Back to the drawing board: When history leads to new visions by OTE Group Telecommunications Museum

Encountering the Unexpected

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Encountering the Unexpected OTE Building Design & Archive

Table of contents

Greeting Michael Tsamaz 16

Forward Nikos Syriopoulos 18

Acknowledgements 19

Introduction 20

The Approach 27

An Example Theodosis P. Tasios 28

OTE’s Building Programme. An unknown development undertaking Jorgos Athanasopoulos 30

The OTE Design Archive. The value of doing it by hand Jannis Athanasopoulos 35

The particularities of the structural designs Giannis Hatzinikolis 44

The Showcase 51

The Building Design Archive. Exploring the contents 52

Landmark Buildings 57

OTE’s Landmark Buildings an inside look Jorgos Athanasopoulos 58

Historical Buildings 123

The beginning. Buildings of OTE’s early years Eleni Kanetaki 124

Inclusion in historic and traditional settlements 173

Historical and traditional environment. Discrete intervention

Modernism 227

Modernism in public buildings. The case of OTE Jannis Athanasopoulos 228

Postmodernism 315

The influence of postmodern classicism on OTE buildings Jannis Athanasopoulos 316

Buildings with telecommunication function 333

The invisible technological cutting edge Jorgos Athanasopoulos 334

Standardised designs 373

Systematisation and Corporate Identity Jannis Athanasopoulos 374

Special constructions Furnishings 399

Locker 10101-10601 Jannis Athanasopoulos 400

Annexes 433

List of properties 434

Image sources 526

Bibliography 532

Eleni Kanetaki 174

Greeting Michael Tsamaz OTE Chairman and CEO

The OTE Group has reached its 70-year mark. In these seven decades, telecommunications have changed drastically and at a very rapid rate. From the telegraph to telephones, to mobile phones and the internet, we now continue to advance to the age of fibre optics and 5G. Developments in technology and telecommunications have influenced the way we live, communicate and work more than anything else. In Greece, these developments are integrally related to the OTE Group and its people. By investing in networks and new infrastructure, designing services to make citizens’ lives better and help businesses grow and contributing to the country’s sustainable development, OTE has emerged as one of the leading tech companies in Greece. It is an inseparable piece of Greece’s social and productive fabric. The history of OTE is a part of Greece’s national repository. This album is part of that repository, and presents an important part of the Group’s invaluable legacy: its buildings. Since 1949, more than 2,000 buildings throughout Greece, designed by prominent architects and civil engineers, have housed offices, technical services, centres for transactions with the public and technological infrastructure. The architectural drawings for OTE’s buildings, documents of great historical value stored for years in the depths of the Headquarters Building, are now being made available to university students and educational institutions for the first time. This collection presents landmark works of Greek architecture, including the Maroussi Headquarters Building, the Thessaloniki Tower and the Toll Communications Building (YMA-NYMA) on Patision Street, emblematic facilities such as the Satellite Communications Centre in Thermopylae, and numerous historic buildings in all parts of Greece which are now listed as historical or included in traditional settlements.

MICHAEL TSAMAZ

This publication highlights the rich architectural tradition of Greece and showcases important aspects of Greek history from the 1930s to the modern day. At the same time, it is a tribute to telecommunications in Greece and the people who have worked through the years so that every corner of the country can have access to communication.

GREETING

I would like to thank the team of experts who took on this extremely difficult project involving the study, processing and presentation of thousands of drawings and the Corporate Communications Division, particularly the team at the OTE Group Telecommunications Museum, whose contribution was critical in publishing this rare collection and bringing to light the Group’s archival material. I also owe a debt of gratitude to Giannis Hatzinikolis, my colleague who personally delivered the records, guided my through the available material and helped to evaluate it, as well as to the OTE Group Real Estate Management Division, which is responsible for managing the Design Archive. This publication is dedicated to all the people of the OTE Group, who for 70 years have worked with passion, faith and commitment so we can create a better world for all.

Forward Nikos I. Syriopoulos Architect

It was decided in spring of 2018, on the initiative of OTE Chairman Mr Tsamaz, to make public the Organisation’s Building Design Archive for the first time in its long history. When we were assigned to research and develop this album, not even we could imagine the wealth of material we would discover in the Organisation’s archival records. The OTE name and its logo may well be one of the most easily recognised brands in Greece. OTE has been synonymous with communication and for Greeks, it is essentially the most historic “medium”. This communication brought people closer and provided the means that allowed Greek voices to extend beyond the borders of this country. But behind and beyond what is known to most people lies hidden its evolution, development, technology, hard work, innovation, architectural creation and inventiveness. During the course of putting this album together, my associates and I discovered that, through the projects OTE undertook through the years, the engineers deepened their knowledge of their field, architects created original buildings and they did so while helping to improve the environment and contributing to Greece’s growth. The research took longer than a year. The difficulty and the challenge lay not so much in discovering or highlighting the wealth of the Building Design Archive, as in selecting what would be included, what would be left out of this enormous amount of material that came to light and how best to present the findings so they would be interesting not just to experts, but to anyone who happened to pick up this album. Nothing would have been possible without the scientific training, study, research and diligence of architects Giorgos and Jannis Athanasopoulos, their associates and the creativity of Vasiliki-Maria Plavou and Marios Stamatis who designed the album. Many thanks to the entire team at the OTE Group – particularly the Corporate Communications Division – for their excellent cooperation and the opportunity they offered us to study these exceedingly important records. That is how the collective effort of the research team achieved something which at one time seemed impossible: making this album you are now holding come to life.

Acknowledgements The research team

The project to unveil the OTE Building Design Archive was a great challenge, which ultimately developed in several directions, based on the way in which the challenge was met. On the one hand, exploration of the archival material, working through the documentation and comparative assessment of the content, led to important discoveries which heightened the enthusiasm of the research team at all stages of the study. On the other, the final outcome presented here is the product of a complex undertaking which involves not only the treatment of the archival material itself, but emerges as the synthesis of a sum of activities, such as research of the literature, oral interviews/testimony from engineers of the Building Works Division and collaborating engineers, discussions with experts and university professors, and, naturally, the valuable cooperation of the people of OTE. For that reason, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to Emmanouil Vouzaras, civil engineer and for years the head of OTE’s Building Works Division, Dimitris Nakos, architectural engineer, one of the designers of the OTE Headquarters Building in Maroussi, and Stelios Kaskouras, architectural engineer, who for years was the executive member of the Architectural Design Department at OTE’s Building Works Division, for their oral testimonies and the materials they provided; Giannis Hatzinikolis, civil engineer, former head of the OTE Building Works Design Department, the rapporteur and key instigator behind the idea to publicise the archive, for his excellent cooperation throughout the project; Theodosis Tasios, professor-emeritus of the National Technical University of Athens, for his invaluable consultive role; and Eleni Fessa-Emmanouil, professor-emeritus of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, who gave us access to her photographic archives. Finally, we would like to thank the OTE Group Real Estate Management Division, which is responsible for managing the Design Archive, for all its cooperation, the OTE Group Corporate Communications Division for the overall coordination, and the OTE Group Telecommunications Museum for the productive conversations and provision of rare archival and photographic material.

Introduction

By the late 1940s, post-war Greece was in shambles, the result of the German Occupation and civil war. Building infrastructure and basic services desperately needed reorganisation or reestablishment, while social cohesion was still a challenge following the divisive conflict. Political developments and geopolitical alliances mandated the rapid development of the country, with no time to waste in addressing these adversities and achieving some semblance of social reconciliation. To that end, most public services and public benefit organisations, which were being established or were reorganising their operations based on new socio-economic and technological conditions, had become a critical tool in the country’s desired modernisation. As part of this effort, the Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE), from its founding on, made its own decisive and multi-faceted contribution to Greece’s growth. Its obvious role in the development of telecommunications and transmission of electronic information was not the only one. The imperative to house its service departments and steadily increasing operational needs led to the construction of a large number of buildings. The organisation’s historically public character and the fact that a large number of these buildings were designed by engineers who worked in its related departments have made OTE one of the largest producers of public built space in Greece. What made OTE’s case unique is that it built a large number of special buildings with the aim of installing and operating the most innovative and cutting-edge technological communication systems available at any given time. In many cases, this led to the creation of emblematic constructions all over Greece which ultimately became landmarks, reflecting both the Organisation’s sizeable impact on Greek society and the singular position it came to occupy, as it was associated with citizens’ daily need to communicate with one another. The showcasing of OTE’s Building Design Archive through this album aims to document the Organisation’s most notable buildings while highlighting the superior level of expertise that went into drawing up the designs. In the selected plans and drawings, the reader – whether a layperson browsing the album or a specialist researcher – can perceive the professionalism and self-denial demonstrated by the staff of the Building Works Division during a time of meagre means for drafting and calculations. However, the scientific value of these designs does not only lie in the heightened professional conscientiousness of the Organisation’s designers. It also reflects OTE’s intention to provide citizens with the best possible service in an aesthetically pleasing and modern setting – relative to the aesthetic and technological context of each period – which would be the product of a meticulous planning process down to the very last detail. Following World War II, as the state’s relationship to its citizenry changed over a period of modernisation, public buildings were obliged to reflect this transition. Thus, the history of OTE’s constructions is linked to the

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OTE Group Headquarters. Access to the file.

history of the country, representing both the contribution of the building projects in the development of related scientific fields and the role these played in society. The OTE Building Design Archive includes an impressive volume, both in terms of size and quality, of drawings that form part of the designs prepared for its facilities. This archival material does not just provide important documentation on the specific designs; it mainly provides an outline of the historical course of Greek architecture. The integrated approach to planning, the aesthetic and morphological choices, the materials and construction methods, and even the inventiveness in the structural solutions are present in these designs, which cover a period starting between the wars in the 1930s and ending with classicist postmodernism in the late 20th century. The building projects in the archive were planned and designed either by architectural engineers and special designers, civil engineers and electrical engineers working for the Organisation, or by outside designers who included well-known architects and civil engineers of the era from the academic and professional world. However, the overwhelming majority of the archived designs were completed and signed by the OTE Building Works Division, as most designs prepared by external associates were usually submitted up to the preliminary planning stage, and few were submitted through the final stage of the detailed design. This enormous body of work – the unseen and not widely recognised OTE designs – was presented on a very limited scale in a few architectural and technical publications of the era, which featured either OTE building designs prepared by distinguished architects or high-profile buildings of the Organisation, such as the OTE Headquarters Building in Athens and the OTE Tower at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF). The revelation of the hard work and expert proficiency of the Organisation’s engineers, which until now was unknown to the general public, can now serve as a tribute to their invaluable contribution to Greek society. Through the years, the OTE Building Design Archive has been a critically important tool for the Organisation’s engineers, as well as for the consulting designers invited to participate from time to time. Particularly during the 1980s, with the rapid developments in telecommunications and the need to modify building infrastructure, the highly organised archive helped subsequent designers to prepare the necessary designs for the required merging of old and new technologies, until the analogue signal could be gradually phased out, leading to the coordinated transition from analogue to digital technology. These days, the OTE Building Design Archive is overseen by the OTE Group Real Estate Management Division. The archive is still active, as it is an essential aid in the function of all OTE departments related to technical works and in the preparation of designs for changes in use, new configurations necessitated by developments in technology and new services offered to citizens or the ongoing need to maintain the facilities. However, the importance of the Design Archive does not only lie in its role in OTE’s growth and continuing development. The meticulous filing and codification of the designs is evidence of the conscientiousness of all those who worked in the Building and Electromechanical Works Division, and includes the ethical aspect of serving a sense of continuity in regard to the future operation of the Organisation. Their care to preserve that continuity is their valuable legacy.

The undertaking of presenting the OTE Design Archive did not focus exclusively on researching and processing its contents. The investigation of such unique material led to a need to seek out additional sources to contribute to its more thorough documentation. The collection of evidence, both from oral testimonies through discussions with people who were part of creating the resultant work and by searching through the printed and electronic bibliography, enriched the final research outcome. The sum of the accumulated material is divided into two main sections:

INTRODUCTION

Content structure

The Approach includes texts which describe the general framework of the entire undertaking, highlighting both the importance and historical evolution of OTE’s construction projects, and the philosophy which informs the designers’ understanding in producing their scientific work. These texts endeavour to summarise the infiltration of the Organisation’s Construction Plan into sociohistoric events, while also providing insight into the backdrop against which the work of designing was performed. As the specific conditions and details have either disappeared or changed, some knowledge of them is essential to “reading” the drawings in the archive. The Showcase comprises the main content of the research, which presents the characteristic plans and drawings for the selected buildings along with photographs. As detailed in the introduction to this section, the material is presented in categories which combine the historic-chronological evolution with the specific character of the building constructions. Each category of archival material presented is accompanied by an introduction which, depending on the topic area, analyses the overall historical facts in relation to the building constructions and the aesthetic-morphological approaches. The two sections are supplemented by a number of annexes containing significant information. The first presents a diagrammatic timeline linking the chronological preparation of the initial designs for the highlighted buildings with the chronological milestones in OTE’s history. The second includes a complete list of Organisation properties, in the middle of the album, which provides useful details about each design, such as date of initial design and the names of the designers. This table also serves as an index for the buildings presented here, helping the reader to find them more quickly. Finally, the annex section is concluded with the inclusion of image sources and the bibliography.

The Approach

An Example Theodosis P. Tasios, Professor Emeritus, NTUA

1. I was quite familiar with OTE’s Building and Electromechanical Works Division from a long time ago for a number of reasons: Firstly, because one of its oldest supervisors was Leonidas Bitsakos, who would later become a professor at NTUA (my most treasured professor). Secondly, because there had never been reports of serious seismic damage to any OTE buildings, despite the existence of hundreds such buildings throughout the Greek territory. And thirdly, because OTE was the only project owner who (after about 1960) carried out geotechnical surveys before designing any of its buildings. Given these facts, OTE was already a great example of a public organisation with practices so successful, they were to be envied even by private organisations.

2. Now, thanks to the inspired decision by OTE management to make use of the OTE Building Design Archive, we have before us a pleasant surprise on many levels: A country’s history is being written from the ground up; based on separate events and not on biased ideologies (supposedly universally valid). And this archive is tangible evidence of the ethos of a large segment of Greek citizens – which OTE applied without having learned it from a previous organisational structure. And so, this carefully safeguarded collection of nearly 100,000 drawings (who could believe it?) describes one part of the multi-level development of the country – development which was occasionally and abruptly interrupted by our political immaturity (dictatorship and populist ideologies).

THE APPROACH

3. For this reason, allow me to believe that everything implied by this archive (the diligence, hard work, the organisation and economy, over decades) constitutes a symbol which may succeed in serving as a lesson for many of us.

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OTE Building Design Archive

OTE's Building Development Project. An unknown undertaking. Jorgos Athanasopoulos, Dipl. Eng. Architect A.U.Th.

An encounter with the impressive material in OTE’s Building Design Archive reveals the history of Greece’s efforts to recover and grow in the post-war period. At that time, as the newly formed Organisation embarked on its effort to establish and manage the preeminent technological achievement of the period – telecommunications, it gradually and methodically created a structure to produce engineering projects that was ground-breaking for Greece. Universal access to direct communication, the ability to communicate with anybody both within Greece and abroad, is taken for granted these days, but that was not true in the mid-20th century. This achievement is even more impressive if one considers that OTE was a purely public agency at that time.

THE APPROACH

Fig. 1. The logos of the Post Office, Telegraph and Telephone Directorate (TTT), the Hellenic Telephone Company (AETE) and the Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE).

The Hellenic Telephone Company (AETE). OTE’s immediate precursor was AETE, a German company founded in August 1931 pursuant to an agreement signed and ratified in November 1930 between the Siemens & Halske company and the Greek State. It was a private company which took control of the entire installed telecommunications infrastructure managed by the state-run TTT (Post Office, Telegraph and Telephone) as a general directorate within the Ministry of Transport. AETE also assumed the obligation to use existing public sector personnel, thus retaining the organisation’s public character.

Fig. 2. AETE map marking the urban centres in the 1930s.

necessity and a demand brought about during the country's reconstruction and modernisation phase. 1 →See the newspaper Oikonomikos Tachydromos, 16/12/1965, p. 17. 2 →Details from the announcement by the Chairman of the OTE Board of Directors, Georgios I. Oikonomopoulos, periodical Technika Chronika, no.191, 1960, p. 44. 3 →Letter of 9/2/1950 from the Vice-president of the Technical Chamber of Greece T. Zounis, periodical Technika Chronika, no. 308, 1950, p. 111.

AETE’s main offices were housed in the TTT building on Stadiou Street designed by Anastasios Metaxas and just completed in 1930. Within a short time and up to the outbreak of World War II, the company built a significant number of urban telephone centre in Athens, Thessaloniki and other large provincial towns (Fig. 2). Most of the designs for these buildings are in the Design Archive and constitute an invaluable resource for researching the architecture of that era. OTE’s building infrastructure. OTE was founded in October 1949 as a state organisation. As it commenced operations, it was tasked with providing telephone communication, at that time already considered a social good1, to as many citizens as possible. It was a huge undertaking and began under the most difficult conditions, following the World War and then the civil war, which in many ways was catastrophic for the country. When it took over, there were about 70,000 telephone service connections throughout the Greek territory, 45,000 of which were in Athens and its environs2. The goal, but mainly the demand at that time, was to double the number of connections within a very short time span. The main prerequisite for achieving that goal was to have the appropriate building infrastructure in place.

OTE’S BUILDING PROGRAMME. AN UNKNOWN DEVELOPMENT UNDERTAKING

Today, direct communication with anyone is a luxury we may be taking for granted. However, in the mid-20th century, it constituted an absolute

The building inventory that the Organisation was called upon to manage at that time comprised mainly AETE’s existing urban telecommunications centres and certain public facilities numbering a total of 60 buildings. These buildings had already exceeded their capacity for housing operations, which meant there was an immediate need to expand and increase their number. Right from the start, the needs were great, as was the pressure. A letter from the administration of the Technical Chamber of Greece in February 1950 is indicative of the need, in regard to the capital city: “...please, ..., take into particular consideration the needs of fellow engineers, placing them on equal footing as those of doctors or lawyers”.3 Telecommunications = Growth. It was precisely that overwhelming pressure, together with the conviction that the post-war reconstruction of Greece to a level equivalent to other developed countries would be achieved through the development of telecommunications, that led to the restructuring of the department as regards building infrastructure (Fig. 3). The building, and particularly the urban telephone centre (T/C), was the key infrastructure essential to that development (Fig. 4). In the early 1960s, the Building and Electromechanical Works Division was established and gradually came to comprise six subdivisions. At its most active period, in the early 1980s, the division employed more than 250 engineers of various specialisations.

Fig. 3. Installation of underground wiring during the early years of OTE’s operation.

Fig. 4. The Livadia Urban Telecommunications Centre (T/C) under construction.

Special buildings. It is particularly noteworthy that OTE’s constructions were not at all ordinary; they were buildings specially designed to house three functions simultaneously – telecommunication, administrative and mainly commercial – the sales department, as it was called. In other words, T/Cs had to be designed to take into account both the current specifications for installing the technology of the time and those applying to the proper function of an office building with customer service areas (Fig. 5). This latter aspect was of greater importance in terms of public image. OTE was the national telecommunications5 organisation and was essentially the face of the state in its transactions with citizens. At that time, citizens had daily

4 → ibid., newspaper Oikonomikos Tachydromos.

In 1965, just 15 years from its founding, OTE had already managed to construct 163 new buildings and expand most of its pre-existing ones, increasing its building volume by 640,000 m4. Such progress would become even more impressive in the ensuing years, as service connections were continually being extended throughout the entire country.

contact with OTE, not just because they used the telephone from their personal service connection, but mainly because they would often visit one of the Organisation’s buildings to use the services it offered in telephony and communication in general. Outside the main urban centres of Athens and Thessaloniki in particular, there were not enough telephone lines available for everyone and telephone communication took place at the local T/Cs. For a time, OTE facilities also housed the Hellenic Post Office services. In the late 1960s and early ’70s, the number of new telephone service connections was increasing at a rapid rate, relative to the continually growing demand (Fig. 6). For example, the number of connected devices was double the number in service in the mid-1960s and exceeded 1,000,000.6 Similarly, the number of buildings also grew. Most rural cities acquired their own T/C and the larger ones had more than one. The same gradually occurred in towns and many villages. The design and construction activity of the Building Works Division was not limited Fig. 5. The Thessaloniki T/C in the 1950s.

5 → OTE buildings were also used to house telecommunication installations for public bodies such as the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, the Armed Forces, Security Forces, the Earthquake Planning & Protection Organisation and others.

6 → See Hellas – Tilepikoinoniai [Greece – Telecommunications], pub. ΟΤΕ, 1972.

Fig. 6. Extension of the Thessaloniki Administrative Building in the late 1960s.

JORGOS ATHANASOPOULOS

to T/Cs. The nature of the Organisation’s operation required increasingly more buildings dedicated to the telecommunications function which were placed in suitable and often particularly difficult to access sites in the Greek territory. Wireless telecommunication stations (W/T) had already been established in mountainous locations by the early 1950s, as well as coastal stations to connect to ocean-going ships. From 1961 to 1965, the transmission towers were designed and built on Mount Parnitha, the Geraneia Mountains and Mount Pelion. These where exceedingly challenging projects from the aspect of both design and construction. At the same time, numerous local exchanges for 1,000 subscribers were being rapidly built throughout the country The first satellite dish was installed in 1970 at the Thermopylae Satellite Centre and was completed by 1972. There were also plans for numerous other support buildings, such as storage spaces, car parks and repair facilities (Kallithea Car Garage), training centres for continuing professional training of personnel, laboratories/workshops (Kallithea Complex), industrial buildings (telephone directory plants, Keramikos printing centre), and even resorts for rest and relaxation. The research of the Organisation’s Building Design Archive demonstrates that the design activity of OTE’s department in regard to new building construction came to an end by the mid-1990s, when there is a decline and a shift to redesigning and reconfiguring existing buildings. Up to that point, there were designs for 561 T/Cs, 163 W/Ts and coastal stations, 43 storage facilities and a large number of repeaters. There were nearly 2,000 various types of recorded buildings throughout the country.

We were fortunate to have the structure and operation of this system described in an eloquent but clear and accurate manner by Emmanouil Vouzaras, a civil engineer who worked for OTE for 40 years and was head of the Building Works Division for 15. The Building and Electromechanical Works Division initially included these five subdivisions: a. Planning and Properties b. Building Project Design c. Tenders and Audits d. Construction e. Electromechanical Installations

OTE’S BUILDING PROGRAMME. AN UNKNOWN DEVELOPMENT UNDERTAKING

The Structure - An oral testimony. The development of the vast construction programme, described briefly above, could not have been achieved without establishing a comprehensive mechanism to carry out engineering projects. Such a mechanism would probably be underrated if compared to a major private design firm, as its mode of operation covered a much broader scope rarely seen outside the few private engineering firms around the world.

As construction on the OTE Headquarters Building in Maroussi got underway, a Headquarters Building Department was created just to oversee that project. The interaction and complementary function of these departments was impressive and is worth describing briefly. The overriding goal, as already mentioned, was to build the main infrastructure to distribute service connections to every urban centre, which was the T/C. The details needed to calculate the building needs to be taken into account during the design phase came from the Technical Planning Division. The way in which the telecommunication connection, meaning the wired or wireless transmission and possible combination of these, would be provided was determined there. At the same time, statistical analyses were conducted to project the number of connections each area would need over the next 20 years. These various factors determined the size of the buildings required to house the necessary equipment and then the size of the plot needed to erect the particular T/C, in accordance with the urban planning provisions in force at the time. The Planning and Properties Department calculated the most economically advantageous siting of a building within the urban fabric by applying an original algorithm that combined the cost of constructing the network with the cost of purchasing the plot. From this would result the network’s isocost line.

In 1965, only 15 years on after its founding, OTE had already successfully constructed 163 new buildings, increasing its building volume by 640,000 cubic metres.

These data were transferred to the Design Subdivision where the necessary architectural and structural building designs were prepared and meticulously processed, with clear architectural details, reinforcement tables and construction specifications as well as detailed bills of quantities. It bears repeating that these were special buildings in terms of both their function and the provisions necessary for their bearing structure. The loads which had to be estimated were far greater than for an average construction due to the considerable weight of the machinery to be installed and the bearing structure was composite, as provision had to be made for the large volume of cables to be passed through. Despite these design and construction challenges, the OTE buildings have never suffered noteworthy damage as a result of major earthquakes that have occurred over the years, meaning that the goals have been met. Special note should be made of the fact that OTE was one of the first organisations, private or public, to prepare a geotechnical survey in Greece, after problems arose during the process of building the Volos T/C in 1959. Since that time, it has conducted a geotechnical survey for every building to be erected.

The OTE engineers were highly specialised in designing these types of projects. In the few cases, given the large number of designs, where the design of a T/C was undertaken by external designers, they were always directly supervised and assisted by a member of the department who completed the project up to the detailed design stage. The Departments of Tenders and Audits and Construction were next to take up the baton in carrying out the projects. As the designs were so thorough, any project budget overruns were negligible to insignificant. The contribution of the Building Works Division in achieving the best possible management of available resources was significant. Despite the urgent need, there was never any deviation from compliance with the law regarding public works. OTE assigned the design of some of its buildings, which did not have a telecommunications function, through architectural design competitions. These include its Headquarters Building in Maroussi and the complex in Kallithea. But even in these cases, the role of the Division was critical, both during the design process and in construction management.

THE APPROACH

7 →Conversation with Emmanouil Vouzaras, former head of the OTE Building Works Division, on 23/9/2019.

As Mr Vouzaras proudly but humbly said: “...without wanting to boast, at OTE we developed the best designs in the public sector”.7 What the research of the OTE Design Archive has uncovered completely justifies his words.

Jannis Athanasopoulos Dr.-Eng. D.U.Th., Dipl.-Eng. Architect N.T.U.A.

THE OTE DESIGN ARCHIVE. THE VALUE OF DOING IT BY HAND

The OTE Design Archive. The value of hand drawing

In an era like the present, when the use of computers decisively influences the nature of building design, one’s exposure to the world of manual drafting that pervades the OTE Design Archive reveals an entire philosophy behind the approach to architectural design which is gradually disappearing. The volume of archived material covers a period from 1931 to 2002 and mostly consists of designs prepared on the drafting board without the assistance of a computer. Both the design of the buildings and the drafting of the necessary drawings were done by hand, with implications, firstly, for the philosophy of drafting, and, secondly, in terms of the time and effort spent to prepare these drawings.

Fig. 1 Parga T/C, 4816-K2, floor plan of the ground floor, detail. Head of Design: M. Kanellakopoulou, 1984. Deviation from orthonormality.

1 →These particular artistic movements are found in the Design Archive to a greater or lesser extent.

Fig. 2 OTE Recreation and Sports Centre, preliminary site plan of OTE recreation and sports centre in ‘Kastri’ Ekali, detail, 1968. No information was found on the designer. Use of non-archetypical forms.

The manual drawing. Every drafting tool, depending on the ease or difficulty of its handling and advantageous use of its capabilities, sometimes imposes limitations and at others leads to new forms of expression. For example, the architecture of the drafting table, regardless of whether it emerged from the era of neoclassicism, or eclecticism , modernism or even in many cases classic postmodernism1, and despite the obvious differences in their aesthetic orientation, was expressed either through archetypical forms or through discernible geometry which was mostly dictated by the nature of the particular drafting medium and its tools, such as the T-square, the set square and the compass. It was dictated by the sense of orthonormality, as a consequence of the relation of the right angle in drafting instruments. It was

2 →Panagiotis Michelis, professor of Morphology and Order at the NTUA School of Architecture from 1941 to 1969, was one of the main theoretical supporters of modernism. Nevertheless, in reference to the misunderstanding of the abstract, he argued that: “Drafting-table architecture has catastrophic implications for the form of projects as well. Because it resorts to an easier way of drawing with the T-square and set square, and overlooks the plasticity of the project. It results in ruler architecture and not plastic expression, works of abstract geometry and not organic composition.” For more information, see Michelis, Panagiotis, H neoelliniki architektoniki kai i tropi ton kairon [Modern Greek architecture and changing times], periodical Architektonika Themata, No 2, Athens, 1968, p. 21.

typified by the element of repetition, as the result of the need for making quick and easy measurements on paper. 2 That is why any deviation from the archetypical, the orthonormality and the repetition was “subversion” for drafting table architecture, inspiring even greater admiration for the work and, by extension, for its creator (Fig. 1 and 2). On the other hand, computers made it easier to produce and design more complex forms and broke through what many considered to be the shackles of this standardisation-repetition to introduce a new morphological order. Digital design gave rise to new aesthetic shifts, overturning the morphological stereotypes. However, in some cases it also led to the unquestioning acceptance of the digital morphological outcome, while engendering well-founded questions as to the extent of the creator’s role in producing the form. At the same time, technological convenience also created different criteria by which to evaluate the design result. The design rendering of a complex geometry in two or three dimensions is not the product of knowledge of conventional drafting but of algorithmic techniques. Thus, the drawing itself no longer excites as an artistic outcome in and of itself, but functions, much more than in the past, mainly as a bearer of the idea. Nevertheless, despite the

differences between the A vast volume of hand-drafted plans conventional drafting method at the drafting table and digital were designed using a T-square, design, it still falls to the creator to set limits and make suitable use of the medium to serve his a triangle and a compass, without aesthetic idea and to highlight his work. As catalytic as the medium’s impact may be, it is the the aid of a computer, testifying to breath of composition that ultimately separates good from poor architecture, and good from fine the hard work and professional architecture even more so. dedication of designers and drafters.

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Naturally, the aim of this particular album is not just to promote the most noteworthy projects from an architectural perspective, but to showcase the quality of all the types of designs prepared even for buildings which, based on modern-day criteria, might be described as being of lesser interest. The vast volume of manually drafted plans testifies to the hard work and professional conscientiousness of the expert designers and the drafters who produced them in conditions that were physically demanding and time-consuming, in contrast with the convenience offered today by computer-aided design. But aside from these differentiations between the conventional and digital method of drawing mentioned previously, there is one more important distinction worth mentioning: While the product of a digital printing is an anonymous object of reproduction, the manual drawing is set apart by the singularity of the original. That which German philosopher Walter Benjamin refers to as the “here and now” of a work of art3. That is because the drawing bears the identity and signature of its creator. The drafter acquires an experiential relationship with the hand- drafted drawing as it gradually reveals itself. From the very first faint guides drawn in pencil to the final inking of the lines, days and even weeks may pass. During this interval, the drafter experiences the entire unfolding of the representational process. The drawing does not reveal itself all at once, as with the printer, but in stages, where each drafting phase may have its own unique aesthetic value. Oftentimes, the unfinished product may be more appealing than the final result. At the same time, the manually drafted drawing contains the labour, the sweat of the hand and physical fatigue of its creator. It carries the care of having to continually sharpen a pencil or smooth out the paper after rubbing out a mistake,

so it can absorb the ink once again at the spot where the correction was made. In this way, the manually drafted drawing, whether done in pencil or in ink, in the end acquires tremendous sentimental value. As it is one of a kind, it must not be creased, torn or soiled, which makes no difference to one that has been electronically printed (Fig. 3).

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3 → On the relationship of the original work to the reproduced work, Benjamin says: “The ‘here’ and ‘now’ of the original constitutes the meaning of its authenticity. (...) What is diminished in the area of technical reproducibility of a work of art is its magnificence. (...) By increasing the number of copies, its unitary presence is replaced by its mass presence”. For more information, see Benjamin, Walter, Dokimia gia tin techni [The work of art in the age of its technological reproducibility], trans. Dimosthenis Kourtovik, Athens, Kalvos, 1978, p. 14-15.

Fig. 3. Details of building types, 10671-Λ129, wrought-iron railing (with horizontal and vertical bars passing through them), 1981. The need to pay attention to the original draft is highlighted through the instruction that it be photocopied by slide copy.

Finally, in this age dominated by digital media, anything related to knowledge of the process of drawing, aspects such as repeating a motif, changing an axis, drawing or projecting a curved shape on a floor plan, cross-section or elevation are no longer impressive, as all these details can easily be drawn on the computer and flawlessly rendered by the printer. However, those who have not experienced the tribulations of manual drafting cannot appreciate how difficult and time-consuming it is to draw a repeated motif, regardless of how simple or complex it may be (Fig. 4). They cannot imagine the anxiety of aligning the straight line with the curve. They cannot experience the suspense of whether the compass will meet up exactly at the desired point on another curve. They do not know that special knowledge of descriptive geometry or perspective is needed to render the cross-section of a simple winder staircase, the elevation of a circular ramp (Fig. 5), or the 3-dimensional representation of any type of composition (Fig. 6). Content presentation. The foregoing assessments of the value of manual drafting with the virtues, difficulties and the knowledge or skill required to a great extent support the value of OTE’s Design Archive contents. To the indisputably high level of expertise inherent in the designs is added the degree of analysis of and the approach to each project; this is supported through the large number of drawings it was necessary to prepare for most of the building projects. The laborious drawing at the drafting table did not stand in the way or serve as an excuse to diminish the quality and quantity of the representation detail that a technical drawing was obliged to provide (Fig. 7) or the depth and analysis down to the stage of the minutest construction detail (Fig. 8).

Whether these were designs by prominent external consulting engineers – such as professors of the NTUA School of Architecture Solon Kydoniatis, Kostas Kitsikis, Kyprianos Biris, Alexandros Zannos, architects Kimon Laskaris, Nikos Valsamakis and Margaritis Apostolidis, the architectural firm of Antonis Lampakis, Dimitris

Fig. 4. Examples of drawings of repeated motifs: a. Kiato T/C, 2201-Λ3, view of gate and main door, detail. Design: N. Siapkidis, 1962, b. Ioannina A T/C, 4505-Λ9, railing on facade windows, elevation of railing. Head of Design: Tsironis, 1967, c. Representative Details - Railings, 10201-3, railing on interior stairway (wrought iron), scale sectional drawing, 1968.

Fig. 5. Kallithea Carpark, 1314-Τ3, elevations (on Doiranis and Sokratous streets and on open-air space), elevation on Sokratous Street. Design: Nikos Desyllas, Antonis Lampakis, Pavlos Loukakis, 1969.

Fig. 6. Representative Details, Wooden counter with metal frame, 10586-Λ3, perspective (solution 1), 1968.

