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Papers by Athina Vitopoulou

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2021

The current case study presents a proposal for the redevelopment and reuse of the Velissario mili... more The current case study presents a proposal for the redevelopment and reuse of the Velissario military campground in Ioannina, in western Greece. The military base is considered a prohibited area and an urban void completely cut off from the city. Firstly, the concept of sustainable development, the legislative framework, the historical background of environmental protection and examples of the reuse of other military bases worldwide are mentioned. Secondly, the significant characteristics of the surrounding area and the interventions according to the environmental design for the sustainable development of the city are presented, such as the preservation of the existing greenery, the creation of new green areas and their connection with the adjacent Pyrsinella park, for the creation of a Metropolitan Park, as well as the construction of a lake. Furthermore, the creation of sports and cultural facilities, hiking and cycling trails, the preservation of the necessary existing military b...

Proceedings of the International Conference on Changing Cities III: Spatial, Design, Landscape & Socio-Economic dimensions, 2017

TFYD 2019, ΙΝΙΤΙΑΤΙΟNS _ Practices of Teaching First Year Design in Architecture, 2021

Proceedings of the International Conference on Changing Cities III: Spatial, Design, Landscape & Socio-Economic dimensions, 2017

Etudes balkaniques. Cahiers Pierre Belon, L’espace public dans le Sud-Est européen, 2007

La forte tradition de vie publique exprimée pendant l'Antiquité dans l'espace de l'Agora s'affaib... more La forte tradition de vie publique exprimée pendant l'Antiquité dans l'espace de l'Agora s'affaiblit et disparaît pendant les longs siècles des Empire byzantin et ottoman ; de même les espaces urbains ouverts et affectés aux activités civiques diminuent et périssent progressivement. Les différents types de l'espace public en tant qu'affirmation du pouvoir politique dans l'espace et expression de la citoyenneté et de l'urbanité-axes et boulevards, places, parcs et espaces archéologiques aménagés, apparaissent au XIX e siècle pendant la formation de la ville grecque moderne. Dans les plans élaborés à l'époque, l'aménagement de l'espace public devient l'élément fondamental de conception et d'articulation du tissu urbain. La dégradation troublante des espaces urbains, ouverts et construits, à la suite de la reconstruction intense de la ville depuis les années 1960, remet l'accent sur la nécessité de réinventer, revaloriser et réaménager les espaces publics contemporains. 2 Le présent texte 1 suit l'évolution du rôle et de la forme de l'espace public dans la ville grecque, en se centrant surtout sur un type précis, celui de la place urbaine qui constitue le lieu privilégié de la vie sociale et de l'expression spatiale du civisme. L'espace public et le rôle de la place dans la ville grecque moderne. Évoluti... Études balkaniques, 14 | 2007 L'espace public et le rôle de la place dans la ville grecque moderne. Évoluti...

Tourism and Hospitality

The focus of experiential tourism is for the consumer or visitor to experience the tourist destin... more The focus of experiential tourism is for the consumer or visitor to experience the tourist destination and to actively interact with local people, cultures, and the place itself. In fact, it can be seen as a form of tourism that builds upon place identities, both tangible and intangible, by energetically introducing the visitor to the culture, history, nature, traditions, cuisine, and social life of a place. In doing so, the emotional, physical, or spiritual experience of the consumer becomes a dynamic source of place branding. The paper investigates the main features of experiential tourism in the Greek regions of Central Macedonia, and Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, and discusses their interactions with place identity. Our methodology consists of a qualitative survey based on semi-structured interviews with stakeholders and a thematic analysis to trace the main features of the experiential product and enterprises that develop such products. The paper concludes that experiential tou...

