<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Archontia Manolakelli]]></title><description><![CDATA[Archontia Manolakelli]]></description><link>https://www.archontiamanolakelli.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:04:29 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.archontiamanolakelli.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Musée d’Orsay: Adaptive Reuse and the Art of Seeing]]></title><description><![CDATA[I went to the Musée d’Orsay this summer primarily because I wanted to experience the building. As an architect, I had been interested in it for some time as an example of adaptive reuse: a former railway station transformed into a museum without losing the scale, spatial order or civic presence of the building it had once been. ]]></description><link>https://www.archontiamanolakelli.com/post/the-musee-d-orsay-adaptive-reuse-and-the-art-of-seeing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a984b82887fa485c8d8e8a3</guid><category><![CDATA[Architecture & Travel]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/64b388_b6a0598394d048f0a3b6e88825731484~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Archontia Manolakelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kolumba: An Architecture of Continuity]]></title><description><![CDATA[I visited the Kolumba Museum in Cologne in April 2025. It was the first building by Peter Zumthor that I had experienced in person even though I had admired his work for many years, particularly since discovering phenomenology and experiential approaches as a second-year architecture student back in 2013. ]]></description><link>https://www.archontiamanolakelli.com/post/kolumba-an-architecture-of-continuity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a172e45e39bc17a59ba7c23</guid><category><![CDATA[Architecture & Travel]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 17:48:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/64b388_a494658cb4ba4a9ea7ccccf05ccf4647~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Archontia Manolakelli</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>