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Kontargyris, Nikos Desyllas and Pavlos Loukakis – or designs prepared by the engineers in OTE’s Building Works Design Subdivision, such as Despoina Gobel, Miltos Dallas, Stelios Kaskouras, Antonis Seimenis and others, the stages and philosophy of designing a technical project and the sense of duty to create the best possible result from a scientific and aesthetic aspect are all part of a commonly held – and perhaps the standard for that time – understanding of what constitutes an integrated approach and solution to a technical issue.

Fig. 7. Lagadas T/C, 5753-Κ2, ground floor plan, detail, 1964-1967.

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Fig. 8. A Extension of Submarine Cable Tank MED III in Kalamata, 2503-ΙΙ-Λ4, structural details, metal outer door (sliding), detail of roller mechanism, 1972.

In comparing the designs done by private firms with those by the OTE Building Works Division, it is difficult to identify differences in style, but mainly in the designers’ degree of diligence. Where one might reasonably expect to distinguish in the public employee’s work a procedural relationship with the design object, one detects instead the professionalism and even the love of each designer for his object, and the responsibility shouldered to flawlessly construct even what might seem the most indifferent type of building, such as a wireless communication station at the top of a mountain. This fact is further evidenced when noting the large number of alternative architectural solutions submitted during the preliminary stage, the perspective drawings and the detailed elevations of interior spaces, the preparation of “redundant” drawings (such as an axonometric projection of a wire fence or an auxiliary ladder, Fig. 9), and naturally the perfection of the drawing itself, characterised by clean lines, the necessary shading or even the sensitivity put into rendering each material, whether it is concrete, stone or wood (Fig. 10). Lastly, another indication of the designers’ dedication is the fact that, in numerous cases, the structural detail is represented even in three dimensions, to make its causality or complexity even more easily understood to the future building contractor (Fig. 11).

Fig. 9. a. Representative details - Metal Fencing, 10251-8, reinforced wire fencing at W/T stations, 1972, b. Katerini T/C, 5804-Λ4, untitled, axonometric drawing of a ladder. Miltos Dallas, 1955-1968.

Fig. 10. a. Vas. Georgiou-Patras T/C, 2303-Κ8, facades, detail, 1968, b. Metsovo T/C, 4542-Κ7, front elevation (north-west elevation), detail. Head of Design: Despoina Gobel, 1992.

Special technical drawings. Naturally, the conscientiousness and design skills are also discerned in the drawings showing structural solutions and electro-mechanical installations. Complex drawings of large-scale reinforcements are drawn in pencil with the distinct clarity and consistent thickness of lines assured by a wellsharpened pencil point (Fig. 12). In electrical plans, the rendering often distinguishes the architectural base, drawn in pencil, from the cable routings, which are drawn in ink (Fig. 13). In both cases, there is often an apparent need not only to transmit the maximum amount of technical information with clarity, but in addition, to endow an artistically indifferent drawing with an aesthetic dimension, as far as possible, over and above the technical.

Fig. 11. Myrina T/C, 8178-Λ1, facade detail, axonometric. Preliminary design: Dimitris Damparadiagas-Saltos, Head of Design: Stelios Kaskouras, 1964-1965.

Obviously, highlighting the value of OTE’s design archive material does not attempt to embellish the past. Every period in history has its own appeal; but it is also marked by challenges or adversities which no one can know well enough to appreciate and ultimately to evaluate them if they have not experienced them themselves. Nevertheless, comparing the present and the past, even at a subconscious level, helps to better understand the importance of highlighting the work carried out by OTE’s Building Works Division. In contrast with the current “online” era, where internet time has exceeded even televised time in speed and has a catalytic impact on both the speed and resultant ease with which modern humans produce work, the Design Department’s scientific and technical staff put in their best effort to produce the greatest possible outcome. The content of the OTE Design Archive is the irrefutable testimony to that.

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Fig. 12. a. Thessaloniki C T/C, 5716-Σ14, strip footing reinforcement, detail, 1959, b. Kavala A T/C, 6301-ΙΙ-Σ11, formwork for basement floor, detail, 1962.

Fig. 13. Sfendami W/T, 5803-Η6, lightning conductors – elevation, (partial), 1963.

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OTE women designers. Early 1970s.

The special nature of the structural designs. Giannis Hatzinikolis, civil engineer, former head of the OTE Building Works Design Subdivision

Everybody knows that Greece is characterised by a high degree of seismicity (perhaps the most seismically active country in Europe) and there are numerous references to it in mythology (Enceladus) and ancient history, as relayed by Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon. With advancements in science and technology, the recording of earthquakes and seismic activity measurements have become systematic since the last century. The results indicate powerful seismic vibrations of significant intensity, distributed over various geographical areas of Greece. Thus, the problem to be solved by the “Telecommunications Building Reconstruction Programme” was multifaceted, due to: •

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1 → See “Greek Antiseismic Regulation” (EAK) 2000.

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the sizeable loads of machinery, due to that era’s technology. The telecommunications centres housed arrays of machines placed in dense arrangements with loads of 750 to 1,000 Kg/m2. seismic risk - Buildings that were geographically dispersed not only had to withstand seismic activity but also prevent any interruption to the operation of the building and machinery. According to the Earthquake Regulation, telecommunication buildings are in the highest category of importance “as their operation both during and after an earthquake is vital”1. the geographic dispersal throughout Greece, which entails zones of varying seismic risk and a huge diversity of foundation soil types.

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About 70 years have passed since this huge undertaking began and I believe we can conclude that the buildings have successfully fulfilled their mission, as there have been sizeable earthquakes during this period (Ag. Efstratios 1968, Thessaloniki 1978, Alkyonides 1981, Kalamata 1986, Aigio 1995, Grevena 1995, Parnitha 1999, Andravida 2008, Kefalonia 2014, Lefkada 2015, Lesvos 2017, Zakynthos 2018) without any damage reported to the buildings. The success of this endeavour is mainly due to the high quality of the designs in general, the quality of materials used (concrete and steel of a quality considerably superior to the materials available at that time), and the close oversight of the construction phase with strict adherence to the design. Additional important factors included the geotechnical surveys in most of the constructions and particularly in problematic terrains, the symmetry of the buildings along horizontal and vertical axes – which was critical to the buildings themselves, and the building standardisation.

2 →Professor Q: Kokkinopoulos mentions effective participation by the NTUA curators, A. Oikonomou – later Professor at the University of of Patras and designer of the Athens Tower, and D. Bairaktari.

Design and construction of the New Toll Communications Building in Athens (known as NYMA) (1962). This was a 12-storey building with a flat roof – the tallest building in Athens at that time, with an unusual imposed load of 800 kg/m2 (Fig. 1 and 2). It was designed by E. Kokkinopoulos, professor at NTUA, and civil engineer T. Koufopoulos. Of note is the fact that it was the first application a dynamic seismic analysis in Greece – a method which was applied on a broad scale at least 30 years later. A special scientific announcement was made to mark the occasion.

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Noteworthy references to designs and structures

Heavy loads, seismic risk, geographical dispersal: Three key elements of the "Telecom Buildings Reconstruction Project" Fig. 1. YMA, foundation, sections IN and N, (partial).

Fig. 2. NYMA, 1009-IIβ1- Σ161, reinforcement of frame supports for Rχ and Rψ.

3 →I believe it is my duty to mention my colleague, Iraklis Michalopoulos, one of the overseeing civil engineers on the project and later Supervisor of the Building Design Department and related constructions (expansions), and the invaluable photographic material he gave us.

Design and construction of the OTE Headquarters Building. This is a 14-storey building complex with a flat roof and two basements. In its time, it was the largest building in the Balkans in terms of volume. It was designed by civil engineer Alexandros Karanikolas in 1974 and the structural solution offered by the designer to the architectural plan is worth specific mention (Fig. 3 and 4), as it is characterised by the absolute symmetry of the supporting structure. Particular emphasis was placed on the geotechnical survey and the foundation; pre-stressed beams were also used. A special mention should be made of the inventive way of constructing and mounting the shading systems on the facades (Fig. 5). Construction on the Headquarters Building was completed under the supervision of the engineers of the Organisation’s Building Works Department3.

Fig. 3. OTE Headquarters: Second phase of the laying of the radier reinforcement of the central core, December 1974.

Fig. 4. OTE Headquarters Building, 1622-Σ28, detail of placement of support reinforcements ΚΑ3, ΚΔ3, (partial).

Fig. 5. OTE Headquarters, 1622-Π42, core, detail of component Απ-I (13th floor), canopy (partial).

Karolou Street Building in Thessaloniki. This is the Headquarters Building in Thessaloniki, located on Karolou Street in the city centre. The complex consists of five structurally independent buildings with a consolidated function (Fig. 6). Particular reference is made here due to the well-known poor quality of the soil in the area. The design and construction of the foundation made use of piles (designed by OTM Engineering Consulting).

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Fig. 6. Thessaloniki Administrative Building, 5701-Ε1, general plan of injectable space, (partial).

Fig. 7. Thessaloniki International Fair Tower, 5703-Φ2, expanded view of perimeter beam reinforcement, (partial).

Communications Towers. Aside from the familiar OTE Tower at the Thessaloniki International Fair Centre (Fig. 7), three other communications towers have been designed and built in Mount Parnitha, the Geraneia Mountains and Mount Pelion. They are mentioned specifically due to their great height, the design with adverse loads in addition to earthquakes (wind, snow) and the extreme difficulty of their construction as a result of their hard-to-access locations (material transport, concreting, etc.).

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OTE Headquarters, Headquarters Design Archive.

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The Building Design Archive. Exploring the contents.

These days, the Building Design Archive is housed at the OTE Headquarters Building in Athens. Upon entering these premises for the first time, one cannot help being overcome by a sense of awe. The historic weightiness of its contents and the impressive number of drawings immediately provoke admiration. This is heightened by taking a preliminary stroll around the space, opening a cabinet here and there and randomly perusing the drawings (Fig. 1). One needs to take a little time at first to become acquainted with the archive and appreciate the challenge of documenting and processing it.

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Fig. 1. The opening of the cabinet.

Familiarisation with the contents. The initial introduction to the archive provided a general overview of the contents, which are distributed amongst three rooms in the basement of the Headquarters Building. The first room contains archival material pertaining exclusively to the OTE Headquarters Building, including the architectural drawings and special designs prepared during all phases of the design, the structural calculations, and the correspondence between the designers and contractors and the Building Works Division. The second room (Room HMZ15) contains the bulk of the designs for the building projects as well as cabinets with special constructions and rejected drawings. Finally, the third room contains drawings of standardised designs, site plans and maps.

Review and assessment criteria. The research of the design archive contents focused exclusively on the original designs prepared for the construction of new buildings. The archive also includes drawings from a later time which relate to designs for modifications to existing Organisation buildings, such as the design of interior configurations, changes in facades, modernised electromechanical installations and so on, which were not used as documentary material. Buildings erected before OTE’s founding (1949) but which are included in the archive are Hellenic Telephone Company (AETE) buildings which were either demolished or expanded to meet the emerging needs at each point in time.

The historical significance of the archive's contents and the impressive number of drawings – it features

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It is difficult to determine precisely how many drawings there are in total. It is estimated that the 150 filing cabinets contain about 90,000 drawings. The difficulty of making an accurate record lies in the fact that many of the plans are either rolled-up drawings stored outside the cabinets (mainly structural design plans) or drawings of the Organisation’s cars and machinery, which are not within the scope of this research.

The table of properties given to the research team in the early stages of exploring the contents proved to be an essential tool. Aside from providing general information (such as location, address and total surface area of buildings and plots), the table also listed an identifying code for each design. As ascertained, this code refers to the geographical breakdown of the studies by prefecture and then the chronological order of the preparation of the designs in each prefecture. This codification is not only an important element of documentation, but is also used to place the drawings presented in numerical order.

90,000 drawings in 150 cabinets – immediately inspire awe.

The archived material was explored through a comparative approach based on recording additional characteristic aspects of the designs. Based on these details, it was possible to highlight the more remarkable designs and make the difficult decision as to whether or not to include material which was unique from an aesthetic and scientific perspective in this album. Other details which supplemented the general information on the initial table of properties were: •

the date of the original design. The limited time available for research required that only the date of the original design for each project be recorded, and not the individual dates of any subsequent modifications or extensions. The detailed, thorough chronological record could be the object of a more specific future investigation.

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information about the designers. This refers either to the internal designers of the Building Works Division or external designers, many of whom were distinguished Greek engineers. The record of the designers’ names was not possible for all designs, as such information was not always listed on them.

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building type. Though most of OTE ‘s buildings were for telecommunications purposes, there are some with mixed use or those housing auxiliary services, such as the car park in Kallithea, the daycare nursery at the New Toll Communications Building in Athens, storage areas and others.

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general observations. These are the criteria for the overall assessment of each design and relate to the use of architectural language and the compositional approach, the morphological particularity based on the inclusion of unique architectural-morphological elements (mainly in reference to traditional and historic buildings), the inventiveness of structural solutions and, finally, the degree of detail in each design and the drafting quality.

Proposal for showcasing the contents. The manner in which the wealth of the archived material would be shown determined the selection of drawings that are presented here. The initial idea to showcase a limited number of designs of the most notable buildings based on their importance or their architecturalmorphological singularity was rejected as inappropriate. The limitation would exclude a body of particularly worthwhile material with designs of buildings with lesser architectural interest or significance, such as a telecommunications centre in a remote area, a standardised wireless telecommunications station or a cable tank. As a result, the classification below was suggested whereby the largest indicative number of designs could be displayed and at the same time project their scientific proficiency and design quality: 1.

Landmark buildings. These are OTE’s most prominent buildings which not only function as points of reference in the urban fabric, but are also directly interwoven with the Organisation’s history and character in citizens’ consciousness.

2. Historical buildings. This section includes mainly buildings owned by the Post Office, Telegraph and Telephone Company (TTT) and AETE, from the interwar period. They passed into OTE’s possession after it was founded in 1949. This section also includes buildings with historical references built during the period 1950-1960, incorporating selected stylised neoclassical elements into the architectural vocabulary of facades and alluding to an earlier architectural expression from the late 19th and early 20th century. 3. Inclusion in historic and traditional settlements. This section highlights the respect with which the issue of incorporating the Organisation’s buildings into sensitive environments of historical settlements and villages in mountainous or island areas was addressed. This approach did not just apply to the scale of the buildings, but also to the way in which their designs integrated morphological elements characteristic of each location. 4. Modernism This category includes buildings which are pervaded by the beginnings of the post-war international modernist movement, which heavily influenced the design of most buildings incorporated into the urban environment. 5. Postmodernism The design of these buildings was influenced by the postmodernist movement of the 1980s. They belong to the last period during which the Building Works Division produced designs.

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6. Buildings with a telecommunications function. This section focuses on special buildings related to telecommunications, such as transmission towers, satellite stations and the wireless telecommunications stations. 7. Standardised designs. This is a special category of designs which were prepared to serve the immediate needs for fast and flexible construction of telecommunication centres around the country, based on local population data.

The proposed classification endeavours to combine the historical evolution of OTE’s Building Programme with spotlighting special categories on which it was determined special attention should be paid. In this way, readers can follow the influences which acted on the design of the Organisation’s buildings from the 1930s through the end of the 20th century while learning about the buildings of special prominence, those with a specific function and typology and the designs for special constructions by focusing separately on each.

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8. Special constructions - Furnishings This category includes designs of temporary structures, standard building details and drawings for the fixed and moveable furnishings of the building interiors.

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OTE’s Iconic Buildings – an inside look. Jorgos Athanasopoulos, Dipl. Eng. Architect A.U.Th.

With its founding, OTE became the national telecommunications body, not just officially but also in every Greek citizen’s consciousness. It was self-evident. The Organisation’s prestige is apparent even today for most people, despite its gradual privatisation and the deregulation of the telecommunications market that took place nearly 25 years ago. This is also due to OTE’s prominent, timeless presence through its buildings, particularly the telecommunications centres (T/C) located in many parts of Greece’s major cities, in every small and large town of the provinces and every large village. These buildings became points of reference (Fig. 1) perhaps more than other public buildings, both because of their function and role in citizens’ daily lives and because of their quality, as compared to other public buildings.

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Fig. 1. The emblematic OTE building has become a landmark.

Of all these structures, three acquired a special role, as they all – each one relative to its era but also over time – essentially became the image of OTE as the major public organisation that provided a complex service of a dual nature: developmental and social. The New Toll Communications Building in Athens (NYMA) along with the older Toll Communications Building (YMA), (YMA) the OTE Headquarters Building in Maroussi and the OTE Tower at the Thessaloniki International Fair Centre could be described without hesitation as symbols of the Organisation. The more focused attention paid to each one while researching the Design Archive revealed that, aside from the semiological value for the general public, they also have a special role and place in the history of modern Greek architecture – and this has not been

OTE’s emblematic buildings become symbols, serving as city landmarks.

1 → It is worth mentioning that on the night of 21 April 1967, the insurgents, as one of their first actions, took over the building, blocking domestic and international communications and isolating the country.

2 → See Kitsikis, Kostas, Erga kai Meletai Kosta Kitsiki [Works and Designs by Kostas Kitsikis], Athens, 1950-1951, in the Technical Chamber of Greece Library, leaflet no. 3772.

3 → See Kitsikis, Kostas Ai Taseis tis Sychronou Architektonikis [Trends in Modern Architecture], periodical Technika Chronika, no. 202-203, Athens, 1940, p. 395. 4 →“The modern architect must… concentrate, he must endeavour to become familiar with new achievements in technique and the new concepts of art, … in order to externalise them aesthetically in a harmonious and characteristic expression.” ibid., p. 412.

The NYMA building was completed in 1966, creating a complex with the pre-existing YMA building which for many years served as OTE’s administrative centre and since then has been the centre of telecommunications in Greece.1 YMA. Construction on the YMA building began in 1952, three years after the Organisation’s founding, and was completed in 1954. It was essentially the first major telecommunications infrastructure project intended to house the long-distance toll function that would connect the capital city with the major cities in the provinces. The building design had been ready by 1951, when designer Kostas Kitsikis, professor of Architecture at the Athens Polytechnic and established architect for more than 35 years, included it in his catalogue of works on display at the Panhellenic Art Exhibition at Zappeio.2 The architect was already collaborating extensively with OTE. The T/C on Solonos Street had been completed as he designed it, while he had prepared designs for the T/Cs in Trikala and Karditsa, which would soon be erected. Kitsikis had a very specific and documented perspective on architecture: “It is the result of technique and art”, and more to the point: “An architectural work only takes a higher artistic breath when internal intent and external expression become a unified whole”3, as he said in his opening remarks when appointed professor at the Polytechnic in March 1940. One could say that he thus expressed the key principles of modernism, which was becoming internationally prevalent. However, Kitsikis was not its proponent. He was critical of any modern architectural movement and was an advocate for architects seeking to gain deeper knowledge in all areas that influenced design.4 His work was initially influenced by German eclecticism but he eventually took a personal direction that could be described, with some reservation, as a classical middle-class modernism. This morphological approach was evident in the YMA building (Fig. 2).

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sufficiently highlighted. The nature of this album does not permit a more analytical approach to the issue. A general reference to everything we came across in the course of the research may spur a more in-depth study.

The building is plainly decorated and its structure is clearly emphasised. This architectural language was typical of public buildings erected during the 1950s and gave the capital city its modern character. Kitsikis has expressed his views that there is a need for the new architecture to be expressed through new public buildings, since “...we do not have the example of private construction to create an order”.5

Fig. 2. Preliminary drawing for the YMA extension, elevation on Patision Street. The existing building and the initially proposed extension, as designed in 1962 and approved by the Urban Planning Department in 1965, are visible.

He was fortunate enough to design numerous public buildings for organisations, insurance funds, higher education institutions and hospitals, and as a result to help shape the image of developing, post-war Greece to a great extent. Construction on the YMA building was completed in 1954, but the needs of the continually growing Organisation quickly exceeded the building’s capacity. 5 →ibid., p. 413.

6→See the newspaper TO VIMA, 23/2/1961, To Oikonomikon Vima, p. 6.

NYMA. In 1961, an announcement was made regarding the construction of “a huge OTE building 58.80 metres tall”, intended to house both the new mechanical installations included in the plan to expand the Organisation’s telephone network and the automated toll telephony function, as well as the Organisation’s administrative departments. To serve those purposes, the plan was to build an office tower and place parabolic antennae on the roof to transmit and receive microwaves for wireless communication with the installations on Mount Parnitha and the Geraneia Mountains. This would be the NYMA building, which along with the YMA building would create a complex with a total volume of 185,000 m3. The architectural design for the new building was again assigned to Prof. Kitsikis, who now faced the great challenge of designing the first tall building in Athens. Consistent with what he had been contending for decades, the architect did not hesitate from the start to employ the vocabulary of the International Style, believing it to be the most suitable for the project at hand. He created a building which, despite its volume and height, is adapted to the area, as the individual building masses of the complex around the tower are kept low “to the benefit of the houses around the complex”.7 As Kitsikis stated with the self-confidence of his 50 years of experience in the printed presentation of the project while construction was in progress: “In reality, the OTE building complex will be a jewel in the area and will add an expressive feature to the city’s physiognomy”.8

In 1961, construction begins on NYMA, the tallest building in Athens at that time. 7→ See Neon Yperastiko Megaron Athinon [New OTE Toll Communications Building in Athens], in the OTE Group Telecommunications Museum Archive, item ΜΤ_060056, p. 260. 8→ See Ibid. 9 → See Krispis, Konstantinos, “The Truth About OTE’s Skyscraper”, periodical Technika Chronika (Technical Chronicle), vol. 203-204, Athens, 1961, p. 32.

Not everyone was in agreement. There were more than a few who asserted the new building “...would insolently raise its mass before the Acropolis, Lycabetus and the entire city of Athens, visible from anywhere”9, and wrote articles with scientific arguments opposing the building’s construction. Nevertheless, the building was completed, representing an achievement from both an architectural and a civil engineering perspective (Fig. 3).

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The bearing structure and one omission. The building’s structural design was prepared by civil engineers Eftychios Kokkinopoulos, NTUA professor, and Athanasios Koufopoulos using calculation systems that were ahead of their time. The story behind the NYMA bearing structure design includes one noteworthy omission, as related by civil engineer Em. Vouzaras, a new member of the OTE Building Works Division10 at that time, which is indicative of the sensitivity with which the Organisation approached technical issues related to building construction. During the early stages of the building design, the designers considered using the newly available technology of pre-stressed concrete for the tower’s bearing structure.

Fig. 3 The NYMA building during the completed construction phase. View from Tritis Septemvriou Street.

10 →Conversation with Emmanouil Vouzaras, former head of the OTE Building Works Division, on 23/9/2019.

The department was greatly concerned, as there was no one within the Division with adequate knowledge of pre-tensioning who could review a design prepared in this manner. The matter was assigned to Em. Vouzaras, who was a lecturer at NTUA and who, after sitting exams at the French Embassy, received a scholarship from the French government to train in Paris on pre-stressed concrete techniques, on leave from OTE. Pre-tensioning was not ultimately used on the NYMA building, but the Organisation’s executive was trained and gained additional knowledge on telecommunications buildings which would continue to occupy him over the next 35 years.

12 → Kalogeras, Nikos, Dyo Diagonismoi [Two Competitions], periodical Architektonika Themata, no. 6, Athens, 1972, p. 222.

Despite the fact that while designing the NYMA building, “all of the installation spaces were designed to meet the needs of the ensuing 25 years with temporary placement of Organisation offices in space for installations which was not used for the first decade”11, discussions about construction of a new administration building were already underway by 1960. OTE Headquarters: In July 1970, the Organisation announced a national architectural competition for ideas and preliminary designs to construct an administration building in Maroussi with an area of 38,000 m2 and provision for 2,800 employees.12 For the first time in Greece, a two-phase tender process is adopted. In the first phase, participation was open to designer groupings consisting of architects, political engineers, electrical engineers and economists. The aim was to preselect 12 teams to compete in the second phase. The competition was innovative in that the first phase called for formulating the data that the teams would have to work with when taking part in the second phase. The competitors did not receive a detailed building description with specific building data, but only general guidelines regarding the required spaces. The task was to provide preliminary plans and answer 11 questions about the organisation and function of modern office spaces, as well as offer projections for how the administrative services of an organisation such as OTE would grow and develop over the next 40 years. The projection was reasonable, as there were no data available on such largescale buildings at that time and no relevant regulations had been drafted to provide basic guidelines on design and safety. Architect Dimitris Nakos, one of the designers of the proposal which ultimately won the award, described the concerns which arose during the competition: “And how wide should a corridor be on a floor with so many employees? How wide should the staircase be? How long would it take someone to walk to the ground floor from a high storey?”13.

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11 → See Neon Yperastiko Megaron Athinon [New OTE Toll Communications Building in Athens], ibid., p. 259.

13 →Discussion with Dimitris Nakos on 23/9/2019.

Fig. 4 The original provision for extending the Headquarters Building, as included in the plans proposed by the 2nd place winners of the competition. This proposal was never implemented.

14 → Ibid.

During the second phase, participants were asked to present their projections for expanding the building by 40% over the present construction, in addition to their proposal for the building in question (Fig. 4). The percentage was derived from the research completed in the first phase. The competition’s jury panel arrived at a rather contradictory result. It did not award a first prize, which would amount to

At the time of its construction, assigning the project, but only a second, third and fourth prize. At the same time, it proposed awarding the project to in the mid-1970s, OTE the team which had earned second prize. Indeed, the project was ultimately assigned to the design team which Headquarters was the received the second prize and consisted of architectural engineers Platonas Masselos, Grigoris Mavrommatis and Dimitris Nakos, civil engineer Alexandros largest building by volume in Karanikolas and electrical engineers T. Alexopoulos and G. the Balkans. Sfetsos. Dimitris Nakos suspected that it was a ploy. Assigning 14

the project to a first-prize winner would mean having to implement the proposal to the letter, as dictated by law. That law did not apply to the second prize. During the detailed design phase, the project owner asked to incorporate the projected expansion, but not in the way it had been proposed during the competition; rather by enlarging the general configuration of the central core and the three wings. It appears that the prevailing view was that a building with such a configuration would function as a powerful symbol for OTE. One thing is certain: the result was one of the largest buildings in Greece, with a total area of 85,500 m2. The massive scale of the Headquarters Building had drawn reactions even while in the competition phase. Architect Aris Konstantinidis withdrew from the jury panel for the competition because he disagreed with the great height of the planned building and its resultant intervention into the Attica landscape. In partially reaffirming these reservations, Dimitris Nakos himself said: “When the Attiki Odos motorway came in, the building acquired its proper scale”. The construction of the building came up against numerous problems. The limited experience in raising structures with such features and a plethora of special constructions and the resulting mishandling led the building contractor into bankruptcy. The repeated tender of the project was based on the detailed accounting of work which had already been completed, which was a massive undertaking for a building of that size. The department decided not to declare the contractor in default, but to continue with the project in a peculiar way that was akin to its supervising the project itself. That was the only way to prevent the project from coming to a standstill15 (Fig. 5).

15 → Oral testimony by Em. Vouzaras, during the discussion of 23/9/2019.

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Fig. 5. The OTE Headquarters Building under construction.

The one certainty was that the erection of the OTE Headquarters Building made a decisive contribution, in many aspects, to the advancement of construction in Greece. The individual narratives related to the constituent designs and engineering tasks – from the architectural design to the geotechnical resolution of problems created by the loose subsoil, and from the complex solution for the bearing construction to the final formation of the building facade – are too many for the limited space in this publication. The excellent overall condition of the building after 30 years of operation is an indicator of the reliability and correctness of the architectural and construction solutions that were selected.

16 → Ibid.

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A story about a takeover. By 1988, construction on the Headquarters Building had been completed. The Organisation’s administrative departments were scattered throughout various buildings in Athens, waiting to be relocated to the new building. That is when rumours began to circulate that the government had its eye on the building and intended to install its Ministry of Finance there. The staff reacted immediately. The department members secretly organised an unusual operation to take over the building, with consent from upper management. The Building Works Division distributed plans to all the departments precisely indicating where each would be located within the new Headquarters Building (Fig. 6). On the preordained date, all of the employees in each department arrived for work at the Headquarters Building and took up their post, under the supervision of the Building Works Division.16 It was the beginning of a new era for OTE.

Fig. 6 Diagram of department locations at the OTE Headquarters Building during the early years of its operation.

The OTE Tower at the Thessaloniki International Fair was designed and partly built – up to the first storey – within just four months in 1969 to serve as the OTE stand at that year’s TIF, while also providing telecommunications service. The Tower was completed the following year in time for the TIF opening. Since then, it has remained one of the landmarks in Thessaloniki and has done much to promote the Organisation. The TIF Tower is a smaller version of television transmission towers being erected at that time, as television was expanding steadily around the globe (Fig. 7). In Greece, television was still in its infancy, as it had not begun operating until 1966 at the facilities set up at the NYMA building. The Tower basement housed the first production studio and first broadcasting station outside Athens (Fig. 8).

17 → Anastasiadis, Alexandros, Pyrgos OTE stin Ekthesi Thessalonikis [The OTE Tower at the Thessaloniki Fair], periodical Architektonika Themata, no. 7, Athens, 1973, p. 199.

Architect Alexandros Anastasiadis, who designed it, described the main principles of the design. 17 The main idea is the inverted cone, which, according to the architect, “…gives the project its intensity and dynamism”, combined with the solid prisms and secondary cones (Fig. 9). The Tower’s two functions were clearly separate, with the television function taking up the basement and the exhibition content occupying the upper part of the structure. The foot traffic was planned to be unidirectional, with visitors entering the upper prism by lift and then working their way down via the stairway to visit the other levels. It was certainly an

18 → ibid., p. 200.

impressive construction in its day. The top level, which is revolving, features a restaurant and snack bar (prism H’ on the drawing). The other levels down to the ground floor constitute exhibition space where visitors can look at the Organisation’s achievements and experience prism D’, “exhibition space over three storeys, with artificial fluorescent light and sound effects from electronic music”.18

Fig. 7. The Television Tower at the Olympic Park in Munich.

Fig. 8. The OTE Tower at the Thessaloniki International Fair.

The work done on the Tower design was outstanding, with inventive elements in the architectural functional solutions and a high level of detail. All of the drawings give the impression of a special relationship with the object being designed, which becomes more evident in the detailed drawings, both in terms of the composition and of the quality of the extremely meticulous drafting. It is one of the most comprehensive designs to be found in the OTE Building Design Archive.

The OTE Tower at the Thessaloniki International Exhibition Centre was built in 1970. Its basements would The Cosmote TV Broadcasting Centre in house the first production studio and Kifissia is a later addition to the Organisation’s emblematic buildings and marks the OTE the first broadcasting station Group’s transition to a new era, emphasising its growth and transformation into a company with an expanded object and goals outside of Athens. adapted to the rapid progress of the sector. The combined

technology of communication and information and their osmosis has created a new form which has acquired the international term “Information and Communications Technology” (ICT).

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Having gradually become established over two decades as a preeminent international company in this modern technological sector and having expanded the range of its activities to include the production and transmission of information and entertainment programming, OTE in the latter part of the 2010s invested in building a state-of-the-art facility to serve just that purpose.

Fig. 9. The OTE Tower at the Thessaloniki International Fair. Detail of the compositional conformity in elevation. Placement of the prisms based on the inverted cone.

The decision to repurpose one of the Organisation’s existing buildings is within the belief in the sound management and development of the inestimable assets OTE itself has acquired over the years in real estate. The industrial-type structure, built in 1970 as the Telephone Directory Printing Plant, includes all the features necessary for the establishment of the new use with its unique operating requirements. The bearing structure with the ample space between columns and the spacious open ceiling Fig. 10), essential to the building’s previous use, offered the potential to serve the needs of its new function, which required large production and support spaces in which cutting-edge technologies could be applied and provide optimum results. The architectural design of the new building was undertaken by LC Architects, the firm of Natasa Lianou and Ermis Chalvatzis, with the collaboration of recognised

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Fig. 10. Telephone Book Printing Factory, 1637-K8, lengthwise volumes.

international and Greek engineering firms, such as P. Panagiotopoulos and Associates for the structural design and Arup Acoustics in cooperation with T. Timagenis Acoustic Consultants for the acoustic design. The emphasis was on creating a landmark building that would stress the Organisation’s modernisation while highlighting its intention to embrace the modern-day spirit of conscious environmental management, serving as an example in the domestic corporate landscape. The building was designed in accordance with international standards with an environmentally friendly and energy-efficient approach, applying the globally recognised LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) system for rating sustainable building and construction. The building’s 6,100 m2 usable surface area includes three television studios and a large editing room fitted to modern standards with all the necessary support functions (12 voice-over booths, 1 main playout, 4 live playouts, 10 Promo edits, 12 Graphics, 1 Master control), along with offices, conference rooms and auxiliary spaces that make the Cosmote TV Broadcasting Centre one of the most advanced broadcasting centres in Europe. Fig. 11. General view of Cosmote TV Broadcasting Center.

In the modern age, the OTE Group of Companies is a supranational organisation with international reach and broad acceptance.

OTE Tower on Patision Street YMA-NYMA, 2018.

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The New Toll Communications Building of Athens. General view on 3rd September Street, 2019.

The New Toll Communications Building of Athens during its first years of operation, 1966.

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Top left: ΥΜΑ - ΝΥΜΑ, 1009-IIβ-Π19, floor plan of the 6th floor. Top right: ΥΜΑ - ΝΥΜΑ, 1009-IIβ-Π19-7α, floor plan of the 6th floor. Bottom left: ΥΜΑ - ΝΥΜΑ, 1009-IIβ-Π20, floor plan of the 7th floor. Bottom right: ΥΜΑ - ΝΥΜΑ, 1009-IIβ-Π21, floor plan of the 8th floor.

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ΥΜΑ - ΝΥΜΑ, 1009-IIβ-Κ165, cross-secton β-β. ΥΜΑ - ΝΥΜΑ, 1009-IIβ-Π15, floor plan of the 2nd floor.

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The New Toll Communications Building of Athens. General view on 3rd September Street, 2019.

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“An enormous OTE building 58.80 metres tall will be erected between Patission and Triti Septemvriou Streets, providing direct connections between Athens and the provinces.” Athens daily "To Vima", 23 February 1961.

