Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
School of Architecture
P23 | FRAGKOMAHALAS OF THESSALONIKI. A new urban narration.
by Eleftheria Gavriilidou / Antonia Kalatha / Alkistis-Stergiani Kartsiou
The subject of this diploma thesis was the redevelopment of the Fragomahalas quarter in Thessaloniki’s historical center. In our days, the decline and the abandonment on the one hand, and the emergence of new alternative uses on the other, create there a transitional stage that induces concerns and uncertainties about the future. The aim of the study was to highlight the need for reflection on the future prospects of this area. Having a complete recording and analysis of historical and spatial aspects of the region as background, five different routes were redefined and redesigned, as comments on the history and development of the city and as means of an aesthetic and functional upgrading. The main strategies of the intervention were the re-use of existing passages, the creation of new ones and the car exclusion (allowed only in emergencies), that aimed at the introduction of an integrated pedestrian network. Each route was marked according to its spatial and historical characteristics and the goal was to remind again those features to the visitor. Finally, the "symbolic" gesture of the glass shelters at high altitude (above even the tallest buildings) stands out in three main roads (Valaoritou, Fragkon – Vassileos Irakliou and Edessis - Agiou Mina).
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Eleftheria Gavriilidou was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1989. She received her Diploma as an Architect from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), in April 2013. She collaboratively carried out her paper on the sustainable perception in traditional Greek architecture and her diploma project on the urban regeneration of a part of the historic center of Thessaloniki, so called Fragomahalas district. During her studies, her interests extended to various activities, projects and workshops related to architecture and the arts. In 2012 she participated in the international contemporary art exhibition OPEN 15 in Venice (the theme of the Greek participation was "Rethinking Crisis" –an interdisciplinary A.U.TH. collaboration) and in the International Exhibition of University Projects - 7th European Biennial of Landscape Architecture in Barcelona, with a teamwork project. More recently she participated in the project ENTERviews on Crisis (collaboration between AUTh, Thessaloniki - Institute HyperWerk, Basel) and in the International Conference on Creative Economy Creativity + Design + Fast Forward in Thessaloniki (June 2013).
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Antonia Kalatha was born in Larissa, Greece. In 2007 she joined the School of Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, from which she graduated in April 2013 with honours. She carried out both her diploma design thesis titled Fragomahalas Thessaloniki: A new urban narration and her research paper The innovative past: Sustainability in Greek Vernacular Architecture in February 2013. During her studies she spent much of her time engaging in activities that aligned within her interest in architecture and art. She has participated in several workshops (Restoration of historical buildings in Pentalofos, DUTh/Ecoweek, The City Wall, AUTH/ITU, Enterviews on Crisis, AUTH/HyperWerk Institute, Switzerland, Creative Cluster Toolkit project, and so on), competitions, seminars and conferences (Creativity + Design - Fast Forward 2013). In April 2012 she worked as an architectural assistant and in August 2012 she took part in the International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations titled OPEN in Venice as a member of AUTH’s working group.
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Alkistis-Stergiani Kartsiou was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1990. She graduated from the School of Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), in April 2013 with honours. Both her diploma design thesis titled Fragomahalas Thessaloniki: A new urban narration and her research thesis titled The innovative past: Sustainability in Greek Vernacular Architecture received positive comments. She has participated in several workshops (Ecoweek, The City Wall project in collaboration with the Istanbul Technical University, Enterviews on Crisis project in collaboration with the HyperWerk Institute, Switzerland, Creative Cluster Toolkit project and so on), exhibitions, competitions, seminars and conferences (Creativity + Design - Fast Forward 2013). In August 2012 she took part in the International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations titled OPEN in Venice where the creative schools of AUTh presented the collaborative project titled Rethinking Crisis. Music studies, photography and athletics are also included in her interests.
School of Architecture
P23 | FRAGKOMAHALAS OF THESSALONIKI. A new urban narration.
by Eleftheria Gavriilidou / Antonia Kalatha / Alkistis-Stergiani Kartsiou
The subject of this diploma thesis was the redevelopment of the Fragomahalas quarter in Thessaloniki’s historical center. In our days, the decline and the abandonment on the one hand, and the emergence of new alternative uses on the other, create there a transitional stage that induces concerns and uncertainties about the future. The aim of the study was to highlight the need for reflection on the future prospects of this area. Having a complete recording and analysis of historical and spatial aspects of the region as background, five different routes were redefined and redesigned, as comments on the history and development of the city and as means of an aesthetic and functional upgrading. The main strategies of the intervention were the re-use of existing passages, the creation of new ones and the car exclusion (allowed only in emergencies), that aimed at the introduction of an integrated pedestrian network. Each route was marked according to its spatial and historical characteristics and the goal was to remind again those features to the visitor. Finally, the "symbolic" gesture of the glass shelters at high altitude (above even the tallest buildings) stands out in three main roads (Valaoritou, Fragkon – Vassileos Irakliou and Edessis - Agiou Mina).
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