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Thessaloniki Municipal Plans

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Hello !

I would like to know if anyone has pics of the plans Santiago Calatrava has for Thessaloniki ?

In addition , as I love Art Deco ; are there any pics of Art Deco buildings in Thessaloniki-- considering that the city was partially rebuilt around that time ?

Ciao .

pn2006
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The Calatrava Development has been rejected I believe. :(
And there was never any images.
I don't know about Calatrava plans at this moment but there are many municipal plans in Thessaloniki like the reconstruction of White tower square completing soon:

or the reconstruction of the seaside and Aristotelous square.

pn2006 said:
Also are there any pictures of Art Deco architecture in Thessaloniki ?
What do you mean?
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he means are is there Art Deco architecture in THessaloniki? If so, are there images??
There are many art deco buildings in Thessaloniki but I have only two of them, both built in 1930's:

Egnatia palace hotel:


Luxemburg hotel:
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Unbelievable, this is for sure the only city on earth that rejected a Calatrava design...but wait it would be better to have there a cluster of 5 stories classic balcony residential buildings....yeah and if possible without green areas.

(ATTENTION I'M BEING SARCASTIC!!!!)
Τα κτιριακά έργα που γίνονται στη Μπρατισλάβα. Χωρίς Κοινωτικά πλαίσια στήρικης, χωρίς καμμιά υποστήριξη από κανένα.

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=337770

Δε Γνωρίζω αν η Μπρατισλάβα είναι του μεγέθους της Θεσσαλονίκης, μικρότερη ή μεγαλύτερη. Απλά ας μου εξηγήσει κάποιος πως γίνεται χώρες μικρότερες ή/ και φτωχότερες να μας ρίχνουν στ' αυτιά απο κτιριακά έργα και εγώ σαν αντιπρόσωπος της Αθήνας και της Ελλάδας στο emporis.com να μην έχω τίποτα μα τίποτα νέο να παρουσιάσω.

Αλλά άσε, γίνομαι κακός μετά...

Κρίμα...

Πάντως, πολλοί φίλοι και γνωστοί μου έχουν πεί πως τα έργα υποδομής στην Αθήνα είναι σε πλήρη αναντιστοιχία με το built environment. Ανεβαίνεις στην επιφάνεια απο το Μετρό ή έρχεσαι από το υπερσύγχρονο αεροδρόμιο και τρώς το σόκ της αρκούδας...
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GrigorisSokratis said:
Unbelievable, this is for sure the only city on earth that rejected a Calatrava design...but wait it would be better to have there a cluster of 5 stories classic balcony residential buildings....yeah and if possible without green areas.

(ATTENTION I'M BEING SARCASTIC!!!!)
Why? Calatrava's all works are not good. What he did in Bilbao, the airport is completely a bullshit. He is a master at arches and briges. But when you force him to do out of his classical shapes, he sucks...
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There are many,ok, enough art-deco in this area plus in area close to Ermou street(Fragkon str) where is probably the one and only art-nuveau building in the city :)
And let me add dear Kuvvaci that I'm personaly not too thrilled about the Olympic Stadium roof in Athens either, let alone the metro station bridge which IMO is simply an unfortunate piece of architecture.
I like Olympic Stadium's roof and Agora, but the Bibao airport sucks so much

look, it looks like built in 70's although it is new. It's a Calatrava Work



Also Turning Torso is not his idea. It is from famous suculptor Constantin Brancusi and Calatrava knows him very well because of his suculture backround. Beside this, Turning Torso is a master work as engineering, not as shape (the turning idea is from another suculptor Alexsander Kalder)...
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I've visited many times this area and while I do like that area in general I do think that anything will be an improvement. The main thing that I didn't like about Thessaloniki was the clogged traffic. Other then that it is a charming city. I love it!
The Bilbao airport is really amazing. You can easily understand that the strange shape of the terminal is a Calatrava work.
Δε μου λέτε βρε παιδιά, είναι δυνατόν να έλθει κάποιος αυθημερόν με το πρωϊνό τραίνο στη Θεσ/ νίκη και να φύγει το βράδυ;

Είμαι που να πάρει η ευχή αντιπρόσωπος στο emporis για την πόλη και δεν έχω προσθέσει ούτε μια φωτό γιατι δεν την έχω ως τώρα επισκευθεί. Θα ήθελα φυσικά νε επισκευθώ την πόλη δια ζώσης, ντροπή μου...
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Maybe it looks a 70s building from outside, but if you look inside it's not so bad:
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gm2263 said:
Δε μου λέτε βρε παιδιά, είναι δυνατόν να έλθει κάποιος αυθημερόν με το πρωϊνό τραίνο στη Θεσ/ νίκη και να φύγει το βράδυ;
Φυσικά, ειδικά αμα πάρεις intercity είναι πολύ εύκολο. Εδώ έχει τα δρομολόγια αναχώρησης απο Αθήνα:
http://www.ose.gr/ecPage.asp?page=plano.asp&lang=1

και εδώ τα δρομολόγια αναχώρησης απο Θεσσαλονίκη:
http://www.ose.gr/ecPage.asp?page=plano.asp&lang=1
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:cheers:
lol, Θα σε ξεναγήσουμε εγώ και ο skylinearth :D
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