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ECOWEEK event in Prishtina, Kosovo 2014

When? - 13/11 Sunday, 12:00

Where? - Genti Koule, OTE Tower-YMCA Square,

Port of Thessaloniki, Mediterranean College & Egnatia str. map

How? - Select one among the sites below.

Register at the bottom of the page free of charge

At the same time it will be a sketch contest

Prizes? - 4 best sketches will win a free registration at workshops for the next year and a publication

Tip! - Bring your pencils , your sketchbooks and your biggest smile!

People _ Guides

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Genti Koule

Dr. Eleni Athanasiadou is a horticulturist-landscape architect and laboratory teaching staff of the School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, co-teaching undergraduate courses landscape architecture and land-use planning at School of Agriculture and landscape design of urban open spaces at School of Architecture. Furthermore, she participates at courses of the Joint Postgraduate Program of Studies ‘Landscape Architecture’ (School of Architecture-School of Agriculture) of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has worked as laboratory teaching staff in Technological Institutes at courses relevant to horticulture and landscape architecture and in several research programs for the design of landscapes and open spaces. She has published two papers in scientific Journals, ten papers at proceedings of international conferences (with reviewers) and several in national conferences, workshops etc. She is also the co-author of two books. She is a member of the Panhellenic Association of Landscape Architects and her research interests include landscape ecology, landscape planning, water sensitive urban design and working with native plants.

Stamatios Giannikis holds a Diploma of Arch. Eng. from AUTH (2003) and an M Arch II from Harvard GSD (2006).

He has worked as an architect for internationally renowned architectural firms abroad and in Greece: OMA Rotterdam (2005), AECOM Los Angeles (2006-2007), Makridis Associates (2009), Sakellaridou Papanikolaou (2015) and has taught architecture as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Thessaly (2009) and the University of Patras (2009-2010) in Greece.

In 2009 he established his own architectural practice -Giannikis Shop- in Thessaloniki, Greece working on small scale projects as well as participating in national and international design competitions.

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OTE Tower

YMCA Square

Prodromos Nikiforidis and Bernard Cuomo working together since 1986. Their common path started from the architectural school of Toulouse in the early 80's.

In 1986 they participated in their first architectural competition. Major projects to date include: Residential building in Paris 1994 Cultural Center and Theatre in Menemeni Thessaloniki 1997, Technopolis Thessaloniki 2008, Treasury of the Bank of Greece in Thessaloniki 2009, Restoration of Nea Paralia Thessaloniki 2014.

In 2009 they awarded the Architecture Prize for the five years from 2004 to 2008 by the Greek Institute of Architecture. Preceded other awards at international, european and national competitions, such as the first prize for the competition EUROPAN 2, the first prize for the redesign of the monumental Axis of Aristotle, the first prize for the restoration of Nea Paralia Thessaloniki, first prize for the Academy of Letters and Culture of the Municipality of Kalamaria, the first prize for the regeneration of the coastal zone of the Municipality of Monemvasia Naples (2015) etc.

In 2014 they were awarded in the Congress of the International Union of Architects Award for Restoration of Nea Paralia and the SADAS / EPC award for the best public space project materialized. For Rehabilitation of Nea Paralia in 2015 they awarded by the Awards DOMES award for the best-implemented public space project, they selected in the list of 40 of the Prize Mies van Der Rohe and the rehabilitation is finalist in THE PLAN awards.

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Port of Thessaloniki

MONUMENTA is a non-profit organization for the protection of natural and architectural heritage of Greece and Cyprus. It was established in 2006 to contribute to the protection and efficient management of the natural and architectural wealth of Greece and Cyprus.

Its activities include the publication of the electronic magazine MOnuMENTA (www.monumenta.org), programmes for informing the public and students, interventions for the rescue of monuments in danger, organisation of events, publications etc. The programme “Local Communities and Monuments” (http://topikeskoinoniesmnimeia.wordpress.com/), applied in various parts of Greece, aims so that the citizens themselves act for the protection of the natural and structured environment of their place, and also researches the relation between local communities around the world and their cultural and natural heritage.

An essential requirement for the protection of the architectural heritage of Athens and of all cities is the compilation of a complete and systematic record. MONUMENTA, acknowledging the importance of inventorying, began in 2013 the three-year project "Recording and Promotion of the 19th and 20th century’s buildings in Athens" (www.docathens.org) with the exclusive donation of the STAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION. An equivalent program commenced in November of 2014 in Thessaloniki.

The main objectives of these Programs are to locate and record all 19th & 20th buildings, in order to inventory, study, protect and promote them. Moreover, the Programs aim to integrate architecture in the daily life of residents and visitors of the city, with various activities and events (training seminars, workshops, walking and cycling tours, website, brochures, etc.) sharing information about the built urban heritage.

The program is coordinated and implemented by a team of archaeologists and architects specialised in the management and protection of cultural heritage, in collaboration with a large team of volunteers. Our team works with the relevant management bodies for the protection of cultural heritage in Greece and other professionals and volunteer groups that possess (archival) recordings

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