The classical history of Athens, with its ideas about home, place, and contingency, is rarely brought to bear on the ecological and economic problems of the modern metropolis. Instead of adding to contemporary nostalgia, however, the project uses Athens history as inspiration for a self-sufficient, temporary Olympic village, which does not add to the citys overstock of housing, nor drain its overextended resources.

Plan, Farilon Coast, Central Athens, 2004

After the games, the well-appointed rooms follow the paths of triremes to the harbors and inlets of the Aegean islands, becoming a moving stock of tourist housing whose shifts accommodate the seasonal changes in travel patterns, providing temporary relief to local resources. The idea follows Themostocles’ advice, given in Thucidydes’ account of the Pelloponnesian war; “if ever [Athenians] should be hard-pressed on land, they should take to their ships.”

Island Housing, 2004—

_Winner, Han Heun Kim Prize, UIA 2002 International Competition “Architecture + Water”