This 4-store building for the permanent residence of a typical Greek family follows only partly the very strict regulation for new buildings in the Thessaloniki Old Town area. The attempt was to reproduce not the superficial characteristics of Ano Poli traditional buildings but some of their structural principles, such as their scale and, in the specific case, the rather rare double cantilever – the so called ‘shahnishi’ – which is found in a nearby building of the 19th century on the same street. The idea of a column as a central organizing element has caused a difficult discussion with the city authorities, before getting the permission to build the house. The drawing mode, using colours and shadows, typical of the ‘80s, has to be also noticed.

Publications

• Exhibition “Athen und Thessaloniki kommen nach Berlin" (organized by IBA), Berlin 1987

• Ν. Kalogirou, Αρχιτεκτονική και πολεοδομία στη μεταπολεμική Θεσσαλονίκη, (Architecture and urban Design in Post-War Thessaloniki) 1990, pp. 76-78

• . Κalogirou, «Θεσσαλονίκη, Αστικό τοπίο και σύγχρονη αρχιτεκτονική έκφραση» (Thessaloniki: townscape and contemporary architecture), The World of Buildings 5/1994, pp. 196-204

• Ν. Kalogirou, Σύγχρονη ελληνική αρχιτεκτονική 2: αστικές μονοκατοικίες (Contemporary GreekArchitecture 2: urban houses), Thessaloniki, Malliaris, pp 44-51.