Ideas competition for the Design of the New Central Business District of Thessaloniki

Procedure : Open | Category : Professional
Region II - Eastern Europe and the Middle East | Greece

The UIA endorsed ArXellence 2, an open, one-stage, international ideas competition for the Design of the New Central Business District of Thessaloniki, Greece. The competition was organised by ALUMIL S.A., an international company dealing in aluminium and advanced architectural aluminium systems based in Greece. Its goal was to contribute to the regeneration of a declining urban area of Thessaloniki by presenting innovative designs for the new central business district.

This competition was open to all architects entitled to practise in their country of residence.

All projects will be posted online. Alumil S.A. will publish a catalogue of the competition results.

View the competition launch press release.

View the competition results press release.

Visit the competition website.

Theme and objectives

The competition’s goal is to contribute to the regeneration of a declining urban area of Thessaloniki by presenting innovative designs for the new central business district.

Eligibility

Open to all architects entitled to practise in their country of residence.

Jury Members

  • Kasper Guldager Jensen (Denmark)
  • Nikolaos Salpingidis  (Greece)
  • Gabriela Carrillo (Mexico)
  • Lauren Haiden (South Africa)
  • Dimitrios P. Tsomocos (UK/Greece)

Alternate jurors

  • Sara Martin Camara (France)
  • Oren Sussman (Israel)

Key dates

09/03/2020Launch
25/05/2020Registration deadline
15/10/2020Submission deadline
25/11/2020Results
11/12/2020Award ceremony

Prizes

  • 1st prize: 20,000 euros
  • 2nd prize: 15,000 euros
  • 3rd prize: 10,000 euros
  • 4th prize: 7,000 euros
  • 5th prize: 5,000 euros
  • 6th prize: 3,000 euros

4 honourable mentions

Reference documents

Arxellence2 competition brief

Gallery

Arxellence2

Thessaloniki