The large number of inactive and unused military camps in the city of Thessaloniki, coupled with the urgent need for more green and leisure spaces, make it necessary to utilize the above areas.
Due to the recent concession of the former Kodra military camp in Kalamaria for 99 years, the present architecture thesis focuses on the redevelopment of those approximately 203 acres. An area, whose management is a challenge due to its unique features, but also to its important buildings and archaeological site. The current abandonment view, which reveals a multitude of garbage and illegal operations by residents installed in buildings, eliminates the importance of preserved buildings and prevents the area from being recognized as a source of nationwide green, despite its extremely important historical background.
The proposed redevelopment includes a large park and two squares, one large and one smaller, whilst the building segment includes both social, educational and cultural structures as well as private residences with public uses on the ground floor.
The design is divided into three zones. The first concerns the continuity of the city, as a smooth transition and reintegration of the camp into the urban fabric of Kalamaria. The second concerns the creation of a recreation park, a design inspired by the archaeological service's depictions of cellular semi-underground structures. Creating park paths that lead to the neoclassical government building, also known as Palataki, aims to highlight the historical significance that dates back to the 1950s and can be a tourist pole for the region. Finally, the third zone is a continuation of the existing educational character, with the addition of a small stadium and a building designed to meet the needs of the students, while separating the main square from the residences behind Kalamaria Stadium.
Because of these three separation zones, two major traffic routes were created with different identities, one through the houses and the other crossing the whole camp. At the union of those two, is being dispayed the landmark project the landscape of the project, the museum.
