The studio course focuses on a landscape, rich in
thermal mineral springs, at a remote mountainous area of the Prefecture of
Xanthi, near the borders between Greece and Bulgaria. The study area is on the
verge of a small settlement, a place with important geographical and historical
particularities. The site will become a kind of platform to devise structures
and also the physical context for analysis, programming, and design of special
facilities. A key aim of the design studio, consist the concept of an holistic
integration of architecture into the specific natural environment
associated with the existence of thermal mineral springs in the area.
Facilities: thermal spa facilities, spa, etc. along with accommodation and
ancillary facilities should be developed so as to operate with relative
autonomy, yet at the same time be perceived as a unique whole and as a
context, flexible to create interactive relationships and open passages into a
direct relationship with the landscape . So the design of the building
construction demands a gradual "dilution" to the landscape and
its transformation into a walk‐ passage.