Athens Pharmacy

Commercial | Exarcheia | 2020

Athens Pharmacy

Location
Exarcheia, Athens
Year
2020
Status
Completed
Programme
Pharmacy, one room
Gross area
68 m²
Structure
Existing shell, new rooflight
Materials
Birch ply, terrazzo, brass
Contractor
Pavlos Skondras
Photography
Ariadni Roussou

One room, 68 m², with a single rooflight cut into the slab above the counter. The shelving is the wall — 2.9 metres of birch ply on three sides, made by our own carpenter over five weeks.

The pharmacist wanted a shop that did not look like a shop. We removed the signage from the glass and put the name on the floor at the threshold instead.

Athens Pharmacy, general view

The counter is a single piece of terrazzo, 3.2 metres long, cast on site because it would not go through the door.

It is the smallest project we have built and the one we are asked about most.

Athens Pharmacy, detail
Athens Pharmacy, detail
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