Comment on The Picnic Project regenerates an industrial mining site into a bucolic mixed-use space

The Picnic Project regenerates an industrial mining site into a bucolic mixed-use space

This pastoral vision of the northwest lignite mining area of Ptolemaida in Greece transforms the former industrial site into a sustainable, mixed-use development that combines agriculture, recreation and tourism. Architects Leonidas Papalampropoulos and Georgia Syriopoulou designed and presented the regeneration project in the style reminiscent of the early 20th century Garden City movement, pioneered by Ebenezer Howard, which is based on a radial network of patterns with open spaces, public parks and agricultural estates. The project aims to deal with the industrial heritage of the site by introducing new management procedures and "re-instating [a] romantic" vision in order to create a new relationship between the user and the landscape.

 

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