pedestianization in the city centre of Thessaloniki

National Architecture Competition entry

location: Thessaloniki, Greece, 2012
architects: Dimos Moysiadis, Georgie Anastasiadis, Xaris Tsitsikas
transport planning: George Yannis
landscape planning: Katerina Chiotelli
MEP Design: Michalis Bakaloumis

The city of Thessalloniki, which operates through and is simultaneously bound to a historicity embedded deep within its urban fabric, is at the present time required to meet the demands of a modern metropolis, serving both its residents as well as the supralocal community. The proposal for the redevelopment of the Hagia Sophia Axis is based on the contention that the city’s operational development and its sense of history have to be addressed as interdependent concepts, drawing on the already existing contemporary elements, deriving from international examples, which bring forward the unique character of the city.