UNDER THE ACROPOLIS

description: a garden playground with a view to the Acropolis Hill. An initiative of ELLET in collaboration with the Municipality of Athens

in collaboration with Kiriaki Karachaliou

design team: Alexandra Stratou, Kiriaki Karachaliou, K. Kosmas, V. Telitzidis

year: 2012

The main architectural gesture was to keep the slope of the ground, and to negate the boundaries between hard scape and soft scape. Paved surfaces were minimized and used only as circulation, while effort was made to enlarge the existing earthen surfaces, flat or sloped, and to engage them as continuous play areas.