In a post-apocalyptic scenario, all of earth’s fluids have been transformed into ferro-fluids. In search of a refuge from the destroyed planet’s surface, mankind has turned to underwater colonies for survival. Subfluid life is challenging in terms of technology. Humans wear special suits turning them into magnets, in order to have the ability to swim in the ferrofluid. Whit the multiplication of the magnetic field they create, the surface of the ferrofluid creates excitations, which is what happens above their colonies, making them visible from the surface.

Departing from a natural phenomenon, we were asked to create an imaginary and out- of-this-world scenario, which would then lead to the design of new spaces for a school of architecture. Since the nature of the desired spaces had to do with socializing and team work, the notion of den- sity, movement, speed and adaptiveness are what we gathered from the aforementioned scenario.
Our spaces are made out of capsule compounds. Depending on the number of visitors and the time of the day, the capsules respond to their environment by either letting more light in the work stations or by creating more room in the school cafe.
We imagine them in a way floating on the ground and being able to create spaces either inside them (in the case of the workstations wher e their main adaptive function is the creation of the inside/outside limit) or above and underneath them (in the case of the cafeteria where what we mostly need is urban furnishing and a space for temporary use, protected from the weather conditions).


in collaboration with
Anna Papadopoulou-Kouirini

supervised by
Anastasios Tellios