ΘEΩΡΙEΣ ΠΟΛEΟΔΟΜΙΚΟΥ ΣΧEΔΙΑΣΜΟΥ [ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤEΛEΙΟ ΠΑΝEΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΘEΣ/ΝΙΚΗΣ, ΣΧΟΛΗ ΠΟΛΥΤEΧΝΙΚΗ, ΤΜΗΜΑ ΑΡ... more ΘEΩΡΙEΣ ΠΟΛEΟΔΟΜΙΚΟΥ ΣΧEΔΙΑΣΜΟΥ [ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤEΛEΙΟ ΠΑΝEΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΘEΣ/ΝΙΚΗΣ, ΣΧΟΛΗ ΠΟΛΥΤEΧΝΙΚΗ, ΤΜΗΜΑ ΑΡΧΙΤEΚΤΟΝΩΝ ΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΩΝ]

La these explore le role des grands detenteurs de la propriete fonciere publique (Armee, Universi... more La these explore le role des grands detenteurs de la propriete fonciere publique (Armee, Universite, Societe Fonciere Publique: autres grands organismes nationaux ou institutions) a la production de l'espace urbain en Grece. L'objet de la recherche est de comprendre la maniere dont la gestion de differentes categories de la propriete fonciere publique par ses detendeurs/gestionnaires a influence et continue a influencer la forme de l'espace urbain, ainsi que le processus et les mecanismes de production des espaces et equipements publics. La ville de Thessalonique constitue un terrain de recherche empirique privilegie: a cause de sa situation geographique et des conditions historiques le phenomene d'occupation des grands terrains en milieu urbain par des proprietaires institutionnels a un impact important et visible dans le tissu urbain. L'integration de la ville en 1912 au nouvel Etat grec est choisie comme point de depart a mesure qu'elle constitue un tourna...

European Urban and Regional Studies

Land ownership determines fundamental interests, prescribing a framework of alliances and opposit... more Land ownership determines fundamental interests, prescribing a framework of alliances and oppositions around its development and use. The public sector constitutes one of the main categories of large landowners, although this type of ownership takes more than one form, due to the wide variety of public sector bodies holding property. Public land management became one of the focuses of austerity policies in many European countries after the burst of economic crisis in 2008–2009, externally imposed in those countries that went through bailout programmes. In Greece, the history of land policy shows that a fundamental objective of state policy was the distribution and liquidation of public land, a policy that contributed to the formation of an extensive system of small land ownership. From 2010 onwards, a plethora of formal legislation sought to accelerate development procedures for the remaining large-scale public property, as a background resource to attract large-scale, so-called “st...

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2021

Proceedings of the International Conference on Changing Cities III: Spatial, Design, Landscape & Socio-Economic dimensions, 2017

TFYD 2019, ΙΝΙΤΙΑΤΙΟNS _ Practices of Teaching First Year Design in Architecture, 2021

Proceedings of the International Conference on Changing Cities III: Spatial, Design, Landscape & Socio-Economic dimensions, 2017

Etudes balkaniques. Cahiers Pierre Belon, L’espace public dans le Sud-Est européen, 2007

Tourism and Hospitality

European Urban and Regional Studies

Invisible Cities, 2016

Κοινωνικά Κινήµατα Πόλης και Περιφέρειας Urban and Regional Social Movements Aπρίλιος 2016, Θ... more Κοινωνικά Κινήµατα Πόλης και Περιφέρειας

Urban and Regional Social Movements

Aπρίλιος 2016, Θεσσαλονίκη, σ. 488, ISBN 978-618-82533-0-8

April 2016, Thessaloniki, 488 p., ISBN 978-618-82533-0-8

Επιµέλεια/ Editors

Κρίστη (Χρυσάνθη) Πετροπούλου / Christy (Chryssanthi) Petropoulou

Αθηνά Βιτοπούλου / Athina Vitopoulou

Χαράλαµπος Τσαβδάρογλου/ Charalampos Tsavdaroglou

Ερευνητική Οµάδα / Research Group

Αόρατες Πόλεις / Invisible Cities

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Βιώσιμες Πόλεις: Προσαρμογή και Ανθεκτικότητα σε περιόδους Κρίσης, 2015

by Athina Vitopoulou, Haris Tsavdaroglou, Aimilia Voulvouli, Ana Vilenica, Theodoros Karyotis, Michail Psimitis, Dražen Crnomat, Marvi Maggio, Maddalena Gretel Cammelli, Myrto Tsilimpounidi, Karla Helena Guzmán Velázquez, and Chara Kokkinou

