In the city of Volos there are about 5000 students, the city is the home of the University of Thessaly. The University currently can provide accommodation for 40 students. The terms of use depends of financial and family circumstances.
Our project’s subject is the creation of a new students’ centre of the University of Volos with the capacity to accommodate 234 students.
The building complex will also has a lending library, play rooms, sports sites, restaurant, an amphitheatre and an enclosed swimming pool.
The site chosen for building complex located in Neapoli near Volos’ Areos Park, where there are established the majority of the polytechnics schools of the University of Thessaly.
The dimensions of the site is 200 meters x 70 meters. This plot was chosen not only on size but mainly based on its location and its accessibility from the avenue of Athens and on the ground that is not in the dense urban fabric of the city, offering greater peace of mind to students who will live there and the comfort to create the necessary parking spaces.
However, has a direct connection to public transport because it is less than a kilometre from the train station and approximately 500 meters from the bus station, offering thus a direct link for students to the centre of the city.
The building program of the group of student halls include analytically the following areas :
1. Parking areas : 2400 m2 (64 seats for cars)
2. Auditorium : 215 m2 (132 spectators)
3. Reception - Refreshments: 430 m2
4. Restaurant: 550 m2 (208 people)
5. Cuisine Restaurant: 190 m2
6. Gym: 320 m2
7. Refreshment (Play Rooms): 460 m2
8. Swimming: 900 m2 (pool size 10 x 20)
9. Library: 1640 m2
10. Student accommodation facilities: 6000 m2 (234 people)
11. Utility rooms, storage space: 130 m2
12. Outdoor area: 4400 m2
13. Green Roof: 4400 m2