Democritus University of Thrace:
master plan of the Faculty of Engineering

Xanthi, Greece

Architects
A. Kotsiopoulos, G. Kontaxakis, P. Panagiotopoulos, A. Liolios
N. Arvanitopoulou, D. Daki, E. Spartsi, G. Chorozoglou, B. Karalazos,
G. Koutoupis, K. Zarkia, N. Soulakis

total area
1.500.000 sqm

design
1993

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The idea was to create a system of “academic islands”, similar to those of the Technical University of Crete, taken into account the size of the site (1.500.000 sqm) and the future size of the University (10 to 12 Schools, 250.000 sqm of built area).

Publications

  • Architecture in Greece, 36 (issue specialized on A.Kotsiopoulos’ work on university buildings) / 2002

  • A. Giakoumakatos, “City and knowledge: university buildings and urban tissue” in: Architecture in Greece, 36, 2002, pp 58 - 64