2024-05-04T05:39:04-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150028760/2017-chicago-architecture-biennial-spotlight-point-supreme-collages-together-a-home Joanna Kloppenburg 2017-09-15T17:26:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/zt/ztyyhy8x2lxurxzw.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Returning to the second edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial is Athens-based architecture studio <a href="http://www.pointsupreme.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Point Supreme</a>. Known for their signature rendering style of collage, which produce colorful tableaus weaving together historical elements, memories and dreams from their native city, the studio&rsquo;s two-part installation in the Chicago Cultural Center displays the material manifestation of this speculative work.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/s8/s801vgbib1ym01lm.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/s8/s801vgbib1ym01lm.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Installation view of Point Supreme, Totems &amp; History Wall, Courtesy of Chicago Architecture Biennial, Kendall McCaugherty &copy; Hall Merrick Photographers. </figcaption></figure><p><em>Totems</em> and <em>History Wall</em> construct the narrative for <em>Petralona House</em>, the personal home of the firm&rsquo;s partners Konstantinos Pantazis and Marianna Rentzou. Designed and built during the recession in Greece, the home&rsquo;s construction was defined by the assemblage of a variety of hand-made, found and gifted materials. Like their collages, the <em>Petralona House</em> seems to render a space which is at once personal yet familiar, local and ...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/137895109/a-look-inside-the-nadja-apartment-serpantina-by-point-supreme Julia Ingalls 2015-09-30T19:24:00-04:00 >2015-10-08T01:14:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/wz/wz9q4cit8v5omh14.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/465082/chicago-architecture-biennial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chicago Architecture Biennial</a> participants <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/113879588/big-point-supreme-lahdelma-mahlam-ki-and-nl-zoohaus-inteligencias-colectivas-are-among-this-week-s-winners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Point Supreme</a>'s Nadja Apartment is a study in color and geometry: specifically, how vivid, geometric forms can unite and disassemble a space, giving the visitor clues on how to navigate and inhabit their environment.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/h3/h31wfoyrsnlo6qbw.jpg"></p><p>It's a technique that has been employed before, notably in the <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/147422/seattle-public-library" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seattle Central Library,</a> where an entire floor is swathed in red and the escalators are an eye-popping vivid neon green. In the Nadja apartments, the deployment of color and geometry creates its own energy and language within the domestic sphere:</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/ev/ev6up7fmji5d69q2.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/s6/s65j8yy94berfa94.jpg"></p><p>The stairs serve as focal point for the house, helping to anchor the spaces that make up the upper and lower floors of the apartment.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/we/wemgjjp2rin73bru.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/a9/a9cfdqv16w1b4nbw.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/eg/eg8838vkk33vdnyc.jpg"></p><p>In this same geometric color vein, the firm has also unveiled photos of its newest project called Serpantina, which is a linear shading element for an outdoor public space:</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/gx/gxdkbcy572csq0ie.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/zm/zmszw2l6on02hir1.jpg"></p>