Conference “Βoulevard de la société des nations”

The conference “BOULEVARD DE LA SOCIÉTÉ DES NATIONS”, a grand gesture for Thessaloniki, took place as part of the exhibition of the same name.

The exhibition and the inaugural conference complemented the activities of a group of faculty members from the School of Architecture at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). The group includes: Nikos Kalogirou, Maria Dousi, Dimitris Thomopoulos, Dimitris Kontaxakis, Sofoklis Kotsopoulos, and Themistoklis Chatzigiannopoulos, who were selected by the Ministry of Environment and Energy to represent Greece at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2021, with the General Secretary of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment, Efthymios Bakogiannis, as the national commissioner.

In search of an alternative response to the Biennale’s central question “How will we live together?”, and within the context of a new spatial social contract, the project presented “The Grand Gesture of the Aristotelous Axis” in Thessaloniki, designed by the architect-urban planner Ernest Hébrard. It evolved over the course of a century as a multicultural crossroads, within the framework of a radical urban modernization.

WELCOME ADDRESSES

Elias Constantopoulos (President of the HIA, Professor at the Department of Architectural Engineering, University of Patras), Yiorgis Manginis (Scientific Director of the Benaki Museum), Efthymios Bakogiannis (National Commissioner, General Secretary for Spatial Planning and Urban Environment, Ministry of Environment and Energy), Nikos Kalogirou (Professor Emeritus, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki).

SPEAKERS

Eleni Athanasiadou, Giannis Aesopos, Tilemachos Andrianopoulos, Athina Vitopoulou, Ariadni Vozani, Andreas Giakoumakatos, Maria Dousi, Despina Zavraka, Ilias Zengelis, Dimitrios Thomopoulos, Dimitris Keridis, Nikos Kalogirou, Thodoris Kantarelis, Garyfallia Katsavounidou, Dimitrios Kontaxakis, Anastasios M. Kotsiopoulos, Sofoklis Kotsopoulos, Efthymios Bakogiannis, Michalis Nomikos, Alkmini Paka, Alkistis Rodi, Anastasios Tellios, Panagiotis Tournikiotis, Themistoklis Chatzigiannopoulos.

Co-organizers:

• Hellenic Institute of Architecture
• Benaki Museum
• Ministry of Environment & Energy
• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Supporters:

• Thessaloniki International Fair
• Municipality of Thessaloniki

Sponsors:

• Lamda Development
• ALUMIL Aluminium Systems
• Ballian Technical S.A.

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