Agricultural Bank of Greece Training Centre

154 Eleftheriou Venizelou St, Kastri, Attica, 1966-1991

Architect
Alexandros Tombazis (1939-)
Cooperating architect
Dimitris Potiropoulos (1953-)



The Agricultural Bank of Greece training Centre in Kastri is one of the unconventional and technologically innovative expressions of Greek postmodernism. The complex is in a residential area in Kastri, a northern suburb of Athens, and was built as a training centre for employees of the Agricultural Bank of Greece, with a capacity of 300 persons. It is on the same lot as the interwar hotel that was converted into a guest house for the training centre.
The building complex, despite the fact that it does not exceed two or three storeys, is partially sunk into the ground owing to the height restrictions in the building regulations. The classrooms are arranged along the corridors and are lighted from the ceiling, while the areas on the lower levels are lighted by lower courtyards. The flat roofs have been laid out for use as open space. The form of the building is characterised by small-scale volumes with turret-type finials and surfaces faced with solid bricks in two colours, ochre and terracotta, in conjunction with white metal features.

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