Stathatos Mansion
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The Stathatos building (Megaron Stathatou) is a neo-classical villa on the Vasilissis Sophias Avenue. It was built in 1895 by the famous Saxon-Greek architect Ernst Ziller for the Stathatos Family.
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[edit] History
The house was donated by the Stathatos family to the Greek state. It was restored and used for several events. The committee for bringing the Olympic Games to Greece, Athens 1996 had its headquarters here. Today it is part of the Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art.
[edit] Architecture
The building is composed of two wings, nearly symmetrical, connected by an impressive entrance and a cylindrical atrium. On the whole, the building has many neo-classical characteristics: symmetry, geometrical order, use of ancient Greek and Roman orders, elegant shapes.
 The entrance front. |
 SE view from Irodotou Str. |
[edit] General
The entrance is one of the basic parts of the building, unifying the two wings and giving a character to the building. The plan is composed of a rectangle and two semicircles on the long sides of the rectangle. Four columns of toscanodoric order and four composite ones support the roofing, composed of eight vaults. Two columns of corinthian order give emphasis to the stairs that lead to the covered part of the entrance.
 Creation of the entrace vaults |
 Plan of the Stathatos Masion Entrance [Designed by: Dacoronias-Marina Joseph (llama2sp@gmail.com), Karagiannidis Stavros, Kafandaris Ares, Koliaki Vassiliki, Papatheodorou Hercules.] |
 Front view of the Stathatos Masion Entrance [Designed by: Dacoronias-Marina Joseph (llama2sp@gmail.com), Karagiannidis Stavros, Kafandaris Ares, Koliaki Vassiliki, Papatheodorou Hercules.] |
[edit] References
- Students of the NTUA, School of Architecture: Dacoronias-Marina Joseph (llama2sp@gmail.com), Karagiannidis Stavros, Kafandaris Ares, Koliaki Vassiliki, Papatheodorou Hercules.
