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Technopolis Halls
and Buildings
The
Andreas Empirikos Hall – Maria Callas Museum
In
the building, where parts of the imposing machines and numerous
unique tools were kept, the Maria Callas Museum is currently
being hosted. Personal objects, letters and photographs of
one of the biggest opera diva’s of the 20the century,
are displayed.
The
Agelos Sikelianos Hall
In
the most imposing container, the gas produced was measured and
stored before distribution for use. It now gives home to Technopolis’
administrative services. The natural lighting and view from the
hall, make it an ideal place to host visual art exhibitions.
The Yannis Ritsos Hall - Athens 9.84
radio station and amphitheater
The
second gas container hosts the municipal radio station Athens
9.84, founded in May 1987, which introduced free radio transmission
to the country. Its amphitheater has a capacity of 250 people
and is suitable for theatrical shows and concerts, speeches, seminars,
book presentations etc. The same hall also hosts the Radio Museum
with rare exhibits from the history of sound technology, during
its one hundred years of life.
A
second radio station, Athens International Radio 104,4 FM, also
operates here. It presents news on a 24-hour basis for foreigners
in the city in English, French, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian,
Filipino (Tagalog), Bulgarian and Albanian. The program in English
is in collaboration with the BBC World Service, in French with
Radio France Internationale and in German with the Deutsche Welle.
The
Takis Papatsonis Hall
The
room with the "ovens", perhaps the most characteristic
room, still maintains today the atmosphere and aesthetics of the
old factory. There, coal was transported from the courtyard and
through combustion, gas was separated from its by-products (coke,
tar, pitch, bitumen). This hall is ideal for figurative art exhibitions
as well as for alternative theatrical and musical shows.
The
Konstantinos Kavafis Hall
In
this room, German ovens had been installed, to achieve better
output and accelerate the process of coal combustion. This modern
industrial space is now used for figurative art exhibitions, children's
events as well as music shows.
The
Kostis Palamas Hall
This area was the so-called purgatory, where the gas, having passed
through the refrigeration process, was channeled through pipes
into the presses so as to undergo the last phase of the cleaning
process. This general purpose room that functions on two levels,
is an ideal place for figurative art exhibitions as well as for
hosting seminars, chamber music concerts, conferences, projections
and press conferences.
Building D12
The
biggest hall in Technopolis, which used to be the factory's maintenance
and repairs building, nowadays it is used to host exhibitions,
conferences etc. It has a surface of 753 m², a capacity of
800 people and excellent acoustics.
Furthermore there are the courtyard, toilets, bookstore, coffee
bar, a smaller administration building, a building of which the
use still has to be defined and the third gas container that will
be reconstructed in the near future.