Dr Thanos Zartaloudis from Kent Law School has contributed to an innovative beach accommodation project in Greece.
The project, entitled Mechanism of Suspension, includes an alternative legislative framework opposing privatisation of the coast and facilitating free, communal use. The project was commissioned by Greek Architect Yannis Aesopos for inclusion in the 14th International Architecture Exhibition curated by the internationally renowned architect, Rem Koolhaas. It required the design of a tourist accommodation unit in an idyllic, non-existent coastal landscape.
Dr Zartaloudis said: ‘In this project we asked: How can we expose the limits – economic, legal and social – of the ruthless exploitation and privatisation of natural resources and commons that the current economy, legal provision and way of life enforce? We proposed, through an experimental interaction of law, design and architecture, an affirmative architectural practice along with an alternative legislative framework in support of the free access to and use of the commons.’
Mechanism of Suspension is being exhibited at the International Architecture Exhibition in Venice until the end of November 2014.
For more information, contact Andrea Shieber.