02/17/2023
"A green space larger than London’s Hyde Park is coming to Athens, Greece. The expanse, called the Ellinikon Metropolitan Park, will stretch from the coast into the city on the grounds of the decommissioned Ellinikon International Airport.
https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/article/2023/02/former-airport-to-become-a-massive-park-in-athens-greece
The hundreds of multipurpose acres are far from the only changes coming to the airport property. But the site will stand out as one of the few large, outdoor spaces in Athens explicitly created for members of the public to use however they would like.
The newness of a park of this scale, for locals but also all Europeans and visitors, makes attention inevitable, says Michael Grove, FASLA, PLA, the chair of landscape architecture, civil engineering, and ecology at Sasaki a global design firm.
“This is a bit of a holy grail for us — this is a generational project,” he says."
"The first solicitation of development bids was in 2011, and LAMDA Development S.A. Development, a Greek real estate company, won the rights to develop the property in 2014. Demolition work began in 2020."
Article Credits: The American Society of Civil Engineers , Leslie Nemo
