2. Interior Detail
Marianna Karalioliou
From
Lefkada, Greece
Education
MArch/Eng Architectural Engineering – National Technical University of Athens, 2016
Professional experience
CAD Monkeys, Athens - Architect and 3D Visualiser, 2018
Nelly Sfakianaki Architecture & Interior Design, Athens - Junior Architect, 2017
Maria Sfyraki and Associates in collaboration with CAD Monkeys, Athens - Junior Architect, 2016
Awards
Thomaidion Award for best average score in the School of Architecture - National Technical University of Athens, 2015
Lysandros Kaftantzoglou Award for best average score for the 9th semester of studies in the School of Architecture - National Technical University of Athens, 2015
First Honorable Mention - National Student Competition 'Urban Sign', organised by the Hellenic Institute of Architecture, 2014
(Team: Georgios Gerakianakis, Marianna Dionysopoulou, Marianna Karalioliou)
Lefkadian Studies Award for best score in the National Final Exams on the island of Lefkada, 2010
Eurobank EFG Award for best score in the National Final Exams on the island of Lefkada, 2010
Exhibitions
'Work in Progress Show', Royal College of Art, 2020
'Democratic Seat', Kortrijk Creativity Week, Kortrijk, Belgium, 2019
'Work in Progress Show', Royal College of Art, 2019
'Urban Sign' Panhellenic Student Competition exhibition, Benaki Museum, Athens, 2015
Academic studies and work experience have shaped an approach to spatial design that is driven by an interest in working with the existing, a sensitivity to context, a fond interest in materials and a fascination for detail.
July 2020 finds me in London, graduating from the MA Interior Design programme at the Royal College of Art. Despite the unforeseen COVID-19 circumstance and the difficulties that we have all been facing during the past months (and probably for some time to come) I remain an optimist and I feel ready to take the next step, eager to apply all that I have learnt during the past ten years of study and work. I look forward to joining an interior design or architectural practice where I hope to continue to learn and evolve as a designer.
Thesis Design Project: Brixton Barrows
Brixton has always been a place for people to meet. Today the area is a multi cultural centre with famous markets, a vibrant restaurant scene and strong leisure, arts and crafts amenities. Recently independent businesses located in the Brixton railway arches and the eclectic local markets have been threatened by gentrification and development. Additionally the market stallholders' barrows are dwindling in number as the craftsmen able to repair these ageing vehicles are few and far between.
This project proposes a live / work space for ‘John’, the man who repairs the barrows of Brixton Market to be located in the west set of arches at Valentia Place. By removing an existing car park the proposal would be part of an imagined master plan to create a new market place between Brixton’s railway arches within which a vibrant collection of local shopkeepers, makers and craftsmen could be housed.
The interior inserts a plywood ‘tray’ to the ground floor to create the barrow repair workshop whilst a metal and plywood mezzanine forms the living space above. Humble, functional and ordinary materials have been thoughtfully detailed and a number of kinetic elements provide extraordinary spatial moments. Inspired by the moveable nature of the market barrows both storage cabinets and façade panels move to reconfigure the interior whilst the mezzanine can be positioned to the inside or slide outside to enable ‘John’ to enjoy a balcony view of the new market place at the end of a long working day.
