Settlements, built in fortified arrangement in Greece: from the medieval Aegean Sea to Mani region

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Παυλόπουλος Μπάμπης
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This is an amazing walk next to wall-houses, high towers, inseparable building fronts, narrow cobbled streets, vaulted passages, fortified gates, and pirate raids. A walk in the today whitewashed, medieval Aegean Sea settlements, a walk in heavy fortified Maniot settlements, a walk, passing of some of the most beautiful places in Greece. This is a walk next to war, next to battles and sieges, finally next to the eternal need of people to protect themselves against of any external enemy. The public or collective defense is our subject, and the architecture that was born in the Greek area, when the participation of the buildings took the place of the most organic element of the fortifications and defense. Small traditional settlements and their history that managed to survive until today in their authentic form are presented, as well as the memory of some others, which did not manage to, just surviving into the book pages or the computer files. Certainly, and first of all, this is also a...

Exploring Continuity in Secular and Domestic Architecture of Athens through 5000 Years of History

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Skartsis Labros S.
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Historical studies on the appearance of Greek secular buildings, common houses, streets and neighborhoods, are rather limited compared to those for religious or monumental structures, due to the relative lack of archaeological evidence. This is very much the case for Athens, one of the oldest cities in the world. Utilizing a large number of sources, we review such aspects of the city through the millennia of its history. Based on this, a case is presented, regarding a remarkable continuity of the city’s cultural expression, through the character of its urban environment.

Η Αρχιτεκτονική ως Πράξη

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Κουζέλης Αθανάσιος
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Το βιβλίο παρουσιάζει την εξέλιξη της αρχιτεκτονικής μέσα από μια πραξεολογική θεώρηση. Αποκαλύπτει τους γνώμονες μέσω των οποίων επετεύχθη η οργάνωση και η πραγματοποίηση του αρχιτεκτονικού έργου σε όλες τις φάσεις της ιστορικής εξέλιξης της αρχιτεκτονικής πράξης (από την εμπειρική έως και την τεχνολογική).