Architectural Design “Ostraco in finda stone” Rhodes
The house shown in the original photo located in Rhodes has a special story of inspiration. It is worth mentioning some features that led me to it.
The old castle-state of Rhodes was built with a special stone that in Rhodes is called “Fida stone”. This stone is durable but also “soft”, a fact that gave and still gives the Architects, the master craftsmen, and the craftsmen an easy possibility of use and construction. Its color as well as its surface has given us this extraordinary effect of the city’s visual.
– On my first visit to the site in question, I noticed that it was of great beauty and quite pristine back then (1997). What particularly struck me during my research was that the ground was strewn with thousands of shells and their fossils. So the basic inspiration began to sculpt, to design, another shell, within this homely environment. Quoting my idea I created some initial sketches which I presented and they were immediately accepted. This is how the “Shell in the fida stone” was created. It is worth mentioning that all the drawings were made in a classic drawing board by hand and with a pencil.
The old castle-state of Rhodes was built with a special stone that in Rhodes is called “Fida stone”. This stone is durable but also “soft”, a fact that gave and still gives the Architects, the master craftsmen, and the craftsmen an easy possibility of use and construction. Its color as well as its surface has given us this extraordinary effect of the city’s visual.
– On my first visit to the site in question, I noticed that it was of great beauty and quite pristine back then (1997). What particularly struck me during my research was that the ground was strewn with thousands of shells and their fossils. So the basic inspiration began to sculpt, to design, another shell, within this homely environment. Quoting my idea I created some initial sketches which I presented and they were immediately accepted. This is how the “Shell in the fida stone” was created. It is worth mentioning that all the drawings were made in a classic drawing board by hand and with a pencil.
Το σπίτι που φαίνεται στην αρχική φωτογραφία που βρίσκεται στη Ρόδο έχει μια ιδιαίτερη ιστορία έμπνευσης. Αξίζει να αναφέρω κάποια χαρακτηριστικά που με οδήγησαν σε αυτό.
Το παλιό κάστρο-κράτος της Ρόδου χτίστηκε με μια ειδική πέτρα που στη Ρόδο ονομάζεται «πέτρα Φίντα». Η πέτρα αυτή είναι ανθεκτική αλλά και «μαλακή», γεγονός που έδωσε και δίνει στους Αρχιτέκτονες, τους αρχιμαστόρους και τους τεχνίτες εύκολη δυνατότητα χρήσης και κατασκευής. Το χρώμα του καθώς και η επιφάνειά του μας έχουν δώσει αυτό το εξαιρετικό αποτέλεσμα της οπτικής της πόλης.
– Στην πρώτη μου επίσκεψη στην εν λόγω τοποθεσία, παρατήρησα ότι ήταν εξαιρετικής ομορφιάς και αρκετά παρθένα τότε (1997). Αυτό που με εντυπωσίασε ιδιαίτερα κατά τη διάρκεια της έρευνάς μου ήταν ότι το έδαφος ήταν διάσπαρτο με χιλιάδες όστρακα και τα απολιθώματα τους. Έτσι η βασική έμπνευση άρχισε να σμιλεύει, να σχεδιάζει ένα άλλο κοχύλι, μέσα σε αυτό το σπιτικό περιβάλλον. Παραθέτοντας την ιδέα μου δημιούργησα κάποια αρχικά σκίτσα τα οποία παρουσίασα και έγιναν αμέσως δεκτά. Έτσι δημιουργήθηκε το «Κοχύλι στην πέτρα της φίδας». Αξίζει να αναφέρουμε ότι όλα τα σχέδια έγιναν σε κλασικό πίνακα σχεδίασης στο χέρι και με μολύβι.
Architectural Design
Costas Gontas
Date
December 11, 2022
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