The Ellinikon: the 2.0 rebirth of the old and mythological Athens begins

Athens. History made of temples scattered, Olympus, of of the . The anthology books, intended for schools, and history still narrate the victories and defeats, adventures and various vicissitudes of the heroes of Greek mythology.

The contemporary reality is decidedly very different: the Greek capital, unlike the others European capitals and IT world;, removed the Parthenon, it certainly doesn't leave much of its mark as a city and natural landscape.

However, over the last 20 years, the Greece he made headlines in two ways.

On the one hand, the Sporty Greece, which with his Olympic Games of 2004 has rightly earned the global spotlight.

On the other hand, the different face of Greece: the face of a country which, four years later, has unfortunately sunk into the worst economic-social crisis imaginable.

Job crisis, blocked bank accounts, impoverished people, total default. Only summer tourism, thanks to its fantastic islands, manages to put a smile on the faces of the Hellenic people.

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The Ellinikon: the project that “smells” of hope

Today, more than 15 years after the outbreak of the terrible Greek tragedy, the word hope is back in fashion on the daily agenda.

A new project, underway, can give new light and life to a nation that deserves more spotlight.

This is a project prepared with models and which would be born where the old Athens Airport once was.

A concrete, ambitious idea, presented with these words: “Here ad Athens we are creating a place that can represent progress, where life can be truly lived well, within an extraordinary environment. And where the new generations will find greater opportunities. Thus, the country will be repositioned on the map of international investments, it will bring an increase in the tourism footprint, and a decidedly healthier economy. We invite you to follow our progress. And we hope that anyone can find their future here."

They are the ideas of the senior manager Odysseas Athanasiou, CEO of the company LAMDA Development SA, responsible for developing this new one Smart City which will overlook the Aegean Sea.

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The Ellinikon: all the ideas of LAMDA Development

The city will take its name The Ellinikon.

LAMDA Development received, just three months ago in August, two building permits.

The first is for the creation of Riviera Gallery.

The second authorization allows excavation works for the construction of the Commercial Hub. The latter will have a significant and strategic commercial role for the development of new businesses, attractive partnerships, or classic commercial agreements within the urban area of ​​The Ellenikon.

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The Ellinikon: the project told in details

Talking, in detail, about these two nerve centers of the next one Greek Smart City, Riviera Gallery it will be a small city within the city, where luxury, fashion and elite tourism will reign, with the possibility of carrying out various activities, ready to fill the free time of Greeks and otherwise.

It will be built in the southern outskirts of Athens, exactly in the Kosmas Marina area, which covers a total area of ​​approximately 23.000 square metres.

Giving his precious contribution to the project is a world-famous signature of Japanese architecture: we are talking about Kengo Kuma, owner of the studio of architecture e design Kengo Kuma and Associates who, for these works, made use of the professional collaboration of the Greek design studio Betaplan.

At this moment, we are only waiting for the official awarding of the project and the start of work by the end of this year.

Il Commercial Hub, destined to become the largest commercial center in the Greece, covers a total area of ​​130.000 square meters.

The drawing of this project is signed AEDAS, also this well-known study by architecture and design. The initial excavation and construction works immediately afterwards are entrusted to the company ACTOR.

The hub just mentioned will host the largest shopping center in the country Greece, the center Vouliagmenis Mall, retail park modern where you can find rental units Big box, as well as large spaces where several offices will be built.

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The Ellinikon: valuable inducement for work

Like many other urban projects, whether for redevelopment or for the creation of new and cutting-edge cities, new advantages undoubtedly appear on the horizon, particularly from the employment aspect.

La Greece, for more than 15 years suffering greatly from the dramatic employment crisis that has affected old and new generations, with The Ellinikon it may have a golden opportunity for absolute rebirth and, why not, also for a definitive relaunch in the global economic scenario.

According to local sources, the related activities that this possible realization could bring to light would translate into millions, if not billions, of euros in new revenues, thus bringing unprecedented investment opportunities and the consequent creation of jobs.

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Also a preview of the Smart City

The Ellinikon, operationally speaking, partly already exists.

This is because last year, in July 2022, the The Ellinikon Experience Center.

Successfully created, intelligently exploiting a former hangar of 4.800 square meters of surface area, it is characterized by its 22 exhibition areas and five thematic sections.

Thanks to this urban regeneration work, it offers the possibility of experiencing life and tourist life in a new, decidedly different way.

