From fabric to future: A knitwear workshop’s cultural afterlife

In the bosom of the Kerameikos territory successful downtown Athens, a erstwhile knitwear workshop is being remade into 1 of the city’s astir ambitious taste spaces. The project, named Plex, is the vision of Vassilis Haralambidis, who is besides president of the European Creative Hubs Network. “We ideate Plex not lone arsenic a venue for events, but besides arsenic a taste and κοινωνικά platform,” Haralambidis said, emphasizing creator experimentation, assemblage engagement and inclusive municipality renewal. Housed successful a 1920s neoclassical mansion astatine 28 Kerameikou Street, the caller space will see accumulation halls, show areas, workshops and vicinity gathering rooms, designed by DECA Architecture. Haralambidis has besides purchased the adjacent Kerameikos Hotel, intending to person it into κοινωνικά lodging for artists and affordable residences for locals. The inaugural expands to outdoor markets for creators and, successful collaboration with the municipality, plans for assemblage gardens. Unlike earlier attempts to reshape the neighborhood, which collapsed during Greece’s fiscal crisis, Plex aims to anchor Kerameikos successful sustainability, creativity and resilience. The “Plex epoch has already begun,” Haralambidis said.