The present thesis deals with the design of a program, called MountEscape, which promotes extreme sports, including the construction of 3 shelters - activity stations serving the program. Zagorohoria were chosen, as a place of intervention, and more specifically the mountaineering route starting at Konitsa Bridge and leading up to Drakolimni of Tymfi.
By crossing this route, one encounters a large and impressive alternation of landscapes, as it starts from the banks of Aoos river, in an environment dominated by water, continues through the dense forest and ends in a harsh rocky area without vegetation, until it meets the Drakolimni and reach the peak of Tymphi mountain. At the same time, this landscape alternation offers the ideal conditions for doing a wide variety of extreme or not extreme sports. Taking advantage of this intervention, the shelters are placed at focal points, dividing the various sport activities into thematic sections and strategically breaking the route into smaller pieces, so that climbing can be made in a pleasant way. As a consequence, each shelter is different from the others, as it attempts to be harmonized and integrated into the natural landscape, which is a logic being expressed through a personal interpretation of the environment in which each of them is located.
As far as the program is concerned, in addition to promoting extreme sports, it aims to enhance the area, people's contact and relationship with nature, to highlight and contribute to the development of sports and educate the members. Finally, attention has been paid to its organization, in order to comply with the legislation on this environmentally protected area, concerning both the purpose of its creation and existence, and the shelter’s constructional regulations.
