Site Visits

ECOWEEK includes site visits as an integral part of the ECOWEEK International Conference and Workshops experience and a tangible way to both learn more about the place ECOWEEK is taking place, and to see solutions and ideas implemented 'in the real world'.. Read...

	ECOWEEK 2012: Site Visits
	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Old City of Jerusalem with architect Dr. Sakis Mitropoulos Dr. Mitropoulos is the Chief Architect of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate. Dr. Mitropoulos has been in charge of the restoration work of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the past 20 years. The site visit to the Church will include the Constantine Basilica, the Crusader Basilica, the Holy Sepulchre and the Rotonda, and the underground cisterns where rain water collects under the Church. Date: Saturday March 3, 2012 at 10:00-12:00. Visit guide: Architect Dr. Sakis Mitropoulos Architect of the Greek Partriarchate. Meeting place: Jaffa Gate (by the taxis). Participation is limited to 25 people. Pre-Registration is required to join this site visit. Pre-Register at the REGISTRATION COUNTER on Sunday, February 26, 2012.

ECOWEEK GUIDED SITE VISITS

ECOWEEK 2009 & 2010 & 2011 included a number of special guided tours to the former international airport of Athens at Hellinikon guided by Landscape Architect Thomas Doxiadis; to the new recycling factory by Envitec SA at A. Liosia; a guided tour to the passive-solar offices of Meletitiki with award-winning architect Alexandros Tombazis; a guided tour and lecture about the first energy autonomous building in Greece courtesy of Sol Energy Hellas; a tour at a windfarm in Attica guided by Vestas SA - manufacturer of the wind turbines; a guided visit to the methane biogas factoray at A. Liosia courtesy of BEAL SA; a visit to one of the first green roofs of Athens, on top of the OSE building in the center of Athens, courtesy of Landco SA.; the new seafront of Thessaloniki by Nififoridis Cuomo Architects, the new Student Residence at the American Farm School by P. Makridis Architect, a visit to the Leonardo DaVinci exhibition in Thessaloniki, and more.

In the Middle East, guided site visits included the new city Rawabi next to Ramallah in Palestine. In Milano, Italy, site visits included a visit to the urban park Boscoincitta, with architect Alessandro Ferrari and Agronimist Sergio Pellizzoni, Milena Bertacchi, and Silvio Anderloni, a visit to the former cement factory of Italcementi in Bergamo with architect Massimiliano Mandarini, and a visit to the Garibaldi Repubblica, Puorta Nuova project in Milano, with architect Alessandro Trivelli.

ECOWEEK 2008 included a special site visit to the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, immediately after its completion, and one year before it was officially opened to the public. The site visit was guided by architect Michael Photiadis, who, together with architect Bernard Tchumi, designed the new museum.

ECOWEEK 2005 & 2006 & 2007 included guided site visits to passive solar and ecological houses with architects Alexandros Tombazis and Kostas Tsipiras in Aegina island.