The New Toll Communications Building of Athens, during its construction phase, 1964.

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ΥΜΑ - ΝΥΜΑ, 1009-Κ16, Patision Street elevation. ΥΜΑ - ΝΥΜΑ, 1009-IIβ-Π29, Patision Street elevation.

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ΥΜΑ - ΝΥΜΑ, 1009-IIβ-Κ168, ground floor choir room, (partial, cross-section α-α, floor plan).

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General views of the New Toll Communications Building of Athens during the construction phase, 1964. General view of the New Toll Communications Building of Athens, from Patision Street, 1964.

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YMA-NYMA, Cable splitter connectors (splicers) in the cable inlet hall. Due to the form of the connectors, the space is referred to as “bottles”. View of the Central Patching Distributor.

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ΥΜΑ - ΝΥΜΑ, ΝΥΜΑ, 1009-IIβ-Π23, prefabricating walls.

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Emphasis on human scale. Humans as point of reference in architectural design.

ΥΜΑ - ΝΥΜΑ, 1009-IIβ-Π22, cross-section of the central hall. ΥΜΑ - ΝΥΜΑ, 1009-IIβ-Π24, elevation of corridor.

ΥΜΑ - ΝΥΜΑ, ΝΥΜΑ, 1009-IIβ-Λ273, wall panelling on pre-fabricated element, (partial).

ΥΜΑ - ΝΥΜΑ, ΝΥΜΑ, 1009-IIβ-Λ213, details of entrance.

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ΥΜΑ - ΝΥΜΑ, ΝΥΜΑ, 1009-IIβ-Λ161, bookcase in directors office (partial, inner cabinet with washbasin and closet, front elevation)..

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Background: OTE Headquarters Building scale model Main image: OTE Headquarters, Headquarters, 1622-A153, elevation γ.

OTE Group Headquarters. Detail of a work by Giorgos Zogolopoulos titled Tel Neant (To the void), 1997.

OTE Headquarters, Headquarters, 1622-AT1, cross-section α-α.

The subtleties of the general design. Combination of excellent drafting and technical robustness in large-scale drawings.

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OTE Group Headquarters. General view, 1999.

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A 14-storey building with a total area of 85,000 m2.

Top left: OTE Headquarters, 1622-Π03, floor plan of the 13th floor. Top right: OTE Headquarters, 1622-Π05, floor plan of floors 5, 7, 9, 11. Bottom left: OTE Headquarters, 1622-Π07, floor plan of facilities floor. Bottom right: OTE Headquarters, 1622-Π10, floor plan of the ground floor.

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Background: Model from the architectural competition for OTE Headquarters. OTE Headquarters, 1622-Λ34, general layout of the suspended ceiling of mineral fibres on a typical floor (core).

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OTE Tower at the Thessaloniki International Fair, General Views, early 1970s.

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Top left: OTE Tower in the context of the Thessaloniki International Fair, early 1970s. Top right: OTE Tower at the TIF. VIP entrance to TIF, early 1970s. Bottom: Awaiting visitors at the entrance to the OTE Tower, early 1970s.

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OTE Tower at the TIF. 11 girls pose in front of the OTE tower, early 1970s.

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TIF Tower, 5703-K10, floor plans.

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TIF Tower, 5703-Κ15, general radius cross-section Δβ-Β.

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TIF Tower, 5703-L18, detail of exterior suspended ceiling – view from below.

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TIF Tower, 5703-L33, restaurant ceiling, view from below.

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TIF Tower, 5703-Λ19, area Δ (2nd floor- expanded view of exterior sides).

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TIF Tower, 5703-Λ26, area Δ (2nd floor) floor plan and expanded view of core Δ2).

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Telephone Book Printing Factory, 1637-K7, Elevations/Sections.

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Telephone Book Printing Factory, 1637-Κ9, Elevations/Sections.

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Cosmote TV Broadcasting Center, Center interior design aspects.

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Cosmote TV Broadcasting Center, General view.

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Back to the origins. Buildings from OTE’s early years Eleni Kanetaki Dr.-Eng. N.T.U.A., Dipl.-Eng. Architect N.T.U.A.

As it began operating in 1949, the Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation primarily relied on the building infrastructure previously built by the Hellenic Telephone Company (AETE) since 1931, which served its relatively small number of subscribers. OTE immediately embarked on an expansive programme to reconstruct its building facilities, driven by the urgent need to develop telecommunications infrastructure as it was taking shape globally in the post-war period. During the 1950s, OTE’s building construction increased by leaps and bounds. These early buildings, with which the Organisation began to operate and which are found in the OTE Design Archive, constitute a particularly interesting category as they represent examples of the changing architecture during those years. With an eye to brevity in the recording and treatment of the research results, these buildings shall be described as “historic”. The aesthetic treatment of their facades and the overall image of most of the building masses is characterised by a frugal architectural vocabulary – particularly in the early decades under AETE management – and a morphology which is also noted in the buildings that followed in the decades after OTE’s formation. Oftentimes, the only distinguishing element with regard to the identity and use of the buildings is the identical sign with the OTE logo, as their construction was dictated by the functional importance and their necessity to serve as the structural face of the public sector, or rather State organisations, and were not amongst buildings of that era intended to “project stature”.

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The survey of the OTE Building Design Archive revealed that these buildings were either built from scratch to suit the idiosyncrasies of each location and the Organisation’s requirements, or they were subjected to interventional changes – adding height or width – to make them better able to serve local needs. Specifically, the building designs initially used by AETE had been prepared outside Greece, according to the archival materials, since the title block on each drawing retains the title in German. Quite a few of the buildings from this early period were redesigned by OTE staff and expanded to serve growing local needs. Grouping of findings. The buildings constructed during the period 1930-1960 could be grouped based on the architectural morphological elements they present and in accordance with the predominant stylistic trends of their era. The meticulous comparative examination of designs and the collation of drawings of the most representative examples led to a categorisation based mainly on the architectural morphology and construction materials of each building and a description of the following typological groupings: Buildings with classicist or eclecticist elements, with parallel use of Art Deco motifs, constructed in the early 1930s. Some of these buildings later underwent

2 → Kardamitsi Adami M., O Anastasis Metaxas, in Kathimerini 7 Imeres, Special edition 232-32, 22/11/1998, p. 23. 3 → artificial stone rendering

4 → Decorative motifs on the geison originating from forms found on ancient Greek temples.

It is of mixed construction with stone masonry and reinforced concrete slabs morphologically distinguished by “elements of conventional classicism”. 2 To original structure consisted of a ground floor and three storeys above. It was later expanded in two phases; firstly, with the addition of two more storeys and then an extension. Along with the later corner building at Anthimou Gazi and Christou Lada streets, they are identified in the Design Archive as OTE’s “Central” building. The two facades of the buildings, both the front at 15 Stadiou St. and the side-facing one on Kolokotroni Square/Old Parliament Building are organised in a three-part structure of base-core-crown. The base section is rendered with worked “artificial” stone with scotia to imitate ashlar stone masonry. The surfaces of the building core are separated in a vertical direction by the filling elements with slightly curved, protruding intervening bands as a sort of pilaster (Fig. 1); at the top, at the thirdstorey level, they are decorated with archaic female and male forms. The gaps in the openings on the first storey are surrounded by decorative Art Deco elements and topped by lintels with a wave motif. Overhanging geison with mutules4 (Fig. 2) separates the setback section of the top two storeys, which were a later addition.

Fig. 1. CENTRAL T/C. Part of the facade at 15 Stadiou Str.

5→ Giakoumakatos A., O Evropaikos rasionalismos kai i Ellada tou Mesopolemou [European Rationalism and Greece of the Interwar Period].

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1 → Biris, M., Apo ton opsimo Neoklasikismo os tin anadysi tou Monternou [From late Neoclassicism to the rise of Modernism]. 1900-1930, in Architektoniki tou 20ou aiona [20th century Architecture]. Greece, Kontaratos S. and Wang W., ed., Hellenic Institute of Architecture, Deutsches Architektur-Museum, Prestel, Athens 2000, p. 22.

modifications and additions. One example of this group is the TTT (Post Office, Telegraph and Telephone) Administrative Building at 15 Stadiou Str., in the historical centre of Athens, where it constitutes a “robust manifestation of early modernism”.1 Its construction was completed in 1930 and it was designed by architect Anastasios Metaxas (1862-1937). Some of his well-known works include the Supreme School of Economics and Business (ASOEE) building on Patision Street (1932-54), the British Embassy, the French Embassy, the former Merlin de Douai mansion and what is now the Benaki Museum on Vasilisis Sofias Avenue. This building housed the AETE administration from its founding in 1931 and, later, the OTE administration in the early years of its operation.

Fig. 2. CENTRAL T/C. Detail of the geison.

Buildings inspired by the Modern Movement and built during the period 1930-1950. The architectural vocabulary used to describe these buildings refers to an architectural form appearing in the interwar period, sometimes with Rationalist elements5 and clearly influenced by the Modern Movement and its representatives in Europe. They incorporate references linking them to the work of Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, Adolf Loos and others who shaped architectural thought in Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

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The compositional principles and stylistic choices of the Modern Movement (1919-1933), as expressed through the teachings of Bauhaus in Germany, were adopted with a slight delay by Greek architects when designing a number of buildings, including schools built in the ’30s. The 4th International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM) in Athens in 1933 clearly played a role in shaping new aesthetic perceptions of the built environment, which were incorporated by Greek

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6 → The Bauhaus School was initially housed in a building designed by Henry Van de Velde in Weimar and then in a building designed by Walter Gropius in Dessau.

Buildings shaped as a rectangular parallelepiped, with plain facades with rows of identical elongated windows (Fig. 3). The horizontal windows are frequently divided into smaller rectilinear openings (Fig. 4) alluding by association to the glassworks in the Bauhaus School buildings in Weimar and Dessau.6 The only visible decorative touch is found in the design of the outer doors with geometric Art Deco motifs, such as in the Karolou, Alexandras and Alysida telecommunications centres (Fig. 5), which are also seen in entryways of Athenian apartment buildings of the period (Fig. 6). The outer doors are often crowned by a narrow canopy of reinforced concrete (Fig. 3). Round transom windows occasionally appear above the outer doors, referring to the architectural form of ship’s porthole, a typical theme in design choices in the interwar period. The clean building mass has a flat roof, usually accessible, with a low built parapet and perforated railing. The architectural form of these buildings is typified by the stylistic simplicity of the Modern.

Fig. 3. (a) Alexandras T/C, (b) Karolou T/C. Two typical examples of identical entrances.

Fig. 4. Ilissos T/C. The characteristic glass panes and emphasis of the horizontal dimension.

Fig. 5. Karolou T/C. Entry door.

Fig. 6. a. Outer door at 23 Metsovou Str.,

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b. Outer door at 25 Metsovou Str.,

Fig. 7. The final form of the façade after the building’s extension.

In other designs, where the building was extended in height and breadth, there is a rhythmic repetition of horizontal bands in the openings of the facade and a partial differentiation in the glassworks, as noted in the Alysida T/C, for example (Fig. 7). The solution applied in the design to expand and add a level to the corner building on Olgas Avenue in Thessaloniki is also interesting: the spaces are placed at an acute angle (Fig. 8), forming two impressive building facades with

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vertical and horizontal rows of openings, as well as a unique curved configuration of the entry at the point where the two masses intersect, crowned by a cantilever of reinforced concrete (Fig. 9). Elongated bands of openings and vertical rows of small windows are placed at the stairwell position.

Fig. 8. Thessaloniki C T/C (“Byzantio”). Corner solution.

Fig. 9. Thessaloniki C T/C (“Byzantio”). Characteristic arrangement of the openings in longitudinal continuous bands on each storey and window divisions.

Buildings with a smaller overall surface area which were stone-built, or with a conventional reinforced concrete frame infilled with brickwork. Many of these smaller-scale units feature an exterior appearance similar to a residential typology, as the facades and the synthesis of the blocks do not differ from designs employed in Europe in the early 20th century. Typical are the proportions noted in the morphology of residences designed by German architects Bruno Taut and Peter Behrens for the famed Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart in 1927 (Fig. 10). Fig. 10. Weissenhof Estate. Residence no. 31-32, architect: Peter Behrens. 7 → See Martinoli S., Perotti El., Architettura coloniale italiana nel Dodecaneso 1912-1943, pub. Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli, Torino, 1999, p. 256.

8 → See Cholevas N.T., O architekton Angelos I. Siagas [The Architect Angelos I. Siagas (1899-1987), pub. Papasotiriou, Athens, 1992, p. 50-54.

Other examples include Rationalist buildings constructed in Greece during the period 1912-1943 in the Dodecanese islands under Italian rule7 (Fig. 11), while a similar morphology is seen in plans for single-family homes by Greek architects, such as residences designed by architect Angelos Siagas for the “Nea Alexandreia” community-garden city in Filothei in 19318 (Fig. 12). The proportions in the facade morphology are consistent in both the smallerscale ground floor urban telephone centre buildings, such as those in Komotini, Agrinio and Ioannina (Fig. 13-15), and those with one or two storeys (Fig. 16, 17). On the finished facades, the main doorways are shaded by reinforced concrete canopies. The openings are plain, creating unified straight bands traversing the wall face. Buildings with neoclassical elements built during the 1950s, where the architectural vocabulary of the facades adopts selective synthetic principles and stylised elements harking back to an earlier architectural expression of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Such examples include the Organisation’s buildings designed in Thessaloniki, Trikala, Larisa and Tripoli. Evident neoclassical influences constitute morphological details such as the framing around the openings on the facades, the metal railings with diagonal elements, particularly on the ground-floor openings (Fig. 18, 19), and the emphasis placed on the doorways by incorporating a portico with an ancient Greek cornice, such as at the Trikala building (Fig. 20), designed by architect K. Kitsikis.

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Buildings in the classical modernist style, designed and built mainly in the 1950s and ’60s, which, while following its general principles, are also decorated with classical elements. Buildings in this category are found in smaller urban centres,

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such as in Kavala, Katerini, Sparti and Kos. A typical example is the T/C in Veroia, the work of architect Kimon Kaskaris (Fig. 21). The facade is divided into a ground floor and two upper storeys traversed by a row of identical openings with casings, while the building entrance stands out with a double outer door and two openings with railings on either side, within an additional frame, and a round transom window.

The influence of international currents of the interwar period. Classicism, Art Deco, Bauhaus in Telecommunications

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buildings.

Fig. 11. Secondary school in Leros, architect: A. Bernabiti.

Fig. 12. “Nea Alexandreia” community-garden city, Drawing of residence H-4, architect: Angelos Siagas.

Fig. 13. Komotini T/C. Elevation.

Fig. 14. Agrinio T/C. Elevation.

Fig. 15. Ioannina T/C. Elevation.

Fig. 16. Lamia T/C. Elevation.

Fig. 17. Kallithea T/C. Elevation.

Fig. 18. Thessaloniki B T/C. The openings are framed by neoclassical borders.

Fig. 19. Larisa T/C. The main entry door and windows on either side feature iron railings in a cross-hatch motif and openings with typical neoclassical borders.

Fig. 20. Trikala T/C. Emphatic stress on the entrance with an ancient Greek portico.

Fig. 21. Veroia T/C. Unique treatment of the facade.

Fig. 22. Kavala T/C. Perspective view.

Fig. 23. Katerini T/C. Compositional organisation of the elevation with horizontal and vertical scotia in the rendering.

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Examples of this category is the AETE building in Kavala, with longitudinal geison separating the levels (Fig. 22), and the Katerini T/C with a symmetrical facade configuration. The axially placed entrance to that building, with the main door and openings on either side, includes classical-type iron railings, while the elevation is composed of horizontal and vertical scotia in the rendering. 23).

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Central T/C, 1001-K1, summary floor plans, (partial).

100100, CENTRAL T/C 131

Central T/C, 1001-Λ3, radiator casing. Central T/C, 1001-Λ4, radiator casing.

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Karolou T/C, 1002-Κ8, facade, (partial). The Karolou T/C in the 1950s. Karolos T/C, 1002-II-K14, unified elevation of existing building and extension.

100200, KAROLOU T/C 133

Karolos T/C, 1002-Λ4, main entrance door.

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An integrated design process. From general design to subtle detail.

Solonos T/C, 1004-Κ8, cross-section (existing Solonos St. building). Solonos T/C, 1004-Λ13, marble tiling of main entrance.

100400 SOLONOS T/C

T/C Solonos, Solonos 1004-Λ9, details of façade iron door frames and iron roller shutter.

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Ilissos T/C, 1005-Κ6, front elevation. Ilissos T/C, 1005-Κ4, cross-section α-β. Ilissos T/C, 1005-Κ1, basement floor plan.

100700 ALYSIDA T/C ↓ 100500, ILISSOS T/C 139

Alysida T/C, 1007-Κ6, front elevation, (partial). Alysida T/C in the mid-1960s. Alysida T/C, 1007-IIIγ-Κ17, facade, 2nd extension.

Agios Georgios T/C, Piraeus, 1210-Λ7, public hall furnishings, (partial).

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Kallithea T/C, 1301-Κ2, floor plan of ground floor. Kallithea T/C, 1301-K3, floor plan of 1st floor. Kallithea T/C, 1301-Π1, extension of Kallithea telephone exchange, preliminary floor plans.

130100 KALLITHEA T/C 143

Kallithea T/C. View of the original ATE building.

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Kallithea T/C, 1301-Κ7, front elevation. Kallithea T/C, 1301-K8, side view. Kallithea T/C, 1301-Σ1 reinforcement of ground level covering.

141100, NEO FALIRO T/C, 133100 PALAIO FALIRO T/C↓ 130100, KALLITHEA T/C 145

Neo Faliro T/C, 1411-Κ5, front elevation. Palaio Faliro T/C, 1331-Κ4, front elevation. Palaio Faliro T/C 1331-K3, cross-section.

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preliminary design in

The entire

a single drawing. Glyfada T/C, 1353-Π1, floor plans: basement – ground floor – floor, elevation.

135300 GLYFADA T/C 147

Glyfada T/C in the late 1950s.

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Psychiko T/C, 1601-Κ5, front elevation. Psychiko T/C, 1601-K6, side view. Psychiko T/C, 1601-K2, ground floor Psychiko T/C, 1601-Κ4, front elevation.

160100 PSYCHIKO T/C 149

Psychiko T/C. T/C In 1932, this building housed a 100-number automatic telephone exchange. Psychiko T/C, T/C, 1601-Σ4, formwork of 1st floor ceiling.

150 HISTORICAL HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

(Background) Patras TC, 2301-K7, front elevation and Patras T/C, 2301-Λ1, detail of the Patras Center front elevation (partial).

233100, AIGIO T/C ↓ 230100, PATRAS T/C 151

Aigio T/C, 2331-Κ6, front elevation. Aigio T/C, 2331-Λ2, wooden two-way door (partial).

152 HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

Kalamata T/C, T/C 2501-10, no title.

260800, TRIPOLI A T/C↓ 250100, KALAMATA T/C 153

Tripoli A T/C, 2608-Κ8, front elevation. Tripoli A T/C, uncoded, view of transactions hall.

154 HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

Sparta T/C, 2703-Κ6, front elevation. Sparta T/C, 2703-Π1, basement floor plan.

270300 SPARTA T/C 155

Sparta T/C, T/C 2703-Λ7, Detail of marble panelling on door casing.

156 HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

Lamia T/C, 3303-3, main front elevation. Lamia T/C, 3303-6, front elevation. Lamia T/C, 3303-2, ground floor. Lamia T/C, 3303-7, façade.

410200, LARISA T/C ↓ 330300, LAMIA T/C 157

Larisa A T/C, 4102-II-K6, late, elevation – section. (partial, elevation). Larisa A T/C, 4102-Λ2, details. Larisa A T/C, 4102-Λ11, railing, basement area, (partial, axonometric).

158 HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

Volos T/C, 4201-K7, side elevation on Athan. Diakou Street. Volos T/C, 4201-K6, front elevation on Dimitriados Street. Volos T/C, 4201-K2, floor plan of the ground floor.

420100, VOLOS T/C

Art Nouveau influences. Combination of decorative elements and abstract forms in the design.

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Volos T/C, T/C 4201-Λ1, supply shelter.

Volos T/C, 4201-Σ5, reinforcement of basement ceiling and basement stairs.

162 HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

Trikala T/C, 4301-K6, main elevation. Trikala T/C, 4301-Κ11, floor plan of the ground floor. Trikala T/C, 4301-Κ5, section at entrance points. Trikala T/C, 4301-K7, rear elevation. Trikala T/C, 4301-Κ8, side elevation.

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Trikala T/C, 4301-uncoded, details of prostyle.

164 HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

Veroia T/C I, 5601-Λ5, details of paving of the portico-vestibule and the hall.

570200, THESSALONIKI B T/C ↓ 560100, VEROIA A T/C 165

The Thessaloniki B T/C in the 1950s. Thessalonniki B T/C, 5702-IIβ-Κ8, elevation on Zaimi Lane. Thessaloniki B T/C, 5702-II-Λ2, iron gate at main entrance, (partial).

166 HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

The ingenious corner solution

Thessaloniki C T/C, uncoded, ground floor.

571600, THESSALONIKI C T/C

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Serres A T/C, 6101-K2, ground floor and front elevation.

630100, KAVALA T/C ↓ 610100, SERRES A T/C 169

Kavala T/C, 6301-Π4, front elevation. Kavala T/C, 6301-Κ2, ground floor. Kavala T/C, 6301-Π2, floor plan of the ground floor. Kavala T/C, 6301-Κ5, façade.

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Waiting at the counter. Corfu A T/C, 7201-II-Λ23, detail of counter – axonometric.

920300, RETHYMNO A T/C ↓ 720100, CORFU A T/C 171

Rethymno A T/C, 9203-K6, front elevation on P. Kountouriotou Street. Rethymno A T/C, 9203-Κ7, side elevation.

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Historical and traditional environment. Discrete intervention Eleni Kanetaki Dr.-Eng. N.T.U.A., Dipl.-Eng. Architect N.T.U.A.

1 → This refers to the spirit of the place, as Christian Norberg-Schulz explains in his book, Genius Loci. To Pnevma tou Topou [The Spirit of the Place]. Gia mia Fainomenologia tis Architektonikis [Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture], trans. M. Frangopoulos, NTUA University Press, Athens 2009.

A major part of OTE’s inventory of buildings is located within historical settlements around Greece. These Organisation facilities, though designed to serve the telecommunications function, stand out because of the discernible effort by the designers to ensure the new structures would be seamlessly incorporated into traditional residential clusters by morphologically following the genius loci 1 [“spirit of the place”] of each area. Overall, listed settlements, whether in the mountains, in the plains or on the islands, present unique architectural characteristics and a distinct urban planning configuration which clearly varies according to local, geographical and environmental conditions, while historical and social parameters also influence the shaping of the residential character. Similarly, the morphology of the buildings also depends to a great degree on locally available materials, building practices and the prevailing construction traditions. Inclusion of OTE buildings into traditional settlements. The Organisation buildings designed and built for traditional settlements were woven into the local residential fabric by adopting a low-impact morphological vocabulary, as the new buildings were erected based on architectural designs that took account of the local ambiance and spatial particularities.

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2 →One exception was a reference to integrated conservation of historical city centres and historical places in architectural heritage, as expressed through the Declaration of Amsterdam (1975) and the Granada Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe (1985), later ratified by the Greek Parliament with Law 2039/92.

Despite the absence of an explicit cultural policy during the period 1960-1980, where the protection of the natural and cultural environment was not yet legally enshrined, the OTE architectural designs are unique for their simple aesthetic treatment of elevations and the incorporation of local morphological idiosyncrasies as a continuation of the pre-existing architectural tradition. Grouping of designs for inclusion in traditional settlements. The examination of OTE’s buildings located in Greece’s traditional settlements allows for grouping them according to both the geographical character of the area into continental – mountainous and lowland – settlements and island settlements, and in relation to local architectural morphology, meaning the trends which were prevalent at the time these projects were designed. The local particularities of each area and the stylistic proclivities which dominated the overall town-planning complex served to inspire the designers of that era to construct public-use buildings, such as these telecommunications facilities, that would be integrated into settlement clusters with respect for their architectural character. In the effort to organise and categorise these works, the following groupings are proposed: Buildings in traditional mountain settlements in Southern and Central Greece, Greece which were designed according to a plain, vernacular morphology, built with materials used on houses of the local folk architectural style. Details such as the use of a hipped tile roof, cladding of external walls with local stones in a type of stone

Fig. 1. Andritsaina T/C. Typical mountain settlement structure.

3 → A covered enclosed room with numerous windows protruding from the supporting wall, serving to enlarge the interior space and providing additional sunlight and ventilation. It was usually a light wattle and daub structure. It is mainly found in Northern Greece, Macedonia, Thrace and elsewhere, and originates from the architectural traditions of the South and Central Balkans and the entire Ottoman Empire.

Fig. 2. Lowered arched lintels at the windows and stone cladding at the base of the building. (A) Dimitsana T/C, (b) Tropaia T/C.

Buildings in traditional mountain settlements in Northern Greece, which were designed by incorporating a discernible morphological style from Balkan architecture. These designs include elements which clearly reflect local construction idiosyncrasies, such as oriel windows (sachnisi3) and hanging covered porches (hagiati4), with roofs covered with local slate. There are often indications on the elevations of former timber framing where wooden beams5 with a small cross-section were placed at the level of the sill and header. Such examples are the buildings in Mikro Peristeri, Ioannina (1988) (Fig. 3), in Metsovo (Fig. 4) and Rodopoli, Serres (1989).

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masonry and the use of openings with frames usually shaped with a slight protrusion of the rendering. Typical examples can be found in the Peloponnese, such as the buildings in Andritsaina (1952) (Fig. 1), Dimitsana (1986) (Fig. 2a) and Tropaia (1990) (Fig. 2b); and in Central Greece in Lidoriki (1980), Efpalio (1985) and Evinochori (1984).

4 →A dayroom or sitting room. It was the Byzantine “doxatos”, which functioned as a semicovered space, usually facing south.

5 → Timber framing. Wooden friezes (lintels or grits), which in traditional architecture functioned as the modern reinforcement bands of concrete do, chainage.

6 →Linear designs etched onto horizontal bands using black and white shapes to decorate the rendering. The technique, similar to sgraffito in Europe, is seen in Chios (mainly in Pyrgi).

Fig. 3. Mikro Peristeri-Ioannina T/C. Building with corner oriel window (“sachnisi”) and bands of wooden beams.

Fig. 4. Metsovo T/C. Cladding with local stone and characteristic arrangement of the elevation in horizontal bands.

Buildings in traditional island settlements, with typical morphological elements from the local folk architectural tradition, such as a rounded finish to the roof parapet, wall openings with arched lintels on the ground floor and arched semioutdoor spaces integrated into the design. The cladding of conventional masonry with local stone and the inclusion of decorative motifs made of slate on the outer surface of the elevations in geometric shapes (triangles, squares, diamonds) are reminiscent of buildings used locally, such as the dovecotes in the Cyclades. The treatment of exterior rendering often employs the technique used on local masonry (e.g. the “xysto”6 scratched stucco decoration in Chios). Noteworthy examples in this category are the buildings in Skyros (1988) (Fig. 5), Andros Town (Fig. 6), PyrgiChios, Mykonos (1985) (Fig. 7) and Naousa-Paros (1987) (Fig. 8).

Fig. 6. Andros T/C. Decorative elements on the facade.

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Fig. 5. Skyros T/C. Rounded finish of the roof parapet.

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Fig. 7. Mykonos T/C. Cladding with local stones.

7 → Baluster from the Italian balustro. Ceramic or plaster column with a curved profile.

Fig. 8. Naousa-Paros T/C. Arches in semi-outdoor spaces.

Buildings with features attributed to the local urban architectural tradition and influences from neoclassicism, built both on islands with a similar history and in mainland Greece. The three-part division of the elevation into a base, core and crown, the geison protruding from the roof and the shaping of the parapet with balusters7, the framing around the openings, the crosshatch metal railings, and the decoration of the exterior elevation surface with horizontal scotia in the rendering are just some of the typical features. Examples of buildings with these characteristics were built in Aegina, Poros, Nafplio, Domokos, Astakos, KalloniLesvos, Corfu (Fig. 9) and Ermoupoli-Syros (1969) (Fig. 10).

Fig. 9. Corfu B T/C. Elevation morphology with Venetian influences.

Fig. 10. Ermoupoli-Syros T/C. Arched doorways with decorative iron railings.

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Special mention should be made of those buildings which, being in a historical environment, were configured accordingly to house the OTE installations. The most typical example is the wireless telecommunication station (W/T) in Rhodes (Fig. 11), which features decorative elements such as geison-type strips encircling the openings on the elevations and the pointed lintels above the openings, reminiscent of the stylistic preferences of Gothic or Venetian origin. These are associated with the architectural period of the Knights of St John, which reappeared as a historical memory in the Rationalist buildings of the Italian occupation of the Dodecanese (1912-1943). The similarity to older structures, such as the Church of Annunciation (Evangelismos) to the Theotokos in Mandraki (1924-29) (Fig. 11) and the Governor’s Palace in Rhodes (1925-27) is obvious.

Fig. 11. Rhodes Town W/T. Building with evident influence by the architecture of the Italian rulers.

Fig. 12. Rhodes. Church of Annunciation (Evangelismos) to the Theotokos in Mandraki.

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New public buildings are integrated into the traditional settlement in keeping with local morphological and spatial particularities.

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Nafplio T/C, 2102-Κ5, front elevation. Nafplio T/C, 2102-Κ6, side elevation.

210200 NAFPLIO T/C 179

Nafplio T/C, 2102-E2, excavation of foundation.

180 INCLUSION IN TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS

Nafplio T/C, 2102-Λ1, doorway details. Nafplio T/C, 2102-L6, balcony details.

210200 NAFPLIO T/C 181181

Nafplio T/C, 2102-Λ7, plaster work.

182 INCLUSION IN TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS

Tropaia T/C, 2627-Α7, front elevation. Tropaia T/C, 2627-A8, side elevation. Tropaia T/C, 2627-Σ5, wooden roof, (partial, cross-section a-b).

241700, ANDRITSAINA T/C ↓ 262700, TROPAIA T/C 183

Andritsaina T/C, 2417-K9, provincial road elevation. Andritsaina T/C, 2417-K7, square elevation.

184 INCLUSION IN TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS

Andritsaina T/C, 2417-Κ1, floor plan of the ground floor.

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Aegina T/C, 3105-K5, front elevation. Aegina T/C, 3105-Λ5, elevation of wooden main entrance door, (partial). Aegina T/C, 3105-Λ7, detail of building crown (partial, vertical section a-a).

215300, ERMIONI T/C 315300, POROS T/C ↓ 310500, AEGINA T/C 187

Ermioni T/C, 2153-K6, side elevation. Poros T/C, 3153-K6, front elevation.

188 INCLUSION IN TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS

Poros T/C, 3153-Λ20, elevation of wooden main entrance door.

317300, HYDRA T/C ↓ 315300, POROS T/C 189

Hydra T/C, 3173-Λ2, detail of Oregon pine main entrance door. Hydra T/C, 3173-Λ10, detail of courtyard gate.

190 INCLUSION IN TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS

Hydra T/C, 3173-K6, front elevation. Hydra T/C, 3173-K4, roof design/layout. Hydra T/C, 3173-Λ7, detail of counter construction (partial, axonometric (case of corner)).

317300 HYDRA T/C

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Hydra T/C. T/C Elevation detail.

Hydra T/C, 3173-Λ9, detail of ground-floor window grille.

323400, MAVROMMATI T/C 333100, DOMKOS T/C ↓ 317300, HYDRA T/C 193

Mavrommati T/C, 3234-Κ5, front elevation (Syngrou Str.), rear elevation (south-east) (partial, front elevation (Syngrou Str.)). Domokou T/C, 3331-K7, front elevation.

194 INCLUSION IN TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS

Efpalio T/C, 3436-Κ4, front elevation. Skyros T/C, 3766-K7, front elevation. Skyros T/C, 3766-K10, rear elevation.

376600, SKYROS T/C↓ 343600, EFPALIO T/C↓ 376600, SKYROS T/C 195

Skyros T/C, 3766-K7, front elevation (partial). Skyros T/C, 3766-Λ7, elevation of fountain, bench plan – cross-section – elevation.

196 INCLUSION IN TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS

Zagora T/C, 4219-K6, front elevation (partial).

421900, ZAGORA T/C 197

Zagora T/C, 4219-Λ4, double wooden window with shutters. Zagora T/C, 4219-Λ10, detail of driveway door (partial).

198 INCLUSION IN TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS

Highlighting the traditional element.

Mikro Peristeri T/C, Ioannina 45116-Κ7, south elevation. Mikro Peristeri T/C, Ioannina 45116-Κ8, north elevation. Metsovo T/C, 4542-Κ7, front elevation (north-west elevation). Metsovo T/C, 4542-K8, north-east elevation.

472200, VOURGARELI T/C ↓ 451160, MIKRO PERISTERI T/C, IOANNINA ↓ 454200, METSOVO T/C

Use of local morphological elements and materials in design.

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Vourgareli T/C, 4722-K7, north elevation, Vourgareli T/C, 4722-K10, west elevation, Vourgareli T/C, 4722-K9, south elevation, Vourgareli T/C, 4722-K8, east elevation,

200 INCLUSION IN TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS

Parga T/C, 4816-K7, elevation on Sp. Livada Str. Florina T/C, 5103-K5, front elevation, Florina T/C, 5103-K6, elevation on Megarovou Str.,

520400, KASTORIA T/C

↓ 481600, PARGA T/C

↓ 510300, FLORINA T/C

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Kastoria A T/C, 5204-Λ8, front elevation cross-section detail.

202 INCLUSION IN TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS

Kastoria A T/C, 5204-K6, front elevation. Kastoria A T/C, 5204-Λ7, decorative W.C. window grille (of while cement), (partial, front elevation).

520700, KASTORIA B T/C ↓ 4520400, KASTORIA A T/C 203

Kastoria B T/C, 5207-K8,Grammou Str. elevation, Kastoria B T/C, 5207-K11, elevation from vacant lot,

204 INCLUSION IN TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS

Ag. Panoramatos Thessaloniki T/C, 5722-Κ7, front elevation. Rodopoli Serres T/C, 6153-Κ7, front elevation.

