Two days before Christmas, the building that housed the historic MINION department store, shone again, creating a festive atmosphere in a very busy area of Athens, near Omonia Square. The mayor of Athens, Costas Bakogiannis, and the president and CEO of the real estate development company Dimand, Dimitris Andriopoulos, illuminated the former department store, giving it something of its old glory. “In this”, as mentioned in a relevant announcement of Dimand, “the work that the graffiti artist, Soteur, took care to draw on the walls around the perimeter of the building. The art and lighting project, “Childhood dreams build the future”, came to warm the hearts of all visitors in the city center during these festive days “.
The former department store has a total area of 16,000 sq.m. and the goal is – once the project of its reconstruction in a model bioclimatic building of office and commercial spaces is completed – “to become an attractive destination that will contribute to the modern history of the city and the revival of Patissia, but also to the wider area of the center of Athens ».
“The MINION that has been identified with the history of the city. “MINION, which brings the emotions, the experiences of generations and generations of Athenians, is being reborn and together we have a great opportunity for the whole wider area, the axis of Patissia, a historical axis of the city, which can and must be relived,” he said. the mayor of Athens Costas Bakogiannis
For his part, the president and CEO of Dimand, Dimitris Andriopoulos, stated that “When we undertook the renovation of MINION, we considered that this is another building. However, the reactions of the people made us understand that this is a part of the history of the Athenians, but also of most Greeks “. He added: “With the regeneration of MINION, the older ones will relive pleasant memories and the younger ones will have new performances and experiences”.
It is noted that the contributors of the project are: Concept, Art Direction & Production Execution: YARD, Lighting Design: George Tellos, Lighting Programmer: Panagiotis Tsevrenis, Graffiti Artist: Soteur, Photo Credits: Nikos Daniilidis, Elias Joidos.
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