Eleonas of Athens

Abstract

This project presents the importance of Eleonas, which was the olive grove of Athens in the past and now is one post-industrial territory, for the whole city of Athens. Eleonas is much more than a residual place, is the last chance to recast the landscape of Attica, the last outdoor residue in the city center and its last lung. Its redevel?pment and connection with the city comes at a moment when Athens suffers from a deep urban crisis and lack of living environment and for that reason Eleonas could become a place occupied by different group of people willing to built there their lives through urban villages. The main aim of this project is the spatial, environmental, social and economic integration of Eleonas between the city of Athens and to offer a new living environment to the city of Athens proposing a new housing system through specific typologies. The new typologies respond to the scale of existing social conditions and economic situation. It’s not a proposal of simply a new city or a new park, or a combination of the two, but a whole new proposal for a new way of living. This project proposes an alternative vision for the area of Eleonas that has the potentialities to be an example of a new urban environment.