591300, KALANDRAS T/C ↓ 572200, PANORAMA THESSALONIKI T/C ↓ 615300, RODOPOLI SERRES T/C 205

Kalandras T/C, 5913-Κ6, front elevation. Kalandras T/C, 5913-Λ5, details, (partial, detail B).

206 INCLUSION IN TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS

Samothraki T/C OTE Building, 6683-Κ9, cross-sections.

720200, CORFU B T/C ↓ 668300, OTE BUILDING IN SAMOTHRAKI 207

Corfu B T/C, 7202-Κ8, south elevation. Corfu B T/C, T/C, 7202-Λ17, detail of roof cornices and parapet. Corfu B T/C, T/C, 7202-Λ18, detail of stoa columns and ground-floor cornice.

208 INCLUSION IN TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS

Kalloni Lesvos T/C, 8136-Κ7, side elevation. Kalloni Lesvos T/C, 8136-Λ2, doors – windows – fence on property wall.

814600, ANTISSA MYTILINI T/C 811600, PERAMA LESVOS T/C ↓ 813600, KALLONI LESVOS T/C 209

Antissa Mitilini T/C, 8146-K7, front elevation – rear elevation, (partial, front elevation). Perama Lesvos T/C, 8116-K4, front elevation.

210 INCLUSION IN TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS

Ano Mera Mykonos T/C, 8409-Κ7, elevation δ-δ. Ano Mera Mykonos T/C, 8409-K8, elevation ε-ε. Ano Mera Mykonos T/C, 8409-K1, floor plan of ground floor.

840800, MYKONOS T/C ↓ 840900, ANO MERAS MYKONOS T/C 211

Mykonos T/C, 8408-Α8, elevation δ-δ. Mykonos T/C, 8408-Α9, elevation ε-ε.

212 INCLUSION IN TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS

Mykonos T/C, 8408-Λ7, decorative elements of stairwell finishing.

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Use of reinforced concrete technology to highlight forms with historical references.

Pyrgi Chios Terminal, 8224-K4, elevations.

841300, ERMOUPOLI-SYROS T/C.↓ 822400, PYRGI CHIOS TERMINAL 215

Ermoupoli-Syros T/C, 8413-III-Κ26, Miaouli Square elevations Ermoupoli-Syros T/C, 8413-III-Σ37, expanded view of reinforced ground-floor ceiling(partial).

216 INCLUSION IN TRADITIONAL SETTLEMENTS

Finikas Syros T/C, 8415-Κ6, front elevation. Chora Andros T/C, 8525-K6, front elevation.

847300, APOLLONIA SIFNOS T/C

850800, CORESSIA KEA T/C↓ 841500, FINIKAS SYROS T/C↓ 852500, CHORA ANDROS T/C

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Apollonia Sifnos T/C, 8473-K6, front elevation. Coressia Kea T/C, 8508-K7, side elevation.

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Chalkio Naxos T/C, 8544-Τ4, site plan.

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Chalkio Naxos T/C, 8544-K9, north elevation. Chalkio Naxos T/C, 8544-K7, west elevation.

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Naousa Paros T/C, 8567-K6, front elevation and rear elevation.

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Naousa Paros T/C, 8567-K7, north-east and north-west elevations.

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Naousa Paros T/C, 8567-Λ13, detail of iron ladder, (partial, axonometric, detail of mount).

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City of Rhodes W/T, 8605-Κ3, front elevation – cross-section (building A). City of Rhodes W/T, 8605-Κ4, elevation – western (building A).

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Salakos Rhodes T/C, 86102-Κ7, front elevation. Salakos Rhodes T/C, 86102-Κ7, facade, (partial).

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Symi W/T, 86114-Κ6, north-east elevation, north-west elevation. Symi W/T, 86114-Λ6, roof ventilation aperture (rosette) (partial).

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The 1950s find Greece in the wake of the civil war and in the process of intensive social reforms and reconstruction in all things related to infrastructure and services. The phenomenon of the imposed migration and concentration of the population in large urban centres just starting to form had a catalytic effect on how needs related to newly emerging living conditions had to be met. The dramatic social change led to a reorganisation of State structures

The affordable reinforced in relation to administration and public benefit organisations, as well as transport, education and culture. Unavoidably, planning of the built concrete technology, finding environment was one of the key tools in the effort to modernise the country and in that, the engineers’ role was decisive, full expression in the buildings of if Greece was to adapt as quickly as possible to the western way of life imported after the war. Greek modernism, contributed to As regards building infrastructure in particular, public the country’s much-desired buildings began to acquire a significant role, as they were no longer mere symbols of growth, but were to rapid growth. play a substantial role in the relationship between the State and its citizenry. The

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1 →For more information, see Giakoumakatos, Andreas, I architektoniki tou 20ou aiona stin Ellada. [20th century architecture in Greece. Aftogenesi kai eterotita [autogenesis and otherness], periodical Architektonika Themata, no. 34, Athens, 2000, p. 116. 2 → The term “International Style” was introduced by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson, curators of the historic exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1932 to present new architectural trends in the architecture of post-war Europe. As the principles and morphological vocabulary of interwar modernist architecture gained global acceptance, the element of national “identity” came to be seen as anachronistic and outdated in relation to the pursuits of the cultural internationalism underway during that period. The impact of the International Style would prove catalytic on architectural design – at least in Western societies – until the early 1970s.

need to quickly accommodate newly introduced modern services in sectors such as administration, education, health and the arts drove the imperative at that point in time to combine Greece’s techno-economic capacity with an aesthetic approach that would follow international currents in design and promote the development of a country capable of keeping up with modern cultural forms and technological advancements. International influences. It was precisely that influence from the West which acted as a catalyst on the aesthetic orientation of architects pervaded by the principles of post-war modernism. The close of the 1950s, seen as a period of agitation and searching through the emergence of trends that include eclecticism, academicism and classical modernism, led to the “Spring of the ’60s”, which involved all of intellectual creation and, by extension, architecture. Greek society as a whole and its intellectual milieu in particular were becoming more extroverted in response to global social and cultural events and desired to go beyond the limits of a “defunct” national or even Balkan region. Inevitably, Greek architecture began to embrace the ideological foundation of international post-war modernism which emphasised the functionality of a building and the rationality of the floor plan, the abstract rendering of the form with an absence of any decorative element or historicist references, the morphological and constructional frugality of buildings, and, finally, the honesty of the construction, through the focus on the relation between structure and function as the generative cause of producing the form. Architectural historian Andreas Giakoumakatos writes

'In Greece, however, the principles of international modernism were not applicable only because of the potential to create technologically or economically accessible constructions as a result of a morphological frugality. They also helped to bring out the element of “Greekness”, through the Doric nature of the abstractive form, the pronounced style of the columns, the archetypical arrangement of the atrium and the stoa and, finally, the integrity of the structure expressed by the “post-andlintel” system of ancient Greek temples. In contrast to the hitherto familiar neoclassicism-historicism, which borrowed the style of ancient Greek architecture unchanged, Greek post-war modernism did not imitate the form, but instead manifested its spirit.

Fig. 1. The influence of the “International Style” on Greek post-war architecture. (a) Lever House, New York, USA (1952), the work of Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois of the SOM firm, (b) Men’s University Student Housing in Athens (1961-1965), the work of Nikos Desyllas, Dimitris Kontargyris, Antonis Lampakis and Pavlos Loukakis.

3 →Such an expression of the classical is the American Embassy building, the work of Walter Gropius (Athens, 1959-1961), the Hilton Hotel, by Emmanouil Vourekas, Prokopis Vasileiadis and Spyros Staikos (Athens, 1958-1963) and the Athens Music Conservatory by Ioannis Despotopoulos (Athens, 1969-1976).

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that the above borrowed principles of international modernism “seek to systematise the compositional tools with a methodical ‘scientificity’, the objective classification of functional parameters and the highlighting of technology’s role, with the ultimate aim of including architecture in the process of modernising and Europeanising the developing country.1

The predominant movements. International post-war modernism influenced the Greek derivative through two main trends. The first is the so-called “International Style,” which had already been manifested in the USA since the 1930s.2 At its peak – especially from the 1950s on – “International Style” was shaped by the catalytic presence of the German architects and architects of the Bauhaus School, Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies νan der Rohe, who had already immigrated to the USA following the rise of Nazism. These architects not only transferred but also managed to adapt European modernism to the scale of the vast American cities by taking advantage of technological developments. The element of prominent abstraction led to the expression of the classical3 through the formal style with which many Greek architects identified, as they saw in it a manifestation of Greekness “from the inside”. At the same time, the clean lines of the blocks and the transparency of the interior space through large openings (Fig. 1), which allowed the physical or visual connection of the indoor to the outdoor environment, were elements which Greek modernism would adapt to the Greek light and climate. The second trend was that of “Brutalism”4, which was based on the technology of bare reinforced concrete. Its chief proponent, Swiss architect Le Corbusier, in expressing the principles of modernism to which he had remained faithful since the interwar period as one of its leading representatives, introduced the element of plasticity permitted by this poured material in the post-war period.5 Modern architecture could now diverge from the morphological rigidity of its classical version, while retaining the element of abstract form and faith in the functional specificity of spaces (Fig. 2).

4 → The term “Brutalism” derives from the French word “brut”, and expresses the crude, rough texture of bare concrete.

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Fig. 2. The influence of “Brutalism” and rough, visible concrete in the work of Greek architects. (a) Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh, India (1952-1961), the work of Le Corbusier, (b) Livadia Courthouse (1968-1978), the work of Tasos Biris, Dimitris Biris and Ilias Papagiannopoulos (consultant: Ioannis Despotopoulos).

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5 →The Greek architects who embraced and transferred the impact of Le Corbusier’s work mainly include those who settled in France after the war. Many of them belonged to the group of left-wing university students and intellectuals who boarded the steamship Mataroa in December 1945 to evade political persecution. Among them were architects Aristomenis Proveleggios, Giorgos Kandylis, Takis Zenetos, Margaritis Apostolidis, composer and engineer Iannis Xenakis and others.

6 →Architectural historian Eleni Fessa-Emmanouil argues that “the work of the Brutalists reveals their preference for the rough plasticity of bare concrete and local natural materials. From this perspective, international brutalism was more related to our architectural ‘localism’ or ‘populism’ than the other two international movements, which were the technological idealism of the International Style and the neohistoric formalism”. For more information, see Fessa-Emmanouil, Eleni, Ktiria gia Dimosia Chrysi sti Neoteri Ellada 1827-1992 [Buildings for Public Use in Modern Greece], Athens, Papasotiriou, 1993, p. 23.

The international appeal of architecture embodying bare concrete greatly influenced Greek architectural expression. The morphological flexibility provided greater potential to adapt the built space to the sensitive natural environment while also including natural elements such as stone and wood in the design.6 As for economy and ease of construction, the reinforced concrete technology was accessible throughout the Greek territory and could therefore respond immediately to the techno-economic demands of the country’s sought-after rapid development. The public building in Greece. This modernisation began to take shape gradually with the construction of significant technical works, such as major roadways, dams and harbour projects. Public buildings were an integral part of development efforts, as administrative bodies and organisations or public benefit services were either being formed anew or were being reorganised to better serve the needs of new societal conditions. In this endeavour, nearly all public bodies either created their own technical departments or assigned designs to private firms through direct awards or by conducting architectural competitions. 'As such, the design of public buildings occupied a significant share of architectural activity, offering architects – particularly younger ones, though architectural competitions – the opportunity to test their skills and bring new trends into play while taking account of the unique characteristics of the Greek reality. For examples, organisations like the newly formed OTE (1949) and the Public Power Corporation (1950), the Greek National Tourism Organisations, the National Bank of Greece, and administrative bodies like ministries and local government organisations began to develop designs and create a stock of highly aesthetic buildings. Distinguished architects placed in senior management positions (one example is the case of Aris Konstantinidis at GNTO) worked with the talent and enthusiasm of younger (internal and external) colleagues to provide space that allowed the innovative spirit of the time to find free expression. Design was now incorporating and adapting international influences to the Greek landscape and climate in terms of both urban planning and high or low building allowances and the unique natural environment (Fig. 3).

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Fig. 3. Greek modernism in public buildings. (a) PPC building on Tritis Septemvriou Street in Athens (1973-1977), the work of Kleon Krantonellis, (b) National Bank of Greece branch in Patras (1963), the work of Anastasia Tzakou, (c) Hotel Xenia in Nafplio (1958-1960), the work of Ioannis Triantafyllidis.

The case of OTE. As regards specifically the design of the Organisation’s building infrastructure, these influences were particularly evident in both directions of post-war modernism. OTE assigned design projects to both prominent architects of the era (for example, professors at the Athens Technical University School of Architecture Kostas Kitsikis, Kyprianos Biris, Thoukydidis Valentis, the well-known Nikos Valsamakis and Margaritis Apostolidis, the firm of Desyllas, Lampakis, Loukakis and Kontargyris, and architects who later became professors at the School of Architecture, Alexandros Zannos and Nikos Kalogeras), and to staff engineers at the Building Works 'Division. Most of the department architects were young graduates from the same School, whose educational curriculum at that time played an important role in shaping the modernist approach to design.

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The International Style trend was reflected in most of the buildings designed and which were dominated by clean archetypical masses, the element of horizontal composition (particularly for lower construction allowance), the prominence of the bearing structure and structural configuration and the longitudinal rows of openings-windows. Aside from the New Toll Communications Building (NYMA) in Athens, on Patision Street, which was featured in an earlier chapter, other examples included the Telephone Centre at Athinas Street, the Kallithea Complex (Fig. 4), the Lavrio T/C, the Salamina T/C, the Kamena Vourla T/C and the Halkida T/C.

Fig. 4. Kallithea Complex, 1306-Π12, elevation on Dimitros Street, Design: Nikos Desyllas, Dimitris Kontargyris, Antonis Lampakis, Pavlos Loukakis, 1966.

At the same time, the abstractive quality was not present only in the morphology of the blocks and elevations, but in the use of natural materials in the design, used as cladding on the exterior elevations and interior surfaces, as seen at the Ioannina T/C (Fig. 5).

Fig. 5. Ioannina A T/C, 4505-Λ7, elevation of customer transaction area, to the right of the entrance, (partial). Abstract-stylised rendering of traditional stone masonry.

As for floor plans, the principles of open plan space immediately found traction, as it met the key need to situate special functions, particularly in the spaces where the patch panels and inverters were housed. The clean articulation of the bearing structure, combined with the resulting open spaces, ensured the necessary flexibility for specific functions to be able to meet future needs as the number of subscribers gradually increased. The influence of Brutalism was plainly weaker. It was evident, however, in typical examples, where the reinforced concrete was both part of the compositionalmorphological and the construction tool for the design, such as the Kallithea Carpark, the OTE Daycare Nursery at the NYMA building, the Vrontados T/C (designed by talented architect Miltos Dallas), and the chapel at the Thermopylae Satellite Station. The flexible construction allowed by the cast reinforced concrete aided in the expression of function, through malleable forms with a discernible conformity that project the character of the buildings with some immediacy (Fig. 6). 231

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Fig. 6. Construction-morphological flexibility of reinforced concrete. (a) The circular entry-exit ramp at the Kallithea Carpark, (b) the child-friendly NYMA Daycare Nursery, and (c) the full, non-orthonormal shell – as a rendering of modern church architecture – of the Chapel at the Thermopylae Satellite Station.

Finally, it is worth mentioning that in certain special cases, such as the incorporation of building infrastructure in mountain regions, the abstraction of modernism served to memorialise the traditional element. The Delphi T/C is a good example of the way in which the large openings and longitudinal bands-surfaces on the facade were combined with the abstract decorative motifs and white marble cladding, alluding to traditional stone masonry (Fig. 7).

Fig. 7. Delphi T/C, 3402-Κ6, facade, (partial). A reminder of the traditional element in modernism.

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The short-lived “Spring of the ’60s” would come to an abrupt halt with the military coup of 1967. Though most conscientious architects did not diverge from their political and aesthetic principles as they continued to produce thoughtful architecture, nevertheless the excessive building activity noted during the sevenyear dictatorship led to indications of decline due to the misinterpretation of the principles of modernism. The abstractive approach in architecture gradually ceased to express its values, as it no longer represented the essence of thought but rather its simplification. This phenomenon would create, in the opinion of some, a justified response to the imposition of a conformist – in the narrow sense of the word – architecture, laying the groundwork for the rise of the postmodern movement ust a few years after the fall of the dictatorship (1974).

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The clean structure of the buildings’ skeletons, in combination with the open-plan space, creates flexible spaces for accommodating distributors and switchboards.

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Top left: Solonos T/C, 1004-II-Λ22, cable inlet exterior door, (partial, elevation of aluminium door). Right: Solonos T/C, 1004-II-Λ22, cable inlet exterior door, (partial, vertical cross-section β-β). Bottom: Solonos T/C, 1004-II-Λ23, aluminium frame for façade windows.

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Solonos T/C, 1004-IIβ-Κ12, elevation (on Sina Str.)

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Ilissos T/C, 1005-II-Κ9, facade (on Niriidon Str.).

100500 ILISSOS T/C.

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The unfinished product may appear more appealing than the final result.

Ilissos T/C, 1005-II-Λ3, window grilles.

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Patision T/C, T/C 1006-II-K10, Spartis Str. elevation.

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Athinas T/C, 1012-K13, café in the ground-floor stairwell (partial, front, side and top view).

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Athinas T/C, 1012-K13, café in the ground-floor stairwell (partial, perspective drawing).

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The Keramikos T/C on the day of the official opening of the Data Processing Center on 27.6.1963.

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Keramikos T/C, T/C, 1013-IV-Κ38, Stratonikis Str. elevation.

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OTE Daycare Nursery, 1018-Κ9, floor plan of the ground floor.

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OTE Daycare Nursery, 1018-Λ20, elevations (diagram of window casing arrangement).

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The OTE Daycare Nursery in the early 1970s.

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Piraeus T/C, 1202-III-Κ21, front elevation.

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Kallithea Complex, 1304-1306-K11, elevations.

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Kallithea Complex, Complex, 1304-1306-Κ14, breakdown of spaces on floors.

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Kallithea Complex, 1306-Κ10, elevation on Dimitros Street, Design.

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The Kallithea Complex, 1970s.

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Kallithea Carpark, 1970s.

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Kallithea Carpark, 1314-Τ3, perspective, topographical, (partial, perspective).

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Exploring the unconventional in a public building. OTE made room for what were, at the time, innovative architectural approaches.

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Kallithea Carpark, 1314-P9, floor plan of the ground floor. Kallithea Carpark, 1314-Λ36, claustra wall detail, (partial).

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Kallithea Carpark, 1314-Π14, cross-section α-α and elevation (Priamou Str.). Kallithea Carpark, 1314-66, placement of façade signage on Priamou Str.

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Kallithea Carpark, 1314-Κ48, floor plan of ground floor sections V, VI. Kallithea Carpark, 1314-Κ43, floor plan of mezzanine sections V, VI. Kallithea Carpark, 1314-Κ49, floor plan of 1st floor, sections V, VI.

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Kallithea Carpark, 1314-Κ24, Sokratous/Doiranis Str. elevations, sections V and VI. Kallithea Carpark, 1314-Κ29, cross-sections α-α β-β sections V, VI.

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Kallithea Carpark, 1314-Λ64, detail of suspended ceiling over canteen space.

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Kallithea Carpark, 1314-Σ8, formwork and reinforcement of ramp slabs.

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Palaio Faliro T/C, 1331-II-Κ8, front elevation. Vouliagmeni T/C, 1361-Π5, front elevation.

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Vouliagmeni T/C, 1361-1Α, floor plan of ground floor. Vouliagmeni T/C, 1361-Π4, elevation, cross-section, (partial, cross-section).

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Vouliagmeni T/C, 1361-Λ12, stair rail of main entrance.

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Nea Liosia T/C, 1391-Κ7, front elevation on Idomeneos Str. Rentis, 1422-Κ8, main elevation.

147100, ASPROPYRGOS T/C 142600, KORYDALLOS T/C ↓ 139100, NEA LIOSIA T/C↓ 42200, RENTIS T/C 271

Aspropyrgos, 1471-Κ6, elevation, (partial, entrance elevation). Korydallos T/C, 1426-Κ6, front elevation.

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Korydallos T/C, 1513-Κ7, Papasideri Str. elevation, Kyprou Str. elevation. Koropi T/C, 1513-Κ5, lengthwise cross-section α-α – transverse cross-section β-β, (partial, cross-section β-β).

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Spata T/C, T/C, 1510-Κ5, front elevation. Spata T/C, T/C, 1510-Κ6, side elevation.

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Holargos T/C, 1608-Κ6, main elevation. Holargos T/C, 1608-Κ4,lateral cross-section and sectional floor plans

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The Holargos T/C, T/C, 1970s.

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Nea Ionia T/C, 1661-II-Κ6, front elevation. Anixi T/C, 1558-Κ6, front elevation.

212200, ARGOS T/C 250500, KALAMATA B T/C↓ 166100 NEA IONIA T/C↓ 155800 , ANIKXI T/C

Kalamata B T/C, 2505-Κ9, front elevation.

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Argos A T/C, 2122-Κ8, Nikitara Str. elevation.

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Argos A T/C, 2122-Κ13, perspective.

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Argos T/C, 2333-Π7, south elevation. Vas. Georgiou Patras T/C , 2303-K8, front elevations, (partial).

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Pyrgos T/C, 2402-Κ4, penthouse floor plan.

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Lavrio T/C, T/C, 3111-Κ5, front elevation.

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Rafina A T/C, 3118-Π5, rear elevation. Salamina T/C, 3147-Κ6, side elevation.

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Salamina T/C, 3147-Κ7, untitled.

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Livadia T/C, 3204-Κ19, front elevation. Livadia T/C, 3204-II-Κ5, front elevation.

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Top: Perspective drawing of Livadia T/C T/C, 1957 1957. Bottom: Livadia T/C in the mid-1960s.

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Thermopylae Satellite Station, Chapel, 3360-Κ10, front elevation and side elevation. Thermopylae Satellite Station, Chapel, 3360-Κ9, cross-sections αβα1, γγ1, δδ1, (partial, cross-section γγ1, cross-section δδ1).

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Archetypal masses, structural honesty and longitudinal window bands are characteristic of post-war modernism.

Kamena Vourla T/C, 3357-Κ4, north elevation – cross-section α-α. Kamena Vourla T/C, 3357-Κ5, east elevation.

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Delphi T/C, 3402-Κ6, front elevation.

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Delphi T/C, 3402-Λ7, expanded view of transaction area.

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Halkida T/C, 3702-Π5, elevations on Venizelou and Papanastasiou Streets. Kymi T/C, 3762-Π5, front elevation.

350700, AITOLIKO T/C↓ 370200, HALKIDA T/C↓ 376200, KYMI T/C

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Aitoliko T/C, 3507-5, variation of the two main elevations.

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Igoumenitsa T/C, 4603-Κ5, I. Metaxas Str. elevation.

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Heptapyrgion T/C, 5718-Κ8, front elevation.

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Arta T/C, 4702-II-Κ12, front elevation.

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Thessaloniki Administrative Building, 5701-III-Λ28, pile detail. Thessaloniki Administrative Building, 5701-II-4, Panelling of exchange ceiling with Perorit tiles and placement of plaster elements for hidden lighting.

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Thessaloniki Administrative Building, 5701-IV-Λ16, detail of lattice in transaction area.

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Thessaloniki Administrative Building, Building, 5701-III-Κ10, front elevation.

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Thessaloniki Administrative Building, 5701-IV-Λ15, Lighted sign and clock.

570100, THESSALONIKI ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING

The OTE clock as a meeting place. Rendezvous on Karolou Ntil St.

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Thessaloniki D T/C, 5717-5, front elevation. Thessaloniki D T/C, 5717-Κ7, front elevation.

571900, THESSALONIKI F T/C ↓ 571700, THESSALONIKI D T/C 305

Top: Thessaloniki F T/C, 5719-Κ7, Lagkada Str. elevation (east). Bottom left: Thessaloniki F T/C, 5719-Λ3, exterior staircase and design for main entrance cladding, (partial, section of beton relief tile). Bottom right: Thessaloniki F T/C, 5719-Λ8, detail of claustra wall installation, (partial , claustra wall in front of stairwell..

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Chrysoupoli T/C, 6332-Κ5, main elevation.

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Eleftheropoli T/C, 6352-Κ6, front elevation. Alexandroupoli A T/C, 6603-Π5, front elevation.

660300, ALEXANDROUPOLI Α T/C’

↓ 635200, ELEFTHEROUPOLI T/C ↓ 660300, ALEXANDROUPOLI A T/C

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Alexandroupoli A T/C, 6603-Π4, cross-section β-β.

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Didymoteicho T/C, uncoded, Didymoteicho elevation.

662200, DIDYMOTEICHO T/C

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Myrina T/C, 8178-Κ9, longitudinal cross-section of Myrina square.

821100, BRONTADOS T/C ↓ 817800, MYRINA T/C 313

Vrontados T/C, 8211-Κ6, elevations. Vrontados T/C, 8211-Π3-4β, solution b – elevations, cross-section α-α.

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The influence of postmodern classicism on OTE buildings. Jannis Athanasopoulos Dr.-Eng. D.U.Th., Dipl.-Eng. Architect N.T.U.A.

1 →Examples of these include the daycare nurseries in the Municipality of Agia Varvara and the Municipality of Kamatero in Attica, which were designed by external designers.

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2 → The notion of “popular” was often referred to as “pop”.

The 1980s were the starting point of the last phase of the OTE Building Works Division’s design activity, which ended in the early years of the new millennium. During this period, the last original designs for building works were implemented. These were intended to meet the needs of the Organisation, but also included buildings with a non-telecommunications function as OTE’s contribution to improving the standard of living in local communities1. In the early 1980s, architectural design in Greece began to feel the influence of the postmodernist movement, which had already made its appearance on the world stage in the 1960s. Inevitably, the newly emerging architectural vocabulary also influenced the aesthetic direction taken by the architectural designs developed at the Organisation. The philosophy of design, both at floor plan level but mainly from the aspect of the morphology of the elevations, was defined by the principles of the so-called classicist postmodernism, in line with the general spirit of that era. A key characteristic of this movement was the use of historical architectural forms or orders of the past together with elements derived from traditional or specific local features, with the ultimate aim of making architectural expression more “familiar” to the user or ordinary observer. In other words, it introduced the need for a more “accessible”, more “popular” and “friendlier” representation of the built space. Forms and architectural elements such as the pediment or the columns of an ancient Greek temple, railings and parapets in the neoclassical style or even tile-roof finishes on buildings within the urban environment were used either as-is or abstractly and in an occasionally fragmentary manner in a desire to create an association with the image of architectural expression beloved by most people. At the same time, classicist postmodernism endeavours to “entertain” the userobserver through allusion by undermining the morphological predictability and structural clarity of the design. This subversion is achieved by doing away with the explicitness of the bearing structure and by using elements such as the proportions that arise from the relation of the bearing elements, the dimensions of the windows (in buildings with strong references to past orders, such as neoclassicism), and the use of decorative materials and techniques. Finally, the allusive element is also served through the colour choices, which not only bring out the fragmentary use of forms but also aim to add an element of surprise resulting from a distinctive and unusual combination of colour hues.

Pop culture in architecture. Use of familiar historical and traditional forms.

Fig. 1. Megara T/C, 3141-Κ8, east elevation (facade), (partial). Head of Design: A. Michalopoulou, 1991. The fragmentary element of the round supporting column in the corner.

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These particular highlights are clearly discerned in the buildings designed during this period. In the Megara Telephone Centre (T/C) (Fig. 1, the fragmentation of the round supporting column in the corner is emphasised as an element of subversion in the building structure. Though historical allusions are absent, the recessed scotia on the rendered elevations refer to a type of neoclassical mansion. The same decorative technique is noted on the Distomo T/C (Fig. 2). Here the references to neoclassical architecture are more apparent through the geison at the top of the building and the railings, which are reminiscent of the architectural expression of the 19th century. A typical allusive element is also the use of the abstract pediment, which highlights the building’s main entrance.

Fig. 2. Distomo T/C, 3213-Α6, elevation a (facade), (partial). Head of Design: A. Michalopoulou, 1990.

The Zakynthos B T/C is a good example of the postmodern aesthetic (Fig. 3), which embodies a simplified sense of “Greekness” with the use of pediments over the entryways and the endpoints of the building, as well as through the morphology of the supporting columns in the style of the ancient Greek pillars. Finally, the disparate element evident in postmodern architecture is seen in the Kanalaki T/C in Preveza (Fig. 4). This example features a characteristic mix of the neoclassical and traditional models such as the neoclassical symmetrical morphology of the east elevation, the use of geison and the design of the protruding balconies referring to the traditional hagiati covered porches.

Fig. 3. Zakynthos B T/C’, 7402-Κ7, Dion. Roma Str. elevation, N. Kollyba Str. elevation, (partial N. Kollyva Str. elevation). Head of Design: M. Kanellakopoulou, 1993. Elements of “Greekness”.

Fig. 4. Kanalaki T/C, 4811-Κ4, east and north elevation, (partial east elevation). Head of Design: E. Frangouli, 1991. Combined elements of neoclassical and traditional architecture.

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Daycare nursery, Municipality of Agia Varvara, 1492-Κ2, foor plan of the ground floor. Daycare nursery, Municipality of Agia Varvara, 1492-Κ10, cross-section α-α.

149200 DAYCARE NURSERY, MUNICIPALITY OF AGIA VARVARA

Incongruous elements and colour choices, subversive structures and forms in OTE buildings during the 1980s.

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Daycare nursery, Municipality of Agia Varvara, 1492-Κ13, north elevation, (partial). Daycare nursery, Municipality of Agia Varvara, 1492-Κ15, east elevation.

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Daycare Nursery, Municipality of Kamatero, Attica , 1678-Κ16, elevations, east/west, (partial).

167800 DAYCARE NURSERY, MUNICIPALITY OF KAMATERO, ATTICA 321

Daycare nursery, Municipality of Kamatero, Attica, 1678-Κ15, cross-section γ-γ. Daycare Nursery, Municipality of Kamatero, Attica , 1678-Κ17, elevations, north/south, (partial).

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Megaro B T/C, 3141-Κ1, basement floorplan. Megaro B T/C, 3141-Κ2, floor plan of ground floor.

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Megara B T/C, 3141-Κ8, east elevation (façade), (partial). Megaro B T/C, 3141-Κ9, north elevation.

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Distomo T/C, 3213-Α1, floor plan of ground floor.

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Distomo T/C, 3213-Α6, elevation α (façade), (partial). Distomo T/C, 3213-Α7, elevation β (side elevation).

326 POSTMODERNISM

Lamia Office Building and T/C, 3301-Κ10, front elevation. Lamia Office Building and T/C, 3301-Κ11, rear elevation.

370300, HALKIDA B T/C ↓ 330100, LAMIA OFFICE BUILDING AND T/C 327

Halkida B T/C, 3703-Κ9, front elevation. Halkida B T/C, 3703-Κ2, floor plan of ground floor.

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Kanalaki T/C, 4811-Κ1, floor plan of ground floor.

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Kanalaki T/C, 4811-Κ4, east and north elevations.

740200, ZAKYNTHOS B T/C ↓ 481100, KANALAKI T/C 331

Zakynthos B T/C, 7402-Κ7, Dionisiou Roma Str. elevation; N. Kollyva Str. elevation.

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The majority of OTE’s buildings serve only the telecommunications function. The purpose-built telecommunications buildings, forming a network whose terminals can be defined as the urban Telecommunications Centres (T/C), have a discreet presence in the Greek territory. Despite their occasionally vast size, these installations are placed in such a way so that they are not immediately noticed. Their function is taken for granted as part of modern-day life, which is now governed by telecommunications in all of its forms. The use of technology has such infrastructure essential. The existence of this infrastructure is not well-known; for this reason, this particular and exceedingly large-scale technological network could be described metaphorically as “invisible”.

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1 → See Skandaras, Dimitris, Istoriki Exelixi ton Tilepikoinonion sti Chora mas, 130 Chronia 18591989 [Historical Evolution of Telecommunications in our Country, 130 Years], Athens, 1991.

The Wireless Telephony Stations (W/T) are the main telecommunications facility in the Organisation’s wireless network. Since the early days of OTE’s operation, it was clear that long-distance (toll) telephony could only be achieved in Greece by developing radio communication. The country’s unique geomorphology, with the tall mountain masses in the mainland and vast expanse of its seas and large number of inhabited islands, left no alternative but to develop wireless telephony, particularly due to the high cost involved in establishing a cable connection. In the mid-1950s, the French company LMT was awarded a tender to install four Hertzian wave networks to connect the entire Greek territory. In 1954, some islands were able to communicate by telephone with the mainland for the first time. Construction had already begun on the early W/T stations, many of which had to be built in inaccessible mountain regions.1 The large number of W/Ts was due to the manner in which electromagnetic waves are transmitted, requiring the transmitter and receiver to have visual contact. As the indicated distance between two W/Ts is between 40 and 80 km, more stations are needed to cover large distances.

Fig. 1. (a) Agia Triada-Parnitha W/T, 1702-2, elevation, (b) Kleisoura W/T, 5203-3, staff housing W/T (partial), (c) Kaminia-Herakleio W/T, 9307-2, (partial). Architect: Miltos Dallas.

3 → Details from the announcement by the Chairman of the OTE Board of Directors, Georgios I. Oikonomopoulos, periodical Technika Chronika, no. 177-178, 1959, p. 66.

There are two types of W/Ts: terminals which link up to T/Cs and the repeater stations which enhance the signal between two terminals. Terminal stations have more than one transmitter and receiver so they can link up to more radio telecommunication arteries.2 Their complex operation requires the constant presence of numerous staff. Already in 1955, buildings were being erected to not only house the essential equipment and work spaces, such as offices and workshops; they also made allowance for necessary living space, such as a kitchen, dining room and dormitories, since staff worked and lived at the stations for several days. Such examples from that early period are found in Parnitha, Kleisoura-Kastoria and Herakleio-Crete (Fig. 1). In 1959, an announcement was made regarding “…the extension of the toll network to the islands by establishing 28 wireless telephony stations”, which went into operation in 1960. As part of the organised management of the pressing need to build a large number of W/T stations, the Design Department in 1962 prepared designs of standardised buildings to serve this function. These were typed with OTE Design Archive code 10601, Staff Housing near W/T Stations to supplement existing facilities, and 10611, Standardised W/T Station, a completely new, full-service installation. This type of building would be used mostly where new stations were needed. Such examples included the W/T stations at Imittos, in the Acarnanian Mountains, at Mount Ossa, Mount Chlomo-Phthiotis and in Doliana-Arkadia (Fig. 2).