The investment plan allocated in this regard also establishes a technological-digital redevelopment of this old area of ​​the capital, which for several years ended up in inexplicable oblivion.

Talking about The Ellinikon it means discussing a new conception of urban life from various points of view: the natural landscape, the architecture and design of homes and the structure of residential complexes, which have a fundamental role in the production of autonomous renewable energy and the CO2 emission.

This Smart City Greece can make a very precise mark in the fields of sustainability, technology, digital and, as mentioned above, environment and environmental resilience.

To better understand The Ellinikon project, it is necessary to explain the five thematic areas that define what this city of the future will actually be like.

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In detail the five themed areas

The five themed areas are, respectively, the following and are worthy of further study: 1) Living a New Era; 2) Living in Nature; 3) Living the Future; 4) Living Smart; 5) Living by the Sea.

Living a New Era

The Ellinikon it is a project designed for urban redevelopment, starting in particular from the coastal area, 3,5 kilometers long.

When it was inauguratedExperience Center those who had the opportunity to visit the model, created on a 1:625 scale, of the future city were able to notice how the project aims to create new green spaces, of a different design, which we can call futuristic, to improve the entire coastal stretch, individual infrastructures, roads first and foremost, and then create more cycle paths.

Living in Nature

The Ellinikon Park, once the construction and construction works are completed, it will play the role of the largest coastal park in the Greece, ma anche in Europe.

The numbers, in this case, speak very clearly: a surface area of ​​around two million square metres.

A 100 percent green space which, at the moment, can be explored with a virtual bike tour thanks to which it is normal to travel along roads, paths under construction, discover the botanical library The Botanical Library and, with the complicity of a special sensor, you can experience the nocturnal atmosphere of this city.

Living the Future

A global infrastructure upgrade. This is the underlying objective. We want to achieve this goal using the most innovative technologies.

You want to make this a new city or a new face Athens a digital metropolis without ifs or buts.

Living Smart

Within The Ellinikon,Ellinikon Park.

An oasis that reaches two million square meters of surface area, "full green".

Recreational, creative, sporting and outdoor activities will be the order of the day.

An oasis that aims at the total psycho-physical well-being of people.

Life will be made easy and enjoyable thanks to unlimited wireless connection, an AR navigation system with augmented reality, and intelligent, sustainable, clean, zero-emission energy production.

Living by the Sea

Athens and its future "smart firstborn" offer us a landscape where the sea reigns supreme.

Greek citizens and tourists, lovers of the waves and landscapes they deserve, had the privilege of boarding a virtual motorboat, thus admiring what is concretely wanted to be done to improve the coast and recover part of it.

Always traveling virtually, thanks to the help of augmented reality and positioning yourself in different points of the city, you can preview the entire panorama seen from the large area of ​​the park, and the entire area or marine area.

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Urban redevelopment: the role of digital

Urban redevelopment, as previously mentioned also from a technological-digital point of view, will be at the center of the works.

The Ellinikon in fact, it involves intense work to strengthen the wireless network, the use of augmented reality, and the installation of special sensors.

There will be devices that will have the task of constantly monitoring the marine area and other neighborhoods, testing resilience, what happens during the day, and also carefully following the waste collection, selection and disposal work.

All to act, always, in full respect of the environment, offering a life to zero environmental impact, Then zero pollution.

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Ellinikon and Terra Solida, united by "sustainability"

"Sustainability“. This is the battle cry of The Ellinikon and also of the company Solid Earth, albeit operating in different contexts.

The future city of Greece and the constant work of the Friulian company have in common the fact of aiming for infrastructural improvement.

The Ellinikon wants to make marine tourism and cycle routes its strong points to attract people and be together with those already known Mykonos e Santorini, the third strong tourist center of the Greece.

solid earth, also editor of Solid Earth News, bases its activity on the improvement of roads, on the study and design of new materials for the construction of road pavements, on the ability of each surface to resist the force, even violent, of atmospheric agents and natural phenomena of sorts which often occur they break down.

The company's activity, however, is also based on a firm belief: to talk about sustainable mobility or Smart Mobility Projects, it is necessary to start from the foundations or infrastructures: without green infrastructures, by definition there can be no green mobility.

In this sense, the company is already at work and this is demonstrated by the various roads created in gravel, stabilizing earth, with mixed granular material and with draining capabilities, or the many eco-friendly natural pavements.

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