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