TAC
Thessaloniki, Achillion Coastal Platform
Thessaloniki, Achillion Coastal Platform
Programme: Harbour structure for the installation of a light urban transport system. Vaporetto-like boats line will link the strategic points of the city from the airport at the south-east till the coastal harbour at the north-west.
Project status: Invitation, studies, prototype
Site: Thessaloniki, Thermaïkos Golf, Greece.
Client: “Thessaloniki, cultural capital of Europe 1997” organisation
Team: Architects: Finn Geipel. Structural engineer: Werner Sobek. Consultants: Marilena Kourniati, architect sociologist.
Surface: 500 m²
Structure: Outer frame stainless steel truss, inner frame sandwiches honeycombs, stainless steel floats.
Dates: 1995/ 1997, execution being shelved
Cost: 900.000 € (value 1995)