BA (Hons) Architecture
Orestis Kyriakides
Criminal Architecture
The urban fabric is composed by a number of layers that are interrelated and produce the urban environment. Crime is one of these layers; a less obvious layer – a secret element that is present but only reveals itself under special conditions.
Hope Factory
The Hope Factory is part of a larger criminal network that acts on the Northern Quarter. It produces stuffed animals where memory sticks with confidential data are hidden; they are then distributed around the city in selected stores – to be picked up by selected customers.
The Architect
Tthe architect needed to include two types of data to satisfy both the legal requirements that are needed in order to design a building, and the illegal requirements of the client. The result is a set of drawings where invisible paint is used to note the illegal aspect of the design.
Criminal Networks
Hope Factory_ Section through a typical workspace
Alleyway_ Hidden and constantly overlooked
Hybrid Drawing_ Legal and Illegal aspect of design co-exist in a single drawing
Alleyway_ Reaching the Hidden Barber
Hope Factory_ Model 1:100
