider reference to contemporary art and urban history. With a particular focus on current metropolitan phenomena and the transformation of cities, it presents the findings of decade-long research project conducted by Platon Issaias on Athens and the specifics of Greece's urban environments that contribute to broader a discussion of the complex politics of urban development in the Mediterranean and the Global South. Partnering with photographer Yiorgis Yerolymbos, Issaias offers original and unique perspectives on the city of Athens, its architecture, recent history, and contemporary life. Texts, architectural drawings and photographs form an Atlas of Athens encompassing exemplary projects, atmospheres and everyday practicesthat go beyond the effects of the economic crisis of the 2010s and the ongoing pandemic.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Architektur
Medium: Buch
Reihe: Architektur (Hatje Cantz Verlag)
Inhalt: 208 S.
200 Fotos
ISBN-13: 9783775751964
ISBN-10: 3775751963
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 0005196
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Issaias, Platon
Kamera: Yerolymbos, Yiorgis
Fotograph: Yerolymbos, Yiorgis
Illustrator: Yiorgis Yerolymbos
Hersteller: Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: HATJE CANTZ VERLAG GmbH, Mommsenstr. 27, D-10629 Berlin, contact@hatjecantz.de
Abbildungen: 200 Fotos
Maße: 169 x 240 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Platon Issaias
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.04.2026
Gewicht: 0,628 kg
Artikel-ID: 121525450