Four O’clock Please (Exchange Work)
(Collaboration with Valentina Morandi at USI) Greece has a disproportionate number of micro or small firms that almost half of its workforce is employed by firms with less than 10 employees, which led to a huge performance gap between those firms and large ones which is mainly due to the skill shortage, and it contributed greatly to the low growth of Greece’s economy. To respond, this project is designed for local micro firms, freelancers and also the general public, providing a workspace where knowledge and skills are exchanged, and where the collaborative spirits are encouraged. The project reuses an abandoned Polykatoikía by vertically extending the existing concrete frame using timber structure, which creates a comparison between old and new, heavy and light.