Aristides Dallas Architects Wins Architizer A+ Award for Shared Ground Masterplan
Athens-based Aristides Dallas Architects has been honored with a 2026 Architizer A+ Award in the Unbuilt Hospitality division for their groundbreaking design, Shared Ground. This project reimagines the conventional Greek village by embracing historical architecture principles instead of mere replication. It fuses elements from Cycladic and mainland styles, inspired by the works of architect Bernard Rudofsky and Constantinos Doxiadis's 'Ekistics' concept. Shared Ground is designed as a dispersed settlement, harmonizing structures with the terrain and incorporating winding paths. The design features three accommodation types around communal outdoor areas and a central square for dining and shopping, reminiscent of traditional 'plateia.'
Key facts
- Aristides Dallas Architects won a 2026 Architizer A+ Award in the Unbuilt Hospitality category for Shared Ground.
- Shared Ground is a masterplan for a hospitality project that reinterprets the Greek village.
- The project is unbuilt but proposes a philosophy of extracting principles from traditional architecture.
- The design references Cycladic and mainland Greek settlements that evolved organically without master plans.
- Architect Bernard Rudofsky wrote a doctoral dissertation on Cycladic architecture in 1931 and later curated MoMA's 'Architecture without Architects'.
- Constantinos Doxiadis developed the theory of 'Ekistics' and ran the Ancient Greek Cities project.
- Doxiadis designed Aspra Spitia, a company town in the 1960s, testing his planning principles.
- Shared Ground features dispersed buildings, curved paths, and a central square, echoing Greek village elements like 'geitonia' and 'plateia'.
Entities
Artists
- Aristides Dallas Architects
- Bernard Rudofsky
- Constantinos Doxiadis
Institutions
- Architizer
- MoMA
Locations
- Athens
- Greece
- Cyclades
- Aspra Spitia