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Detergent factory in Athens

T.Ch. Zenetos, M.Ch. Apostolidis

Information

Category

Industry

Completion Year

1970

Project Address

Athens

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low res — General view of the factory (phase one). From right to left: storage of raw materials, production, packaging, storage of finished goods, administration.

General view of the factory (phase one). From right to left: storage of raw materials, production, packaging, storage of finished goods, administration.

low res — Existing chapel.

Existing chapel.

low res — Soap division.

Soap division.

low res — The "tower".

The "tower".

low res — Administration-laboratories. The construction of brise-soleil is not completed.

Administration-laboratories. The construction of brise-soleil is not completed.

low res — Side view. The metal lattice of the facades receives transparent, translucent or opaque filling elements, depending on the needs of each sector.

Side view. The metal lattice of the facades receives transparent, translucent or opaque filling elements, depending on the needs of each sector.

low res — Plan.

Plan.

low res — Plan. Functions. 4. Storage of raw materials, 5. Detergents tower, 6. Soap division, 7. Final stages of production packaging, 8. Printing section-container department, art studio, 9. Storage of finished goods, 10. Administration, 11. Control, weighing mach

Plan. Functions. 4. Storage of raw materials, 5. Detergents tower, 6. Soap division, 7. Final stages of production packaging, 8. Printing section-container department, art studio, 9. Storage of finished goods, 10. Administration, 11. Control, weighing mach

low res — East elevation.

East elevation.

low res — South elevation. Sun protection is provided by prestressed concrete brise-soleil, placed in more or less dense patterns, according to the orientation of every facade.

South elevation. Sun protection is provided by prestressed concrete brise-soleil, placed in more or less dense patterns, according to the orientation of every facade.

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Description

The factory consists mainly of a Iarge detergent-producing plant, but the same building also houses a soap division, a printing-packaging section and the admirustration offices. The layout allows for the future extension of every sector separately and in stages.

Text from the magazine: «architecture in Greece» Νο 4, 1970.

Contributors

Architect

Takis Zenetos, M. Ch Apostolidis

Civil engineer

Socrates Angelidis

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1970

The British Embassy in Athens

E. Bedford, associate architects: J. Antoniadis, E. Vassilia