LAAS
TIK
ARCHITECTURE
The word LAAS TIK describes what is born by stone and is driven by the greek ancient myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
Laas, meaning stone, encompasses the soil, the land. It stands beneath the light, imbued with hues from its surroundings. In its ruffles, the light vanishes.
Time, the captured and the living time, is inscribed within the stone.
Stone is shattered by the air, and burnished by the water. All the land and all the time, are portrayed in its shape and texture.
Man will face towards the stone. He will experience it with all his senses. Stone will be presented to man in the form of an event. For man, there is no image before the gaze. Thus, the stone is born along with his personal experience, with feel, audition, the mere and near observation. Man, at that instant, becomes the poet of the stone.
Stone comes to life with every gaze. Every moment, stone comes to life.
The moment man gazes at the stone is the precise moment man begets his perception of the world.
Laas Tik is an architectural office founded by Konstantinos P. Trichias in 2023.
It is based in Athens, Greece. It is currently working on private commisions and competitions.
Laastik has accomplished residential, commercial, landscape and interior design projects.
A collaboration with the architectural office Studio 99 and a team of specialist engineers, received the 2nd prize in the international competition for the redevelopment of the wider public area of the new Evangelismos metro station in Athens.
Konstantinos P. Trichias graduated with an MSc in Architecture and Engineering for the University of Thessaly.
In the past, he has practised architecture during his work time in Kois Associated Architects and through works by private customers.
At the same time, he creates, researches, and curates his personal artistic projects.