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Alsos Chalkis
The Project
A complete landscape and public-realm study for the grove of Chalki, transforming an existing green enclave into an inclusive civic landscape for sport, culture, play, learning and everyday community life.
The masterplan begins with the landscape itself: its existing trees, natural slopes and established patterns of shade. Curved routes follow the terrain and connect a family of distinct activity zones without fragmenting the grove. As the guiding principle states, there are no straight lines in nature; movement is therefore shaped as a fluid sequence of discovery rather than a rigid circulation diagram.
Sport, an open-air theatre, play and learning, a café, dog park, gathering squares and event spaces are woven into a single planted system. Permeable surfaces, Mediterranean species, water-sensitive planting, natural materials and bioclimatic cooling strengthen comfort and resilience, while lighting, seating and wayfinding form a coherent civic identity.
The Complete Masterplan
Distinct activity zones. One continuous landscape.
The park is divided into distinct activity zones, connected through one coherent network of routes and landscape. The full plan preserves every entrance, destination and gathering point within one legible system shaped by the existing grove.
A Complete Civic Landscape
Every programme belongs to one continuous park experience.
Landscape as Infrastructure
The masterplan organises arrival, movement and programme as a legible sequence. Quiet garden areas and botanical planting sit alongside active recreation, play and sport, while the cultural route and theatre create spaces for events, learning and community life.
A consistent family of paving, lighting, planting, urban furniture and signage gives the grove one identity. The result is an accessible, shaded and adaptable public realm capable of supporting both daily use and larger civic occasions.
Project Gallery
Space, material and light in detail.
Design Intent
One grove, many rhythms: a landscape that follows nature, supports everyday life and gives sport, culture, learning and collective memory a shared home.