DIPLOMA PROJECT
Center of Environmental Education in the park of Nea Filadelfia, GR
Center of Environmental Education in the park of Nea Filadelfia, GR
The thesis concerns the design of an environmental education center in Park of New Filadelfia , in order to regenerate the area of the lake, restore the landscape, educate local students and raise awareness about the environmental problems, as well as strengthen their contact with nature.
The main reason behind the thesis the current state of the park and the need to improve both its image and its functionality, as its accessibility remains limited to the residents of the neighboring municipalities. Simultaneously, very important role in shaping the central idea and the program was the notion that green space in an urban environment should not be limited to recreation but have multiple functions.
Following this logic, the program envisages the creation of an environmental education center that will target students of all levels, both locally and regionally , and at configuration of the landscape of the park in order to attract visitors and enhance their relationship with the natural environment.Therefore, the plan is to construct three underground buildings which will house different functions of the center (classrooms, library, cafeteria) and will be integrated in the restored steep slope of the grounds . In flat areas, the new landscape will host various crops, that the students can engage in activities with, depending on their grade and the subject of their courses. The roofs of buildings are walkable, planted and can store large amoutns of rainwater and underground water that gets collected in order to irrigate crops .
The sections in the soil, creating points of view of the city and the grove, the path to nature, close to the modulated landscape, are the basic elements of the design, which guide the form of the buildings and their surroundings . The walks that are created in the area of intervention highlight the natural beauty of the grove, reveal vantage points for one to stop and admire the view, small spaces for concentration and isolation, while connecting the built environment with the natural landscape.
The main reason behind the thesis the current state of the park and the need to improve both its image and its functionality, as its accessibility remains limited to the residents of the neighboring municipalities. Simultaneously, very important role in shaping the central idea and the program was the notion that green space in an urban environment should not be limited to recreation but have multiple functions.
Following this logic, the program envisages the creation of an environmental education center that will target students of all levels, both locally and regionally , and at configuration of the landscape of the park in order to attract visitors and enhance their relationship with the natural environment.Therefore, the plan is to construct three underground buildings which will house different functions of the center (classrooms, library, cafeteria) and will be integrated in the restored steep slope of the grounds . In flat areas, the new landscape will host various crops, that the students can engage in activities with, depending on their grade and the subject of their courses. The roofs of buildings are walkable, planted and can store large amoutns of rainwater and underground water that gets collected in order to irrigate crops .
The sections in the soil, creating points of view of the city and the grove, the path to nature, close to the modulated landscape, are the basic elements of the design, which guide the form of the buildings and their surroundings . The walks that are created in the area of intervention highlight the natural beauty of the grove, reveal vantage points for one to stop and admire the view, small spaces for concentration and isolation, while connecting the built environment with the natural landscape.
Supervisors // Nelly Marda, Constantinos Moraitis
University // Diploma in Architecture, School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
2011-2012
University // Diploma in Architecture, School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
2011-2012