75. House – House of Art-Expression-Cultural Association "Campers"
Brief documentation:
The House of Art-Expression-Culture of the Cultural Association "Campers", located at 2 Ioakeim Sgourou Street, is a small multipurpose space. In the past, the building was the workshop of the painter Dimitris Stathopoulos. Today the House is the headquarters of the Cultural Association, hosts thematic exhibitions, offering a platform for local artists, and various other events of the Association. The "Campers" were founded in the mid-1980s and contributed catalytically to the development of major institutions of the city, such as the Carnival and the Old Xanthi Festivals. During the old town festivals, outside the House the hangout of the Association is set up.
The House is part of a larger older house, a building of traditional architecture. It is a two-storey building, with ground floor and first floor and its special feature is the superimposed sachnisi. Sahnisi is the protrusion of the upper floor that rests on wooden beams and offers more space on the upper floor, better lighting, ventilation and views.
The building has undergone modern alterations. In its original form, the upper floor would have had the most openings. Today, newer door and window frames have been installed in the building.
A special feature of the building is the lacy decorative line that runs around the wooden stepped cornice under the roof.
Category of thematic interest: CULTURAL / FOLKLORE INTEREST
History:
The House of Art-Expression-Culture of the Cultural Association "Campers", located at 2 Ioakeim Sgourou Street, is a small multipurpose space. In the past, the building was the workshop of the painter Dimitris Stathopoulos.
Today the House is the headquarters of the Cultural Association of "Campers", hosts thematic exhibitions, offering a platform for local artists, and various other events of the Association. The Cultural Association was founded in the mid-1980s and contributed catalytically to the development of major institutions of the city, such as the Carnival and the Old Xanthi Festivals. During the old town festical, outside the House the hangout of the Association is set up.
Elements of architecture:
he House of the Cultural Association "Campers" is part of a larger older house, a building of traditional architecture. It is a two-storey building, with ground floor and first floor and its special feature is the superimposed sachnisi. Sachnisi is the protrusion of the upper floor that rests on wooden beams and offers more space on the upper floor, better lighting, ventilation and views. The building has undergone modern alterations. In its original form, the upper floor would have had the most openings. Today, newer door and window frames have been installed in the building.
Description of other elements:
A special feature of the building is the lacy decorative line that runs around the wooden stepped cornice under the roof.
Purpose - Use: Residence, Cultural space
Characterization: Preservable, Institution of the Ministry of Culture, Decision DILAP/C/1391/19776, Government Gazette 522/86
Dating (period): Unknown
Year of construction: Unknown
Location of the monument: 41.14317160313093, 24.887561525833412
Bibliographic references:
• "Xanthi the city with a thousand colors", Dimitris Mavridis (ed.), Cultural Development Center of Thrace, 2008
• "Houses of Xanthi", Dimitris Mavridis, Municipal Development Enterprise of Xanthi, Holy Metropolis of Xanthi and Peritheoriou, 2009
Address: Ioakeim Sgourou 2
Visitable: No