Documentary film presenting the elective course “Architectural Constructions” of the School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, aiming at the design and realization by the students themselves of a small-scale construction in natural scale 1:1. The film features footage of the preparation and construction procedure as well as the final presentation of the construction, during the years 1994-2000. Production: LECAD, Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly.
Dimitris Biris conceived in 1993 the idea of creating a course that would aim at the design and realization of a small-scale construction by the students themselves, in natural scale 1:1. He organized, coordinated and taught the course for 8 consecutive years from 1993 until 2000.
In teaching team of the course participated: Irini Efessiou, Elias Zaharopoulos, Dimitris Papalexopoulos and George Fatseas.
Presented at the exhibition "Tasos Biris - Dimitris Biris: Architecture. Two-way passage between application and teaching".
Organization: Benaki Museum - School of Architecture NTUA - Center of Mediterranean Architecture (CAM), Rectorate Building, NTUA, March 28 - May 8, 2011.
The film features footage from:
Cinematography: Giorgos Papakonstantinou
Editing: Ifigenia Charatsi
Image and sound processing: Nikos Vamvakas, Giorgos kalaouzis, Eleni Pispiri
Laboratory of Environmental Communication and Audiovisual Documentation
Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly.