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Blend | Thessaloniki, Greece

Redesign of the surrounding area of the Eptapurgio monument in Thessaloniki | National architecture competition entry, 2013.

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The fortress is a heritage for the city of Thessaloniki and notionally accumulates memories of previous generations and history. It is built beside a well preserved part of the byzantine defense wall on a hill with great panoramic view of the city. The compositional process through gentle architectural interventions aims to redefine the urban quality of the area. Modern architecture is the means for notional, functional and optical connection of the urban environment and the historical plot. The result is a livable, open air, quality public space that blends with the historical

environment while encircling the fortress in an unexpected creative and adaptable manner. The minimalistic design as much as the simplistic approach is harmonized with the use corten panels and raw wooden furnishing. The construction ages throughout the days and months in an identical fashion that the fortress has been throughout the years and decades. It transforms into the idea of denial the contemporary material. Driven by the surroundings, the composition evolves, matures, laughs at eternity and rust.

Project: Blend | redesign of the surrounding area of the Eptapurgio monument Location: Thessaloniki, Greece Design date: 2013 Design team: Xaris Tsitsikas, Dimos Moysiadis Status: National architecture competition entry Organizaton: Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change


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