The rapid urbanization of the past decades and the increase of the built environment have changed the relationship of the city with the natural environment.The economic crisis of recent years has degraded the role of free public spaces, with the result that life in cities is now disconnected from it.This fact became even more noticeable with the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, where the limited time away from home highlighted the importance of such spaces both quantitatively and qualitatively.
Although the creation of green spaces in the densely structured urban fabric is difficult, there are not a few places and buildings that lie unused, depriving them of the possibility to cover uses and functions that satisfy the needs of modern society.In the present situation, we are taking advantage of the opportunity to utilize the neglected and time-worn plot of land of the ATHOE industrial complex.in Volos.
Therefore, our proposal stems from the need to create a green, public space in the urban fabric that meets the demands of modern lifestyles.The proposed intervention aims to create a modern urban park, open to the city, upgrading both the city itself and the lives of its inhabitants.It seeks to reproduce an active nature, an active soil that will regenerate a deserted space, with the periodicity of nature as the protagonist in dialogue with the traces of the past that led to its decline.