Fissentzides Architects Awarded 2nd Prize in International Architecture and Urban Competition for the Regeneration of Athens City Historical Center | Stephane Fissentzides
Athens / Greece / 2019
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The proposal consists of mobile, polymorphic, sustainable urban and architectural interventions, enhancing the existing public transport while marginalizing the automobile and revitalizing the existing public spaces and derelict buildings to be regenerated throughout the greater extents of the inner city centre and the Historical Triangle.
Thus the transitional coexistence of old and new urban infrastructure with low impact architectural interventions, embraces and expands the existing city points of interest, while redefining the flow, direction, circulation and traffic of public transport and pedestrian accessibility.
The architectural interventions guided by the principles of environmental planning, sustainability, mobility, resilience and mutating concepts, conform, adapt, respond to and assimilate the functions, uses, aesthetics, ecologic and economic principles of the respective urban approach.
Hence, the mobile, polymorphic, transformable urban and architectural grid hosts multiple functions and services, adapting and relating to the various periods in time (past, present and future) of a historical but constantly evolving city.
Expanding or retracting, horizontally and/or vertically, in order to multiply and/or reduce, be transported and/or removed, adapting to circumstances and necessities, this environmental, ecologic and economic proposal is a concept of undefined permanence, reducing risks in the event of unexpected and/or problematic results, while introducing new functions, services and uses across the wider area within and/or outside the Historic Triangle.
The urban and architectural mobility, versatility and sustainability, redefine lost public space, reconnect the inner city center with the wider urban area, merge vacant spaces via structured grids, eco-friendly interventions, landscaped extents of environmental, bioclimatic and renewable sources of energy, revitalizing the dormant zones and derelict buildings of the Historical Triangle by creating new destinations of residential, office, retail, commerce and cultural nature, stimulating the coexistence of
tradition, history and modernity.
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The proposal consists of mobile, polymorphic, sustainable urban and architectural interventions, enhancing the existing public transport while marginalizing the automobile and revitalizing the existing public spaces and derelict buildings to be regenerated throughout the greater extents of the inner city centre and the Historical Triangle. Thus the transitional coexistence of old and new urban infrastructure with low impact architectural...
- Year 2019
- Work started in 2019
- Work finished in 2019
- Status Competition works
- Type Parks, Public Gardens / Public Squares / Urban Furniture / Government and institutional buildings / Bridges and Roads / Port Areas / Parking facilities / Urban development plans / Neighbourhoods/settlements/residential parcelling / Restoration of old town centres / Adaptive reuse of industrial sites / Landscape/territorial planning / Apartments / Single-family residence / Multi-family residence / Social Housing / Office Buildings / Business Centers / Offices/studios / Factories / Industrial facilities / Kindergartens / Schools/Institutes / Colleges & Universities / Research Centres/Labs / Hospitals, private clinics / Nursing homes, rehabilitation centres / Multi-purpose Cultural Centres / Theatres / Museums / Concert Halls / Libraries / Associations/Foundations / Theme Parks, Zoos / Archaeological Areas / Trade Fair Centres / Conference Centres / Pavilions / Exhibition Design / Showrooms/Shops / Sports Centres / Sports Facilities / Tourist Facilities / Bars/Cafés / Pubs/Wineries / Restaurants / Interior Design / Custom Furniture / Lighting Design / Student Halls of residence / Modular/Prefabricated housing / Leisure Centres / Art Galleries / Exhibitions /Installations / Urban Renewal / Private clubs/recreation centres / Monuments / Marinas / Bridges and Walkways / Cycle Paths / Strategic Urban Plans / Metropolitan area planning / Lofts/Penthouses / Book shops / Media Libraries / Markets / Warehouses / Recovery/Restoration of Historic Buildings / Restoration of Works of Art / Restoration of façades / Structural Consolidation / Music schools/Music academies / Dance academies / Recovery of industrial buildings / Art studios/workshops / Furniture design / Refurbishment of apartments / Building Recovery and Renewal
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