Common Grounds Paul-Antoine Lucas Metaxourgeio Karameikos
Commercial Center
To showcase the potential of this approach, I have chosen to work with an area in Athens: the Karameikos-Metaxourgeio district. This area represents a challenge that many European cities are currently facing: a decrease in population numbers and consequently a lack of human and financial resources. Today, 46% of the urban spaces in the Karameikos-Metaxourgeio district are currently not occupied or used in any other ways.
ATHENS
Urban Strategies
Acropolis
Location
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Urban Strategies
This project presents a new form of urban planning, focusing on refugee integration as an opportunity for revitalizing cities. With the increasing number of refugees and asylum seekers fleeing conflicts and seeking sanctuary in urban areas, there’s a great opportunity for host communities to better benefit from the assets that refugees bring to their cities. With this project I am aiming to turn the underutilised spatial potential of cities into economic and social incubators within the existing urban fabric.