Αλύσσα Δενισία

A study of suspended architecture and the poetics of incompletion.

Concept Overview
Across Greece, skeletal concrete frames rise from hillsides and coastal roads — fragments of ambition halted by time, economy, or shifting purpose. These unfinished structures, often called “skeletos”, occupy a liminal space between ruin and possibility. They speak of halted dreams, but also of resilience and adaptation — rebar sprouting like weeds, formwork left to weather beneath the Aegean sun.

Purpose of the Series
This project explores these incomplete architectures not as failures but as witnesses. Through writing, photography, and measured drawings, it seeks to reinterpret them as part of Greece’s cultural landscape — a visible archive of economic cycles, migration patterns, and informal building practices that continue to shape the built environment.

Cultural Reflection
Oral histories or interviews with locals. – Insights on ownership, generational inheritance, and the informal economy.