This document summarizes a residential project submitted to the Holcim Awards 2008 competition for sustainable construction. The project proposes a building in Thessaloniki, Greece that combines individual home standards with public urban space to create different places within one building. It aims to be in harmony with the natural, historical, urban and climate environment through designs that minimize waste, carbon emissions, and the building's impact on climate change. The project received a certificate of participation in the Holcim Awards for meeting the competition's criteria on sustainability issues.

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SUBJECT: ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
DOCUMENTATION
- certificate of sustainable by HOLSIM FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINBLE
ATTACH: CONSTRUCTION
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STATEMENT
It is our job to build sustainable constructions. Our aim is to design zero
footprint buildings. We joint New Urbanism and agreed with the Venice chapter for
liveable cities. When practising we use all the recognised design tools for combating
climate change, energy efficiency, pollution and urban sprawl, such as car-free areas,
walkable areas, light rail transportation system, pedestrianization, use of renewable
energy, use of eco-friendly materials, while we take care to minimise the waste and
the carbon emissions. Our recognised work is an evidence for our commitment to
sustainable living.
For and on behalf of
Konstantinos Zabetas
Principal architect U.I.A. – dir.

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Project information
Project data Main author and contact details
City Name mr., Zabetas, Konstantinos
Thessaloniki Alexander, m, 1960
Profession Architect
Country
Greece Organization logoicon
Address Venizelou 40 - Ampelokipi
Type ZIP code 56123
Architecture (housing) City Thessaloniki
Status of planning State North greece
Final design stage Country Greece
Telephone +302310721791
Status of formal Fax +302310721791
permission Email konzabetas@gmail.com
Approved
Website http://kon- architect and environment
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Project description
A residential project to be build in a traditional and law-protected area, in whitch the architectural synthesis compine the standards
of an individual home with the standards of an urban public space. Where the architecture mixed up with urbanism, create different
places in one building. A building in harmony with the natural, historical, urban and climate enviroment.
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Measuring up to the target issues for sustainable construction
[ Self assessment ]
Quantum change and transferability
In first phase the construction, where the building is the sculptural object that is structured by deconstructing the city, in the second
phase the deconstruction, where the city is reconstructing by the deconstruction of the building.For this aim the building has moved
parts thus is transformed constantly with the use of technology.
[ Self assessment ]
Ethical standards and social equity
Apart from the resident, in the planning of building took part and the neighbours that wrote their opinions. Actively participated
and the municipality of Thessaloniki and determined the relation of building with the square. The region is the historical core of city
and the constructional work are overseen by architectural committee.
[ Self assessment ]
Ecological quality and energy conservation
The building cures the climatic shock of his residents. That is the difference between the climate of house and the climate of city.
The city has more heat from the house the summertime and more cold from the house at the winter. The movement from the house
to the city and vise versa causes climatic stres in the residents. This building makes economy in the consumption of energy and it is
friendly with the environment without isolating inside his residents. It makes them feeling comfortably with the climate of
neighborhood and it facilitates them to moving between their house and their city.
[ Self assessment ]
Economic performance and compatibility
The work's manufacture has low budget. This happens because the constructure has been planning with high precision. With the
use of technology of planning and the suitable guidance of contractors they work of manufacture is checked. All works are
forecasted by the plannings and so become the bigger possible economy.
[ Self assessment ]
Contextual and aesthetic impact
The house reverses the relation of internal space with the exterior space. Makes the resident conceive the view of city and the view
of sea as elevations of certain other next buildings.So the resident swhen they are inside and are looking to outside they feels as if
they are outside from the house. The first aesthetics of house is that the residents does not feel his presence when they are inside,
but they feel like being at the open space. On contrary from the outside viewing the presence of house is intense because it looks like
a movie that tells the old histories of city.
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Project visualization
the completed work results from
the holistic planning, where the
building materials are not only
materials
all the following elements that
puzzle the architect then are
transformed in building materials
and they are assembled
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the presence of history reflection on the morphology
morphing of the building concerning the next buildings
the presence of geography healing the climate shock
in unity with the city synthesis follows the place
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6. Certificate of Participation 2008
“From kat-oikia to syn-oikia
residential project”
Thessaloniki, Greece
Author: Mr. Konstantinos Zabetas
We hereby certify that above mentioned The Holcim Awards is an international
project was entered in the Holcim Awards competition of the Holcim Foundation for
competition 2008 in which 4,774 entries Sustainable Construction. The competition
were received. The submission was one of celebrates innovative, future-oriented and
1,875 entries that met the stringent criteria tangible sustainable construction projects
of the competition and was presented to the from around the globe. Projects are assessed
respective regional jury headed by: on the basis of five “target issues”:
a:b = (a+b):a
Europe: Quantum change and transferability Theories of proportion
frequently refer to the
Harry Gugger, Switzerland Ethical standards and social equity golden ratio, considered
North America: Ecological quality and energy conservation by many as divine propor-
Adèle Naudé Santos, USA Economic performance and compatibility tion. We encounter the
golden ratio everywhere –
Latin America: Contextual and aesthetic impact
notably in architecture
José Luis Cortés, Mexico and art. The icosahedron –
Africa Middle East: a twelve-cornered polyhe-
Joe Osae-Addo, Ghana dron – is created by three
equally sized rectangles
Asia Pacific: arranged at right angles
Ashok B Lall, India to each other, sharing a
common centre, and with
an aspect in the golden
ratio. The icosahedron
stands for the objectives
of the Holcim Awards for
Sustainable Construction
because sustainability
always strives for har-
mony – between today
On behalf of the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction, we congratulate you on this and tomorrow, between
resources and consump-
achievement, and thank you for your contribution in promoting sustainable construction – in tion, between needs and
architecture, landscape and urban design, civil and mechanical engineering and related disciplines. opportunities.
Prof. Dr. Hans-Rudolf Schalcher Edward Schwarz
Head of the Technical Competence Center General Manager of the
Holcim Foundation, c/o ETH Zurich Holcim Foundation www.holcimawards.org