Cinema square project includes a public square and a building as well. This public space is quite different from all the others in the city of Patras. We tried to design an art - square where artists and citizens can gather together in order to celebrate various festivals that they cannot do until now. The concept of this project came as the result of the combination of two major ideas. The first one is the building that is situated over the water and it distances several meters far from the coastline so as to “watch” the city and at the same time “been watched” by it. It is an alternative approach for the idea of cinema because while watching a movie at the same time you are the spectacle. The second idea is that of the ramp. It is an 100 meters corridor which forms the extension of a basic road axis of the region. Through this decision we aim to attract many visitors because while walking into the urban canvas of the city you probably find this ramp as an exit from it. You start your journey from the lowest level of the sea, you go higher and higher, you get into the building and you finally get out of it standing in a balcony 20 meters above the sea level. In this route you live an experience based on the greek ancient definition about drama by Aristotle, according to which the audience share the feelings of the actor so as to find eventually the “catharsis” .
