Hyperweaves

Architecture acts as a multidimensional stitch of the complex reality and the city. We aim to reweave the urban fabric, invite people, and enrich local economies. Our design strategy detects and evaluates former industrial shells. This project is guided by the extended term “HYPERWEAVE,” a tool to measure and correlate spaces.

METHODOLOGY 3+1processesthatmapandguidetheHyperweave. Tracing: quantitative reading. Cloud: qualitative exposition. Rhizome: synthesis of symbols to evaluate the former data on spatial diagrams. Equations: equivalence and evaluation systems that do not remain in theory but measure, map, and design space. We aim to identify potential growth areas and locate a pilot position to apply for an activation program, reusing industrial archaeology. Focusing on suburban centers, the evaluation variables challenge their location, connectivity, and proximity to cultural and environmental heritage. Social criteria include population shifts, age percentage, and unemployment rate. SPACE: We propose four scale-driven and interrelated phases; national level, territorial entities, city extents, and activation areas. The application of the methodology on each scale indicates the focus area of the next. We return to these open modules to develop multidimensional solutions that respond to the particular concern. Focusing on Greece, we identify three territorial dipoles highlighting the city of Chalkida as the centre with the best prospects for creating a more extensive activation network. PILOT PROPOSAL We delve deeper into the South-Eastern edge of the city. The industrial shells are found on the area's borders, creating a “wall” that separates it from the urban fabric. A tight weave appears as a stitch to the urban fabric. The programmatic weave corresponds to five levels of needs. We combine hydroponic production and education alongside a research-training center, while leisure, sports, and market uses are scattered along the park. By mixing heterogeneous uses and inviting the public to experience its totality, Hyperweave is the result of the combination of design and programmatic weaving.