About the Project
11 September – 26 September 2021
Halkidiki, Greece
Organization: ALUMIL
ArXellence 2 is the international architectural ideas competition by ALUMIL. The topic of the competition was the redesign of the western waterfront of Thessaloniki. The 1464 registrations from 90 countries and the 173 submitted proposals, constitute the final report of the competition. The exhibition of ArXellence 2 reflects the global character of ALUMIL’s initiative and presents to the visitor all the final architectural proposals from all over the world, regarding this important area of Thessaloniki.
The exhibition took place in the Digital Transformation and Digital Skills Center (DT&S) – CISCO, between 11 to 26 of September 2021. SYMVOLI | Conference & Cultural Management undertook the exhibition’s production, organization, communication and the design of the parallel events.
In the ArXellence 2 exhibition, the visitor had the opportunity to:
see the displayed architectural proposals that were honored in the competition listen to audio oral testimonies from professionals who are or have been active in the western part of the city scan the QR codes and vote in place for their favorite proposal from the ones that were distinguished navigate through all the 173 architectural proposals in a specially designed space inside the exhibition and vote for their favoriteOther parallel events organized by SYMVOLI were:
A photographic competition, which had as main topic the promotion of the western front of Thessaloniki Thematic walking tours in the western part of the city in collaboration with Thessaloniki Walking Tours School visits at the exhibition
