Conference “Βoulevard de la société des nations” (BLOD)

The conference “BOULEVARD DE LA SOCIÉTÉ DES NATIONS – A Grand Gesture for Thessaloniki” was held in the context of the exhibition of the same title and was recorded by BLOD (Bodossaki Lectures on Demand):

You can find the videos of the 1st session collected here https://www.blod.gr/events/leoforos-koinonias-ethnon-1/

You can find the videos of the 2nd session collected here https://www.blod.gr/events/leoforos-koinonias-ethnon-2/

The exhibition and the inauguration symposium complemented the activities of a teaching group from the Department of Architecture at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). The group consisted of: Nikos Kalogirou, Maria Dousi, Dimitris Thomopoulos, Dimitris Kontaxakis, Sofoklis Kotsiopoulos, and Themistoklis Chatzigiannopoulos, who were selected by the Ministry of Environment and Energy to represent Greece at the Venice Biennale Architettura 2021, with the national commissioner being the Secretary General of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment, Efthymios Bakogiannis.

Seeking an alternative response to the Biennale question “How will we live together?”, within the framework of a new spatial social contract, was presented the Grand Gesture of the Aristotelous Axis in Thessaloniki, designed by the architect and urban planner Ernest Hébrard. This axis evolved over the course of a century as a multicultural crossroads within the context of a radical urban modernization.

WELCOME ADDRESSES
Elias Constantopoulos (President of the HIA, Professor of the Department of Architecture, University of Patras), Giorgis Manginis (Scientific Director of the Benaki Museum), Efthymios Bakogiannis (National Commissioner, Secretary General of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment, Ministry of Environment and Energy), Nikos Kalogirou (Emeritus Professor AUTH).

SPEAKERS
Eleni Athanasiadou, Yannis Aesopos, Tilemachos Andrianopoulos, Athina Vitopoulou, Ariadni Vozani, Andreas Giakoumakatos, Maria Dousi, Despoina Zavraka, Ilias Zeggelis, Dimitrios Thomopoulos, Dimitris Kairidis, Nikos Kalogirou, Thodoris Kantarelis, Garyfallia Katsavounidou, Dimitrios Kontaxakis, Anastasios M. Kotsiopoulos, Sofoklis Kotsiopoulos, Efthymios Bakogiannis, Michalis Nomikos, Alkmene Paka, Alkistis Rodi, Anastasios Tellios, Panagiotis Tournikiotis, Themistoklis Chatzigiannopoulos.