Fig. 2. Application of building type 10611.

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2 → See Chatzivasileiou, Anthimos, Oi Stathmoi Asyrmatis Tilefonias (SAT) [The Wireless Telephony Stations], periodical TELE, no. 19, Athens, 1993, p. 21.

The Transmission Towers, these impressive, large-scale constructions erected along the ridges of Mount Parnitha, the Geraneia Mountains and Mount Pelio in the mid-1960s, were W/T stations from the start, as their main function was to serve wireless telecommunications. Over the years, they have been used for other public interest purposes, such as to broadcast and receive television signals. The tower buildings belong to a type designed in 1962 and erected for the first time at the Ornio site in Parnitha the following year. The height of the superstructure of these constructions ranges from 45 to 60 metres, depending on the morphology of the ground at each site. The cross-hatch mast installed at the top of the towers rises to a height of 30 metres (Fig. 3). The Coastal Stations serve wireless communications for both ocean-going and shortsea shipping. In 1949, OTE received from the State just one coastal station, located in Vari, which operated as a telegraph station for ships. The network gradually expanded from the early 1950s, adding new stations until the early 1990s (Fig. 4). In 1959, it was announced that “…a fully equipped station will be established for telephone communication with long-distance shipping vessels”.4 In 1962, the first phase of the design for the Ano Loutsa Radio Centre (Fig. 5) was completed and has since served all forms of telecommunications with ocean-going ships, in combination with satellite stations.

Fig. 3. Parnitha Transmission Tower. 4 → Ibid.

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Satellite Stations. Greece became a member of the International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium in 1965 to develop satellite-based telecommunications and in 1967 established satellite telephone connections with the United States and Canada via the Italian satellite ground station. The Thermopylae Satellite Ground Station was designed in 1969 and would become only the sixth ground station to be built in Europe. Its site was selected from amongst 30 locations, in an area of about 15 hectares at Skarfeia, which met all the required specifications: desirable unobstructed horizon plane, appropriate climate conditions, even geomorphology, central position for linking to and accessing the telecommunications network. There was provision for installing a 30 metre diameter controlled satellite antenna, auxiliary service buildings and staff accommodation, covering a total of 1,900 m2 (Fig. 6). The alluvial soil was a significant problem for the foundation of the base for the parabolic reflector, which ultimately required posts sunk to a depth of about 23 metres. The dictatorial regime

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5 → See Stathmos edafous epikoinonion meso doryforon ‘Thermopylai’ [Satellite communications ground station at Thermopylae], in the OTE Telecommunications Museum Archive, item MT_060050.

at that time attempted to take advantage of the situation: “The construction is expected to be completed within an unusually short time so that the station can begin operating on 21 April 1970 [coup anniversary]”.5 Ultimately, the station became operational in May 1970. A second satellite antenna was installed the following year, and the complex acquired one more in 1982. A new satellite communications centre was inaugurated in Nemea in 1994. Cable Amplifying Stations. Important and particularly carefully

Wireless Telephony Stations, designed constructions were those serving wired communication. The installation of an underground coaxial cable Transmission connecting Athens-Lamia-Larisa began in 1965. Its proven reliability, good electrical properties and low depreciation led to Towers, Coastal its expansion to both Thessaloniki and to Patras. A number of underground amplifying stations were built along its route, as they were Stations and Satellite essential for protecting the amplifiers from temperature fluctuations. Similar designs found in the Design Archive do not fail to Stations are the main building impress with the detailed documentation of the construction of these auxiliary facilities (Fig. 7). telecommunications infrastructure. 6

6 → See Skandaras, Dimitris, Istoriki Exelixi ton Tilepikoinonion sti Chora mas [Historical Evolution of Telecommunications in our Country, 130 Years], ibid.

Fig. 4. Olympia-Agoulinitsa C/S, 2432-Κ16, elevation 1.

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Fig. 5. Ano Loutsa Radio Centre, 1534-Κ7, rear elevation.

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Fig. 6. Thermopylae Satellite Station.

Fig. 7. Asprovalta Repeater, 5752-6, drawing of generator housing, (partial).

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The detail of the design bears testimony to the designers’ love for the job at hand and the responsibility they have shouldered for the flawless construction even of a wireless communication station at the top of a mountain.

Thiva repeater, 10510-Σ-Υ1, horizontal sliding door.

148300, HAIDARI T/C ↓ 105107, THIVA T/C 341

Haidari W/T, 1483-Κ6, main elevation. Haidari W/T, 1483-Κ7, side elevation.

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Spata W/T, uncoded, front elevation of building 4 in Spata. Spata W/T, uncoded, cooling shed.

150100-150800, SPATA T/C 343

Spata W/T, 1503-Κ1, floor plan – elevations – cross-section, (partial).

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Pallini W/T, 1561, uncoded, extension of machine room, detail of ceiling formwork.

162300, PSALLIDI MAROUSSI ATTICA W/T ↓ 156100, PALLINI W/T

The invisible building infrastructure of an underground repeater station.

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Psallidi Maroussi Attica W/T, 1623-Κ7, cross-sections – elevation of repeater station O/C.

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Agia Triada, Parnitha W/T, 1702-Κ4, floor plan of ground floor and 1st floor – cross-section.

170200 AGIA TRIADA, PARNITHA W/T 347

Agia Triada, Parnitha W/T, W/T, 1702-2, elevation. Agia Triada, Parnitha W/T, W/T, 1702-Π2, preliminary plan of front elevation.

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Parnitha Transmission Tower, 1706-Κ7, visitors’ floor, floor plan of 10th floor. Parnitha Transmission Tower, uncoded, cross-section of corridor connecting tower and machine room.

170600 PARNITHA TRANSMISSION TOWER

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Parnitha Transmission Centre. Ornio Peak, 1970s.

170600, PARNITHA TRANSMISSION TOWER

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Thermopylae Satellite Station, 3360-Κ2, machine shop and PPC substation.

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Thermopylae Satellite Station. View of ground antenna.

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Thermopylae Satellite Station, 3360-Κ11, base of ground station’s 2nd antenna.

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Auditorium at Δoρυφoρικoύ Σταθμoύ Θερμoπυλών.

Thermopylae Satellite Station, 3360-Λ10, elevation of octagon projection room, (partial).

336000 THERMOPYLAE SATELLITE STATION

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Thermopylae Satellite Station, 3360-Κ5, personnel accommodation.

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Thermopylae Satellite Station, 3360-Κ6, workshops/parking garage, (partial).

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Kalamata Cable Tank, Tank, 2503-Σ29, formwork for base A.

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Kalamata Cable Tank, 2503-Κ1, floor plan of ground floor. Kalamata Cable Tank, 2503-Σ13, tank cross-section.

364 BUILDINGS WITH TELECOMMUNICATION FUNCTION

Nea Anchialos W/T, 4232-Κ2, elevations – front elevations – cross-section – site plan.

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Pelion W/T, 4207-Η7, floor plan of 1st floor, electric lighting installation.

580300, SFENDAMI W/T ↓ 420500-420700, PELION W/T 367

Sfendami W/T, 5803-II-Π1, preliminary plan for approval by the R.E. Department, floor plan of ground floor, basement, 1st floor and cross-section α-α. Sfendami W/T, 5803-Η6, lightning conductors – elevation.

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Agios Athanasios, Limnos W/T, 8176-Κ1, floor plans – elevations – cross-section – site plan. Agios Athanasios, Limnos W/T, 8176-II-Κ4, elevations – cross-section, (partial, front elevation, side elevation).

822900, LITHI, CHIOS C/S ↓ 817600, AGIOS ATHANASIOS, LIMNOS W/T 369

Lithi, Chios C/S, 8229-Α2, front elevation – cross-section α-α. Lithi, Chios C/S, 8229-Λ3, vertical cross-section δ-δ, insulation of walls, floor, ceiling, window.

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Cable Tanks in Syros (Lazaretta site), 8405-1, floor plan of ground floor. Cable Tanks in Syros (Lazaretta site), 8405-3, elevations.

930700, KAMINIA-HERAKLEIO W/T

↓ 840500, CABLE TANKS IN SYROS (LAZARETTA SITE)

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1 → An informational brochure published by the Organisation in 1972 stated: “(The Government) has entrusted OTE with the implementation of its expectations, and offers it any necessary support, freeing it from any difficulties which legislation has heretofore imposed upon it”. See Hellas – Tilepikoinoniai [Greece – Telecommunications], pub. ΟΤΕ, 1972. 2 → Ibid.

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3 →The codification of the standardised designs came about based on the variations of the building types. For example, the variations on type 10671, based on the number of services, the existence of a basement or the inversion of the floor plan, extend to number 10677. It was determined that the detailed presentation of these variations for each type – as it requires specific research – is not within the general, descriptive scope of this album.

Starting in the mid-1960s, the number of OTE subscribers began to climb with geometric progression. Particularly during the dictatorship (1967-1974), the military junta endeavoured to put on a modern face that would express the country’s economic growth. It took advantage of the dramatically increasing demand, making the work that OTE was performing a key tool for promoting the regime. During the period 1966-1971, the number of subscribers more than doubled. The number of telephones per 100 residents ranged from 6.7 to 14.5 and the number of service connections shot up from 476,000 to 1,085,000. Though up until 1966, only 25 cities were connected to the automatic toll network, by the end of 1971, there were 267 connected cities.2 Based on these numbers, the building infrastructure available up to 1966 was no longer sufficient and created an urgent need not only to expand the existing telecommunications centres, but mainly to build all types of new structures to serve the modern operating requirements of the day. To achieve this, the Building Works Division, while also preparing original designs, devised a plan to systematise the work and make it possible to implement the designs and structures for the new infrastructure in as little time as possible. This effort to create a system relied on a standardised design which was applied to the size of the buildings and to the morphology of their elevations. Through the flexibility which it entails, the standardised plan could adapt each building-type to the population needs and to the existing urban planning network or the morphology of the ground.3 In this way, each type is distinctive in its variations, which determined the size of the building according to the population, the inversionmirroring of the initial “orthi” (correct)4 floor plan (the case of the inverted type) in regard to public access to the building, and finally, the way it would be incorporated into the natural environment (Fig. 1).

4 → From the characteristic name “orthon” (“correct”) given to the design of the original solution, on which the examples of inverted floor plans were based.

Fig. 1. Details of Building Types 10671-1679, 10671-Λ77, detail of base cladding in cases of steeply sloping ground, (partial). Provision for the base cladding method where building is adapted to inclined plot.

Building types in an urban setting. There are three discernible types of telecommunications centres whose design was influenced by the principles of post-war modernism. These influences were particularly pronounced in type 10671 with the distinctive horizontal composition emphasised by the elongated openings (Fig. 2). Examples of these are the Markopoulos T/C, the Gerakas T/C and the Lixouri T/C.

Fig. 2. Lixouri T/C. Elevation detail.

Other examples in this category are types 10679 and 162500. The first type (Fig. 3) is characterised by the dense arrangement of columns in the bearing structure, which is sometimes highlighted on the facade by creating vertical openings (as in the Nea Makri T/C, the Kamatero T/C and the Porto Rafti T/C) and at other times covered by infill used to create longitudinal bands emphasised with changes in colour or in the rendering (as in the Nea Kifissia T/C, currently the OTE Group Telecommunications Museum, the New Iraklio T/C and the Nea Liosia T/C). The second type, though differing from the first in the articulation of the bearing structure, follows a similar approach in the morphology of the elevations by emphasising the horizontal bands (Fig. 4).

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The standardisation of the constructions relates to the design of the various building types, either with a telecommunications or other auxiliary function, which are divided into the following categories according to each residential environment:

Fig. 3. Type 10679. Floor plan and elevation.

Fig. 4. Type 162500. Elevation.

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In the six years from 1966 to The specific morphological approach to the elevations of urban-type buildings may be linked to the Organisation’s 1971, subscribers more than intention at that time for the standardised building to have a distinctive appearance. In addition, doubled. The increasing need for fast the telecommunications centres scattered around the country created a sort of expansion of building infrastructure corporate identity; as the OTE building was immediately recognisable, it came to leads to the standardisation of represent a landmark in every neighbourhood in the major urban centres or a familiar point of reference within the urban fabric of design and construction. a town.

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Building types in a traditional setting. These are buildings incorporated into mountain or island settlements (Fig. 5). Type 12000, with the descriptive title “Two-storey House with Roof”, is distinguished by the simplicity of form that dominates similar buildings, particularly in the mountainous areas of Southern and Central Greece. In contrast, the morphological approach of the “Cycladic Type” (type 12001) alludes to island architecture and is marked by a synthesis of individual blocks. Comparing the buildings in this category with the building types of the urban setting, we note that the morphology of the elevations in standardised centres designed for mountain and island settlements does not signify a particular identity; through the use of loaned aspects of traditional architecture, an attempt is made to incorporate them into the unique, preserved surroundings. “Discrete intervention” takes precedence over emphasis on the corporate physiognomy.

Fig. 5. Building types in a traditional setting. (a) Mountain type, (b) Cycladic type.

Types of wireless telecommunications facilities. This category includes either autonomous wireless telephony facilities (type 10611), or supplementary buildings for these stations, such as accommodation for staff (type 10601) and guard posts (type 10603). As these stations were being built, mainly in mountainous regions, provision was made to place them according to their orientation and their incorporation into the natural environment in relation to the slope of the ground (Fig. 6).

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Fig. 6. Standardised W/T Station, 10611-Κ8, facade, (partial).

Standardised storehouses. These were support buildings (type 10609) housing storage spaces with a large surface area. The elevation morphology followed the standard corporate appearance by highlighting the longitudinal bands. Although these buildings were supportive in function, emphasis was still placed on the design of structural details, both in the metal roofing and the constructions in the surrounding space.

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Personnel Residence near W/T Stations, 10601-Π1, floor plan – south elevation – cross-section. Type B W/T Station Guardhouse, 10603, uncoded, floor plan – cross-section – elevations.

10609, STANDARDISED WAREHOUSE ↓ 110601, PERSONNEL RESIDENCE NEAR W/T STATIONS ↓ 10603, TYPE B W/T STATION GUARDHOUSE 379

Standardised Warehouse, 10609-10610-Λ18α, fence detail. Standardised Warehouse, 10609-10610-Λ18γ, fence detail. Standardised Warehouse, 10609-10610-Λ20, detail of wire fence, (partial, axonometric, elevations).

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Standardised W/T Station, 10611-Κ7, lengthwise cross-section γ-δ. Standardised W/T Station, 10611-Κ2, floor plan of ground floor.

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Standardised Warehouse, 10609-10610-Λ37, roof detail.

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Standardised T/C, T/C, 10672-Κ2, floor plan of ground floor.

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Standardised T/C, 10671-2-Κ4, cross-section α-α.

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Standardised T/C, 10671-2-Κ5, front elevation. Standardised T/C, 10671-2-Κ6, side elevation.

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Standardised T/C in Thrakomakedones, type 10672.

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Standardisation of design renders OTE buildings recognisable. The logo on the façade is not a necessary feature. Standardised T/C, 91400B0-Β-Κ6, front elevation – side elevation. Standardised T/C, 162500-0-Α-Κ7β, front elevation.

10679, STANDARDISED T/C ↓ 91400, STANDARDISED T/C 162500,STANDARDISED T/C

Standardised T/C, τύπoς 10679, scale model.

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Standardised T/C, 10679-6-Κ5, front elevation and side elevation.

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Details of Type 10671-1679 Buildings, 10671-Λ9, detail of louvres and cross-sections of exterior walls. Details of Type 10671-1679 Buildings, 10671-Λ77, detail of base cladding in cases of steeply sloping ground.

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Details of Type 10671-1679 Buildings, 10671-Λ4, expanded views of transaction area. Details of Type 10671-1679 Buildings, 10671-Λ36, writing stand in ELTA transaction areas (partial).

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Details of Type 10671-1679 Buildings, 10671-Λ76, base cladding.

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Details of Type 10671-1679 Buildings, 10671-Λ81, floor plan – elevation – cross-section of property wall. Details of Type 10671-1679 Buildings, 10671-Λ136, aluminium grille (with circular elements), (partial, detail A, axonometric).

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Details of Type 10671-1679 Buildings, 10671-Λ136, aluminium grille (with circular elements), (partial).

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In mountain and island settlements, standardised buildings were adapted to the characteristics of the locale.

New Type Two-storey Building with Roof, 12000-Κ5, elevations. New Type Two-storey Building with Roof, 12000-Κ1, floor plan of ground floor.

12001, NEW TYPE OF TWO-STOREY BUILDING, CYCLADIC TYPE↓ 12000, NEW TYPE TWO-STOREY BUILDING WITH ROOF 397

New Type of Two-storey Building, Cycladic Type, 12001-Κ6, elevations. New Type of Two-storey Building, Cycladic Type, 12001-Κ2, floor plan of 1st floor.

398398

Special constructions - Furnishings

399

400

Cabinet 10101 - 10601. Ioannis Athanasopoulos, Doctor of Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Architectural Engineer, NTUA

Every research project sets a goal. Depending on that goal, the final result may satisfy different needs; it might be the need to document an existing situation or to confirm an initial hypothesis or, finally, to discover something new or unexpected.

1 → This codification refers to building designs, as listed in the yellow pages of this album. 2 → This particular cabinet includes drawings for some of the types of wireless telephony centres. For the purpose of achieving a more thorough organisation of the archival material, the research team decided that these types would be included in the respective section of standardised constructions.

The search through the OTE Design Archive met all three of these needs. Because not only was the wealth of archival material documented and the initial speculation about the quality of the designs confirmed; the entire research effort led to a significant discovery-revelation: The contents of cabinet 10101 - 10601. As this particular codification-numbering does not appear on the list of Organisation properties1, the opening of this cabinet brought to light a number of drawings which were either designs for temporary structures or small-scale constructions, or they accompany or support – as part of standardising individual sections of construction solutions – the designs of the main body of building works.2 The portable station. The design with code number 10171 is an example of the Organisation’s intention to serve the needs of the population as regards providing telecommunications services outside the organised telecommunications centres. This was a plan for construction of a portable, impermanent telecommunications station which contains telephone booths, a counter for sending telegrams and areas for customer service-information and a waiting area (Fig. 1). As there is no specific information on the reasons for building these types of structure, it is surmised that these temporary portable stations were erected to meet needs that included seasonal service, particularly in tourist areas, due to the short-term increase in local population.

JANNIS ATHANASOPOULOS

Fig. 1. Portable Telecommunications Centre for Summer Use , 10171-Α1, general floor plan.

The telephone booths. These small-scale constructions included mainly the various types of telephone booths. As these structures were an integral part of citizens’ daily lives during the period of fixed telephony, they represent a connection to the history of the Organisation but, more so, to the history of Greece. That is why the difference in types and their morphology expresses the prevailing aesthetic – depending on the perspective of each era – which symbolises OTE’s effort to adapt to technological advancement and way of life (Fig. 2). In examining the drawings of telephone booths, one can distinguish different types characterised not only by the material used to make them, but the degree of privacy they provide. The closed telephone booths, whether made of wood or metal, encourage conversations of longer duration, as they ensure the user is isolated from the external surroundings. On the other hand, the semi-open “Mini-Box” booths, made of plastic, represent a more modern and more ephemeral way of life. As the speaker is exposed to the external surroundings, the conversation – whether for personal or business reasons – is kept brief and to the point.

LOCKER 10101 – 10601

3 → It is worth mentioning the existence of the “Workshop” Department within the Organisation, which for many years was housed at the Kallithea Complex and was later moved to Galatsi. This department had a wood shop, a metal shop and workshops to make, amongst other things, office equipment (tables, workbenches, key boxes, etc.) and accessory parts based on what the plans called for.

Fig. 2. Typical telephone booth elevations. From the enclosed booth to the semi-open “Mini-Box”.

The presentation-interpretation of the telephone booth drawings may trigger memories among older readers and familiarise younger ones with a pace of daily life that has irrevocably changed. These days, in the age of mobile telephony, the extra time and perhaps effort that was needed then for someone to reach the public place of exchange in a telephone booth are unfamiliar concepts.

Fig. 3. Representative Details, Iron Windows of Rods with Special Cross-section, 10302-Λ20, metal Jalousie-type window for auxiliary spaces (small louvres), (partial, vertical cross-section, detail of louvre window).

Fig. 4. Representative Details, Metal Furniture, 10104-Λ2, metal drafting chair.

Construction details and furnishings. A significant portion of the cabinet contents include sundry drawings of general construction details, as well as the fixed or moveable furnishings of the interior spaces3 (Fig. 3 and Fig. 4). These drawings, firstly, testify to the overall policy or need of the Building Works Division to leave nothing to chance, and secondly, they highlight another dimension of the notion of “handmade”. As the majority of design activity took place during a period where the concept of “ready-made” industrial construction design is absent, the designers were obliged to devise the optimal constructional solutions that would meet the demand to combine technical-aesthetic need with economy in construction.4 Therefore, the value of the handmade does not just apply to the process of creating a drawing (as described in a previous chapter), but more generally to the design of a building project from the early stages of formulating the initial idea to the final phase of implementing it.

In times when there was no ‘readymade’ industrial construction detail, the window, the flagpole, the ladder and the metal chair were designed from scratch. In every detail. This fact was confirmed by architect Dimitris Nakos, one of the OTE Headquarters designers, in a conversation with the research team.

401

402 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - FURNISHINGS

Portable Telecommunications Centre for Summer Use , 10171-Α1, general floor plan.

10171, PORTABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTRE FOR SUMMER USE 403

Portable Telecommunications Centre for Summer Use , 10171-Α2, floor plan – section 1. Portable Telecommunications Centre for Summer Use , 10171-Α3, floor plan – section 2. Portable Telecommunications Centre for Summer Use , 10171-Α4, floor plan – section 3. Portable Telecommunications Centre for Summer Use, 10171-Λ3, details (joining of sections – roof collumn).

404 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - FURNISHINGS

Portable Telecommunications Centre for Summer Use, 10171-Α7, perspective drawing.

405

406 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - FURNISHINGS

Anechoic Metal Telephone Booth by V. Papathanasopoulos, 10151, floor plan, elevation, cross-section α-β and detail.

TELEPHONE BOOTHS. 407

Outdoor Glass and Metal Telephone Booth, 10152-3, side elevation, front elevation, cross-section α and cross-section β. Outdoor Glass and Metal Telephone Booth, 10152-1, front elevation, side elevations and floor plan.

408 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - FURNISHINGS

Metal Telephone Booth, 10154-2, glass with only glass and frame of rods with special cross-section.

409

410 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - FURNISHINGS

Metal Telephone Booth, 10154-4, glass with double glazing and frame of rods with special cross-section, (partial).

411

412 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - FURNISHINGS

Wooden Phone Booths, 10452, anti-acoustic telephone booth, (partial).

TELEPHONE BOOTHS 413

Emergency Telephone Booth, 10469-Κ1, floor plan – cross-section – elevations. Constructed Telephone Booths (on the central square of Metsovo), 10165-Κ1, floor plan – elevations – cross-section.

414 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - FURNISHINGS

ΑΕΤΕ outdoor telephone booth. ΟΤΕ outdoor telephone booth.

TELEPHONE BOOTHS. 415

ATE indoor telephone booth.

416 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - FURNISHINGS

Railing (iron) of Indoor Staircase on Concrete Bannister, 10201-1.

STANDARD DETAILS 417

Folding metal door, 10203-Λ1

SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - FURNISHINGS

Type of Wire Fencing, 10251-2.

418

419

420 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - FURNISHINGS

The designers come up with optimum solutions, combining aesthetics with economy of construction.

Iron Constructions, 10275, detail front guard of lower cantilever crate lifting, (partial). Iron Constructions, 10283-Λ2, flagpole.

STANDARD DETAILS 421

Iron Constructions, 10271-5, detail of iron spiral staircase.

422 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - FURNISHINGS

Main Entrance Iron Door, 10311-Λ13, with fixed and independent transom, vertical bar railing Iron Constructions, 10284, decorative OTE logo on façade.

STANDARD DETAILS 423

Iron Constructions, 10286, office telephone revolving arm. Iron Windows of Rods with Special Cross-section, 10302-19, single glazing in utility space, opens by lever below window.

424 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - FURNISHINGS

Metal Furniture, 10101-Λ2, untitled, (partial). Wooden Furniture, 10411, drafting table design.

FURNISHINGS 425

Metal Furniture, 10104-1, metal drafting table, drafting chair, (απόσπασμα). Wooden Furniture for Provincial Peronnes Clubs, 10403, armchairs with and without arms, chair, reading table, end and coffee table, bookcase, coat rack.

426 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - FURNISHINGS

Metal Furniture, 10104-Λ4, metal table and backless chair, (partial, axonometric).

FURNISHINGS

427

428 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - FURNISHINGS

Wooden Counter with Metal Frame, 10586-Λ4, perspective drawing (solution β’).

429

430 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - FURNISHINGS

From the iconic building to the card index cabinet. Wooden Furniture, 10405, Key rack.

FURNISHINGS

From Documenting the Expected to Mapping the Unexpected. 431

Uncoded, card catalogue cart.

432

Annexes

433

434

Property Name

City

Attica

100100

100200

HEADQUARTERS T/C

KAROLOU T/C

Year

Designers

1930

Architect: An. Metaxas

1962

OTE

ATHENS

Architect: M. Tsironis 1935

Architect: I. Antoniadis

1960

Architect: Z. Tzartzanos OTE

ATHENS

Architect: L. Pathouli 1935

100300

100400

100500

ALEXANDRAS T/C

SOLONOS T/C

ILISSOU T/C

ATHENS

Page

130

132

AETE OTE

1950

Architect: K. Kitsikis

1967

OTE

136

Architect: L. Pathouli

234

ATHENS 1934

AETE

1959

OTE

138

Architect: M. Tsironis

236

ATHENS

Architect: V. Nikolaidis OTE 100600

100700

100800

PATISSION T/C

ALYSIDA T/C

AKROPOLEOS T/C

ATHENS

NEO YPERASTIKO MEGARON ATHINON

Architect: M. Tsironis

1935

AETE

1967

OTE

ATHENS

YPERASTIKO MEGARON ATHINON 100900

1960

ATHENS

Architect: Ch. Anastasiadou 1940

AETE

1976

OTE

1951

Architect: K. Kitsikis

1963

Civ. Eng.: EFT. Kokkinopoulos

239

139

OTE 101000

KOLETTI T/C

ATHENS

101062

YMITTOS B

ATHENS

101063

DERIGNY

ATHENS

1976

Architect: Agg. Neophytou

Design OTE 101100

AMPELOKIPI T/C

ATHENS

1974

Architect: T. Seimenis Architect: K. Biris, G. Axiotis

101200

101300

ATHENS T/C

KERAMEIKOS T/C

ATHENS

1963

Civ. Eng.: Ef. Panagiotounakos

1961

Architect: A. Lampakis

1981

OTE

240

242

City

Year

Designers

101400

ATHENS POST OFFICE/ELTA

ATHENS

1971

Architect: P. Michaleas

101500

KOLONOS T/C

ATHENS

1969

Architect: Ch. Anastasiadou

101600

ATLANTOS (DAGLI) T/C

ATHENS

1973

OTE

101700

GIROKOMEIO T/C

ATHENS

1970

OTE

101800

OTE DAYCARE NURSERY

ATHENS

1972

Architect: Th. Patramanis

101900

DIRECTORY INFORMATION CENTER

ATHENS

1978

Architect: K. Kyrtsis, A. Rokas, Th. Paxinos

102057

LOFOS PALLINI

PALLINI

102300

FOREIGN EXCHANGE & TRANSACTIONS ROOM

ATHENS

1996

OTE Architect: Z. Gamvetta, D. Gkompel

102500

PAGRATI T/C

ATHENS

1972

OTE

103200

WAREHOUSE - ROUF STADIUM

ATHENS

1958 1976

Architect: N. Kriezias

105102

ASPROPYRGOS Amplification STN

ASPROPYRGOS

105103

MANDRA 1 ATTICA Amplification STN

MANDRA

105104

MANDRA 2 ATTICA Amplification STN

MANDRA

105105

OINOI Amplification STN

OINOI

105106

ERYTHRES Amplification STN

ERYTHRES

105107

THIVA Amplification STN

THIVA

1965

OTE

340

120100 120200

PIRAEUS T/C

PIRAEUS

1963 1971

Architect: D. Konstans OTE

249

120600

FREATTYDA T/C

PIRAEUS

1968

OTE Architect: L. Pathouli

121000

AGIOS GEORGIOS PIRAEUS T/C

PIRAEUS

1951 1966

Architect: S. Bonanos OTE

122100

OTE - ELTA BUILDING - PIRAUES

1973

OTE

1934 1961

1301: AETE 1304-1308 Architect: N. Desyllas, A. Lampakis, P. Loukakis

130100 to 130800

T/C, WAREHOUSES, OFFICES, SCHOOLS, WORKSHOPS - KALLITHEA

ATHENS

131300

IPPODROMOS T/C

ATHENS

131400

CARPARK

ATHENS

Page

Attica

Property Name

248

142 252

Architect: M. Apostolidis 1969

Architect: N. Desyllas, A. Lampakis, P. Loukakis

131500

DAFNI T/C

ATHENS

1963

OTE Architect: O. Sygouridou, T. Seimenis

131700

ILIOUPOLI T/C

ATHENS

1966

OTE Architect: M. Tsironis

132100

NEA SMYRNI T/C

ATHENS

1978

OTE

132400

NEOS KOSMOS T/C

ATHENS

1972

OTE

435

256

436

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

Attica

132500

VYRONAS A T/C

ATHENS

1965

OTE

132600

VYRONAS B

ATHENS

1991

OTE Architect: M. Mathioudaki

133100

PALAIO FALIRO T/C

ATHENS

1932

AETE

133200

KALAMAKI

ATHENS

1979

OTE

134300

TERPSITHEA

ATHENS

135300

GLYFADA T/C

ATHENS

1954

OTE

135500

VOULA T/C

ATHENS

1961

OTE Architect: M. Tsironis

136100

VOULIAGMENI T/C

ATHENS

1963

Architect: V. Grigoriadis OTE Architect: St. Kaskouras

136300

LAGONISSI T/C.

