In 2011, Tatiana Dimou, after a very influential trip to Japan, decided to found her first office called i_ARCHITECT, on Pantanassis Street. It was about a space of only 20 sq.m., based on the Japanese mentality of design, which can include everything harmoniously in an extremely small space. Ten years later, in 2021, she decided to make her vision of an open-space office, true. A space where art and architecture will coexist. As of the above, in 2019 Tatiana is looking for old industrial and craft spaces in Patras, a part of the city that particularly fascinates her. This search leads her to a building built back in 1910 which initially functioned as a distillery and as a carpentry shop of the Karydis family later on. She decides to renovate it and her main concern is to respect all its parts, such as the masonry, the floors and the frame of the old wooden roof. This is a space of about 130 sq.m., which was naturally lit with 2.00 m. X 2.00m. on the roof, in an attempt to reproduce the element of natural light found at the back of the building where once was the courtyard. Her love for light, nature and green made her create a space where the boundaries between inside and outside are no more clear which is proved by the fact that two imposing large trees are placed inside the building. Finally, she chooses to locate the whole team in the center of the space, around a large table, which acts as a core. Her main goal was to create an open space that will constantly change form every time an exhibition takes place as it is open to the public.
