2025 Motel Xenia at Karteros Beach, Crete, Greece - Spring Semester / 17 - 21 March 2025
architect: Aris Konstantinidis, inaugurated in 1963
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Ensa Paris-Malaquais - Master studio - 20 students
Ensa Nantes - Bachelor Studio - 20 students
Technical University of Crete - School of Architecture - 15 students (hosting Institution)
Politecnico di Milano - 8 students (mixed cycles/open call procedure)
ECTS: The effort made by participants - during the in situ workshop- is equivalent to 3 ECTS, the awarding of which is conditional on their home university.
location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/kiSv1MvwK6YuLWDF6
Calendar
January-March = Introduction to the subject and diverse approaches regarding the common problematics (between the 4 Schools)
Workshop week in situ = visit of the site, elaboration of a collective exercise, presentations to local authorities
Online Cross-Seminar = A day of an online seminar with presentations of the works within the 4 different institutions
Final Jury of Architecture studio at the Ensa Nantes = June 2025
Final Jury of Architecture studio at the Ensa PM = May 2025
Final Jury TUC =
In situ Workshop's Program / 17 - 21 March 2025
Day 1 : Meeting at Chania, visit of the school, introductory lecture, visit of the French School Building, walking seminar in the historica city of Chania
Day 2 : Visit of the site at Karteros Beach (all day), observations and sketching, pic nic on site, return to Chania
Day 3: Working day at the KAM building (Center of Mediterranean Architecture)
Day 4: Working day at the KAM building (Center of Mediterranean Architecture)
Day 5: Working morning at KAM building - final presentations to the local authorities and University's representatives
Day 6: Close-up, free day and departures
Material provided : PPts of theoretical lectures, PdF of the week's program, PdF of the collective exercise, Bibliography and access to previous years' productions
In 2025, Xenia Hotel Architecture Studio will focus on the motel Xenia at Karteros Beach in Crete, close to the city of Herakleion. The motel Xenia in Karteros, was designed by the Greek architect Aris Konstantinidis. The construction of the Xenia motel in Karteros Heraklion lasted from 1963 until 1966.
The Motel Xenia on Karteros Beach in Heraklion, Crete, is a cluster of bungalows on an area of approximately 86,000 sq.m. The sea is 300 metres away from the former motel, and the town is just a 15-minute bus ride away. The Ministry of Culture has declared it a listed building (under protection), although it is highly unlikely that any repair work can be done now. The city rents out some of the buildings as storage space for nearby beach bars. The atrium is used as a parking lot
The area known as Amnissos - Karteros is located 7 km east of the centre of Heraklion, on the northern coast of Crete. Therewhere the "dry river" has been flowing into the Cretan Sea since ancient times. Amnissos/Karteros, at the mouth of which there is a sandy beach of 2.5 km from the coast.
16 The area is about 6.5 km from the international airport of Amorgos, which is located in the south of the island. Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis", making it a strategic location for touristic developments.
The area to be leased is an area of 81,784.94 sq.m. with the seashore and beach in front of it, within which is the building complex of the Karteros Hotel, consisting of seven (7) ground floor buildings in a Π -shape and operated as a B-class hotel with a capacity of 84 beds.
Its location within the archaeological site of Amnissos gives even greater responsibility to the Municipality for its restoration and the placement of uses compatible with the historicity and the natural environment that will highlight, protect and exploit the important archaeological monuments of Amnissos.
Design & Planning International Workshop
Online & In situ Theoritical Lectures
Teaching languages: English, French, Italian, Greek
Students from 3 countries (France, Italy, Greece)
Presentations at the local authorities
Final jurys of architecture studios in Nantes, Paris and Chania
The Σ.Χ.Ο.Α.Π (Open City Spatial and Housing Organisation Plans) designates the The SPHOP designates the area as an Archaeological Park
Declaration of Xenia Motel Karteros as a newest architectural heritage monument (2011) (see also άρθρο 6 παρ. 1γ του Ν. 3028/2002)
It is located in the archaeological site of Amnissos and belongs to the Touristika Akinita SA.
Four investors submitted bids in the tender of the ETAD for the lease of the former Xenia motel in Karteros. The successful tenderer is the joint venture known as "GALAZIO CARTEROS" - SUNNY LTD & VILLAGE PLANNING MON I.K.E. (co-partner company G.MILOLIDAKIS SA), with the bid amount of 715.660,00 euros (per year).
Evaluation: Each institution proceeds independently with the evaluation procedure concerning the respective studios and courses of the semester. The Workshop functions as a collective laboratory for experiments, without any grading.
https://www.lifo.gr/arxeio/20-fotografies-ap-motel-xenia-paralia-karteroy-irakleio-kritis
Informations on the construction: The Architectural Study was drawn up by the Technical Services Department of the Hellenic Ministry of Transport by the architect Aris Konstantinidis. The Structural Design of the Load-bearing structure was prepared by the TECHNICAL OFFICE OF PANTELI AMBUSELAM, and the Electrical and Mechanical Installations Design was also prepared by the Technical Services Department of the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO) (by Mr. Nikolaos Kokkinopoulos, Mechanical and Electrical Engineer. The complex had a restaurant with a capacity to serve 100 people.
https://www.lifo.gr/arxeio/20-fotografies-ap-motel-xenia-paralia-karteroy-irakleio-kritis / Photos of Kari Backer Owe
https://www.decathlon.gr/portfolio/xenia-karteros/
https://www.lifo.gr/arxeio/20-fotografies-ap-motel-xenia-paralia-karteroy-irakleio-kritis
https://www.lifo.gr/arxeio/20-fotografies-ap-motel-xenia-paralia-karteroy-irakleio-kritis
https://www.lifo.gr/arxeio/20-fotografies-ap-motel-xenia-paralia-karteroy-irakleio-kritis
Benaki Museum Archives / ΕΟΤ Ξενία, Α. Κωνσταντινίδης Μοτέλ στο Ηράκλειο, Λεπτομέρειες διαχωριστικού, τομή Ι 05 Ιανουαρίου 1962 ΑΝΑ_29_14_15
Benaki Museum Archives / ΕΟΤ Ξενία, Α. Κωνσταντινίδης Μοτέλ στο Ηράκλειο, Κάτοψη ισογείου, Εστιατόριο 05 Ιανουαρίου 1962 ΑΝΑ_29_14_05
Benaki Museum Archives / ΕΟΤ Ξενία, Α. Κωνσταντινίδης Μοτέλ στο Ηράκλειο, Γενική διάταξη 05 Ιανουαρίου 1962 ΑΝΑ_29_14_01
Benaki Museum Archives / ΕΟΤ Ξενία, Α. Κωνσταντινίδης Μοτέλ στο Ηράκλειο, Λεπτομέρειες θύρας 05 Ιανουαρίου 1962 ΑΝΑ_29_14_34
https://www.decathlon.gr/portfolio/xenia-karteros/
https://www.ertnews.gr/perifereiakoi-stathmoi/iraklio/syllipsis-sto-egkatalelimmeno-xenia/
Reading:
https://www.archetype.gr/blog/arthro/kalokairina-imerologia?fbclid=IwY2xjawHNMmBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHaQ6lvxDJ6f7X43MJGjam_00AK8NbGr6044hg46J3xL64QJcY1RgRLynLQ_aem_DVL1D_H-HNfxL9DdEvuk3Q#.X1fxawcjZI0.facebook
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