RE:SEA project transforms the Seajets Ticket Agency into a contemporary gateway to the Aegean, where the sea becomes the inspiration, geometry and material of the architecture.
Located at Rafina Port, one of Greece’s main gateways to the Aegean islands, the ticket agency is 50sqm and is divided into the main agency area and a storage room for luggages. At the primary space, the surrounding back-side walls are covered with an opaque curved class with diffused back-light. The reflections that occure, provide a sense of layering and depth to the experience of the visitor. The floor is covered in cement sceed, a material commonly used in traditional architecture at the Cyclades islands.
RE:SEA redefines the experience of a transport terminal through architecture rooted in material regeneration. Instead of representing the sea through imagery, the project establishes a direct physical relationship with it by transforming discarded fishing nets and marine plastics recovered from the Aegean into its primary architectural element.
Blending computational design, circular material innovation and public architecture, RE:SEA demonstrates how waste can be reimagined as identity, experience and place.
Designed through computational modelling and fabricated using large-scale additive manufacturing, the reception landscape flows through the space, organizing visitors movement while expressing the fluid dynamics of the surrounding coastline.
Discarded fishing nets and marine plastics collected from the Aegean Sea are reborn through large-scale 3D printing as a sculptural reception landscape.
The project explores how digital fabrication and circular design can move beyond sustainability as a technical objective to become an architectural language. RE:SEA proposes a new model for public infrastructure, where local waste streams are transformed into meaningful civic spaces, connecting environmental responsibility with spatial experience and technological innovation.
In RE:SEA, the Aegean is not only the destination. It becomes the inspiration, the geometry and the material of the architecture.
Architecural Design: KKMK Architects
Design team: Katerina Karagianni Katerina, Marina Karamali, Dimitris Chiotakis
Photography: Photis Karapiperis