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How Athens’ modernist polikatoika came to define its mixed social fabric

How Athens’ modernist polikatoika came to define its mixed social fabric

by rmlfvr | Jul 18, 2020 | Architecture

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...

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