Within the energy and nutritional cycle of habitation, the living body itself is a by-product of the metabolic process. The “TRIARI” is the elementary habitat of a small group of residents. Its construction reduces the energy and metabolic infrastructures to elements that structure the living space. The gas cylinders and oil cans become the replaceable columns that support the construction. The load-bearing and movable elements change but the habitat remains stable. Two or three residents and one stranger are accommodated. From a typological point of view, the unit is a variation of the typical triari of the apartment building. The critical volume of the unit is 6.6 cubic meters. The corresponding volume of a typical triari exceeds 200 cubic meters. The “Triaria” can be integrated into empty apartments, industrial spaces and covered public territories that have lost their old functional destinations. An unfavorable manifestation of the crisis in Greece is the inability of many households to cope financially and remain connected to the networks of the commons (water, energy, food). A.M.O.K. offers the possibility – and symbolically indicates it – of residents to reside in the construction, within empty urban spaces, without being connected to the expensive infrastructure networks of the city. On the first day of the exhibition, a performance of the “Triaria” was held.
Design: Zisis Kotionis
Performance: Kostis Ktistakis, Ioanna Xydi, Aliki Samara
Traffic consultant: P. Apergi