Central Pedestrian Road in Pefka

Central Pedestrian Road in Peyka

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Pefka is a neighbor municipality of Thessaloniki. The PEFKA Town Center provides an impressive collection of restaurants, cafes, banks, retail shops. Strengthening the local economy, through the redesign of the pedestrian routes of Papanicolaou Avenue of PEFKA (RETZIKI) municipality, is strategically situated to support surrounding residences, schools, retail shops, and the environment. Landscape-Roidis’s design of the pedestrian ways, the new parking lots, the bus stops, the greenery, and circulation nodes, creates an immersive hub that cultivates social activity. Based on a need for flexibility and effortless transitions, the concept utilizes a continuous paving pattern to unify pedestrian pathways, allow the easy movement. Enough light is provided for the nighttime via the illumination design.

Location : Pefka, Thessaloniki, Greece

Client: Municipality of Pefka

Area: 15.000 m² (1500 meters long. Pavement width approximately 5 meters per direction)

Scope: Comprehensive landscape architecture study (preliminary design, application design, hard & soft landscape supervision)

Year of Design : 2011

Year of Completion: 2012

Landscape architecture: Landscape Roidis

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Photographs: Haris Roidis