GLASS FOR FACADE 2022

GLASS FOR FAÇADE - EDITION 2022 - 25 24 - GLASS FOR FAÇADE - EDITION 2022 Architect Rena Sakellaridou realised the eLement office building in the Athens suburb of Marousi in 2022. The property, surrounded by roads on three sides, is bordered by residential houses to the west and an olive grove to the East. A building already existed in the middle of the site, so the new building needed to enclose it in an L-form. A shared courtyard includes a glass pavilion with a restaurant, a Mediterranean garden and a wide, dynamically shaped path that crosses the eLement office building and creates a connection between the main and rear roadways. A glass structure covered with a sweeping, overhanging exposed concrete roof guides arrivals to the main building. This four-to five- storey building opens up towards the courtyard in a light and ethereal manner. The architect’s basic idea was that the canopies, or projecting floor slabs, “with their sharp corners and soft curves fly, in their continuous movement from floor to floor”. In keeping with this concept, the façades have a transparent design throughout – floor-to-ceiling panes of Saint-Gobain COOL-LITE® XTREME 70/33 II solar control coating, which provide optimal solar protection under even extreme UV conditions, are used. STADIP SILENCE® laminated safety glass provides effective sound insulation against the busy main road. For street-facing elevations, i.e. to the East and South, Rena Sakellaridou inserted a layer of vertical, movable aluminium louvres in front of the glass façade. These filter light while giving a sense of vibrancy to the building’s exterior. In addition to the courtyard, green roof terraces on level 4 and the roof of the pavilion also offer high- quality functional spaces. The LEED Platinum-certified eLement has a total floor area of 13,000 m² and features flexible, rentable office units. OFFICES eLement DYNAMIC PERSPECTIVES IN CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT FROM FLOOR TO FLOOR Location Marousi, Athens, GR Architect Rena Sakellaridou SPARCH P.C. Glass processor MITROGIANNIS-TSIAMAS Façade maker Technikal Photos ©Yiorgis Yerolymbos Certifications First Prize, Invited Architectural Competition, LEED Platinum