Breeder Gallery

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Project Name: Breeder Gallery
Construction year: 2008
Website: www.thebreedersystem.com
Address: 45 Iasonos Street , ATHENS - Greece

Architect(s) : Zambicos Aris (ariszambikos.com)
Project Category: Cultural

Latitude: 37.9848
Longitude: 23.7202

The Breeder Gallery

While the Breeder Gallery in Athens has been in the centre of the Greek capital’s art scene since 2002, when it was first established by co-founders George Vamvakidis and Stathis Panagoulis, with the new space deigned by Aris Zambicos GR405 architects the gallery will firmly put its mark in the city’s architectural landscape too.

The new gallery

The new gallery is located in the lively and upcoming Metaxourgeio area, in an abandoned 1970s ice-cream factory. The whole area has been undergoing great transformation in the past few years; most of the older run-down buildings are being transformed into upmarket loft-style apartments and people have been pouring in from all parts of the city.

Location

So, what better choice of location could there be for the stylish Athenian art crowd’s new haunt than a spacious, rough building, full of architectural potential, in a central up-and-coming urban spot?

The existing building

The existing building was a sturdy concrete-frame cubic volume, its exterior shape largely dictated by building regulations, sitting in a long and narrow building block, which allows facades on both front and back streets. The architects designed the building with the use in mind, aiming for a space perfect for exhibiting art.

Construction

Visualising the whole shell as a continuous envelope, running from basement to terrace, the space carries careful detailing like sleek black handrails, window and door frames. It also has several functional elements, like the double metal doors, patio frames and the crane to move the sculpture but above all the architects planned the whole building as an elegant, uniform, mainly black, white and grey environment to provide a neutral background for the art.

Contributed by ArchiTeam