Lower section of Syntagma square, between Karagiorgi Serbia and metropolis streets
Lower section of Syntagma square, between Karagiorgi Serbia and metropolis streets
Landscape architecture project
Assignment Authority: Municipality of Athens
Date: July 2021
Architects: Dora Papadimitriou, Architect – Dimitris Manikas, Architect – Leonidas Georgiadis, Architect
Contractor: THEMELI SA
The aim of landscape proposal is:
Α) The selection of big sized trees with intense spring flowering as an orientation tool with a unique identity.
B) The environmental upgrading and creation of bioclimatic conditions (e.i. shading for pedestrians, cooling during hot summer months etc.).
C) Choosing endemic species of local flora in order to achieve a sustainable growth of trees that results in an ever-decreasing maintenance.
D) Facilitation of future maintenance of green spaces, with the selection of materials for underground support, irrigation and ventilation of tree roots, to encourage their development in a contaminated environment as that of the center of Athens.