My diploma thesis design project (currently in progress) is a proposal ​for the restoration of a complex of old tobacco warehouses in my ​hometown of Kavala. Kavala was known across Europe for the tobacco ​processing that took place in the city in the late 19th century until the ​middle of the 20th century.

The restoration project focuses on re-purposing one of the largest ​tobacco warehouse complexes in the city as a student center for the ​university. The program consists of dormitories, community spaces, ​workshop areas, a library and a cafeteria for the students.

One of the many challenges of the project is redesigning the fallen ​roofs of the two main warehouses and the wooden structural system ​that has been partially destroyed and exposed to weather conditions. ​The integration of the restored warehouse into the modern urban ​environment of the city poses the closing challenge of the project.

East Facade of two main warehouses

West Facade of two main warehouses