180 Pireos is a vibrant new retail centre on Athen’s Pireos Street located on a main route halfway between the Acropolis and the ancient Port. The design provides 25,000sqm of retail and leisure space over 4 floors with panoramic restaurant terraces, with views towards the Parthenon, beneath a fully retractable 55m span roof. The simple axial atrium layout is criss-crossed with illuminated bridges creating a dramatic internal flow of space.
The interior concept expands on the architectural concept of a ‘forest’, with the ‘interior’ engaging the sense of openness, space and simplicity within the forest clearing. There are uplifting views of the impressive spanning canopy which can be opened to the sky. The canopy will be further enhanced at night by projections of dappled light, an inference to the natural tree canopy.
The translation of the concept is illustrated with use of neutral finishes. These include pietre and basalt grey flooring, oak ceiling planks set within a white plaster board ceiling, oak cladding to escalator bases, simple glass balustrades with stainless steel rail and cream reconstituted stone bases to the shop facades. This overall use of finishes provides a neutral back drop to the bold illuminated orange bridges that cross the atrium on 1st and 2nd floors. The 2nd floor mall area is ‘open’ to the sky and this level is dedicated to restaurants whose facades are clad in Iroko planks. The 2nd floor will evoke a sense of ‘outside’ regardless of an open or closed canopy.
On each level there are opportunities to display texture of flora and fauna with custom-built planters in considered locations throughout. The largest planter is located at the base of the atrium together with a water feature of both jets and an infinity pool.
The interior concept expands on the architectural concept of a ‘forest’, with the ‘interior’ engaging the sense of openness, space and simplicity within the forest clearing. There are uplifting views of the impressive spanning canopy which can be opened to the sky. The canopy will be further enhanced at night by projections of dappled light, an inference to the natural tree canopy.
The translation of the concept is illustrated with use of neutral finishes. These include pietre and basalt grey flooring, oak ceiling planks set within a white plaster board ceiling, oak cladding to escalator bases, simple glass balustrades with stainless steel rail and cream reconstituted stone bases to the shop facades. This overall use of finishes provides a neutral back drop to the bold illuminated orange bridges that cross the atrium on 1st and 2nd floors. The 2nd floor mall area is ‘open’ to the sky and this level is dedicated to restaurants whose facades are clad in Iroko planks. The 2nd floor will evoke a sense of ‘outside’ regardless of an open or closed canopy.
On each level there are opportunities to display texture of flora and fauna with custom-built planters in considered locations throughout. The largest planter is located at the base of the atrium together with a water feature of both jets and an infinity pool.
