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Descent to Lycabettus Hill: A Recreational Space Conceived Through Digital Speleology.
Chris Reizis
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Descent to Lycabettus Hill: A Recreational Space Conceived Through Digital Speleology.
Chris Reizis

Deep within Mount Lycabettus in Athens, a novel recreational center is designed, serving as an expansion of one of the major underground shelters from World War II. Inspiration is drawn from the digital exploration of deep underground military bases, commonly referred to as D.U.M.B.S. These are thought to be vast bunkers or possibly vast chains of interconnected bunkers deep below the ground, predominantly existing as objects of conspiratorial thinking and net speculation. The design integrates online content, found in the form of photographs, short videos, memes and GIFs pieced together with AI-generated imagery and pictures from the actual site. This results in a visually intricate blend of urban/URL speleology presented in the form of an interactive story game. The selected visual references become directly the main scenes and the props of the new facility, which features recreational areas, a theater, a simulated green hill, and an indoor sky.

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