Redesign of “Palais des Sports" Basketball Stadium

Thessaloniki, Greece

K- Architects
A. Kotsiopoulos, A. Panou, E. Zoumboulidou
E. Chalkiopoulou, Th. Kouvaki, G. Grevenaris

Civil engineers
Penelis Consulting Engineers S.A.

E/M engineers
J. Abbott Associates

3d images
A. Tellios

total built area
17.000 sqm

design
2003

construction
2004 - 2005

The “Palais des Sports" Basketball Stadium in Thessaloniki has been faced, in the redesign, as a monument of the Modern Movement. All the basic architectural principles of the original design had been preserved although some important additions had been made especially concerning the desired multi-functional character of the complex, energy conservation of the “skin” of the cylindrical building as well as the air-conditioning of the main aula.