LAGONISSI

1973

OTE

136400

SARONIDA T/C

SARONIDA

1971

OTE

136500

ANAVYSSOS T/C

ANAVYSSOS

1976

OTE

136700

KALYVIA THORIKO

1991

OTE

137100

VARI

139100

NEA LIOSIA T/C

ATHENS

1962

Architect: A. Koutsogiannis OTE Architect: M. Tsironis

140200

PERISTERI T/C

ATHENS

1970

OTE Architect: M. Tsironis, Stathopoulos

140700

PETROUPOLI T/C

ATHENS

OTE

141100

NEO FALIRO T/C

ATHENS

Architect: S. Bonanos OTE

Page

145 266

OTE 147

267

OTE

142100

NIKAIA T/C

ATHENS

1968

Architect: S.N. Bonanos OTE Architect: M. Christofyllidou

142200

RENTI T/C

ATHENS

1981

Architect: M. Apostolidis Cons. Engineers: ADK

142600

KORYDALLOS T/C

PIRAEUS

1971

OTE Architect: F. Tassopoulou

143100

KERATSINI T/C

PIRAEUS

1972

OTE

143500

PERAMA T/C

PERAMA

1966

OTE Architect: L. Pathouli

144100

SKARAMAGAS T/C

SKARAMAGAS

1962

Architect: Vas. Giannakis OTE Architect: S. Anastasiadou

146100

ELEFSINA T/C

ELEFSINA

1961 1971

Architect: M. Dallas

147100

ASPROPYRGOS T/C

ASPROPYRGOS

1971

Architect: K. Gonis

270

145

271

City

Year

Designers

148100

AIGALEO T/C

ATHENS

1963

OTE

148300

HAIDARI W/T STN

ATHENS

1963

OTE

148400

HAIDARI T/C

ATHENS

1972

Architect: M. Dallas

149100

AGIA VARVARA T/C

ATHENS

1969

OTE Architect: Baima

149200

DAYCARE NURSERY IN MUNICIPALITY OF AGIA VARVARA

ATHENS

2001

Architect: Pavlidis

318

150100 to 150800

SPATA ASYRMATOS (RADIOSTATION)

SPATA

1964

OTE

343

151000

SPATA T/C

SPATA

1958

OTE Architect: T. Seimenis

273

151100

PAIANIA T/C

PAIANIA

1958 1970

OTE Architect: T. Seimenis Architect: Tazedaki OTE Architect: M. Tsironis

151300

KOROPI T/C

KOROPI

151400

AGIA MARINA LAGONISSI

LAGONISSI

152000

MARKOPOULO T/C

MARKOPOULO

1971

OTE

152400

PORT OF MESOGAIA (PORTO RAFTI) T/ C

PORT OF MESOGAIA

1976

OTE

153100

KATO LOUTSA T/C

1964

OTE

153400 153900

RADIOFONIKON KENTRON LOUTSA

LOUTSA

1963

OTE

154000

ARTEMIDA A (LOUTSA) (T/C)

ARTEMIDA

1991

OTE Architect: D. Poulopoulos

154100

ARTEMIDA B (NORTH) (T/C)

ARTEMIDA

154500

VRAVRONA T/C

VRAVRONA

1991

OTE Architect: V. Ganiatsas

155800

ANOIXI T/C

ANOIXI

1976

OTE Architect: Agg. Anapliotou

156100

PALLINI W/T STN

Pallini

1961

OTE

156300

STATION TRANSMISSION CENTER

Pallini

1970

OTE Architect: M. Tsironis

156700

PALLINI T/C

1991

OTE Architect: D. Poulopoulos

157000

GERAKAS T/C

GERAKAS

1976

OTE

157600

GLYKA NERA T/C

GLYKA NERA

1990

Architect: N. Bogdanos

158100

YMITTOS W/T STN

ATHENS

1966

OTE

158200

YMITTOS (ACCESS ROAD)

ATHENS

1997

OTE Architect: Falidas

Page

341

272

276

Attica

Property Name

437

438

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

Attica

158500

GALATSI T/C

ATHENS

1969

OTE

160100

PSYCHICO T/C

ATHENS

1934

160800

HOLARGOS T/C

ATHENS

Architect: A. Zannos

160900

AGIA PARASKEVI T/C

ATHENS

OTE Architect: L. Pathouli

161200

HALANDRI T/C

ATHENS

OTE

162100

AMAROUSION T/C

ATHENS

1984

OTE Architect: M. Mathioudaki

162200

OTE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

ATHENS

1972

Architect: Pl. Masselos, Gr. Mavromatis, D. Nakos Civ. Eng.: Al. Karanikolas

162300

PSALIDI (SCHOOLS)

ATHENS

1984

Architect: Apostolidis Civ. Eng.: ADK

162300

PSALIDI W/T STN

ATHENS

1984

OTE Architect: Hatziantoniou

162400

NERATZIOTISSA

ATHENS

163400

KIFISSIA T/C

ATHENS

1959

OTE

163600

NEA KIFISSIA T/C

ATHENS

1978

OTE

163700

DIRECTORY PLANT

ATHENS

1976

OTE Architect: Z. Gamvetta

164100

PENTELI T/C

ATHENS

164400

TELEPHONE DIRECTORY PRODUCTION PLANT BRANCH

ATHENS

165100

EKALI T/C (OLD)

ATHENS

165200

EKALI T/C

ATHENS

165500

OTE RECREATION SPORTS CENTRE

165600

DIONYSOS T/C

166100

NEA IONIA T/C

166300

NEA IONIA POST OFFICE

166500

NEO IRAKLEIO T/C

167500

NEA HALKIDONA T/C (PHILADELPHIA)

PARNITHA WAREHOUSES

274

345

OTE Architect: Poulopoulos

AETE 1985

OTE Architect: P. Triantafyllidou

1968 DIONYSOS

1981

OTE

1937

AETE

1963

Architect: Gr. Mavromatis, D. Nakos OTE

ATHENS

Architect: S. Anastasiadou 1967

Design Ministry of Public Works

1973

OTE OTE

167200

Page

ATHENS

PARNITHA

1980

Architect: T. Seimenis

1968 1973

OTE

1984

Architect: M. Stamatiadou

276

City

167600

KAMATERO T/C

KAMATERO

167700

OUTDOORS WAREHOUSE B ATHENS

167800

DAYCARE NURSERY MUNICIPALITY OF KAMATERO

168800

Year

Designers

Page

OTE

Attica

Property Name

439

1980

OTE

KAMATERO

2001

Architect: Pavlidis

THRAKOMAKEDONES T/C

THRAKOMAKEDO NES

1971

OTE

169100

ACHARNON T/C

ATHENS

1963

Architect: K. Ginis

169400

ANO LIOSIA T/C

ATHENS

1978

OTE

169500

GALAZIA LIMNI

ACHARNES

169600

KRYONERI T/C

KRYONERI

1979

OTE

169700

FYLI

170100

PARNITHA W/T STN (TRANSMISSION TOWER)

PARNITHA

1962

OTE

170200

AG. TRIADA PARNITHA W/T STN

PARNITHA

1955

Architect: M. Dallas

346

170600

PARNITHA TRANSMISSION TOWER

PARNITHA

1962

OTE

348

320

SEMIPROTCT. W/T STN STATION ORNIO PARNITHA

1961

OTE

190500

AFIDNES T/C

AFIDNES

1971

OTE

198100

GERANEIA W/T STN (TRANSMISSION TOWER)

GERANEIA

1965

OTE

210200

NAFPLIO T/C

NAFPLIO

1955

Architect: S. Kydoniatis

210600

AGIA TRIADA NAFPLIA T/C

AGIA TRIADA

1982

OTE

210700

DREPANO

210800

AKROS W/T

AKROS

1963

OTE

210900

IRIA

211000

TOLO

178

Argolida

PARNITHA

Attica

170700

OTE 211100

LYGOURIO

211200

NEA TIRYNTHA

211300

NEA EPIDAVROS

211500

AGIOS ADRIANOS

211700

PALAIA EPIDAVROS

1981

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

OTE 212200

ARGOS A T/C

ARGOS

1963

Architect: St. Kaskouras

277

440

Argolida

Property Name

City

212400

ARGOS WAREHOUSES

ARGOS

Year

Designers

Page

OTE Design OTE

212500

PYRGELA (ARGOS W/T)

PYRGELA

212700

NEA KIOS

212800

LYRKEIA

212900

ACHLADOKAMPOS

ACHLADOKAMPO S

213000

AGRILITSA

213300

MYLOI

213400

KOUTSOPODI

214100

KRANIDI

Architect: K. Argyropoulou

1973

OTE

Korinthia

Argolida

OTE 214400

DARDITSA W/T

DARDITSA

1961 1968

Architect: S. Anastasiadou

214401

DARDITSA (ACCESS ROAD)

DARDITSA

214700

DIDYMA

214800

THERMISIA

215000

KOILADA

215100

PORTOHELI T/C

PORTOHELI

1983

OTE Architect: Leventi - Papadatou

215300

ERMIONI T/C

ERMIONI

1984

OTE Architect: D. Poulopoulos

215400

KOSTA

215500

AGIOS DIMITRIOS

220100

KIATO T/C

KIATO

220200

AGIOI THEODOROI

220300

VELO T/C

VELO

1971

OTE

220500

XYLOKASTRO T/C

XYLOKASTRO

1962

Architect: T. Varveris OTE

220600

AGIOI THEDOROI T/C

AGIOI THEODOROI

1971

Design OTE Architect: Tassopoulou

220600

TRIKALA

220900

CORINTH T/C

CORINTH

221000

CORINTH WAREHOUSES

ISTHMIA

2001

OTE

221100

ELLINIKO A

ELLINIKO

1955

OTE

221200

ELLINIKO B

ELLINIKO

1955

OTE

Architect: N. Siapkidis OTE

OTE

187

City

Year

Designers

221300

LOUTRAKI T/C

LOUTRAKI

1960:

Architect: P. Pikonis OTE

221400

ISTHMIA T/C

ISTHMIA

1984

OTE

221700

EXAMILIA

221800

DERVENI (W/T STN)

DERVENI

221900

DERVENI T/C

DERVENI

1985

OTE Architect: Goumenos

222100

KALIANOI

1985

OTE Architect: St. Galiotou

222200

VRACHATI

1973

OTE

222400

MELISSI

222500

PERIGIALI

1973

OTE

222600

NEMEA

1973

OTE

222700

NEMEA SATELLITE CENTER

NEMEA

1992

OTE

222800

CHILIOMODI

223000

GOURA

223100

ATHIKIA

223200

PANARITI

223300

KRYONERI

223400

MOSIA

223500

AGIOS VASILEIOS

223600

KASTRAKI

223700

KOUTSIOU

1984

OTE

223800

KAISARI

1996

OTE

LOUTRA ORAIA 223900

LOUTRA ORAIA ELENI

ELENI

224000

SOFIKO

224100

MEGALOS VALTOS

224200

KYRA VRYSSI

224300

PERACHORA

224700

LYKOPORIA

224900

PITSA

225100

SCHINOS

225200

PANAGIA XYLOKASTROU W/T STN

225400

RETHIO

Page

Korinthia

Property Name

441

442

Achaia

Property Name

City

225700

KORFOS

230100

PATRA T/C

PATRA

Year

Designers

Page

1932

AETE

150

OTE 230200

PATRA T/C (STADIO)

PATRA

1970

Architect: M. Stamatiadou

230300

VAS. GEORGIOU PATRA T/C

PATRA

1972

OTE

230400

TARABOURA

PATRA

230600

ARAXOS

230700

AROI W/T STN

AROI

1960

OTE OTE

230900

VAS. GEORGIOU RIO T/C

AG. GEORGIOU RIO

231010

LAPPAS

231020

ALISSOS

231040

SAGAIIKA

231060

STAVRODROMI

231080

INDUSTRIAL AREA

PATRA

231090

KAGADI

1988

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni , D. Gkompel

Architect: S. Kydoniatis 231100

GOUNARI PATRA T/C

PATRA

231110

KALANOS

231111

LAKKOPETRA

231140

EGLYKADA

PATRA

231160

LAKKA (PLOT)

LAKKA

231190

ANO VELITSES

1961

OTE

OTE 231200

PATRA T/C (SKAGIOPOULEIO)

PATRA

231222

ANO KASTRITSI

231300

WAREHOUSE - PLOT PATRA

231400

THERETRA PATRA

231700

ATHENS - PATRA AUXILIARY STATION

231800

PANACHAIKO (W/T STN)

232100

1968

Architect: M. Stamatiadou

OTE

1981

OTE

PANACHAIKO

1964

OTE

LEFKA T/C

LEFKA

1973

OTE

232200

ARACHOVITIKA T/C.

ARACHOVITIKA

1981

OTE

232300

VRACHNAIIKA T/C

VRACHNAIIKA

1976

OTE Architect: St. Galiotou

City

Year

Designers

Page

232400

KAMARES T/C

KAMARES

1983

OTE Architect: D. Soulis

232500

ERYMANTHEIA

232600

KATO ACHAIA T/C

KATO ACHAIA

1973

OTE

232700

HALANDRITSA T/C

HALANDRITSA

1980

OTE

232800

KOKKINOS MYLOS (WAREHOUSE OVRYA)

PATRA

1984

OTE Architect: Baima

232900

ISOMA

233000

DIAKOS

233100

AIGIO T/C

1951

OTE

151

233200

AIGIO T/C

233300

AIGIO T/C

AIGIO

1970

OTE

280

233400

TEMENI

233500

THERETRA TEMENI

TEMENI

233600

AKRATA T/C

AKRATA

1977

OTE Architect: St. Galiotou

233800

MAVRIKIO

233900

RIZOMYLOS

1982

OTE Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

234000

DIAKOPTO

1981

OTE

234100

KRATHIO

1991

OTE Architect: Falidas

234200

DAFNES

234300

RODODAFNI

1984

OTE Architect: D. Poulopoulos

1979

OTE

1958

OTE

Achaia

Property Name

443

PARALIA PARALIA PLATANOU

PLATANOU

235100

KALAVRYTA

235400

MANESI

235500

LIVARTZINO

235600

KERTEZI

235700

AROANIA

235800

KATO KLEITORIA

240100

AGIOS NIKOLAOS PYRGOS

PYRGOS

Achaia

234600

240200

PYRGOS T/C

PYRGOS

1969

Architect: T. Seimenis

240300

PYRGOS WAREHOUSES

PYRGOS

1977

OTE

281

Ileia

OTE

444

Ileia

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

240400

GASTOUNI

1971

OTE

Page

OTE 240500

KARATOULA

1986

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

240700

KYLLINI (W/T STN)

KASTRO

1970

OTE

240800

KOUKOUVITSA

1961

OTE

241000

LECHAINA - TERM. STAT. UNDERGR. CABLES

1979

OTE

241010

LAMPEIA

241020

EFYRA

241030

TRAGANO

241040

LYGIA

241050

ANDRAVIDA

ANDRAVIDA OTE

241060

KATAKOLO

241070

VASSILAKI

241080

KOUMANIS

241090

VROCHITSA

241100

VOUNARGO

241110

GOUMERO

241111

PELOPIO

241120

PYRGOS B (PLOT)

PYRGOS

241130

VARVASAINA

241140

SKOUROCHORI

241150

CHAVARI

241190

LOUKAS

1985

Architect: St. Galiotou

1960

Architect: N. Siapkidis OTE Architect: M. Tsironis

241200

AMALIADA T/C

AMALIADA

241222

HELIDONI

241300

LECHAINA

1974 1991

OTE

241400

LECHAINA (W/T STN)

LECHAINA

1980

OTE

241700

ANDRITSAINA T/C

ANDRITSAINA

1990

OTE Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

241800

KYLLINI

241900

KOTYCHI

183

City

241900

KOTYCHI

242000

AVGEIO

242100

LALAS

242300

DOUNEIKA

242400

SAVALIA

242500

VARDA

242600

KASTRO

242700

MYRTEA

Year

Designers

Page

Ileia

Property Name

445

1984

OTE Architect: D. Gkompel

OTE 242900

SIMOPOULO

1983

Architect: D. Gkompel OTE

243000

VARTHOLOMIO

1982

Architect: D. Soulis OTE

243100

ANCIENT OLYMPIA

1974

Architect: D. Soulis OTE

243200

AGOULINITSA

1993

Architect: D. Gkompel OTE

ZACHARO

244000

KALLITHEA

244100

KRESTENA

244200

EPITALIO

244400

NEA FIGALEIA

244500

NEOCHORI MOURTOUNTION

NEOCHORI

244600

KATO FIGALEIA

244900

CHANI GRYALOU

245000

AMYGDALIES

KALAMATA T/C

250200

KALAMATA A

Architect: St. Galiotou

1934

AETE

1962

OTE Architect: M. Tsironis

152

Architect: Manoulidis

250300

KALAMATA (MED 3 TANK)

KALAMATA

1961

OTE: L. Pathouli

1968

OTE

1993

Architect: Kehagioglou, Xenos

362

Messinia

250100

1976

Ileia

243500

446

Messinia

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

Page

OTE 250400

KALAMATA WAREHOUSE

KALAMATA

250400

ASPROHOMA

KALAMATA

1986

Architect: D. Poulopoulos

OTE 250500

KALAMATA B T/C

KALAMATA

1982

Architect: M. Matthioudakis

250600

ASPROHOMA (W/T STN)

ASPROHOMA

1958

OTE

251000

THOURIA

1985

OTE

251100

ZERBISIA

251200

ARIS

251300

AGIOS NIKOLAOS

251400

ARFARA

251500

AVIA

251600

KAMPOS

251700

VERGA

251900

THALAMES

252100

KARDAMYLI

252300

DAFNI

253200

MELIGALAS

1976

OTE Architect: D. Poulopoulos

1962

Architect: I. Pavlaki OTE Architect: L. Pathouli

1979

OTE Architect: D. Soulis

253500

MESSINI T/C.

MESSINI

253600

ARISTOMENIS

253700

VALYRA

253800

DIAVOLITSI

253900

ANDROUSA

254000

MEROPI

254100

POLICHNI

254200

VELILKA

254300

DIODIA

254400

AVRAMIO

254500

TRIKORFO

255100

PYLOS

255200

METHONI

OTE Architect: St. Galiotou

277

City

255400

KORYFASI

255500

HATZI

Year

Designers

Page

Messinia

Property Name

447

OTE 255600

HAROKOPIO T/C

HAROKOPIO

1989

Architect: M. Mathioudaki

255700

AGIOS ANDREAS

255800

HANDRINOS

255900

PANO KALLITHEA

256000

KORONI

256100

PETALIDI

256200

FOINIKOUNTA

257100

KYPARISSIA

1963

OTE

257200

GARGALIANOI (W/T STN)

GARGALIANOI

1970

OTE

257300

FILIATRA

1971

OTE

257500

GARGALIANOI

1971

OTE

257600

VARYMPOMPI (W/T STN)

MONASTIRIO

257900

SPILIA

OTE

OTE 258100

KOPANAKI

1976

Architect: D. Poulopoulos OTE

CHORA

258300

PYRGOS TRIFYLLIAS

PYRGOS

258400

DORIO

258600

PSARI

258700

KALO NERO

258800

SIDIROKASTRO

259000

PIGADIA

TRIPOLI T/C.

TRIPOLI

1963

Architect: Ant. Doxas OTE Architect: M. Tsironis

Arkadia

260100

Architect: Agg. Anapliotou

Messinia

258200

OTE 260300

TRIPOLI WAREHOUSE

260500

TEGEA T/C

TRIPOLI

1974

Architect: M. Stamatiadou

OTE Architect: S. Anastasiadou 260800

TRIPOLI A T/C.

TRIPOLI

1964

details M. Dallas

153

448

Arkadia

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

Page

OTE 261000

TRIPOLI B

TRIPOLI

1981

Architect: Papadatou

261100

LEVIDI

1980

OTE

261200

KATO ASEA

261400

VLACHERNA

VLACHERNA OTE

261500

KERASITSA

261600

STENO

261700

PERTHENI

261800

DARAS

261900

RIZES

1984

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

OTE 262000

LAGADIA T/C

LAGADA

1984

Architect: St. Galiotou

262100

VYTINA T/C

VYTINA

1981

OTE OTE

262400

DIMITSANA T/C

DIMITSANA

1986

Architect: Z. Gamveta OTE

262700

TROPAIA T/C

TROPAIA

1990

Architect: D. Poulopoulos

262800

VALTESINIKO

262900

PALOUMPA

263000

KALLIANI

263100

KARYTAINA

263200

KATSIMPALI

263400

ZATOUNA (DIMITSANA W/T STN)

ZATOUNA

1997

OTE

264100

DOLIANA

1972

OTE

264300

ASTROS T/C

ASTROS

1969

Architect: K. Gonis

264400

PARALIO ASTROS T/C

PARALIO ASTROS

1970 1980

OTE Architect: M. Stamatiadou

264500

KATO DOLIANA

264600

LEONIDIO

1979

OTE

264800

KASTRI

1990

OTE Architect: D. Poulopoulos

265200

PARALIA TYROU

265300

PRAGMATEFTIS

265400

AGIOS ANDREAS

182

Year

Designers

265500

PELETA

266100

MEGALOPOLI

1971

OTE

266400

LEONTARI

266500

PARADEISIA

266600

DYRRACHIO

270100

SPARTI W/T STN

PARORIO

1970

OTE

270300

SPARTI T/C

SPARTI

1956 1965

Architect: M. Dallas OTE

270400

SPARTI WAREHOUSE

SPARTI

1980

OTE

270500

GORANOI (W/T STN)

POLOVITSA

1969

OTE

270600

SKALA LAKONIAS

SKALA

1971

OTE

270900

GORITSA

271010

AGIA EIRINI

271100

PETRINA

271200

GEORGITSI

271300

VOUTIANOI

271400

XIROKAMPI

271410

XIFIAS

XIFIAS AGIOS NIKOLAOS

271420

AGIOS NIKOLAOS VOION

VOION

271500

PAPADIANIKA

271600

KROKEES

271700

GERAKI

271800

KASTOREIO

271900

AMYKKLES

AMYKKLES Architect: D. Zivas OTE

272200

GYTHEIO T/C

GYTHEIO

272600

MYRSINI

272700

AIGIES

AIGIES DICHOVA

272800

DICHOVA NEOCHORI

NEOCHORI AGIOS NIKOLAOS

272900

AGIOS NIKOLAOS GYTHEIO

GYTHEIO

1964

Architect: L. Pathouli

Page

154

Lakonia

City

Arcadia

Property Name

449

450

Lakonia

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

Page

OTE 274100

MOLAOI

274200

VLACHIOTIS

274300

MONEMVASIA

1974

Architect: D. Soulis

1967

OTE

FOINIKI & 274500

ASOPOS (W/T STN)

PAPADIANIKA

274800

ELAFONISOS

Lakonia

OTE 274900

NEAPOLI VOION

275000

ELOS

275100

SYKEA

275200

NIATA

275300

ELIKA

275400

REICHEA

275800

VELIES

275900

GLYKOVRYSI

276000

AGIOI APOSTOLOI

276300

GEROLIMENAS (W/T STN)

TSIKALION

276700

AREOPOLI

1990

Architect: D. Poulopoulos

1968

OTE

Attica-rest/Islands

OTE 310300

SOUVALA AIGINA

1983

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

1971

OTE

AGIA MARINA 310400

AGIA MARINA AIGINA

AIGINA

310500

AIGINA T/C

AIGINA

310600

AGISTRI AIGINA

310700

MESAGROS AIGINA

310800

PERDIKA AIIGINA

186

OTE 311100

LAVRIO T/C

LAVRIO

1968

Architect: M. Stamatiadou OTE

311110

AGIOI APOSTOLOI ATTICA W/T STN

AGIOI APOSTOLOI KATO SOULI

311120

KATO SOULI MARATHONAS

MARATHONAS

1992

Architect: D. Poulopoulos

282

City

311130

AGIA MARINA ATTICA

AGIA MARINA

311200

SOUNIO

311300

SPETSE T/C

SPETSES

Year

Designers

1963

Architect: D. Konstantinidis OTE

311410

SALAMINA B (FANEROMENI)

SALAMINA

311420

LOUTROPYRGOS

311430

TOUTOULI

1992

Architect: D. Gkompel

1980

OTE

1981

OTE

PERISTERIA 311440

PERISTERIA SALAMINA

SALAMINA

311450

OINOI

311460

ASPROPYRGOS (INDUSTRIAL AREA)

ASPROPYRGOS

311470

ALEPOCHORI

311500

KERATEA

311600

DASKALEIO

311700

PIKERMI

Architect: I. Nikoglou 1961

OTE

311800

RAFINA A T/C

RAFINA

1968

Architect: S. Pathouli

312000

NEA MAKRI

1979

OTE

312100

RAFINA B

RAFINA

1980

OTE

312200

KAPANDRITI

1977

OTE

312300

AIGOSTHENA

312400

GRAMMATIKO

312500

KALAMOS

KALAMOS OTE

312600

NEA PALATIA

1982

Architect: Gamvetta OTE

312700

MARATHONAS

1986

Architect: D. Gkompel OTE

312800

TYMVOS MARATHONA

MARATHONAS

312900

AVLONAS

313000

VARNAVAS

313010

MALAKASA

313020

HALKOUTSI

1985

Architect: St. Galiotou

OTE

Page

Attica-rest/Islands

Property Name

451

452

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

Attica-rest/Islands

313400

KYTHIRA W/T STN

KYTHIRA

1967

OTE

313500

ANTIKYTHIRA W/T STN

ANTIKYTHIRA

1968

OTE

313600

POTAMOS KYTHIRA

1987

OTE Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

314100

MEGARA B T/C

MEGARA

1981

OTE Architect: A. Michalopoulou

314200

MEGARA A

MEGARA

1960

Architect: Parissis OTE: T. Seimenis

314300

KINETTA

1980

OTE

314400

MANDRA ATTICA

MANDRA

1973

OTE

314500

ERYTHRES

1983

OTE Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

314600

VILLIA

1973

OTE

314700

SALAMINA T/C

SALAMINA

1965 1970

OTE Architect: Spathopoulou

314800

AGIOS SOTIRAS

314900

KAZAS W/T STN

MANDRA

1969

OTE

315000

NEA PERAMOS ATTICA

NEA PERAMOS

1974

OTE Architect: D. Poulopoulos

315100

THEMISTOKLIS SALAMINA

SALAMINA

1979

OTE

315200

AIANTEIO SALAMINA

1979

OTE

315300

POROS T/C

POROS

1966

OTE Architect: S. Anastasiadou

315400

TROIZINA

315500

KALLONI POROS

315600

METHANA T/C

METHANA

315700

AGIOS GEORGIOS METHANA

315800

DRYOPI

Viotia

Attica-rest/Islands

1991

Page

323

283

187

OTE Architect: Hatziapostolou

317300

HYDRA T/C

HYDRA

1968

OTE Architect: St. Kaskouras Civ. Eng.: Theodoropoulos

320200

ORCHOMENOS

1974

OTE

320400

LEIVADIA T/C

LEIVADIA

1969

OTE Architect: S. Anastasiadou

320500

LIVADEIA WAREHOUSES

LEIVADIA

1985

Design OTE Architect: Stathopoulos

320601

THOURIO Amplification STN

THOURIO

189

286

City

Year

Designers

320602

AGIOS VLASIOS Amplification STN

AGIOS VLASIOS

320603

AGIA PARASKEVI Amplification STN

AGIA PARASKEVI

320604

KATO TITHOREA Amplification STN

KATO TITHOREA

320605

AMFIKLEIA Amplification STN

AMFIKLEIA

320606

AMFIKLEIA 2 Amplification STN

AMFIKLEIA

320607

BRALLO Amplification STN

BRALLO

320608

ELETHEROHORI Amplification STN

ELEFTHEROHORI

320609

KOMMA Amplification STN

KOMMA

1982

OTE

321000

ARAHOVA VIOTIA

ARAHOVA

1994

Design OTE Architect: Samouilidou

321010

AGIOS DIMITRIOS

321020

CHAERONIA

321030

YPSILANTIS

321100

ARAHOVA W/T STN

ARAHOVA

1986

OTE

321210

LEFKTRA

321220

KAPARELLI

321230

NEOCHORAKI

321280

PRODROMOS

321300

DISTOMO T/C

DISTOMO

1990

OTE Architect: A. Michalopoulou

321400

AGIA TRIADA

321500

DAVLEIA

321600

KYRIAKI

321700

PAVLOS

321800

AGIOS GEORGIOS

321900

ALIARTOS

1973

OTE

322000

VASSILIKA

322200

THIVA WAREHOUSE

THIVA Architect: K. Gonis OTE

322400

THIVA T/C.

THIVA

322500

AKRAIFNIO

322701

VAGION Amplification STN

VAGION

322702

MAVROMMATI Amplification STN

MAVROMMATI

322703

YPSILANTI Amplification STN

YPSILANTI

Page

Viotia

Property Name

453

1963

Architect: M. Tsironis

324

454

Viotia

Property Name

City

322704

AGIOS GEORGIOS VIOTIA Amplification STN

AGIOS GEORGIOS

322900

ELEONAS

Year

Designers

Page

OTE 323000

VAGIA

323200

SCHIMATARI

323300

KASTRO

1984

Architect: D. Poulopoulos

OTE 323400

MAVROMMATI T/C

MAVROMMATI

1984

Architect: D. Gkompel

193

OTE 323500

DOMVRAINA (KORYNI)

DOMVRAINA

323600

SKOURTA

323700

OINOFYTA

1984

Architect: P. Triantafyllidou

1981

OTE

Fthiotida

Viotia

OTE 323800

DILESI

323900

FAROS AVLIDA

324000

THESPIES

Architect: M. Mathioudaki 1984

OTE Architect: D. Gkompel

OTE 330100

LAMIA AINIANES T/C

LAMIA

1992

Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

330200

LYGARIA

1993

OTE

330300

LAMIA T/C (CLUB)

LAMIA

1936

AETE

330400

STYLIDA

1965

OTE Architect: Potiris, L. Pathouli

330600

LAMIA WAREHOUSES

LAMIA

1976

OTE Architect: M. Tsironis, M. Stamatiadou

1956

OTE

1969

OTE

330700

LAMIA, SKLIVATIOTOU

LAMIA

330800

LAMIA (W/T STN)

331000

PELASGIA (W/T STN)

PELASGIA

331010

MOSCHOHORI

331020

ANTHILI

331030

PELASGIA

331040

AGIOS GEORGIOS

331050

GLYFA

326

156

City

331090

LOUTRA YPATIS

331100

MAKRAKOMI

331200

SPERCHEIADA

331300

PALAIOCHORI DORIEON

PALAIOHORI DORIEON

331400

KOSTALEXI

331501

KALAMAKI 2 Amplification STN

KALAMAKI

331502

KALAMAKI Amplification STN

KALAMAKI

331503

OMVRIAKI Amplification STN

OMVRIAKI

331504

POURNARI Amplification STN

POURNARI

331505

NEO MONASTIRI Amplification STN

NEO MONASTIRI

331506

ES VRYSSI AUXILIARY STATION

VRYSSI

331507

VASSILI AUXILIARY STATION

VASSILI

331508

HALKIADES AUXILIARY STATION

HALKIADES

331509

Amplification STN 2 DOMOKOS

DOMOKOS

331510

REGGINIO

331511

NEES KARYES AUXILIARY STATION

NEES KARYES

331512

AVEROF AUXILIARY STATION

AVEROF

331530

MARTINO

331540

MOLOS

331550

THEOLOGOS

331600

LIANOKLADI

331700

MARMARA

331800

FTERI

331900

LYCHNO

332200

GRAMMENI

332400

AGIOS NIKOLAOS T/C

AGIOS NIKOLAOS

332500

GARDIKI

332600

VASSILIKA

332700

PARALIA RACHEON

332900

KARAVOMYLOS

333000

STAVROS

333100

DOMOKOS T/C

DOMOKOS

333200

DOMOKOS Amplification STN

DOMOKOS

Year

Designers

1980

OTE

1967

OTE

1978

OTE

1989

OTE Architect: D. Poulopoulos

Page

Fthiotida

Property Name

455

193

456

Property Name

City

Fthiotida

333300

OMVRIAKI

333400

MELITAIA

333500

XYNIADA

333600

VOUZI

333700

MAKRYRRACHI

333800

EKKARA

335100

ATALANTI

335200

Fokida

Fthiotida

Year

Designers

Page

ATALANTI

1979

OTE

AMFIKLEIA

1974

OTE Architect: D. Soulis

335300

S.S. AMFIKLEIA

AMFIKLEIA

335400

CHLOMO W/T STN

KOLAKAS

1963

OTE

335700

KAMMENA VOURLA T/C

KAMMENA VOURLA

1971

Architect: M. Dallas

335800

AGIOS KONSTANTINOS

1973

OTE Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

335900

KOLAKAS

1969

OTE

336000

THERMOPYLES SATELLITE STATION

THERMOPYLES

1969

Civ. Eng.: K. ArniotiS Architect: Al. Anastasiadis

288 356

336100

MALESINA

336200

LIVANATES

336300

KANOURGIO

336400

KATO TITHOREA

336500

TRAGANA

336600

ARKITSA

336800

ELATEIA

336900

LARYMNA

337000

ANO TITHOREA

340200

DELFI T/C.

DELFI

1965

OTE Architect: S. Anastasiadou

292

340400

AMFISSA T/C

AMFISSA

1959

Architect: M. Dallas

340500

ITEA

1986

OTE Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

340600

GALAXIDI

340700

GRAVIA T/C

GRAVIA

1983

OTE Architect: P. Triantafyllidou

340800

POLYDROSOS

340900

DESFINA

341000

VOUNIHORA

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

VOUNIHORA

341100

KALOSKOPI

341200

MAVRO LITHARI

MAVROLITHARI

341300

AGIA EFTHYMIA

341400

AMFISSA WAREHOUSE

AMFISSA

343200

KLIMA

1956

OTE

343500

LIDORIKI T/C

LIDORIKI

1980

OTE

343600

EFPALIO T/C

EFPALIO

1985

OTE Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

343900

AMYGDALIA (W/T STN)

AMYGDALIA

1983

OTE

344100

KROKYLEIO

344200

ERATEINI

344300

MALANDRINO

344400

CHANIA

344500

MANAGOULI

344700

POTIDANIA

348000

ATHANASIOS DIAKOS

350300

MESOLOGGI WAREHOUSES

MESOLOGGI

1973

OTE

350400

MESOLOGGI T/C

MESOLOGGI

1978

OTE Architect: St. Kaskouras

350600

MATARAGA

1985

OTE Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

Fokida

341000

Page

194

Fokida Aitoloakarnania

Architect: N. Kalogeras 350700

AITOLIKO T/C

OTE Architect: S. Anastasiadou

AITOLIKO

OTE 350800

NEOCHORIO

1985

Architect: St. Galiotou

350900

GAVALOU

1977

OTE Architect: St. Galiotou

351000

AGGELOKASTRO

AGGELOKASTRO OTE

351100

EVINOCHORIO T/C

EVINOCHORI

351200

GOURIA

351210

MARATHIAS

351220

KALLITHEA

457

1984

Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

295

458

Property Name

City

Aitoloakarnania

351260

PALAIOMYLOS

351400

KATO MAKRINOU

351500

KLEISOREMATA

351600

STAMNA

351700

ZEVGARAKI

351800

PALAIOMANINA

351900

GALATAS

352000

NEOCHORI W/T STN

Year

Designers

1991

OTE

Page

OTE 352100

AGRINIO SOULOU

AGRINIO

1984

Architect: P. Triantafyllidou

352101

AGRINIO T/C.

AGRINIO

1936

AETE

352400

PYRGIO W/T STN

PYRGI

1962

OTE OTE

352800

THERMO T/C.

