Naturally Amateurs
Article for Ruimtevolk, May 2014, in collaboration with Ania Molenda. Read the full article at Ruimtevolk. If we are to restore our urban ecosystems and make our cities more ours, …
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Article for Ruimtevolk, May 2014, in collaboration with Ania Molenda. Read the full article at Ruimtevolk. If we are to restore our urban ecosystems and make our cities more ours, …
The troubled history of a key masterwork of one Greece’s most significant post-war modernist architects, Takis Zenetos’ FIX brewery building in Athens, might just be about to have a happy ending. Due to open as the new National Museum of Contemporary Art in March next year, Cristina Ampatzidou traces a tortuous road of disuse, mutilation, delays and lawsuits that have dogged the life of this huge structure.
Interview with Carolyn Steel author of Hungry City for Bettery Magazine, 2012 Both very simple and infinitely complex, food is an extremely powerful factor in our lives. After all, every …
Review at No New Enemies, July 2013 Passionate with chicken while a student, the humble bird was only the start of Giuseppe Licari’s continuous transaction with nature in his art. …
Article at uncube magazine, July 2013 Amsterdam has a new attraction: urban food tourism. Why is the history of culinary culture so important to understanding the city today? Inspired by …
Converting part of an architectural icon into a halfway house for prisoners and ex-cons is not your average brief, but one that Personal Architecture were faced with at the Exodus Cube in Rotterdam. Cristina Ampatzidou talked to the architects and assesses a tricky commission.
Article for Uncube Magazine, March 2013 Apparently in Greece, not everyone appreciates the added quality that architectural design can contribute to living space. In a country where an architect’s title …