top: the east side of Dimitris Pikionis’ pavilion on the Hill of the Muses (1954-57).
a. Walking Tours
During the days of the Conference sessions | schedule TBA
b. Post-conference tours
10 September | Modern monuments and sites near Athens (by bus) | schedule TBA
c. The Aegean Cruise
10-15 September | schedule TBA
d. The Balkan Tour (tentative)
10 September travel to Thessaloniki – modern masterpieces of Thessaloniki
11 September travel to Sofia – modern masterpieces of Skopje
12 September one day in Sofia (talks, events, walking tours)
13 September travel to Skopje – modern masterpieces of Sofia
14 September one day in Skopje (talks, events, walking tours )
15 September travel to Tirana – modern masterpieces of Tirana
16 September one day in Tirana (talks, events, walking tours )
17 September return to Athens
top: the Esso Pappas pavilion in the Thessaloniki International Fair designed by Thymio Papayannis (1963).
Modern Thessaloniki’s city center was reconstructed following the devastating fire of August 1917 based on a new urban plan designed by the French architect, archaeologist, and city planner Ernest Hébrard.
Tentative list of sites to visit in Thessaloniki:
- The Aristotelous Axis, modern center of the post 1917 city.
- The campus of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki.
- The complex of the Thessaloniki International Fair.
- The archaeological museum designed by P. Karantinos.
- The Byzantine Museum designed by K. Krokos.
- The Costakis Collection: the most renowned collection of Russian avant-garde art.
bottom: pavilion no.2 of the Thessaloniki International Fair designed by K. Tripodakis (1954).
Docomomo’s custom tours, designed by experts on Greek modern architecture. In collaboration with do.co.mo.mo. BG, do.co.mo.mo. MK, and do.co.mo.mo. AL
top: Post Office Headquarters in Skopje. Designed by Janko Konstantinov (1974).
After Thessaloniki and its modern masterpieces, the Balkan Tour will focus on the modern heritage of Sofia, Skopje and Tirana. Unique representatives of interwar modernism or postwar brutalism. Some of them have been neglected and unappreciated for decades, or currently in danger.
bottom: Hotel Tirana, Albania, designed by Valentina Pistoli (1979).
