Project by Aditi Gangadhar @adeeeeti
Wear, Tear, Care, Repeat! It brings together laundry and marble as two parallel cycles of domesticity, both defined by transformation through use and care. Laundry moves from clean to dirty to clean, while marble shifts from solid stone to fragments to reassembled materials like terrazzo. The project is located near the First Cemetery of Athens, where discarded marble becomes a resource. The building is organized around a central resource core that brings together water, circulation, and shared services. This core structures movement and encourages interaction as residents move vertically. Laundry is relocated to the roof, where sun and air support washing and drying, and a funnel collects rainwater to initiate the building’s water cycle. Around the core, movable racks replace walls, allowing residents to shape their spaces and control privacy over time. Ultimately, the project frames domestic life as a continuous process of use, transformation, and care.
