Abstract:
The present study refers to the rehabilitation of the urban occupied by
Panathinaikos football field and the refugee’s apartment houses at Alexandra Avenue in
order to createan urban park.
The designing was initiated with the site analysis and its surroundings involving
the legal regime, the anthropogenic environment, the climatic data, the structures, and
the uses and operations that have been developed in the region. The design proposal was
based and inspired from the historical essence of the region as well as on the
functionality of the urban park as a connective formation with the neighboring areas and
its aim to serve as an attraction.
For the accomplishment of the proposed study the degradation of Alexandra
Avenue is necessitated and provideda total area of unified 44 acresmake them hectares
The design is embedded on the study area and results in a linear and formal planning
that creates a reversed T and creates a bipolar interest of the urban park in an effort to
maximize its exploitation by the visitors.
The texture and appearance of the proposed design is unified further by the
interconnection of the two bipolar areas of interest through a spectacular water
constructionwhile the continuity is established throughout the study area with the use of
similar materials, plant types and equipment.
The facilitation of the accessibility and the guidance of visitors was achieved
with the use of central pathways that cross the study area, while smaller secondary
pathways were also created from and towards the points of interest and the surrounding
uses. The pathways were emphasized with the utilization of parallel plantings with the
areas of movement from the pedestrians and the bicyclists.
Retaining of the historical memories of Panathinaikos was achieved through
the construction of a museum and 5x5 sportfields, the designing of the central square in
the form of a football ball and the creation of an amphitheatre in the locality where the
late stands of Panathinaikos fans was situated. Similarly the memories and the history
of the refugee apartment houses is retained throught the placement of sculpture as a
focal point.
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The urban park is designed to host therapeutic and healing gardens due to its proximity
with several hospitals, to attract young visitors of different ages through the athletic
activities and the playgrounds, to be hospitable and facilitate transit visitors and to
contribute to the improvement of the bioclimatic conditions of the area
