What I can see

This 185m long and 51 m wide passenger station is formed by uncovered concrete. It has brutalist influences and an unconventional logic that refers to works by Saarinen and Le Corbusier. It is divided into three levels. On the ground floor, there were originally a customs clearance and trade area, with waiting areas on the first floor, offices and shops, and on the third, the farewell room and a restaurant. Later, it was used as an exhibition hall and conference center, and currently there are discussions about operating it as a hotel. The curved roof, combined with the central pillars and the tensile cables, are reminiscent of sailboat and harbour cranes.

 

What I can't see

Its design was intended to symbolize Greece undergoing modernization. Architecturally, it was the most original and unconventional public building of that time, with foundations reaching a depth of 10 metres. This building is a part of the station complex designed for the harbour was to include two passenger station complexes, a multi-storey office building, another office building and a port office.

 

Info

• Address: Miaoulis Coast

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