Masterplan of Thessaloniki

Masterplan of Thessaloniki

The study of the revision of the Masterplan of Thessaloniki was assigned by a tendering procedure to a study team in December 2010. It is a spatial – regulatory and urban planning study, accompanied by a geological relevance study.

The B1 stage of the study was submitted in October 2015 and is currently at the deliberation stage, between the municipality of Thessaloniki and the concerned stakeholders.

Goal of the new study is the revision of the existing Masterplan of the former municipality of Thessaloniki and Triadi, with an update of the predictions, and the development of the municipality to its administrative borders. The design is based on the institutional framework, the alteration of the data of the wider design and the improvement of the build and the natural environment.

The new Masterplan proposes residential development across the municipality, with a new urban organization, with alterations in the existing land uses, where needed, utilization of the full potential of the municipality in order to secure adequate spaces of social and technical infrastructure that would improve the quality of life of the residents.

Moreover, through an investigation of the economic and social developments of the last 20 years, the developmental prospects of the municipality and the design policies, in a European and national level, the design results in proposals that reinforce the municipality’s role in the wider metropolitan area and the area of South-East Europe. The proposals are focused on appointed sectors which improve the elements that contribute to the visibility of the city (promotion and protection of historical profile, improvement and promotion of the waterfront and rebuilding of the relation between the city and the sea, strengthening of the relationship between the sea and the forest, boost the appeal of the city centre etc). Finally, the new Masterplan attempts to instigate the improvement and radical growth of sectors such as the Thessaloniki International Fair, the port and the area of Poseidonio and Allatini Mills, the area of Lachanokoipoi, the South-East entrance of the city, the old railway, etc. Those key sectors are focal points for the developmental prospect of the city