Biomedical Research Foundation
of the Academy of Athens

Athens, Greece

Architects
A. Kotsiopoulos
(phase a) N. Arvanitopoulou, D. Daki, G. Horozoglou, V. Karalazos, E. Spartsi
(phase b) M. Papanikolaou, I. Sakellaridou
(phase c) Ph. Lambrinos, A. Economidou

K-Architects (phase d)
A. Kotsiopoulos, E. Zoumboulidou, A. Panou
E. Chalkiopoulou

Consultants
D. Demiri, S. Hatzikokkoli

Civil engineers
P. Panagiotopoulos E. Koltsakis, K. Kontoyiannis, C. Bisbos, A. Mystakidis,
O. Panagouli, I. Poulios, E. Sakellariadou, P. Zervas, G. Nikolaidis

E/M engineers
K. Bouzakis, A. Stergiannis, I. Tselepidis

Photos by D. Kalapodas, B. Louizidis, A. Kotsiopoulos

total built area
26.000 sqm

design
1991 - 1999 (phase a -c)
2000 - 2001 (phase d)

construction
1994 - 2002

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The Foundation is comprised of Research Centres (Basic Research, Experimental Surgery, Clinical Research, Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases, Transplantation, Preventive Medicine, and Environmental Health) and other facilities (animal house, auditorium, library, administration, recreation, garage, etc.) with a total built area of 26,000 sqm. This large complex follows – as in the case of the Akrotiri campus building - the type of a cloister with strong external barriers and an internal triangle court with arcades. The exterior wall of the complex is characterized by its sandstone surface and the small openings, as opposed to the interior, which is marked by the large arcades of white marble. There is a series of architectural manipulations in that complex, concerned mainly with the particular identity of each main part of the building complex, that is the library, the entrance and administration tower, and the three research wings as well as with the variety of the materials used, which make it the most expressionistic of all the buildings presented here.

Publications

  • Proceedings of the XVIII International Conference of IPHS – UIA, Designing for Health and Good Life in the Threshold of the 21st Century, pp 55-64  

  • KTIRIO 129, October 2000

  • Foundation for Biomedical Research-the Academy of Athens, edited by the Academy of Athens 2000, 2002 (in Greek) 2001 (in English)

  • Α. Giakoumakatos, Architecture and Criticism, Nepheli 2001, p. 75

  • Bulletin of Civil Engineers Association of Greece, No 286, May 2001

  • Architecture in Greece, 36 (issue specialized on A.Kotsiopoulos’ work on university buildings) / 2002

  • A. Giakoumakatos, “city and knowledge: university buildings and urban tissue” in: Architecture in Greece, 36, 2002, pp 58 - 64

  • KTIRIO 149, Feb 2003,  pp 109

  • Architectural Work in Greece, edited by KTIRIO, 2003, pp38-43

  • G. P. Lavvas, A Concise History of Architecture, University Studio Press, 2002, p. 410.

  • A. Giakoumakatos, History of Hellenic Architecture: the 20th Century, Nepheli 2003, p 118

  • Mauve, December 2004-January 2005, pp. 46-49

  • Proceedings of the Pan-Regional Conference -  International Hospital Federation ‘Towards the Smart Hospital’, Thessaloniki 2004 (under publication)