In one of the most densely populated districts of Athens, Ambelokipi, on Alexandras Avenue, one of the oldest football fields in Greece, the "Apostolos Nikolaidis" stadium, is located.Despite its historical past, its presence is currently a problem for the wider region.
The new Athens Regulatory Plan attempts to provide a viable solution for the degraded areas of the city. The stadium of Panathinaikos, along with the surrounding area, is within the redevelopment plan
The aim of our diploma project work was to understand the conditions that shape the multifaceted degradation of the area and the elements of the crisis recorded in it in order to propose our solution to the problem.
Hence, the subject of our project is to completely redesign the stadium while incorporating a new, demanding building program that could boost the economy and the social life of the area, but also become a powerful pole of attraction and growth.
The building program involves the construction of a modern, fully equipped and organized conference and exhibition center that will have all the necessary infrastructure and facilities to host small or large conferences, meetings, seminars, workshops, corporate and cultural events and exhibitions.The conference center will also offer accommodation services at the premises of a modern hotel.
The two main strategies applied at all stages of the design were to preserve the "memory" of the stadium (partly preserving or imitating forms associated with it) at the same time as integrating a large and complex program and, on the other hand, the "invasion" of green in as many as possible zones of the construction so as to achieve its integration into a larger future recovery plan for the whole region.
