HELLINIKON AIRPORT… WAS IT REALLY THAT BAD? WHO WAS EERO SAARINEN? Athens international
The original Ellinikon International Airport served as the main airport in Greece for 63 years. Up to 20 million passengers arrived or departed through its doors annually. However, in 2001, the new Eleftherios Venizelos airport (also known as Athens International Airport) was built to support the 2004 Olympic Games.
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The Ellinikon International Airport has a colorful history that involves America, too. Built in 1938, just 4 miles south of Athens, it was soon taken over by the Nazis only to serve as a Luftwaffe.
A view of the Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece, which closed in 2001.
By Katherine LaGrave July 28, 2016 Getty Abandoned airports around the world have been turned into everything from massive parks to cruise ship terminals. Now, if a Greek development company's.
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As part of Greece 's ambitious Ellinikon coastal masterplan, Bjarke Ingels Group 's stepping residential tower Park Rise is set to become a landmark addition to the skyline of Athens. Standing.
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The land itself was once home to the Hellinikon Athens International Airport, which opened in 1938, was expanded in 1969 and later in 1995, and finally closed for good in 2001 - although it resumed operations briefly during the 2004 Olympic Games.. offering a much-needed injection of green space into Athens as a whole. The Ellinikon's.
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The Ellinikon is an in-progress "smart city" that's coming to a former airport site near Athens. It will have a large park, homes, hotels, shops, a marina, and 31 miles of walking and biking paths.
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2/6/2023 9 MIN READ By Leslie Nemo A green space larger than London's Hyde Park is coming to Athens, Greece. The expanse, called the Ellinikon Metropolitan Park, will stretch from the coast into the city on the grounds of the decommissioned Ellinikon International Airport.
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Ellinikon International Airport, sometimes spelled Hellinikon ( Greek: Ελληνικόν ), was the international airport of Athens, Greece, for 63 years. Following its closure on 28 March 2001, it was replaced in service by the new Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos.
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By the time it closed, in 2001, Ellinikon International Airport, as it had become, was in the middle of the city, engulfed by an ocean of apartment buildings. Operating at well over capacity and unable to expand, it was replaced by Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos, which entered service in anticipation of the 2004 summer Olympics.
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Sasaki is leading the design to transform the site again and create the Ellinikon Metropolitan Park, a restorative landscape and cultural center in Athens.. The Athens International Airport was.
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Hellenikon Airport: Once the main airport serving Athens, these photos from 2020 show Hellenikon abandoned and left to fall into disrepair. Dimitris Sideridis Two decades of decay: The airport.
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The Ellinikon, a military base-turned-airport-turned-Olympic venue, has been abandoned for nearly 20 years, producing a blot three times the size of Monaco on the glitzy Athenian Riviera.
Urban Decay No more flights Athens' Abandoned Ellinikon International Airport
The abandoned Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece is set to be transformed into a new green urban district. The project, which has been in the works for several years, aims to revitalize the abandoned airport and turn it into a sustainable community space.
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architecture 309 shares connections: +4800 take a detailed look at 'the ellinikon,' greece's planned 'smart city' and largest coastal park with a star-studded cast of architects.
Abandoned Ellinikon International Airport May Greece's Largest Coastal Resort Condé
Located south of Athens' city center, the park will bring new life to the empty space around the former Ellinikon International Airport, once a bustling gateway to Greece. Lamda Development.
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Welcome to The Ellinikon-Europe's greatest urban regeneration project. Connecting the heart of Athens with its glorious coastline.