THERMO

352900

PANAITOLIO

353000

AKARNANIKON W/T STN

353200

PARAVOLA 353300

1976

Architect: Soulis

THYRIO

1964

OTE

PARAVOLA

1981

OTE

AGIOS VLASIOS AGIOS VLASIOS DRYMONAS DRYMONAS ROUSSAIIKA ROUSSAIIKA POTAMOULA POTAMOULA KALYVIA KALYVIA AGRINIO WAREHOUSES AGRINIO ANALIPSI ANALIPSI NAFPAKTOS NAFPAKTOS 1964 ANTIRRIO ANTIRRIO PALAIOPYRGOS PALAIOPYRGOS

AGIOS VLASIOS

353300

AGIOS VLASIOS

353400

DRYMONAS

353600

ROUSSAIIKA

353700

POTAMOULA

353800

KALYVIA

353900

AGRINIO WAREHOUSES

354000

ANALIPSI

354100

NAFPAKTOS

354200

ANTIRRIO

354300

PALAIOPYRGOS

354500

PALAIOPLATANOS

354500

PALAIOPLATANOS

1963

OTE

354600

PLATANOS

354600

PLATANOS

1981

OTE

354700

GAVROLIMNI

354700

GAVROLIMNI

354800

ARAHOVA

354800

ARAHOVA

354900

ANO HORA

354900

ANO HORA

355000

NAFPAKTIA W/T STN

355000

ANO HORA W/T STN NAFPAKTIA

ANO HORA

353400 353600 353700 353800 353900 354000 354100 354200 354300

DRYMONAS ROUSSAIIKA POTAMOULA KALYVIA AGRINIO ANALIPSI OTE

NAFPAKTOS

1964

OTE

PALAIOPLATANO S

1963

OTE

PLATANOS

1981

OTE

ANTIRRIO PALAIOPYRGOS

OTE 356100

VONITSA

1982

Architect: Soulis

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

356100

VONITSA

356300

MACHAIRAS

1982

Architect: Soulis

OTE 356400

FYTEIES

356500

KATOUNA

1984

Aitoloakarnania

OTE

Page

459

Architect: Soulis

OTE ASTAKOS

1982

Architect: Agg. Neophytou

356700

ASTAKOS WAREHOUSE

356800

PALAIROS

357100

TRIA AMPELIA

357200

KATO KANDILA

357400

MYTIKAS

358100

AMFILOCHIA

1973

OTE

358400

STRATOS

358600

KRIKELLO

358700

EMPESSOS

359000

NEA MALESIADA

359300

STANOS

360200

KARPENISI

1977

OTE

360500

KERASOCHORI (W/T STN)

KERASOCHORI

1962

OTE

361000

KERASOCHORI

361100

KRIKELLO

361400

DOMNISTA

361500

GRANITSA

361600

RAPTOPOULO

361700

DYTIKI FRAGISTA

361800

MIKRO HORIO

361900

AGIA TRIADA

362000

AGRAFA

362100

FOURNA

WAREHOUSE, TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT OFFICES 362300

EVRYTANIA

Design OTE 2001

Architect: Giannakopoulos

Evrytania

ASTAKOS T/C

Aitoloakarnania

356600

460

Evoia-Skyros

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

Page

Architect: N. Valsamakis OTE 370200

HALKIDA T/C

HALKIDA

1963

Architect: L. Pathouli

294

OTE 370300

HALKIDA B T/C

HALKIDA

370400

HALIA

HALKIDA

1986

Architect: M. Mathioudaki

OTE 370500

HALKIDA WAREHOUSES

HALKIDA

370600

PALIOURAS

1987

Architect: Stathopoulos

Design OTE 370700

VASSILIKO

1991

Architect: Falidas

370800

NEA ARTAKI

1981

OTE OTE

370900

PSACHNA

371010

PROKOPI

371030

LOUKISIA

371040

DOKOS

371050

STROFYLIA

371060

KANITHOS

371080

PANORAMA ERETRIA

PANORAMA

371090

MORFA

371100

MANTOUDI

1985

Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

1993

OTE

1980

OTE OTE

371200

ERETRIA

371300

AMARYNTHOS

371400

ANO STENI

371500

ROVIES

1985

Architect: Z. Gamveta

OTE 371600

LIMNI

371630

MANIKIA (LAKE)

MANIKIA

371900

THEOLOGOS

372000

GYMNO

372200

ACHLADI

372300

DROSIA

1981

Architect: Z. Gamveta

327

Property Name

City

372400

AGIA ANNA

372500

POLITIKA

372700

PILI

372800

METOCHI KIREOS

372900

KECHRIES

373100

ISTIAIA

373300

PEFKI

373400

VASSILIKA

373600

LOUTRA AIDIPSOU

373800

AGIOS GEORGIOS LICHADOS

AGIOS GEORGIOS

373900

OREOI

374000

GIALTRA

374100

AGRIOVOTANO

374200

AGIOS ISTIAIAS

374300

VOUTAS

376100

KARYSTOS

376200

Designers

1981

OTE

1964

OTE Architect: L. Pathouli

1984

OTE Architect: D. Gkompel

KARYSTOS

1975

OTE Architect: D. Poulopoulos

KYMI T/C

KYMI

1964

Architect: V. Douras OTE Architect: L. Pathouli

376300

KYMI (W/T STN)

KYMI

1971

OTE

376600

SKYROS T/C

SKYROS

1988 1992

OTE Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

376700

SKYROS (W/T STN)

SKYROS

1971

OTE

376800

STYRA

377000

ALIVERI

1960 1993

Architect: Sygouridou OTE: T. Seimenis

377100

AGIOS LOUKAS

3772 00

AVLONARI

1982

OTE

377300

KRIEZA

377400

OXYLITHOS

377700

KONISTRES

377800

ALMYROPOTAMOS

ALMYROPOTAMO S

377900

NEOCHORI

378100

MONODRY

Page

Evoia-Skyros

Year

461

294

194

462

Evoia-Skyros Larissa

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

Page

3782 00

THAROUNIA

378300

VELOS

378400

PALTANA

378500

MARMARI

378600

NEA STYRA

378700

VITALO

401085

NEES KARYES

410200

LARISSA A T/C

LARISSA

1963

Architect: M. Dallas

157

410300

LARISSA WAREHOUSE (MOKAMPO 1)

LARISSA

1964 1978

OTE Architect: Baima

410310

MOKAMPO W/T STN

LARISSA

410400

FASTEKA

LARISSA

1953

OTE

410500

OSSA W/T STN

1962

OTE

410600

DOVROUTSI W/T STN

DOVROUTSI

1957

OTE

410700

LARISSA WAREHOUSE

LARISSA

1955

Architect: M. Dallas

411010

GORGOGYRI

411020

AGIOI ANARGYROI

AG. ANARGYROI

411030

KALOCHORI LARISSA

KALOCHORI

411050

GYRTONI

411060

NIKAIA LARISSA

NIKAIA

411070

OMORFOCHORI

411090

MELIA

411100

HALKI

411110

TEMPI

TEMPI OTE

411200

LARISSA C

LARISSA

1984

Architect: Papadatou OTE

411300

LARISSA B

LARISSA

411410

LIVADI

411420

KRANEA LARISSA

KRANEA

411430

KARYA LARISSA

KARYA

411480

KARYA

411490

PYTHIO

411500

VERDIKOUSA

1987

Architect: D. Poulopoulos

City

Year

Designers

411510

GIANNOULI

411600

SYKOURIO

1981

OTE

411700

OSSA B

1982

OTE

411800

KOILADA

411900

MANDRA

412000

PLATYKAMPOS

412100

MAKRYCHORI

1978

OTE

412201

MAKRYCHORI (AUXILIARY STATION)

MAKRYCHORI

412202

NEA EFKARPIA Amplification STN

NEA EFKARPIA

1977

OTE

412300

TERPSITHEA

412400

MAVROVOUNI

412420

EVAGGELISMOS

412500

KYPSELI

412600

SOTIRIO

412700

ZAPPEIO

412800

MOSCHOHORI

1980

OTE

1971

OTE

MEGALO 412900

MEGALO MONASTIRI

MONASTIRI

413100

AGIA

413200

STOMIO

413300

KALAMAKI LARISSA

KALAMAKI

413400

ANAVRA LARISSA

ANAVRA

413500

MELIVOIA

413600

AGIOKAMPOS

414100

ELASSONA

414700

KALLITHEA LARISSA

KALLITHEA

414900

GALANOVRYSSI

415000

TSARITSANI

TSARITSANI Architect: Chaniotou OTE

415200

TYRNAVOS T/C

TYRNAVOS

1964

Architect: Chr. Anastasiadou

415400

AMPELONAS LARISSA

AMPELONAS

1973

OTE

415500

AGIA SOFIA

415600

ARGYROPOULEIO

Page

Larissa

Property Name

463

464

Property Name

City

Larissa

415800

RAPSANI

415900

PYRGETOS

416000

FALANI

Year

Designers

Page

Magnisia

Larissa

Architect: I. Vazirgiantzikis OTE 416100

FARSALA T/C

FARSALA

1965

Architect: S. Anastasiadou

416200

STAVROS LARISSA

STAVROS

416300

ERETRIA LARISSA

ERETRIA

416400

KRINI LARISSA

KRINI

416500

MEGALO EVYDRIO

416600

DASOLOFOS

416800

NARTHAKI

416900

VAMVAKOU

420100

VOLOS T/C

VOLOS

1933

AETE

420200

VOLOS A T/C

VOLOS

1959

Architect: A. Zannos

420400

NEA IONIA VOLOS

VOLOS

1980

OTE

420500 to 420700

PILIO W/T STN (TRANSMISSION TOWER)

DRAKEIA

1958

OTE

420800

AGRIA T/C

AGRIA

1963

Architect: K. Sgoutas

420900

SESKLO

1971

OTE

421000

AIDONAKI - FYLAKIO W/T STN

1962

OTE

421030

ANO LECHONIA

421040

MILIES

421060

RIZOMYLOS

421200

LAFKOS (W/T STN)

LAFKOS

1971

OTE

421300

VOLOS B (GYMNASTIRIOU)

VOLOS

1979

OTE

421400

ETVA FOLOS

DIMINI

421600

KALA NERA

1986

OTE Architect: Agg. Anapliotou

421700

DIMINI (WAREHOUSES)

DIMINI

1978

OTE Architect: Baima

421900

ZAGORA T/C

ZAGORA

1982

OTE Architect: Z. Gamveta

422000

KANALIA

422100

VELESTINO

1978

OTE

158

366

196

Property Name

City

422200

PORTARIA

422300

AFYSSOS

422400

STEFANOVIKEIO

422500

ARGALASTI

422600

DRAKEIA

422700

PROMYRI

422800

TSAGARADA

422900

NEES PAGASES

423000

AGIOS DIMITRIOS PILIO

423100

ALMYROS

423200

Designers

ALMYROS

1980

OTE

NEA ANCHIALOS (W/T STN)

NEA ANCHIALOS

1959

OTE

423500

NEA ANCHIALOS

423600

SOURPI

423700

PTELEOS

423800

ACHILLEIO

423900

ANAVRA

425100

SKOPELOS (W/T STN)

SKOPELOS

1971

OTE

Page

Magnisisa

Year

465

OTE 425200

SKOPELOS T/C

SKOPELOS

1987

Architect: D. Poulopoulos

425300

SKIATHOS (W/T STN)

SKIATHOS

1971

OTE

425400

SKIATHOS T/C

SKIATHOS

1969

Architect: P. Nikolaidis

425700

ALONNISOS (W/T STN)

ALONNISOS

1971

OTE

426300

ALONNISOS

1957

OTE

KOUKOUNARIES SKIATHOS

426500

GLOSSA SKOPELOS

428000

TRIKERI

428100

MILINA

430100

TRIKALA A T/C

TRIKALA

Trikala

KOUKOUNARIES SKIATHOS

Magnisia

426400

PROFITIS 430200

PROFITIS ILIAS

ILIAS

430300

TRIKALA B1 T/C

TRIKALA

466

Trikala

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

Design OTE 430400

TRIKALA WAREHOUSES

TRIKALA

1985

Architect: Stathopoulos

430600

FARKADONA

1981

OTE

430700

PYLI

1977

OTE

430800

NEOCHORI

1981

OTE

430900

MEGALA KALYVIA

1982

OTE

431000

FIKI

431010

GARDIKI

431030

STOURNARAIIKA

STOURNARAIIKA MEGALO

431100

MEGALO KEFALOVRYSSO

KEFALOVRYSSO

431200

MEGALOCHORI

431300

XYNONERII

431370

MEGALI KERASIA

431500

DIALEKTO

431600

ZARKOS

431700

VALTINO

431800

PIGI

431900

RIZOMA

432000

PARAPOTAMOS

432100

MESOCHORA

432200

KRINITSA

432300

PALAIOMONASTIRO

432400

TAXIARCHES

432500

ROPOTOU

432800

ELATI

432900

GRIZANO

433100

KALAMPAKA

433400

KONISKOS

433500

PANAGIA

433600

CHRYSOMILIA

433700

OXYNEIA

433800

GERAKARI

433900

KRANIA

1971

OTE

Page

Property Name

City

KASTANIA

434100

AVRA

434200

KRYA VRYSSI (PLOT)

KRYA VRYSSI

434300

SKEPARIO

434500

VASSILIKI

434600

KLEINOS (PLOT)

KLEINOS

434700

THEOPETRA

434800

VLACHAVA

Page

1962

OTE

KARDITSA T/C

KARDITSA

1985

Architect: Z. Gamveta

440400

SOFADES

1971

OTE Design OTE

440500

KARDITSA WAREHOUSE

KARDITSA

1984

Architect: Stathopoulos

440600

PALAMAS

1973

OTE

440800

KRANEA

KRANEA OTE

440900

FANARI

1984

Architect: Z. Gamveta

441100

MOUZAKI

1973

OTE

441200

AGNANTERO

441300

KALLIFONI

441500

PEZOULA

441900

PRODROMOS

442100

KALLITHIRO

442200

TYMPANO

1989

OTE

442300

MAVROMMATI

442400

MORFOVOUNI

442500

DAFNOSPILIA

443100

KASTANIA

443200

AMPELOS

443300

METAMORFOSI

443600

KEDROS

443900

LOUTROPIGI

444100

MYRINA

444300

LEONTARI

Karditsa

440100

Trikala

KASTANIA

Designers

Trikala

434000

Year

467

468

Property Name

City

Karditsa

444400

NERAIDOCHHORI

444500

NEOCHORI

444700

ITEA

444800

GEFYRIA

444900

KAPPAS

445000

FILIA

445100

MARATHEA

445300

MITROPOLI

445400

ANAVRA

445500

PROASTIO

4501

IOANNINA PALAIO T/C

IOANNINA

Ioannina

Karditsa

Year

Designers

1933

AETE

Page

Design OTE 450300

450400

IOANNINA WAREHOUSE

IOANNINA B T/C

IOANNINA

1969

Architect: Tassopoulou

1985

OTE

1989

Architect: P. Papadatou, M. Kanelakopoulou OTE

450500

IOANNINA A T/C

IOANNINA

450600

KOPANI

450700

SISTROUNIO

450900

TSEPELOVO

451000

ELEOUSA

451010

PARAKALAMOS

451020

KOUTSELIO

451030

CHANI LEFKAS

451040

GREVENITI

451060

PERDIKA

451070

PRAMANTA

451080

KARYES

451090

RODOTOPI

451100

PROFITIS ILIAS (DODONI)

451110

KALPAKI

451111

TYRIA

1966

Architect: Tsironis

1985

OTE Architect: St. Galiotou

1986

OTE Architect: D. Poulopoulos

1965

OTE

Property Name

City

451120

VOUTSARAS

451130

DODONI (PLOT)

DODONI

451140

GRAMMENO

451150

RODOVIZI

451160

MIKRO PERISTERI

451170

HOULIARADES

451300

VARLAAM

451400

PEDINI

451500

DERVIZIANA

451600

KALENTZI

451800

Designers

Page

1988

OTE Architect: D. Poulopoulos

198

1978

OTE

KALENTZI

1981

OTE

ZITSA

1980

OTE

452000

DROSOCHORI

452020

PERAMA

452040

PLATANOUSA

452100

KONITSA T/C

KONITSA

1981

OTE

452200

MEGALO PERISTERI

452300

PYRSOGIANNI

Ioannina

Year

469

OTE Architect: D. Gkompel 454200

METSOVO T/C

METSOVO

1992

Civ. Eng.: A. Tsagaris

454300

KATARA

1992

OTE

198

OTE DELVINAKI

DELVINAKI

455300

KEFALOVRYSSO

455400

POGONIANI

455500

KTISMATA

1984

Architect: Z. Gamveta

Ioannina

455200

460300

IGOUMENITSA T/C

IGOUMENITSA

460800

PLATARIA

460900

KASTRI

461000

SYVOTA

461100

PARAPOTAMOS

462100

PARAMYTHIA T/C

PARAMYTHIA

1964

Architect: Tsironis

1974

OTE

296

Thesprotia

OTE

470

Property Name

City

Thesprotia

462300

GARDIKI SOULI

462400

NERAIDA

462500

XIROLOFOS

462600

PARAMYTHIA (W/T STN)

464100

Arta

Thesprotia

Year

Designers

ELATARIA

1992

OTE

FILIATES

1973

OTE

464200

KERAMITSA

464300

AMPELONAS

464400

SAGIADA

466100

PERDIKA

466200

MARGARITI

466300

MAZARAKIA

470200

ARTA T/C

ARTA

470300

ARTA WAREHOUSE

ARTA

1983

OTE

470400

ARTA W/T STN

ARTA

1970

OTE

470500

RAMIA Amplification STN

RAMIA

470800

SYKIES

470900

NEO DIASELO

471000

PACHYKALAMOS

471200

ASTROCHORI

Page

OTE 471400

KOMPOTI

471500

GRAMMENITSA

471600

RODAVGI

471700

PETA

471800

KALLONI

1985

Architect: Agg. Anapliotou

OTE 471900

ANEZA

472000

MENIDI

472100

HALKIADES

1984

Architect: D. Poulopoulos

OTE 472200

VOURGARELIOU T/C

VOURGARELI

472300

MILEA

472600

AGIA PARASKEVI

472700

AMFITHEA

1986

Architect: D. Gkompel

199

Property Name

City

472800

AGNANTA

Year

Designers

Page

480200

PREVEZA T/C

PREVEZA

1964

OTE Architect: St. Kaskouras

480300

PREVEZA WAREHOUSE

PREVEZA

1991

OTE

480400

NEA KERASOUNTA

480500

FILIPPIADA

1973

OTE

480600

NIKOPOLI (W/T STN)

NIKOPOLI

1959

OTE

480800

AGYIA (W/T STN)

AGYIA

1964

OTE

480900

PAPADATES

Preveza

Architect: I. Rizos

471

OTE 481100

KANALAKI T/C

KANALAKI

481200

ARCHAGGELOS

481300

MYTIKAS

1991

Architect: E. Fragouli

330

OTE 481500

THESPROTIKO

1984

Architect: Agg. Anapliotou OTE

481600

PARGA T/C

PARGA

1984

Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

200

OTE LOUROS

481800

PANAGIA

481900

KASTROSYKIA

482100

VRYSOULA

510100

XYNO NERO (W/T STN)

XYNO NERO

510200

NIKI FLORINA

1986

Architect: D. Poulopoulos

1971

OTE

Florina

LOUROS

Preveza

481700

1969 OTE

510300

FLORINA T/C

FLORINA

Architect: T. Seimenis OTE

510400

AMYNTAIO T/C

AMYNTAIO

510500

FLORINA WAREHOUSE

FLORINA

510600

AETOS

511000

LAIMOS

511200

AMRENOCHORI

1984

Architect: Z. Gamveta

200

472

Property Name

City

Florina

511300

SKLITHRO

511500

MELITI

511600

KATO KLEINES

511700

TROPAIOUCHOS

511800

LECHOVO

511900

PAPPAGIANNIS

512000

XYNO NERO

512100

LEPTOKARYA FLORINA

LEPTOKARYA

512200

VEVI

Kastoria

Florina

Year

Designers

Page

AGIOS 512400

AGIOS PANTELEIMONAS

PENTELIMONAS Design OTE

520100

KASTORIA WAREHOUSE

KASTORIA

1997

Architect: Modinou

520300

KLEISOURA (W/T STN)

KLEISOURA

1956

OTE

520400

KAASTORIA A T/C

KASTORIA

1959

Architect: G. Varveris

520500

ARGOS ORESTIKOU

1980

OTE

520600

LOFOS KASTORIA

KASTORIA

1971

OTE

520700

KASTORIA B T/C

KASTORIA

1990

OTE Architect: Agg. Neophytou

521100

NESTORIO

521200

KOSTARAZI

521300

KLEISOURA

521400

VOGATSIKO

521500

KOLOKYNTHOU

521600

MESOPOTAMIA

521700

OINOI KASTORIA

OINOI

521800

PENTAVRYSO

521900

TIHIO

522000

KORISSOS

522100

DISPILIO

522200

DIPOTAMIA

522400

MAVROHORI

522500

VITSI W/T STN

VITSI

1994

OTE

522600

GERMA

201

203

City

Year

Designers

530100

KOZANI WAREHOUSE

KOZANI

1974

OTE Architect: M. Stamatiadou

530200

KOZANI B

KOZANI

530300

KOZANI A

KOZANI

1962

Architect: M. Dallas OTE

530500

DOVRAS

1971

OTE

530700

SERVIA

1981

OTE Architect: Z. Gamveta

530900

VELVENDOS

531000

DREPANO

531400

VATERO

531500

KATO KOMI

531600

AGIOS DIMITRIOS

531700

LEFKOPIGI

531800

AIANI

531900

KAPNOHORI

532000

VATHYLAKOS

532100

XIROLIMNI

532200

TRANOVALTOS

532400

KROKOS

532500

LIVADERO

Architect: P. Michaleas

Design OTE 533100

SIATISTA

1977

Architect: Soulis OTE

533400

NEAPOLI KOZANI

NEAPOLI

533500

AVGERINOS

533700

ERATYRA

1987

Architect: M. Mathioudaki

OTE 533800

TSOTYLI

534000

PELEKANPS

534100

PENTALOFOS

534200

GALATINI

534300

KORYFI

535100

GREVENA WAREHOUSE

GREVENA

1985

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

Architect: G. Theodosopoulos 535200

GREVENA T/C

GREVENA

1964

OTE: S. Kaskouras

Page

Kozani

Property Name

473

474

Property Name

City

Kozani

535800

VATOLAKKOS

535900

DESKATI

536000

KIVOTOS

536300

PALAIOHORI

536400

DIMITRA

537200

PTOLEMAIDA

537300

KARYOHORI

537500

ANATOLIKO

537600

VLASTI

537700

FILOTAS

538000

GALATEIA

538100

PYRGOI

538200

PERDIKA

538300

ARDASSA

538400

EMPORIO

Kilkis

Kozani

Year

Designers

1983

Design OTE Architect: Soulis

1967

OTE Architect: M. Tsironis

540100

KILKIS

1962

Architect: Michailidis OTE Architect: M. Tsironis

540200

KILKIS (T/C)

KILKIS

1970

OTE

540300

KILKIS WAREHOUSE

KILKIS

540400

MOURIES

540500

POLYKASTRO

1982

OTE

540600

KENTRIKO

540700

MAVRONERI

540800

MANDRES

1982

OTE

540900

DROSATO

541000

NEO AGIONERI

541010

PLAGIA HERSOU

541030

MIKROKAMPOS

541100

EVZONOI

541200

PONTOHERAKLIA

541300

HERSO

541400

VAFIOHORI

Page

City

TERPYLLOS

541600

EFKARPIA

541700

NEASANTA

541800

MEGALI VRYSSI

541900

ASPROS

542000

NEO GYNAIKOKASTRO

N. GYNAIOKASTRO

542010

PEDINO

542030

VATHI

542100

GOUMENISSA

542500

RYZIA

542600

AXIOUPOLI

542700

PLAGIA

542800

EVROPOS

550100

Page

1981

OTE

1982

OTE

EVROPOS

1985

OTE Architect: D. Gkompel

EDESSA W/T STN

EDESSA

1970

OTE

550300

EDESSA

1979

Design OTE Architect: Spiliopoulou

550400

SKYDRA

1972

OTE

550500

RIZARI

550600

AGRAS

550700

PROFITIS ILIAS PELLA

PROFITIS ILIAS

551100

EDESSA WAREHOUSE

EDESSA

1988

OTE Architect: M. Stamatiadou

551200

PETRAIA

1984

OTE Architect: St. Galiotou

551300

ARNISSA

551400

PANAGITSA

551500

FLAMOURIA

553100

ARIDAIA T/C

ARIDAIA

1983

OTE Architect: P. Triantafyllidou

553200

EXAPLATANOS

1984

OTE Architect: Agg. Neophytou

553500

FOUSTANI

553600

PERIKLEIA

553700

LOUTRAKI

Pella

TERPYLLOS

Designers

Kilkis

541500

Year

Kilkis

Property Name

475

476

Property Name

City

Pella

553800

AFALOS

553900

XIFIANI

554000

VOREINO

554100

POLYKARPI

554200

KONSTANTIA

554300

PEGAPLATANOS

554400

PROMACHOI

555200

GIANNITSA

555500

KALYVIA PELLA

KALYVIA

555600

KARYOTISSA

555700

ATHYRA

555900

KRYA VRYSSI PELLA

KRYA VRYSSI

Year

Designers

1968

OTE Architect: T. Seimenis

1979

OTE

1979

OTE

Page

OTE 556100

NEOS MYLOTOPOS

1985

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

Imathia

Pella

OTE 556300

NEA PELLA

556400

DROSERO

556500

MANDALO

556600

KALLIPOLI

556700

ARAVISSOS

556800

ESOVALTA

556900

AGROSYKIA

1983

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

Architect: K. Laskaris OTE 560100

VEROIA A T/C

VEROIA

560200

VEROIA B

VEROIA

560300

ALEXANDREIA

Architect: M. Tsironis

1971

OTE Design OTE

560400

VEROIA WAREHOUSE

VEROIA

1985

Architect: Falidas

560500

RACHI

1971

OTE

560700

RIZOMATA

560800

POLYDENDRI

561010

LOUTROS

164

City

561200

KAMPOCHORI

561300

PLATANOS

561400

NEA NIKOMIDEIA

561500

TRILOFOS

561600

PLATY

561700

VERGINA

561800

AGATHIA

561900

STAVROS

562000

AGIOS GEORGIOS

562100

KOULOURA

562200

KORYFI IMATHIA

KORYFI

562300

TRIKALA IMATHIA

TRIKALA

Year

Designers

Page

Imathia

Property Name

477

1985

OTE Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

OTE 562400

MELIKI

562500

MAKROCHORI

562600

NISSI

562700

AGIA TRIADA

562800

EPISKOPI

562900

AGIA VARVARA

563000

GEORGIANOI

1983

Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

OTE 563200

NAOUSSA

563500

AGGELOCHORI

1968

Architect: M. Tsironis

OTE KOPANOS

KOPANOS

563700

KATO VERMIO

563800

GIANNAKOCHORI

1983

Architect: St. Galiotou

Imathia

563600

570100

THESSALONIKI MUNIC.

THESSALONIKI

1963

THESSALONIKI B T/C 570200

ROSTAN

OTE: T. Seimenis

300

OTE THESSALONIKI

1961

Architect: M. Tsironis

165

Thessaloniki

Architect: A. Siagas

478

Thessaloniki

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

Architect: Al. Anastasiadis 570300

DETH TOWER (STAND)

THESSALONIKI

1969

Diak. I. Lissaios OTE

570500

SFAGEIA (WAREHOUSE)

THESSALONIKI

1969

Architect: M. Stamatiadou

570700

SIVRI

1957

OTE

570800

KOURI

1957

OTE Design OTE

571000

EXOCHI (ASVESTOCHORI)

EXOCHI

1976

Architect: Soulis OTE

571010

TRILOFO T/C

TRILOFOS

1983

Architect: Agg. Neophytou

571020

NEA MICHANIONA

THESSALONIKI

1983

OTE OTE

571030

AGIA TRIADA THESSALONIKI T/C

THESSALONIKI

571040

KYMINA

THESSALONIKI

571050

RETZIKI

PEFKA

571060

ADENDRO

571080

LITI

571090

NEOCHOROUDA

571100

FILYRO

571110

MESIMERI

571120

SOUROTI

571130

DRYMOS

571150

MESAIO

571160

NEO RYSIO

571170

PROCHOMA

571180

AGGELOCHORI

1985

Architect: Agg. Anapliotou

Design OTE 571190

NEA EFKARPIA

1992

Architect: Samouilidou Design OTE

571200

FOINIKAS

THESSALONIKI

571222

VATHYLAKKOS

571300

PERAIA

THESSALONIKI

1983

Architect: Koletsa

1971

OTE

Page

571600

EPANOMI

THESSALONIKI P VYZANTIO T/C

City

EPANOMI

Year

Designers

1972

OTE

1959

Architect: Zoidis

1965

OTE

THESSALONIKI

Architect: S. Anastasiadou

Page

Thessaloniki

571500

Property Name

166

Architect: K. Bitsios THESSALONIKI D SQUARE T/C

OTE

571700

DIMOKRATIAS

THESSALONIKI

1963

Architect: St. Kaskouras

304

571800

EPTAPYRGIO T/C

THESSALONIKI

1971

Architect: T. Valentis

299

571900

THESSALONIKIS F T/C (PAVLOU MELA)

THESSALONIKI

1970

OTE

305

572000

ELEFTHERIA

THESSALONIKI

1974

OTE OTE

572100

TOUMPA A

THESSALONIKI

572120

TOUMPA B

THESSALONIKI

1969

Architect: Stathopoulos

OTE Architect: Agg. Anapliotou 572200

PANORAMA T/C

THESSALONIKI

1985

Civ. Eng.: D. Mouzakis

572300

HARILAOU

THESSALONIKI

1972

OTE Design OTE

572400

AMPELOKIPI

THESSALONIKI

572710

THERETRA A (NEOI EPIVATES)

THESSALONIKI

572720

THERETRA B (AGIA TRIADA)

AGIA TRIADA

572900

KALAMARIA

THESSALONIKI

1977

Architect: Tassopoulou

1979

OTE OTE

573000

SINDOS

THESSALONIKI

1978

Architect: St. Galiotou

573100

NEA ANCHIALOS

1971

Architect: Nikolaidis OTE

573200

HALASTRA

1985

Architect: D. Poulopoulos

573300

THERMI

1981

OTE

573400

ANATOLIKO

ANATOLIKO OTE

573500

HALKIDONA

1983

Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou Design OTE

573700

VASSILIKA

1983

Architect: Papadatou

479

204

480

Thessaloniki

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

573800

OREOKASTRO

1984

OTE Architect: Agg. Neophytou Design OTE

573900

DIAVATA

574000

MIKRO MONASTIRI

1974

Architect: Soulis

Design OTE 574200

NEA VARNA

1973

Architect: Soulis

574400

LAGYNA

1981

OTE

574600

KALOCHORI

1981

OTE

574700

NEA MESIMVRIA

574800

AGIOS ATHANASIOS

AG. ATHANASIOS

1983

OTE

574900

GEFYRA

575000

HORTIATIS

575200

ASPROVALTA

1957

OTE

575300

LAGADAS T/C

LAGADAS

1964

OTE

575400

ASPROVALTA T/C

1979

OTE

575500

VRASNA

1970

OTE

575800

SOCHOS (W/T STN)

SOCHOS

1970

OTE OTE

575900

LAGADIKIA

576000

OSSA

576100

LACHANAS

1983

Architect: St. Galiotou

1973

OTE Design OTE

576300

SOCHOS

576400

STAVROS

576500

ZAGLIVERI

576800

RENTINA

576900

AGIOS VASILEIOS

AG. VASILEIOS

577100

NEA APOLLONIA

577200

NEA MADYTOS

577300

ARETHOUSA

577400

KRYONERI

577500

PROFITIS

577600

KRITHIA

1985

Architect: Papadatou

1982

OTE

Page

Property Name

City

PERISTERA

577800

XYLOPOLI

577900

KAVALLARI

578000

ASSIROS

578100

ASKOS

578200

VASILOUDI

578300

DORKADA

578400

MAVROUDA

578 5 00

KOLCHIKO

578600

ANALIPSI

578700

FILADELFEIO

578800

PENTE VRYSES

579100

KOUFALIA

Page

1979

Thessaloniki

PERISTERA

Designers

Thessaloniki

577700

Year

OTE

580100

KATERINI WAREHOUSE

KATERINI

1986

Architect: D. Poulopoulos

580200

KATERINI Amplification STN

KATERINI

1940

OTE

580300

SFENDAMI

OTE 1955 1968

KATERINI T/C

KATERINI

Architect: Dallas OTE Architect: L. Pathouli OTE

580500

LITOCHORO

1983

Architect: Agg. Neophytou

580600

PLATAMONAS

1972

OTE

580700

AIGINIO

1973

OTE Design OTE

580800

PLAKA LITOCHORO

1976

PARALIA 580900

PARALIA KATERINI

KATERINI

Architect: Soulis OTE

1983

Architect: M. Mathioudaki OTE

581000

KITROS

1983

Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou OTE

581100

KOLINDROS

581200

VRONTOU

581300

KARITSA

1986

Architect: D. Poulopoulos

Pieria

OTE

580400

481

367

482

Property Name

City

Pieria

581500

NEA EFESSOS

581600

MAKRYGIALOS

581700

KATO MILIA

581800

RITINI

Year

Designers

OTE 581900

KORINOS

1985

Architect: D. Gkompel

KATO AGIOS 582000

KATO AGIOS IOANNIS

IOANNIS

582100

GANOCHORA

582200

SKOTINA

Halkidiki

Pieria

OTE 582300

LEPTOKARYA

1985

Architect: P. Triantafyllidou

582400

LAGORRACHI

582500

AGIOS DIMITRIOS

582600

METHONI

582700

SFENDAMI

582800

PALAIOSTANI

583000

ELAFOS

583100

LOFOS

590100

KASSADREIA

1982

Design OTE Architect: Soulis

590200

NIKITI

1983

OTE Architect: St. Galiotou

590300

GERAKINI

1986

OTE Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

590400

POLYGYROS

1985

OTE Architect: Z. Gamveta

590500

POLYGYROS WAREHOUSE

POLYGYROS

590600

NEA MOUDANIA

1979

OTE

590700

VOURVOUROU

590800

SIMANTRA

590900

ORMYLIA

591000

GALATISTA

591010

POLYCHRONO

591020

RIZA HALKIDIKIS

RIZA

591030

NEA POTIDAIA

Page

City

591040

NEA FOKAIA

591060

NEOS MARMARAS

591070

ELAIOCHORIA

591080

VAVDOS

591090

DOUBIA

591100

NEA KALLIKRATEIA

591110

AGIOS MAMAS

591111

NEA IRAKLEIA

591120

TORONI

591130

VRASTAMA

591140

AGIOS PRODROMOS

591150

SARTI

591180

METAMORFOSI

591190

LAKKOMA

591200

NEA TRIGLIA

591222

TEXIARCHIS

Year

Designers

1977

Design OTE Architect: Soulis

Page

Halkidiki

Property Name

OTE 591300

KALANDRA T/C

KALANDRA

591400

AFYTOS

591500

PALIOURI

591600

SANI

591700

NEA SKIONI

591800

NEA PLAGIA

591900

SOZOPOLI (NEA SYLLATA)

SOZOPOLI

592000

PEFKOCHORI

592020

METAGGITSI

592030

GEOPONIKA

NEA KALLIKRATEIA

592100

ARNAIA

592200

1986

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

ARNAIA

1980

OTE

STRATONI

1981

OTE

592300

PALAIOHORI

592400

OLYMPIADA

OLYMPIADA OTE

592500

IERISSOS

483

1986

Architect: D. Poulopoulos

205

484

Property Name

City

Halkidiki

592600

AMMOULIANI

592700

AGIOS NIKOLAOS

592800

STRATONIKI

592900

MEGALI PANAGIA

593000

SYKIA

593100

NEA RODA

593200

OURANOUPOLI

593500

PYRGADIKIA

610100

SERRES A

SERRES

610200

SERRES T/C

610600

SERRES WAREHOUSE

SERRES

1988

OTE

610700

SERRES B (KALKANI)

SERRES

1987

OTE Architect: M. Mathioudaki

611000

CHRYSOCHORAFA

CHRYSOCHORAF A

611100

NEA IRAKLEIA

1974

OTE Architect: St. Galiotou

611200

NEOS SKOPOS

1984

OTE Architect: D. Poulopoulos

611300

AGIO PNEVMA

1985

OTE Architect: St. Galiotou

611400

KARPERI

611500

PENTAPOLI

611600

PROVATAS SERRES

PROVATAS

1986

OTE Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

611700

SKOTOUSSA

611800

STRYMONIKO

611900

SKOUTARI

1985

OTE Architect: D. Gkompel

612000

MITROUSI

612100

CHEIMARROS

612200

ADELFIKO

612300

PARALIMNIO

612400

CHRYSO

612500

VAMVAKIA

612600

CHRISTOS

Serres

Year

Designers

Design OTE Architect: Spiliopoulou

Page

City

Year

Designers

613100

NIGRITA

1972

OTE

613400

NEA KERDYLIA

1969

OTE

613500

IVIRA

613600

SISAMIA

613700

SITOCHORI

613800

MAVROTHALASSA

1971

OTE

613900

DIMITRITSI

614000

LIVADOCHORI

Page

Serres

Property Name

485

OTE 615300

RODOPOLI

615400

VAMVAKOFYTO

615500

ANO POROIA

615600

THRAKIKO

615700

LIVADIA

615800

NEO PETRITSI

615900

PROMACHONAS

616100

KALOCHORI

616200

GONIMO

616300

KERKINI

617100

NEA ZICHNI

1989

Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

1981

OTE

1981

OTE

204

OTE 617300

GAZOROS

617500

ILIOKOMI

1984

Architect: D. Poulopoulos

OTE 617600

AGGICHTA

617700

PROTI

617800

PALAIOKOMI

1984

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

OTE RODOLIVOS

RODOLIVOS

1984

Architect: P. Triantafyllidou

618000

AMPHIPOLI

1983

OTE

618100

DRAVISKOS

618200

ALISTRATI

620200

DRAMA WAREHOUSE

DRAMA

1978

OTE

Serres

617900

486

Property Name

City

Drama

620300

CHORISTI

Year

Designers

Architect: M. Dallas OTE 620400

DRAMA A

DRAMA

1960

620500

DRAMA B

DRAMA

1980

620600

ETVA DRAMA

DRAMA

620700

KOKKINO GEIA

620800

PROSOTSANI

620900

ANTHOCHORI

1982

Architect: M. Tsironis

OTE

OTE 621000

KATO NEVROKOPI

621100

ADRIANI

1979

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

621600

KALAMPAKI

1989

Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

621700

DOXATO

1982

OTE

621800

ARGYROUPOLI

621900

NIKIFOROS

622000

PERITHORI

622100

MIKROPOLI

622200

FOTOLIVOS

622300

KALOS AGROS

622600

PETROUSSA

622700

PARANESTI

1984

OTE

622800

KYRGIA

622900

KALLIFYTOS

623200

XIROPOTAMOS

623300

PLATANIA DRAMA

PLATANIA

623400

MAVROVATOS

MAVROVATOS AETE

Kavala

Drama

OTE

630100

KAVALA A T/C

KAVALA

1932

Architect: T. Marthas OTE

1963

Architect: M. Tsironis 169 OTE

630200

KAVALA B

KAVALA

1986

Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

630400

AGIOS SYLLAS Amplification STN

AGIOS SYLLAS

1981

OTE

Page

AGIOS SYLLAS (W/T STN)

City

AGIOS SYLLAS

Year

Designers

1970

OTE

Page

Kavala

630500

Property Name

OTE 630800

KRINIDES

1986

Architect: Z. Gamveta

630900

KAVALA WAREHOUSE

KAVALA

1987

OTE

631000

PALIO TSIFLIKI

631100

ZYGOS

ZYGOS OTE

631200

NEA PERAMOS

631300

NEA KARVALI

631500

AMISIANA

631600

AMYGDALEONAS

1986

Architect: Agg. Neophytou

Architect: E. Kalvouridou OTE 633200

CHRYSOUPOLI T/C

CHRYSOUPOLI

633300

LEKANI

633400

CHRYSOCHORI

633500

KERAMOTI

633600

PIGES

633700

ELEFTHERES

1964

Architect: M. Tsironis

307

OTE 633800

GRAVOUNA

633900

ERATEINO

634000

KRINI

634200

KECRHOKAMPOS

634400

NEOS XERIAS (PLOT)

NEOS XERIAS

1984

Architect: Agg. Anapliotou

Architect: St. Manta Papadopoulou OTE 635200

ELEFTHTEROUPOLI

ELEFTHEROUPOLI

635300

AVLI

635400

PODOCHORI

635500

PALAIOCHORI

635600

ORFANIO

635800

ELAIOCHORI

635900

GEORGIANI

636000

MOUSTHENI

1963

Architect: St. Kaskouras

487

308

488

Property Name

City

Kavala

636100

OFRYNIO

636200

KARIANI

637200

PRINOU THASOS W/T STN

PRINOS

637400

THASOS

1974

OTE Architect: Soulis

637600

LIMENARIA THASSOS

1982

OTE Architect: Soulis

637700

PRINOS THASOS

637900

THEOLOGOS THASOS

THEOLOGOS

638000

KALLIRACHI THASOS

KALLIRACHI

638100

SKALA RACHES IOS THASOS

SKALA RACHES.

