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22-698: Elliniko is the site of a major development project for coastal Athens beginning in 2020 and due for completion in 2026 - the Hellenikon Metropolitan Park consisting of luxury homes, hotels, a casino, a marina, shops, offices and Greece's tallest buildings such as the Riviera Tower and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. In 1922 after the Greco-Turkish War , many refuges, especially from the Sürmene town of Pontus , settled in

44-509: A large group of Greece design consultants. The design was revised and resubmitted to the Greek government in 2018. In July 2020, work began on the project. In 2021, global design firm Sasaki was appointed to redesign the park and submit the revised design for permitting and construction. Demolition of the existing site is currently underway as of April 2023 with construction of Phase 1 of the park estimated to be completed by early 2026. As part of

66-532: Is also home for the Greek national weather agency ( ΕΜΥ ). Hellinikon Olympic Complex is located in Elliniko. It was built for the staging of the 2004 Summer Olympics and consists five venues. Elliniko also houses the basketball club Elliniko-Sourmena B.C. with many achievements in women's basketball. Hellenikon Metropolitan Park The Hellenikon Metropolitan Park (also called "the Ellinikon" )

88-482: Is an urban development under construction in Hellinikon , Athens , Greece, on the site of the former Hellenikon International Airport . It is to include a park as well as luxury homes, hotels, a casino, a marina, shops, and offices and will have Greece's tallest buildings reaching up to 200 meters in height. Construction had been scheduled to begin in 2008 and be completed by 2013, but the plans were shelved in

110-613: Is in the eastern part, east of the former airport. The northern part of the airport has been converted to a sports complex . There are plans to convert the remaining part into a park. Elliniko is well connected to the centre of Athens through a new line of the Athens metro ( Elliniko station ). The Athens Tram serves the coastal part of Elliniko. According to the data provided by the Hellenic National Meteorological Service , Elliniko, like much of

132-529: Is −4.2 °C (24.4 °F) on 18 February 2008. Fog is rare, while thunderstorms occur sparsely throughout the year. Snowfall is not very common, though it occurs almost every year, but it rarely causes severe disruption to daily life, in contrast to the northern parts of Athens , such as Kifisia . David Serero (architect) David Serero is a multi award winning French architect who has had many international projects in France, United States and Italy. Serero

154-1109: The Villa Medicis in Rome, at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) of New York, at the New York Architectural League, the Venice Biennale , and at the Mori Museum in Tokyo. In 2000 Serero founded Serero Architects in New York. The firm develops projects combining research and design in the fields of architecture, landscape design and urban planning. With a particular interest in generative design, environmental control, and structural efficiency, Serero Architects attempts to explore new paths for architectural design by weaving connections between these fields and architectural practice. High level of sustainability

176-654: The French Ministry for Culture and, the same year, the New York Young Architects award, by the architectural league of New York. In 2004, David Serero received the prestigious Rome Prize by the French Academy in Rome ( Villa Medicis ). His work is characterized by a personal and innovative approach of architectural form and building envelope geometries. The wide use of organic forms, inspired from his studies of natural processes evokes

198-524: The Hellenikon site by using natural running water patterns on the site as a concept to design the largest sustainable park in Europe. The water used by the park is effectively originating up to 80% of water collected naturally on the site. The project is structured by seven north–south green valleys that are called “ Softscapes ”. The “Softscapes” are irrigated corridors that channel and collect rainwater of

220-838: The Museum of the Fromelles Fight and a Job Center in Nantes. Serero is an adjunct professor at the Ecole d’Architecture Malaquais in Paris, where his research focuses on matters of structural morphology and the performance of building envelopes. He also lectured at New York Pratt Institute and at Columbia University and on architectural design studios and workshops in the USA, in France, Italy and Austria. His work has been widely published and exhibited in shows in Paris at Pavillon de l’Arsenal, at

242-558: The lowest is −4.2 °C (24.4 °F) on 18 February 2008. The highest minimum temperature of 32.9 °C (91 °F) was recorded on July 26, 2023. Fog is rare, while thunderstorms occur sparsely throughout the year. Snowfall is not very common, though it occurs almost every year, but it rarely causes severe disruption to daily life, in contrast to the northern parts of Athens , such as Kifisia . Hellenic Imperial Airways had its head office in Elliniko. The Greek Civil Aviation Authority also has its head office in Elliniko. Elliniko

