“MIRROR” is the upcoming residential project in Marousi by GConstructions team and partners, designed by Fotis Gazepidis and Anna Chatziioannou.
THE DESIGN CONCEPT
The plot selection and building design took into consideration two main factors:
Location’s features and potential
Plot’s shape
The design concept is affected by commercial factors. The area is under development in a location that guarantees high revenue in the long term, thus it is not chosen randomly by all serious property management companies. It is mainly addressed to young people with high income and lack of time who desire to have all the amenities within a short distance. Moreover, it is considered a good Airbnb spot due to all the points of interest that are mentioned below.
Small to normal size apartments were decided as the best commercial option, while at the same time, the plot shape allowed for a very interesting design concept. Because of the two opposite identical faces to pedestrian streets, the building is designed to function both ways.
Each side appears as a reflected duplicate of the other that appears almost identical, but it is reversed in the direction perpendicular to each other like a mirror image. That is where the name “MIRROR’ came from.
DESCRIPTION
Each side consists of three properties in a column (six properties in total). The columns are connected by a communal staircase with a lift that stops on every single level. Internally, apartments have been designed very efficiently, with such space distribution that satisfies potential buyers for bigger properties. All rooms have openings and access to balconies while the majority of outdoor sqm is concentrated on the right side of the building, providing ideal conditions for relaxation to its residents. The main construction is based on columns allowing for covered parking spaces and building entrance (piloti), while the basement is only for storage rooms and mechanical equipment. All six properties are accompanied by parking space and storage room.
LOCATION
The project is located in a key area with great potential. From a large-scale perspective, Marousi is a perfect suburb for living, because it collects a number of privileges hard to find anywhere else. It has managed to combine the northern suburbs’ benefits with all the amenities and the style of modern life. Transport network, new landscaping areas, residential neighbourhoods, shopping malls, casino, sport facilities, international schools, international companies’ coordinates, are all gathered creating a super advanced suburb.
From a small-scale perspective, the plot is located ideally between the National Olympic complex and Neratziotissa transportation hub being part of a large landscape regeneration plan in the area which is well-thought-out as a very fresh real estate hot spot.
A rough reference of some important points of interest nearby are listed below:
ON FOOT
-2 minutes’ walk from OAKA, the main Olympic complex of Athens Olympic games 2004, full of sports facilities and free space where big events also take place there, such as important concerts and sport games.
-2 minutes’ walk from the interchange station of Neratziotissa which connects Marousi with the metro network of Athens and the suburban railway that takes you directly to Athens’ airport and port.
-3 minutes’ walk from the greatest shopping malls and supermarkets. “Mall of Athens”, “Golden Hall”, “Avenue” are the best in the country and all are at a less than a kilometer distance.
BY CAR
-2 minutes by car to Kifissia’s Avenue that connects the northern suburbs of Athens with the city center and the south suburbs.
-2 minutes by car from “L. Kifisia ring” which is the main highway interchange connecting Kifisias Avenue with Attiki Odo, which in turn connects Marousi with Athens Airport (20 minutes) and the country’s national highways (5 minutes).
-2 minutes from the best private or public hospitals in the country. Ygeia and Iatriko Athinon are within 2km of the plot.
-15-20 minutes from the most important international schools in the country…. all of the schools provide school buses that serve the area.
-3 minutes from the new large investment of “Hellenic Casino of Parnitha” in Marousi which will create a unique Greek tourism and entertainment attraction.
