Kyranna Fardi — Architecture Portfolio

Selected Work — Academic Projects

Twin Residencies

Two residences in the Evangelistria area, Thessaloniki

The design concerns the creation of two residences in the Evangelistria area of Thessaloniki — two private houses, each accommodating a couple engaged in the field of architecture. The clients' primary request was the inclusion of a workshop space and a view of the mountain.

Although one residence could face the mountain with its entire facade, this was not feasible for the second house. Building on an initial workshop exercise and experiments with physical models centred on the handling of voids and surfaces, the proposal introduced interior gardens — ensuring every room in both houses has a green view.

Team — Kassapakis Antonis · Fardi Kyranna
Supervisor — Papadimitriou Spyros
Stage — Third Semester

Youth Center

Restoration of the Balta Mills, western entrance of Thessaloniki

The project restores the Valsani Brothers Mill on Giannitson Street, a historically industrial area shaped by the city's early railway lines. The design respects the mill's dynamic, rigid character while introducing a contemporary architectural language that avoids strict formalism.

Two low-rise buildings on the western side host guest rooms, an amphitheater, and a club, while the mill itself houses a new independent structure with exhibition/museum space, workshops, and a restaurant on an added floor. Restoration preserves the historic shell — replacing deteriorated timber with a metal framework, reopening blind openings with double glazing, and keeping the existing walls to dramatise the contrast between old and new.

Team — Vagionas Giannis · Kassapakis Antonis · Fardi Kyranna
Supervisor — Kotsopoulos Sofoklis
Stage — Seventh Semester

Kids O'Clock

Three-unit kindergarten in the Harilaou area, Thessaloniki

A three-classroom kindergarten in the Charilaou district. The site revealed significant deficiencies in public space, so addressing the public realm became a key design priority: the children's activity and recreation area is lifted onto the roof, returning the ground level to the public.

Access for the children is handled by a gently sloping circular ramp rather than stairs. The building's circular form expresses the concept of compression we pursued, while offering a visual and spatial departure from the rigid, rectangular boundaries of the surrounding urban fabric.

Team — Kassapakis Antonis · Fardi Kyranna
Supervisor — Chatzigiannopoulos Themis
Stage — Eighth Semester

Fractal City

Mixed-use building in the historical centre of Thessaloniki

The plot sits at the intersection of Tsimiski and Ethnikis Amynis Street, surrounded by landmarks — the White Tower, the OTE Tower, the Officers' Club, the YMCA (XANTH). After the 1917 fire, Ernest Hébrard's reconstruction plan introduced wide streets and squares on a strict grid; we observed this strong linear character and the role of the diagonal streets meeting city landmarks.

The mixed-use program (residential, commercial, office) adopts a fractal logic: a grid is laid on the plot, then diagonal axes introduced, retaining one key diagonal as a defining element carrying the commercial volumes and an office floor. Residential volumes line Ethnikis Amynis Street for sunlight and eastward views, while the vertical circulation cores are pulled outside the main masses as bold geometric connectors between public and private space.

Team — Kassapakis Antonis · Fardi Kyranna
Supervisor — Kontaksakis Dimitris
Stage — Eighth Semester

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