Architecture in crisis: reports from Greece

2015-07-06T17:00:00-04:00

The dust is yet to settle in Greece, as the pronounced “No!” of yesterday’s referendum reverberates across Europe. The vote marked a clear rejection by the Greek people of enforced austerity as the price for staying in the Eurozone. It also signaled continued confidence in Alexis Tsipras and the Syria government, despite hope from the leaders of Europe’s surplus economies for a regime change.

With reports from Athens detailing a grim scene of shuttered ATM’s and closed factories, the country’s future remains uncertain.

Many have compared the current situation to the great depression of the 1930’s, and it’s clear that no economic sector is immune to its ramifications – let alone architecture, a field markedly tethered to economic undulations. Archinect reached out to a couple of its members to get a pulse on what’s happening, as well as what it’s been like to live under austerity for nearly a decade.

“The future of architecture in Greece if the economic crisis is not handled,” wrote C...

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Architecture in crisis: reports from Greece