The school is located in Pyrgos, Tinos. Pyrgos is the center of marble craftsmanship in Tinos and in of all Greece. The school is housed in the former girls’ primary school’s building (which was built in 1834) and its adjacent buildings and areas, as well as in other areas within Pyrgos, where the marble carving workshop and the students’ dining areas are located.
Currently, there is an ongoing project to expand the school’s facilities, restore the existing buildings, and procure new technical equipment. The project is funded by the Recovery and Resilience Fund, with the Ministry of Culture being the funding and implementing body.
The preliminary designs of the new facilities and the restoration of the older preserved buildings were made with a donation from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The study was conducted by the architectural firm Thymios Papayannis and Associates S.A.
Upon completion of the project, the school will have expanded workshops aimed at training new marble carvers. These buildings will have the capacity and equipment to process large marble blocks both indoors and outdoors. Additionally, there will be
workshops that will equip students with further knowledge related to their field, such as sculpture, painting, architectural drafting, casting, woodshop, metalshop, foundry, art history, and other spaces such as a library, administration offices, etc.
While the building upgrade project is ongoing, the school’s operations are taking place in the following locations:
- Office/Administration: At the Citizen Service Center (KEP) in Pyrgos
- Marble Carving Class: In the marble carving workshop of the school, near the central square of Pyrgos
- Art History and Architectural Drafting Classes: At the Pyrgos Cultural Center
- Sculpture and Drawing/Painting Classes: In the former primary school of Ysternia. Student transport is provided free of charge to students by KTEL bus from Pyrgos to Ysternia and back on the days of the classes..
- Dining Facility of the school: In the dining hall near the Citizen Service Center (KEP) in Pyrgos
- Artistic Archive of the school:In the former primary school of Marlas and in the storage space next to the marble carving workshop of the school in Pyrgos
- Administrative and Financial Archive of the school: In a municipal space next to the doctor’s office of Panormos
- Student dormitory of the school (2 student capacity): In the former doctor’s office of Pyrgos
