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A Bureau for Customs Fraud | Piraeus, Greece| Unit 21 | 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The project proposes A Bureau for Customs<\/em> Fraud <\/em>situated on a rocky islet just off the coast of Piraeus in Greece, conceived as a series of dispersed programme spaces which are shrouded by a unique fragmented shell structure.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
The programme has developed as a response to the topical issue of customs fraud at the Port of Piraeus which has become a growing concern since the leasing of two docks at the port to the Chinese state-owned shipping company (COSCO) in 2009. In 2016 the EU\u2019s anti-fraud body (OLAF) first identified cases of fraud at the port within its annual report. The scheme, therefore, proposes to serve as an extension to OLAF\u2019s main office in Brussels; the proposed spaces consider OLAF\u2019s organizational structure and budget proposing a similar set up with four specialised office teams.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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The design derived from an interest taken in the development of cryptography since its conception in Ancient Greece which prompted a series of investigations that explored the translation of cryptographic principles into purposeful design tools. These investigations were guided and strengthened by my continuous research and understanding of different ciphers and methods of encryption and were ultimately inspired by the concept of entropy in computing. <\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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The processes developed were eventually applied to my identified site and the principal building fabric has been generated through a scripted algorithm (followed by manual refinement) that exploits the site\u2019s unique topography.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n