On the occasion of the 10th anniversary for the establishment of the first academic program in Landscape Architecture in Greece, the Post-Graduate Program in Landscape Architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki announced an international student design competition, on the subject of the re-synthesis of the cityscape of Thessaloniki’s Tritis Septemvriou Street.
The competition was under the auspices of the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change and in collaboration with City Council of Thessaloniki.

The Program in Landscape Architecture is offered by the School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, and the School of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, administrated by the former.

International Student Competition. Landscape Αrchitecture, Thessaloniki,Greece, 2014
Re-designing the cityscape from the forest to the seafront: Tritis Septemvriou Street.
(http://landarch-competition2014.web.auth.gr/results-of-the-competition/)

The theme referred to a physical corridor, running from the slopes of Kedrinos Lofos to the seafront of Thermaikos Gulf, along with the adjacent urban sites or grounds of significant importance, but fragmentarily attached to it-Waterfront Park and Promenade, City Hall, Museums, International Fair, Military Headquarters, Early-Christian archaeological findings, two University Campuses, Underground station, Sports Museum, sport fields, the Hortatzidon stream, and Kedrinos Lofos.