KYRA PAPANIKOLAOU

The aim of my design thesis is to design a natural “theme park” in the area surrounding the canal of the Salt works that will make the visitor travel in time. A journey that will make him understand why the sea lake constitutes a tank of cultural memory and heritage and how water has shaped the city’s identity. It is an urban reformation plan of the canal that will reactivate the role of water in the city by redefining the relationship between man and the liquid element. The basic ideas of the proposal are two:

1: the improvement of the quality of sea water and the amelioration of the ecosystem.

2: the creation of a “theme park”, divided in three zones:

A: “Water-Earth-Sky: the sea lake creating life”

B: “Water and the City: from the past to the present”

C: "The city's erosion by water: a vision for the future"