The hospital “Panagia” is a building complex, which is located in the urban fabric of the city of Thessaloniki. Specifically, it is located in the New Fountain of Kalamaria, a residential area near the sea, with several small businesses and a good standard of living.
As student housing, in order to upgrade the quality of life of students and relieving the city center of Thessaloniki which is suffocating. The campus of Thessaloniki needs to be upgraded and expanded to other areas, as it has already become extensively in the western part and to a very small extent in the east. As the city’s needs have increased, rent housing is now difficult and often economically exploitable. Furthermore, in a large city, the existence of student housing will help people in the first years of their stay to integrate smoothly into new life facts without feeling isolated, out of the university. By creating, student communities will form a loud part of society.
The proposed intervention foresees the reopening of the building, the complete configuration of the accommodation and the creation of new functions to fulfill people’s needs.Interventions are based on the main structure of the building, differentiating it into some abstractions and additions of the building.
To conclude, the reconstruction of the building will be based on the energy upgrading, withlower energy consumption, proper exploitation of natural lighting and the location, so that the building is viable pollute less the environment.