Today, I want to introduce you a new software for real-time rendering, called Shapespark. This is a very handy program that works very well with Sketchup, giving us great 3D images and more. With Shapespark we can browse through the room and see the whole design as if we are in the room, we also have the ability to upload ...

Project by : Marilena Pomoni The olive mill – Giatra’s family residence– which has been the subject of this particular research, is located at the village of Agalas on Zakynthos. It is a semi-mountainous village, with a great olive oil production tradition, since the area of Riza, where it is located, is well-known for its olive groves and its soil ...

Project by : Spiros Koulias I designed this project when I was still studying in College, and it is one of my favorite projects, that I have done in SketchUp because it was the first time I experimented with the design of an organic form. I wanted to create an exterior shell that would cover every side of the building, ...

Project by : Vaggelis Kanelis The target of this project is to study a certain area by taking into consideration its’ urban planning. In this occasion the area of Gazi is the one being studied, and how the entire capital’s planning, affected the urban planning of the specific area, but also how the area’s planning, played a significant role in ...

SketchUp Pro 2018 is finally here! Trimble, the official owner of SketchUp, just announced the release of the newest version of SketchUp Pro 2018. For a few years now, every new change that is made, aims mostly to improve the software’s basis, and less the software’s interface or the addition of new features. Some very important changes were mad, such ...

Project by : Sofia Lymperopoulou The former Greek factory of Chemical products and Fertilizers LTD (ΑΕΕΧΠΛ), is located in a coastal area, between a “Breakwater” (Krakari), and the “Sfageia” bay, inside the industrial zone of Drapetsona, in Piraeus. This thesis, is presenting the reuse of this abandoned factory, by intervening in the interior spaces, on the facade, but also in ...

Project by : Spiros Koulias SLICE is a dissertation project that I entirely designed in SketchUp. The building was designed in order to accommodate war refugees. The last few years, this has been a major issue all over the world, and no actual solution has been found to it. I see every day, thousands of refugees trying to find a ...

Project by : Petros Partalidis The building of the former tobacco industry “Keranis” is located in the area of Piraeus, on Athinon Street, right by the railway that leads to the port. In this project, is suggested the reuse of this building,but also of the surrounding area, by adding new uses and new constructions. The proposal is to create a ...