The metal structures lost their distinct quality when technology imposed the electric welding. The use of curved nails at the joining metal parts characterizes important metal samples of a long period in the development of architectural and industrial design. Today the electric welding at metal has been executed from the shops – workshops of jewellery as non appropriate material for the trend of the kind. Our office attempted to design a jewellery shop with the metal parts as the dominant choice connected with nails. In contrast to the size of jewellery large double T sections of metal beams were chosen, in an “excessive” scale for the data sizes. The whole space was configured by metal structures nailed together, apart from a small part of the shop which was dressed by a stainless steel synthesis created by the sculptor George Houliaras.
THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEWS OF THE STORE
CHAIN OF JEWELRY RETAIL STORES, (ARMANDOS MOUSTAKI)
SITE: KIFISSIA, ATHENS
YEAR: 1980
COMMISSION BY: ARMANDOS MOUSTAKI
ARCHITECTURAL TEAM:
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN & SUPERVISION / GIORGOS TRIANTAFYLLOU & PARTNERS
GIORGOS TRIANTAFYLLOU, NIKOS MOIRAS architects
GIANNIS IOANNIDIS designer
ARTIST: GEORGE HOULIARAS