638200

POTAMIA THASOS

POTAMIA

640100

XANTHI T/C

XANTHI

640200

MIKRO EVMOIRO

1978

OTE

640400

XANTHI

1963 1974

Architect: Patelis OTE: L. Pathouli, M. Mathioudaki

640500

POLYSITOS

640700

MEGALO TYMPANO

MEG. TYMPANO

640800

STAVROUPOLI

1988

OTE Architect: Falidas

641000

MANDRA (W/T STN)

MANDRA

1970

OTE

641200

NEA KESSANI

1986

OTE Architect: P. Triantafyllidou

641300

ECHINOS

641400

GENISEA

641500

EXOCHI

641600

AVATO (PLOT)

AVATO

641700

DIOMIDEIA

641800

NEO ERASMIO

641900

AVDIRA

642000

NEA KESSANI

642100

OLVIO

642200 642200

EVLALO EVLALO

642400 642400

NEOCHORI NEOCHORI

643000 643000

XANTHI XANTHI (IINDUSTRIAL (IINDUSTRIAL AREA) AREA)

XANTHI XANTHI

1981

OTE OTE

650100

KOMOTINI

1936

AETE

650500

KOMOTINI

1963

Architect: Konstantinidis

Xanthi

Kavala

Year

Designers

1965

OTE

Page

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

KOMOTINI

1936

AETE

650500

KOMOTINI

1963

Architect: Konstantinidis

650600

KOMOTINI WAREHOUSE

KOMOTINI

650800

THERETRA FANARI

FANARI

650900

NEO SIDIROCHORI

651000

IASMOS

1984

OTE

651100

XYLAGANI

1983

OTE Architect: M. Mathioudaki

651300

THRYLORIO

651400

NEA KALLISTI

1982

OTE

651700

PROSKYNITES

651800

AIGEIROS

652000

PARADIMI

653100

SAPES

1977

Design OTE Architect: Soulis

653300

ARRIANA (IASIO)

ARRIANA

653400

ANTHOCHORI

660100

ALEXANDROUPOLI B

ALEXANDROUPOLI

1996

Design OTE Architect: Falidas

660200

ALEXANDROUPOLI WAREHOUSE

ALEXANDROUPOLI

1980

OTE

660300

ALEXANDROUPOLI A

ALEXANDROUPOLI

660400 660500

NEA CHILI

660600

FERRES

660700

PEPLOS

660800

PLAKA (W/T STN)

PLAKA

661000

MAKRI

661100

EVROS TV

661200

ANTHEIA

661300

LOUTROS EVROS

LOUTROS

APALOS

662200

DIDYMOTEICHO

Architect: Kakouris OTE 1957 1971

Evros

661700

OTE Architect: M. Tsironis

Komotini

661400

Komotini

650100

Page

489

308

OTE OTE Architect: D. Poulopoulos

1969

OTE

1973

OTE

1989

OTE

1964

OTE Architect: S. Anastasiadou

310

490

Property Name

City

Evros

Year

Designers

662500

DOXA

662700

MIKRO DEREIO (PLOT)

MIKRO DEREIO

662800

MANI

662900

METAXADES

663000

KYANI

663100

LADI

663200

PYTHIO

663300

PRAGGIO

663400

ASPRONERI

663500

LAVARA

663600

EVGENIKO

663700

MEGALO DEREIO

664200

ORESTIADA

1964

Architect: Spiliotakos OTE

664400

KYPRINOS

1984

OTE Architect: Z. Gamveta

664500

KAVYLI

664600

KASTANIES

664700

ORMENIO

664800

DIKAIA

664900

AMPELAKIA

665000

THOURIO

665100

MEGALI DOXIPARA

665200

RIZIA

665300

VALTOS

665400

NEA VYSSA

665500

FYLAKIO

665600

PLATI

665700

NEOCHORI

666100

SOUFLI

1971

OTE

666200

PROTOKKLISI

666300

KORNOFOLIA

666400

TYCHERO

666500

LAGYNA

Page

Designers

668200

SAMOTHRAKI (W/T STN)

SAMOTHRAKI

1980

OTE

668300

CHORA SAMOTHRAKI

1992

OTE Architect: N. Bogdanos

710100

LEFKADA

1993

OTE Architect: D. Poulopoulos

EGLOUVI (W/T STN)

EGLOUVI

1951

OTE

710600

NYDRI

710700

KARYA LEFKADA

KARYA

710800

VASSILIKI LEFKADA

VASSILIKI

710900

VLYCHO

711000

AGIOS PETROS LEFKADA

AGIOS PETROS

711100

SPARTOCHORI

711200

LAZARATA

711300

LEFKADA (WAREHOUSE)

LEFKADA

711400

LYGIA LEFKADA

LYGIA

711500

EXANTHEIA

711600

KALAMOS LEFKADA

KALAMOS

711700

TSOUKALADES

711800

SYVROS

713100

VATHY ITHAKI

1984

OTE Architect: M. Mathioudaki

713200

STAVROS ITHAKI

713700

PERACHORI ITHAKI

Page

206

Lefkada-Ithaki

Year

Lefkada-Ithaki

City

Evros

Property Name

CORFU A T/C

CORFU

1952

OTE

170

OTE 720200

CORFU B T/C

CORFU

1969

Architect: M. Stamatiadou

720300

CORFU (W/T STN)

CORFU

1960

OTE

720700

KANALIA (W/T STN)

KANALIA

1969

OTE

720800

KONTOKALI (W/T STN)

KONTOKALI

1970

OTE

720900

SPARTYLAS

1964

OTE

721000

CORFU W/T STN

1963

OTE

721300

NISOS OTHONOI (W/T STN)

OTHONOI

1967

OTE

721500

LEFKIMMI

1973

OTE

721600

SKRIPERO

1976

OTE

207

Corfu

Architect: K. Laskaris 720100

491

492

Property Name

City

Corfu

721800

KASTELLANOI

Year

Designers

OTE 721900

KAROUSADES

722000

ACHARAVI

722100

ARGYRADES

722200

MORAITIKA

722300

KYNOPIASTES

722400

MAGOULADES

722500

GARDELADES

722600

SIDARI

722700

AGIOI DOULOI

722800

KATO GAROUNA

722900

AGIOS ATHANASIOS

723000

GOUVIA

723100

NISAKI

723200

BENITSES

723300

PAGOI

723400

YPSOS

1984

Architect: St. Galiotou

Kefallonia

Corfu

OTE 723600

KOKKINI (PELEKAS)

KOKKINI

1994

Architect: N. Bogdanos

723800

GIANNADES

723900

KAVOS LEFKIMMI

724000

TRIKLINO

724100

PAXOI (W/T STN)

PAXOI

1968

OTE

730500

ANNINATA (W/T STN)

ANNINATA

1959

OTE Architect: K. Biris

730600

ARGOSTOLI T/C

ARGOSTOLI

730800

SVORONATA

730900

HELMATA (W/T STN)

HELMATA

731000

KERAMEIES

731100

CHIONATA

731200

VLACHATA

731300

FRAGATA

1957

OTE

1968

OTE

Page

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

Page

731400

POROS KEFALLONIA

KEFALLONIA

731500

DEILINATA

Kefallonia

POROS

493

SKALA 731600

SKALA KEFALLONIA

KEFALLONIA Design OTE

731800

MINIES ARGOSTOLI

1996

Architect: Falidas Design OTE

ARGOSTOLI WAREHOUSES

ARGOSTOLI

2002

Architect: Falidas

733100

LIXOURI

1976

OTE

733200

AGIA THEKLA

733300

HAVDATA

733500

KARDAKATA

733700

KASSIOPI

735100

SAMI

735300

AGIA EFTHIMIA

735400

VASILIKIADES

735700

ANTIPATA

Kefallonia

732000

OTE ZAKYNTHOS B T/C

740300

ZAKYNTHOS FROURIO W/T STN

740400

ZAKYNTHOS (W/T STN)

ZAKYNTHOS

1986

Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

1960

OTE

1973

OTE

331

Zakynthos

740200

OTE 740500

ZAKYNTHOS A T/C

ZAKYNTHOS

740600

MACHAIRADO

1960

Architect: T. Seimenis

OTE 740700

PANTOKRATORAS

1991

Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou OTE

KALLIPADO

741200

VOLIMES

741300

KATASTARI

1985

Architect: Papadatou

OTE 810100

MYTILINI A

MYTILINI

1968

Architect: T. Seimenis

Zakynthos

740800

494

Mytilini-Lemos

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

Page

Design: OGEM 1972

OTE

810300

MYTILINI B

MYTILINI

1994

Architect: N. Bogdanos

810500

PAPPADOS

1971

OTE

810600

LOUTRA LESVOS

LOUTRA OTE

810800

PANAGIOUDA

810900

NEAPOLI LESVOS

NEAPOLI

811100

POLICHNITOS

811200

VRISA

1987

Architect: Goumenos

1973

OTE

OTE 811300

AGIASOS

811400

IPPEIO

811500

GERAS (W/T STN)

GERAS

1983

Architect: Z. Gamveta

1980

OTE OTE

811600

PERAMA

811700

VASSILIKA LESVOS

VASSILIKA

811800

MYSTEGNA

813100

AGRA

813200

PARAKOILA

813500

KOURTERI

1983

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

1958

OTE

209

OTE 813600

KALLONI T/C

KALLONI

1983

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

813800

ANTISSA (W/T STN)

ANTISSA

1980

OTE

813900

AGIA PARASKEVI LESVOS

AGIA PARASKEVI

814000

MITHIMNA T/C

MITHIMNA

1995

OTE Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

814100

STYPSI

814200

MANTAMADOS

814300

VATOUSA

814400

PETRA

1994

OTE Architect: Z. Gamveta

814500

ANEMOTIA

814600

ANTISSA T/C

ANTISSA

1987

OTE Architect: D. Gkompel

208

209

Property Name

City

814700

KAPI

814800

ERESSOS

814900

SIGRI

815100

PLOMARI

815200

AKRASIO

817400

KASPAKAS LEMNOS (TRANSMISSION STATION)

817500 817600

Designers

KASPAKAS LEMNOS

1972

OTE

PLATY LEMNOS

1972

OTE

AGIOS ATHANSIOS LEMNOS (W/T STN)

AG. ATHANAS. LEMNOS

1960

OTE

368

1964

Architect: D. Dampardiagos Saltos OTE Architect: St. Kaskouras

312

MYRINA T/C

MYRINA LEMNOS

817900

ATSIKI LEMNOS

818000

LEIVADOCHORI LEMNOS

818100

KONTOPOULI LEMNOS

KOTNOPOULI LEMNOS

818200

MOUDROS LEMNOS

818300

KORNOS LEMNOS

818400

AGIOS EFSTRATIOS

818600

KONTIAS LEMNOS

Mytilini-Lemos

817800

Page

Mytilini-Lemos

Year

CHIOS T/C

CHIOS

1988

Architect: M. Mathioudaki

820200

CHALKIO

820300

KAMPOS

1991

OTE

820400

EVAGGELISTRIA COASTAL STATION

CHIOS

1970

OTE

820500

PYTIOS MOUNT

KARDAMYLI

1961

OTE

820600

PROVATAS CHIOS (FYLAKIO)

CHIOS

820666

PROVATAS CHIOS (W/T STN)

CHIOS

1960

OTE

820900

KORAKARI

1970

OTE

821100

VRONTADOS T/C

VRONTADOS

1970

Architect: M. Dallas

821200

LAGADA

821300

KARDAMYLA

1980

OTE

821400

KALLIMASIA

Chios

OTE 820100

495

313

496

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

Chios

821500

THYMIANA

1973

OTE

Page

OTE 821600

VOLISSOS

821900

OINOUSSES

1986

Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

OTE 822100

PSARA

1993

Architect: D. Poulopoulos

Samos-Ikaria

Chios

OTE 822400

PYRGI

1987

Architect: D. Gkompel

214

822500

NENITA

822600

VESSA

822700

PYRGI

822800

KOMI CHIOS

CHIOS

822900

LITHI

1990

OTE

369

823000

MESTA

830100

VATHY SAMOS

1973

OTE

830200

KARLOVASI

1971

OTE

830300

SPATHARAIOI

1955

OTE

830500

MYTILINIOI

1984

OTE Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

830600

PYTHAGOREIO

1993

OTE Architect: Z. Gamveta

830800

AGIOS KONSTANTINOS SAMOS

KONSTANTINOS SAMOS

830900

PYRGOS SAMOS

831000

SAMOS TOWN

831100

PAGONDAS

831200

MARATHOKAMPOS BAY

BAY MARATHOKAMPOS

831300

SAMOS WAREHOUSE

1989

OTE Architect: V. Ganiatsas

831400

KOKKARI T/C

KOKKARI

1994

OTE Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

831500

PLATANOS SAMOS

833300

MARATHIAS IKARIA

833310

ATHERAS MOUNT IKARIA W/T STN

ATHERAS MOUNT

1971

OTE

833500

KARAVOSTAMO IKARIA

Property Name

City

833800

CHRISTOS RACHES IKARIA

833900

FOURNOI IKARIA

834000

EVDILOS IKARIA

834100

RACHES IKARIA (PLOT)

RACHES IKARIA

834300

AGIOS KIRIKOS IKARIA

840500

LAZARETA SYROS

ERMOUPOLI SYROS

1961

OTE

840600

W/T STN SYROS

ERMOUPOLI SYROS

1961

OTE

840800

MYKONOS T/C

1978

Architect: K. Oikonomidis Loumpas

211

840900

ANO MERA T/C

ANO MERA MYKONOS

1978

Architect: K. Oikonomidis Loumpas

210

841000

MOROERGO MYKONOS W/T STN

ANO MERA

1971

OTE

841100

PROFITIS ILIAS MYKONOS

1959

OTE

841200

MYKONOS

MYKONOS 1960 1969

Architect: T. Theofilopoulos Architect: P. Stathopoulos OTE Architect: T. Seimenis

Year

Designers

Page

497

Samos-Ikaria

ERMOUPOLI T/C

ERMOUPOLI SYROS

841400

SYROS WAREHOUSE

ERMOUPOLI SYROS

1987

Design OTE Architect: Falidas

841500

FOINIKAS SYROS

1988

OTE Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

841600

VARI SYROS

841800

KINI SYROS

844100

FIRA SANTORINI

1991

OTE Architect: D. Gkompel

844200

OIA SANTORINI

844300

EMPOREIO SANTORINI

844400

EXO GONIA SANTORINI

844800

CHORA AMORGOS

844900

IOS

845000

IOS (T/C)

IOS

1959

OTE

845100

PYRGOS SANTORINI (T/C)

PYRGOS SANTORINI

1991

Design OTE Architect: Falidas

215

216

Cyclades-1

841300

370

498

Cyclades-1

Property Name

City

845300

AIGIALI BAY AMORGOS

AIGIALI AMORGOS

845500

AMORGOS W/T STN

CHORA AMORGOS

845700

AEGIALI

847200

PLAKA MILOS

847300

APOLLONIA SIFNOS T/C

APOLLONIA SIFNOS

847600

KIMOLOS TOWN

847700

ZEFYRIA MILOS

Year

Designers

1965

OTE

1992

OTE Architect: Falidas

1984

OTE Architect: St. Galiotou

1965

OTE

Page

217

Cyclades-2

Cyclades-1

CHORA 847800

FOLEGANDROS TOWN

FOLEGANDROS

847900

SIKINOS TOWN (PLOT)

SIKINOS TOWN PLATYS GIALOS

848100

PLATYS GIALOS SIFNOS

SIFNOS

850100

KEA (T/C)

KEA

850300

DRYOPIDA KYTHNOS

850500

KYTHNOS TOWN

KYTHNOS TOWN OTE

850800

KORRISIA KEA T/C

KORISSIA KEA

850900

SERIFOS TOWN

SERIFOS

851000

KOUNDOUROS KEA

1984

Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

217

OTE 852100

NAXOS TOWN

NAXOS

1984

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

1957

OTE

AGIOS PETROS 852400

AGIOS PETROS ANDROS

ANDROS

Architect: Meletopoulos OTE 852500

ANDROS TOWN T/C

ANDROS TOWN

852700

ANDROS GAVRIO

852800

ANDROS KORTHIO BAY

BAY KORTHIO

1963

Architect: S. Anastasiadou

OTE 852900

BATSI ANDROS

853000

PITROFOS ANDROS

PITROFOS

1996

Architect: M. Kanelakopoulou

216

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

Page

854400

HALKI NAXOS

1984

854500

HALKEIO NAXOS

854600

EGGARES NAXOS

854700

VIVLOS NAXOS

854800

ANEFAMA NAXOS

854900

ANTIPAROS

855000

KASTRAKI NAXOS

KASTRAKI

855200

APEIRANTHOS NAXOS

APEIRANTHOS

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

218

Cyclades-2

OTE

499

OTE 856100

PAROIKIA PAROS

PAROS

1974

Architect: St. Galiotou

856200

PAROS W/T STN

PAROS

1965

OTE

856500

AGAIRIA

AGAIRIA OTE

NAOUSSA PAROS

NAOUSSA

Architect: D. Gkompel

856800

PARPISSA PAROS

MARPISSA

858100

TINOS

1971

OTE

858200

ARNADOS TINOS W/T STN

ARNADOS

1971

OTE

858300

KOMI TINOS

858400

YSTERNIA TINOS

YSTERNIA

1985

OTE

860100

RHODES

1960

OTE

860200

RHODES T/C

RHODES

1965

OTE Architect: N. Bonanos

860500

RHODES W/T STN (CLUB)

RHODES

1960

OTE

ARCHAGGELOS

220

223

OTE

860600

ARCHAGGELOS RHODES

RHODES

1993

Architect: V. Ganiatsas

860900

KANDILI RHODES (W/T STN)

KANDILI

1971

OTE

861010

SORONI RHODES

1961

OTE OTE

SALAKOS RHODES

861030

MASSARI RHODES

861040

LINDOS RHODES

861050

LARDOS RHODES

861060

MARITSA RHODES

861020

1985

Architect: M. Mathioudaki

224

Dodecanese

1987

Cyclades-2

856700

500

Dodecanese

Property Name

City

861090

KOLYMPIA RHODES

861100

SPERGIOLI RHODES W/T STN

RHODES

861110

AGIA ELEOUSA RHODES

861111

SYMI W/T STN

SYMI

861120

FALIRAKI RHODES

861130

ATTAVYROS RHODES W/T STN

ATTAVYROS

Year

Designers

1969

OTE

1993

OTE

1991

OTE

Page

OTE Architect: D. Stefanopoulos 861140

SYMI PALAIOS W/T STN

SYMI

861150

PARADEISI RHODES

861170

PEFKOI RHODES

861180

MONOLITHOS RHODES

861200

KIOTARI RHODES

861210

PSINTHOS RHODES

861220

KAMEIROS RHODES

861250

APOLAKKIA RHODES

1992

Civ. Eng.: Chr. Plakoutsis

1993

OTE

AGIOS ISIDOROS 861260

AGIOS ISIDOROS RHODES

RHODES

861270

KALAVARDA RHODES

KALAVARDA RHODES MEGISTI

861280

MEGISTI (KASTELLORIZO)

(KASTELLORIZO)

861290

APOLLONAS RHODES

OTE 1992

Architect: D. Stefanopoulos

OTE 861300

GERAKAS RHODES

PROFYLIA

861400

TILOS

861500

KOURELIA TILOS W/T STN

TILOS

861600

TILOS W/T STN

TILOS

861700

KOSKINOU RHODES

KOSKINOU

1993

Architect: Xenos

1971

OTE

1982

OTE

225

City

862020

LACHANIAS RHODES

LACHANIAS

Year

Designers

OTE 862200

AFANDOU RHODES

AFANDOU

1987

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni OTE

862300

SGOUROU RHODES

SGOUROU

1986

Architect: Falidas OTE

862400

IALYSSOS RHODES

IALYSSOS

1977

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

862500

KATTAVIA RHODES (W/T STN)

KATTAVIA

1980

OTE

862700

SYMI

862800

EMPONAS RHODES

EMPONAS

862900

GENNADI RHODES

GENNADI

863000

KATTAVIA RHODES

KATTAVIA

863100

KALYMNOS

1971

OTE

864000

AGIA MARINA LEROS

AGIA MARINA

1971

OTE

864100

TSOUGANA LEROS (W/T STN)

LAKKI LEROS

1971

OTE

864300

LEIPSOI

864600

SKALA PATMOS

1980

OTE

864700

PATMOS (W/T STN)

PATMOS

864800

MERIKAS PATMOS

MERIKAS

865000

ASTYPALAIA TOWN

ASTYPALAIA

1993

OTE

865100

PANORMOS KALYMNOS

PANORMOS

865200

ASTYPALAIA (W/T STN)

ASTYPALAIA

1991

OTE OTE

866100

KARPATHOS

1989

Architect: Falidas

866200

MESOCHORI KARPATHOS

MESOCHORI

866600

MENETES KARPATHOS W/T STN

MENETES

1991

OTE

867000

FRY KASOS

867100

DIAFANI KARPATHOS

DIAFANI

867300

ARKASA KARPATHOS

ARKASA

867400

OTHOS KARPATHOS

OTHOS

867500

MENETES KARPATHOS

MENETES

868100

KOS

1962

Architect: Kakouris

868200

MANDRAKI NISYROU

MANDRAKI

1987

OTE

868500

SYMPETROS KO

1960

OTE

Page

Dodecanese

Property Name

501

502

Property Name

City

Year

Designers

Dodecanese

868600

ASTRA KOS W/T STN

LATRA

1971

OTE

868800

PYLI KOS

868900

ZIPARI KOS

869000

ANTIMACHEIA KOS

869200

KARDAMAINA KOS

869400

KEFALOS KOS

869500

MASTICHARI KOS

910100

SFAKIA, CHANIA

CHANIA

910300

CHANIA, WAREHOUSE

910400

SKLOPA

910500

SOUDA

Chania

Dodecanese

1937 1974

OTE

SKLOPA

1957

OTE

CHANIA

1980

OTE Architect: P. Tsolakis

910600

CHANIA

1961

OTE OTE

910700

CHANIA B - KYDON

CHANIA

910800

SKLOPA (W/T STN)

911010

AGIA MARINA

911020

CHORAFAKIA

911100

MALEME

911400

VOUKOLIES

1985

Architect: Agg. Neophytou

1957

OTE

OTE 911500

GALATAS

1987

Architect: D. Gkompel

911600

ALIKIANOS

1981

OTE

911700

PAZINOS

911800

LAKKOI

911900

MODI

912000

KOUNOUPIDIANA

912100

VAMOS

1980

OTE

912200

VRYSSES

912300

FRES

912400

KOURNAS

912600

NEO CHORIO

Page

City City

912700

GEORGIOUPOLI

912800

KALYVES

914100

KASTELLI (W/T STN)

KASTELLI

914300

KISSAMOS

914500

EPISKOPI

914600

TOPOLIA

914700

VATHI

Year

Designers

1969

OTE

Page Page

Chania

Property PropertyName Name

503

OTE 914900

KOLYMVARI

915100

PLATANOS

915200

KALOUDIANA

916100

KANTANOS

916210

PALAIOCHORA 2

PALAIOHORI

916300

RODOVANI

916600

MOUSTAKO (W/T STN)

918200

CHORA SFAKIA

1984

Architect: P. Triantafyllidou

1980

OTE

1996

OTE

CHORA SFAKIA Design OTE LEFKA ORI

918600

AMMOUDARI

918800

PATSIANOS

920300

RETHYMNO A

RETHYMNO

1973

Architect: K. Argyropoulou

1955

OTE OTE

920400

RETHYMNO

1984

Architect: M. Mathioudaki OTE

920500

RETHYMNO WAREHOUSES

RETHYMNO

920600

EPISKOPI

920700

ROUSTIKA

920800

ARGYROUPOLI

920900

ARMENOI

921000

PIGI

921100

PRINES

1992

Architect: Modinou

OTE 922200

SPILI

1984

Architect: St. Galiotou

171

Rethymno

LEFKA ORI (W/T STN)

Chania

918500

504

Property Name

City

Rethymno

922300

MELAMPES

922500

AGIA GALINI

922600

AGOUSELIANA

922700

MYRTHIOS

922800

AKOUMIA

Year

Designers

1994

OTE

Page

AGIOS IOANNIS 922900

AGIOS IOANNIS SELAION

SELAION

Herakleion

Rethymno

OTE 924100

AMARI

1986

Architect: St. Galiotou

924200

APODOULOU

924300

VRYSSES AMARIOU

924400

FOURFOURAS

926200

PERAMA

1983

OTE Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

926300

PANORMOS

926400

GARAZO

926500

ZONIANA

926600

DROSIA

926700

MARGARITES

926800

HOUMERI

926900

VIRANEPISKOPI

927100

BALI

927200

ANOGEIA MYLOPOTAMOS

930100

MINOTAVROS

HERAKLEION

1961

Architect: I. Antoniadis OTE

930300

APOLLONIA

1971

930500

GOURNES (W/T STN)

GOURNES

1977

Architect: Kolovos OTE:

930600

GIOUCHTAS

HERAKLEION

1955

OTE

930700

HERAKLEION KAMINIA

HERAKLEION

1955

Architect: M. Dallas

930800

ARCHANES

1982

OTE

930900

AMNISOS

1973

OTE Architect: K. Argyropoulou

931100

HERAKLEION - KNOSSOS

HERAKLEION

1975

OTE

371

City

Year

Designers

931300

ARIADNE

HERAKLEION

1979

OTE

931400

THERISSOS

HERAKLEION

1979

OTE

931600

NEO VENERATO

1981

OTE Architect: St. Galiotou

931610

AGIA PELAGIA

931630

OCHOS

931640

MALLIA

931650

EMPAROS

931660

GOUVES

931670

SKALANI

931680

AVDOU

931690

CHANI KOKKINI

CHANI KOKKINI OTE

931780

CHARAKAS

931800

PROFITIS ILIAS

931810

GAZI

931820

FODELE

931830

TYLISSOS

931840

RODIA MALEVYZIOU

931850

LYGARIA (PLOT)

LYGARIA

931900

KAMINIA

932620

ELIA

933100

ANO VIANNOS

933200

ALIKARNASSOS

933600

ARVI

935100

MOIRES

935200

MIAMOU

935300

POMPIA

935400

AGIOI DEKA

935500

ZAROS

935600

APESOKARI

935700

GERGERI

936100

GOURNES

ANOPOLI

2001

Architect: Falidas

1981

OTE

1964

OTE

1979

OTE

Page

Herakleion

Property Name

505

506

Herakleion

Property Name

City

Year

PORT OF

Designers

OTE

936200

LIMENAS HERSONISSOU

HERSONISSOU

1989

Architect: D. Gkompel

936300

IDI

1969

OTE

936600

PEZA UNION

HERAKLEION

1982

OTE

936700

EPISKOPI

EPISKOPI OTE

936900

KASTELLI (LYTOS)

KASTELLI

937000

THRAPSANO

937100

ARKALOCHORI

1983

Architect: Z. Gamveta

1982

OTE OTE

937200

PYRGOS

1983

Architect: M. Mathioudaki

937300

AGIA VARVARA

1977

OTE

937500

TEFELI

937600

DIONYSI

937700

ASIMI

937900

KATO KASTELIANA

938000

DRAPETI

938100

VASSILIKO (W/T STN)

VASSILIKO

938101

VASSILIKO (ACCESS ROAD)

VASSILIKO

938200

INI

938300

METAXOCHORI

OTE

GONIES 938500

GONIES MALEVYZIOU

MALEVYZIOU

938600

KROUSONAS

938700

KATO ASITES

938800

KORFES

938900

AGIOS SYLLAS

939000

AGIOS MYRON

AGIOS MYRON OTE

939100

TYMBAKI

TYMBAKI SIVAS

939300

SIVAS PYRGIOTISSA

PYRGIOTISSA

939500

VOROI

1982

Architect: D. Gkompel

Page

City

Year

Designers

939600

PITSILIA

940100

NEAPOLI

1970

Architect: Christofilidou

940300

AGIOS DIMITRIOS

AGIOS NIKOLAOS

1989

OTE Architect: Falidas OTE

940500

AGIOS NIKOLAOS

940600

SCHISMA

940700

KRITSA

941100

KANTIATO (W/T STN)

KANTIATO

941500

VROUCHAS (W/T STN)

VROUCHAS

941700

MILATOS

941800

KALO CHORIO

1962

Architect: S. Anastasiadou

Architect: V. Vasileiou 942200

IERAPETRA

942300

KAVOUSI

942400

MALLES

942500

FERMA

942600

NEA ANATOLI

942700

PACHIA AMMOS

942800

KATO CHORIO

944200

SITEIA

944500

HANDRAS

944700

ZIROS W/T STN

944800

OTE

1982

Architect: Papanikolaou

ZIROS

1964

OTE

HAMEZI (W/T STN)

HAMEZI

1967

OTE

945000

ITANOS

945100

ZIROS

945200

SKOPI

945300

TOURLOTI

945400

PALAIKASTRO

945500

MAKRY GIALOS LASITHI

MAKRY GIALOS

945600

ZAKROS

ZAKROS OTE

946200

TZERMIADO

946300

AGIOS GEORGIOS

1984

Architect: Is. Mavrogeni

Page

Lasithi

Property Name

507