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264-549: The midst of the financial crisis. In July 2020, work began on the park and is due to be completed in 2024, while the Riviera Tower and Hard Rock Hotel Casino are due to be completed by 2026. The park is planned to encompass 263 hectares, while another 100+ hectares will be used for housing and office facilities. It is to be one of the largest urban park in Europe, surpassing London's Hyde Park (250 hectares). The Riviera Tower and Hard Rock Hotel and Casino will be

286-529: The northernmost area of Elliniko, which was subsequently named Sourmena ( Σούρμενα ). Elliniko is situated near the Saronic Gulf coast, 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Athens city centre, in the Athens Riviera . The municipality has an area of 7.127 km (2.752 sq mi)>. The former airport is in the western part of the municipal unit, near the coast. Most of the residential area

308-401: The redevelopment plans, a set of Olympic Airways airliners that had remained at the airport since its closure - a Boeing 747 , Boeing 727 , Boeing 737 and a BAC One-Eleven - were acquired by Lamda Development, with the intention to preserve them and place them on display at the park. According to the data provided by the Hellenic National Meteorological Service , Elliniko , like much of

330-496: The site and from the water catchment basin of the surrounding hills. These strips integrate a playful work on artificial topography that both guides the water and create terraces and slopes for the park activities and programs. There will also be some MTB downhill tracks, like the ones on Imittos mountain. In 2013, a version of design for the park was submitted as part of The Hellinikon Project. The team included Foster & Partners, Charles Anderson Landscape Architecture, ARUP and

352-506: The southern suburbs of Athens , has an average annual temperature of 18.6 °C (65.5 °F) and receives 366.5 mm (14.43 in) of precipitation per year thus it marginally falls into the BSh hot semi-arid climate category with strong Mediterranean influences ( Csa ) according to the Köppen climate classification . The highest temperature recorded is 43.0 °C (109 °F) on August 3, 2021, while the lowest

374-426: The southern suburbs of Athens , has an average annual temperature of 18.6 °C (65.5 °F) and receives 366.5 mm (14.43 in) of precipitation per year thus it marginally falls into the BSh hot semi-arid climate category with strong Mediterranean influences ( Csa ) according to the Köppen climate classification . The highest temperature recorded is 43.0 °C (109 °F) on August 3, 2021, while

396-557: The tallest buildings in the development reaching 200 metres in height, turning the tallest buildings in Southeastern Europe. In 2005, an international team led by architects David Serero , Elena Fernandez and landscape architect Philippe Coignet won the international competition to design a metropolitan park on the former site of the Hellenikon Airport, over more than 300 teams of architects. The competition

418-647: The third floor of the Eiffel Tower for its 120th anniversary), which initiated a strong controversy. In 2010, he won the competition for a new Cultural Center of Meudon -la-Forêt (France) in a city originally designed by the French architect Fernand Pouillon. He also won the Auditorium of Amiens, the Bâle/Mulhouse euroairport. In 2011 he won three projects: Maisons des arts urbains d'Épinay-Sous-Sénart,

440-601: The work of the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright or the aesthetic of Japanese architect Toyo Ito . His project of the new auditorium of Saint Cyprien (France) illustrates well this approach. He created, with a generative computer model of branches, a spectacular atrium covered with steel and concrete branches that diffuses natural light throughout the whole building. These researches brought him to work on topics of performance and redundancy, an approach particularly remarkable in his project Eiffel DNA (a temporary extension of

462-604: Was born in 1974 in Grenoble . He graduated with a Master in Architecture and Urban planning from Columbia University (New York) and with an Architecture Degree from Ecole d’architecture Paris-Villemin. He lives and works in Paris and in New York. In 2002, he was listed by the Surface magazine as one of the top ten Avant Garde Designers. He also received in 2002 the “Nouveaux albums des jeunes architectes français” award by

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484-581: Was sponsored by UIA ( International Union of Architects ), the Greek Ministry of Environment and the Organization for the Planning and Environmental Protection of Athens (ORSA). The project was further developed in 2006 and 2007 by this team through two development phases with the planning organizations of Athens. Serero's team developed a strategy to landscape and urbanize the 530 hectares of

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