AZ Awards 2021 Finalist: Dexamenes - AZ Awards

People’s Choice: Adaptive Re-Use

AZ Awards 2021 Finalist: Dexamenes

The Dexamenes plant, once a bustling producer of currant wine, was built on the Peloponnese coastline so ships could easily dock beside it and load up from one of 20 concrete tanks.

Year: 2021
Location: Kourouta, Greece
Firm: K-Studio, Greece
Photos: Claus Brechenmacher and Reiner Baumann (BREBA)
Category: Adaptive Re-Use

The Dexamenes plant, once a bustling producer of currant wine, was built on the Peloponnese coastline so ships could easily dock beside it and load up from one of 20 concrete tanks. Today, thanks to the work of Athens firm K-Studio — which went to great lengths to preserve the structures’ manholes, pipes and patinated concrete — those tanks have been transformed into hotel rooms outfitted with metal light fixtures, touches of wood and terrazzo and sliding windows overlooking the sea.

In a courtyard pond, set between two rows of guest rooms, they’ve even embraced the pair of existing fermentation drums as massive sculptural installations and artifacts from the building’s past.

Team Dimitris Karampatakis, Marivenia Chiotopoulou, Giorgos Mitrogiorgis, Dimitris Sotiropoulos, Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Christina Stamouli and Thomai Christopoulou

People’s Choice: Adaptive Re-Use

AZ Awards 2021 Finalist: Dexamenes

The Dexamenes plant, once a bustling producer of currant wine, was built on the Peloponnese coastline so ships could easily dock beside it and load up from one of 20 concrete tanks.

Year: 2021
Location: Kourouta, Greece
Firm: K-Studio, Greece
Photos: Claus Brechenmacher and Reiner Baumann (BREBA)
Category: Adaptive Re-Use

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