Sculptures of the Faculty of Engineering
The sculptures at the precinct of the Faculty of Engineering were students' works.
Modern and Contemporary era (1912 - )
Ottoman era (1453- 1912)
Byzantine era (331 AC- 1453)
Roman era (30 BC- 330 AC)
Hellenistic era (322- 31 BC)
Classical era (478-323 BC)
Archaic era (800-479 BC)
Geometric era (-1100- 800 BC)
Prehistory (-1100 BC)
What I can see
In the garden of the Faculty of Engineering and hidden among bushes, we see some modern and contemporary small sculptures, most of which were student projects. The metal, black sculpture by Sofia Kavafaki (1989) was a student project, as was the one next to it by Ersi Avgoustidou. Konstantinos Domboulas donated the sculpture “Pseudokinesis” and it was installed in 2009. Metal rods are intersected in such a way that they give the sense of movement. The abstract sculpture by Evi Michou (2004) is made of marble, as is the modern sculpture (1965) by Manolis Korres, a leading Greek scientist with an enormous scientific work. Furthermore, the “Thought” (1962-1966) by Achilleas Apergis, located at the faculty’s entrance, is an anthropocentric work with abstract forms.
What I can't see
These sculptures have been victims of vandalism several times.
Info
- Address: Faculty of Engineering, AUTH
Bibliography
Tsitiridis G., (2019), Ανακάλυψε τα γλυπτά της πόλης: Γλυπτά Πολυτεχνικής Σχολής Α.Π.Θ., [Discover the city’s sculptures: Sculptures of the Faculty of Engineering of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki] in Parallaxi
https://parallaximag.gr/thessaloniki-news/anakalypse-ta-glypta-tis-polis-glypta-polytechnikis-scholis-a-p-th
Last visit 18/3/2025
Fotiadou K., (d.u.), Καταγραφή και μορφολογική ανάλυση των υπαίθριων γλυπτών της Θεσσαλονίκης, από το 1912, ως τις μέρες μας, [Recording and morphological analysis of the outdoor sculptures of Thessaloniki, from 1912 to the present day], Dissertation Thesis, Interdepartmental Postgraduate Studies Program: Protection, Restoration and Conservation of Cultural Monuments, AUTH
