Architecture
How Athens’ modernist polikatoika came to define its mixed social fabric
Adapted from one of Le Corbusier’s frameworks, the Dom-Ino system, the polikatoikia are Athens’ ubiquitous apartment blocks, built from the 1950s to the1980s. Simple principles for good living Remarkably, they helped the Greek capital to achieve high levels of social mixing thanks to a few key decisions: solid overall construction Read more…