• • uncube's editors are Sophie Lovell (Art Director and Editor-in-Chief), Florian Heilmeyer, Fiona Shipwright and George Kafka; graphic design: Lena Giovanazzi, graphic assistance Janar Siniloo and Diana Portela.
    
    uncube is based in Berlin and is published by BauNetz, Germany's most-read online portal covering architecture in a thoughtful way since 1996.

  It is with mixed feelings that we bring you this issue of uncube: sad because we have to tell you that it will be our last – and endings are always sad – yet happy because uncube no. 43: Athens marks the end of a glorious experiment that has shown there is not only a place but a need for viewing architecture within the context of other disciplines and contemporary mores.

   

  And what better subject to end on than a city, which, despite great economic adversity, is forging new paths in informal urbanism – from the bottom up and through the myriad collaborations of the people that live there.

   

  Venerable Athens, the “cradle of Western Civilisation” and birthplace of democracy; as a modern city it has known crisis for so long that it has now become a permanent condition and in response, its ingenious citizens are having to take into their own hands the areas of civic provision that their (democratically elected) governments are failing or unable to provide.

   

  This issue takes space, particularly public space, as a thread to lead us through the dense and complex labyrinth of a city’s strategies to not only survive, but thrive once again as well. So join us one last time as we take you “beyond”, through the streets and squares of Athens.

   

   

  The editors

  Cover image: Vishy Moghan

• COVER

  COVER

  cover
• Table of contents

  Table of contents
• EDITORIAL

  EDITORIAL

  Editorial

  Athens
• ESSAY

  ESSAY

  The Eye of Greece

  An introductory view of the city

  Text: Fiona Shipwright, George Kafka
• FOUND

  FOUND

  Syntagma Square 1/6

  The September 3, 1843 Revolution

  Text: George Kafka
• ESSAY

  ESSAY

  From the Bottom and the Top

  Powering Athens through collectivity and informal initiatives by Cristina Ampatzidou

  Text: Cristina Ampatzidou
• FOUND

  FOUND

  Syntagma Square 2/6

  Syntagma Square metro station

  Text: Rob Wilson
• PHOTO ESSAY

  PHOTO ESSAY

  Nowhere Now Here

  A photo essay by Yiorgis Yerolymbos

  Text: Yiorgis Yerolymbos
• FOUND

  FOUND

  Syntagma Square 3/6

  “Syntagma Square” by Zafos Xagoraris and Aristide Antonas

  Text: Fiona Shipwright
• ESSAY

  ESSAY

  Back to the Garden

  Athens and opportunities for new urban strategies by Aristide Antonas

  Text: Aristide Antonas
• FOUND

  FOUND

  Syntagma Square 4/6

  “After Dark” by Yiannis Hadjiaslanis

  Text: Fiona Shipwright
• INTERVIEW

  INTERVIEW

  Point Supreme

  An interview by Ellie Stathaki

  Text: Ellie Stathaki
• FOUND

  FOUND

  Syntagama Square 5/6

  “Fountain” by Sofia Dona

  Text: Sofia Dona
• FOCUS

  FOCUS

  Ad Hoc Autonomy

  Focus on Athenian maker projects by dpr-barcelona

  Text: dpr-barcelona
• FOUND

  FOUND

  Syntagma Square 6/6

  Solidarity with Refugees

  Text: George Kafka
• PHOTO BOOTH

  PHOTO BOOTH

  In the Photo Booth with...

  John Pawson

  Text: Sophie Lovell, Florian Heilmeyer
• KLAUS

  KLAUS

  Klaustoon

  VVVIII: Acropolis Now! (AKA: Dracma Queens)

  Text: Klaus
• FURTHER READING

  FURTHER READING

  Further reading
• NEXT

  NEXT

  and beyond...

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