Research Group: Invisible Cities, 2016

Κοινωνικά Κινήµατα Πόλης και Περιφέρειας Urban and Regional Social Movements Aπρίλιος 2016, ... more Κοινωνικά Κινήµατα Πόλης και Περιφέρειας

Urban and Regional Social Movements

Aπρίλιος 2016, Θεσσαλονίκη, σ. 488, ISBN 978-618-82533-0-8

April 2016, Thessaloniki, 488 p., ISBN 978-618-82533-0-8

Επιµέλεια/ Editors

Κρίστη (Χρυσάνθη) Πετροπούλου / Christy (Chryssanthi) Petropoulou

Αθηνά Βιτοπούλου / Athina Vitopoulou

Χαράλαµπος Τσαβδάρογλου/ Charalampos Tsavdaroglou

Ερευνητική Οµάδα / Research Group

Αόρατες Πόλεις / Invisible Cities

Νο Copyright

Αναφορά ∆ηµιουργού

CC BY

poleisaorates@gmail.com

http://aoratespoleis.wordpress.com

Ερευνητική Οµάδα: Αόρατες Πόλεις , 2016

Κοινωνικά Κινήµατα Πόλης και Περιφέρειας Urban and Regional Social Movements Aπρίλιος 2016, Θε... more Κοινωνικά Κινήµατα Πόλης και Περιφέρειας
Urban and Regional Social Movements

Aπρίλιος 2016, Θεσσαλονίκη, σ. 488, ISBN 978-618-82533-0-8
April 2016, Thessaloniki, 488 p., ISBN 978-618-82533-0-8
Επιµέλεια/ Editors
Κρίστη (Χρυσάνθη) Πετροπούλου / Christy (Chryssanthi) Petropoulou
Αθηνά Βιτοπούλου / Athina Vitopoulou
Χαράλαµπος Τσαβδάρογλου/ Charalampos Tsavdaroglou

Ερευνητική Οµάδα / Research Group
Αόρατες Πόλεις / Invisible Cities

National Centre for Social Research. Studies - Research Reports., 2018

From the overall empirical investigation of the project according to the methodological approache... more From the overall empirical investigation of the project according to the methodological approaches, the research results and the conclusions regarding the elaboration of tools of its different works, the necessity to use and develop the process of assessing the social impacts of urban planning is clearly concluded. The proposals concern: (a) the promotion of the research dimension of the general context of urban design and production; (b) the promotion of ecological and cultural dimensions of urban development through urban design; (c) the enhancement of urban design processes by institutionalizing the social impact study for urban design and planning interventions, by enriching the architectural competition procedure, and the consultation process on the necessity and prospective economic urban interventions, and (d) the establishment of current reality monitoring processes on changes in urban space with methodologies and tools that en- able them to establish and assess the social impact of urban planning interventions, primarily on a local level. This text was written and edited by the authors and is based on the findings and experience gained from the research works carried out within the project and presented in the chapters of this book.

Built heritage describes our origins and informs our understandings of who we are today. It helps... more Built heritage describes our origins and informs our understandings of who we are today. It helps to define a sense of place, an identity for a community. Built heritage is not just about beautiful or significant historic buildings but also includes modest residential buildings and complexes that reflect the social and living conditions of the middle-and low-income strata of a certain period. This paper explores the socialist housing stock (the large panel residential buildings) in Central East European Countries from the urban built heritage dimension, focusing on the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia (district Mladost 2). As pointed out by many authors, communist heritage is controversial and ideologically overburdened, linked to memories and experiences (both positive and negative) for older generations, and unknown for younger generations. Based mainly on primary field research and secondary bibliographical material, the paper attempts to discuss the complex socio-spatial, economic and management issues regarding the socialist mass housing as urban built heritage of a specific historical period in Bulgaria. The paper suggests that given the rapid deterioration and destruction of this stock, it urgently needs attention and conservation, and concludes with findings and recommendations on the relevant perspectives and challenges.