Kalamata Old Port

Master Planning | Kalamata | 2023

Kalamata Old Port

Location
Kalamata
Year
2023
Status
Ongoing
Programme
Port regeneration, four phases
Gross area
18.4 ha
Structure
Masterplan and public realm
Materials
Existing quay, granite setts
Contractor
Phased, multiple
Photography
Ariadni Roussou

A working port that stopped working. The plan keeps the two grain silos, removes the 1970s customs shed, and returns the quay edge to the town by taking out the road that had been laid along it.

New building is 11% of the site. The rest is quay, water, and the ground between them.

Kalamata Old Port, general view

Four phases to 2034, each one able to stop and still leave a finished piece of town. That was the only way the funding worked.

1 240 metres of quay wall restored, using the original granite where it survived and cast concrete where it did not — visibly different, deliberately.

Kalamata Old Port, detail
Kalamata Old Port, detail
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