1st Prize Architecture Competition
Completed 2022
The project for the ‘Unification of the Archeological sites’ is a project that tries to establish the framework through which current and future interventions within the city of Kato Paphos will commonly aim to reconnect all the Archeological areas scattered around the contemporary city and create a more coherent image of the place and the history behind it.
The various Archeological sites of Kato Paphos, even though today appear as distinct areas, were once considered as part of the historical city of Nea Paphos. The project attempts to resurrect that understanding both by proposing a masterplan for the entire area but also through some more immediate and tangible Architectural interventions that can ignite the whole process of bringing these seemingly distinct areas together.
The area under study extents from the West, the site where the project for the new shelter design for the mosaics is located, and stretches all the way to the East and Fabrica Hill, crossing Apostolou Pavlou avenue which runs North to South and is the main road that connects Paphos to the water and Kato Paphos.
The project also tries to connect Fabrica Hill both towards the city in the North, by marking the transition into the Archeological area, and also towards the South and the Roman Theater and the Catholic Church.
A central element to our proposal is the 380 meters long pedestrian bridge that transcribes the circular footprint of Fabrica Hill before its partial distraction to allow for the passage of Apostolou Pavlou avenue. This bridge creates a promenade that connects the Western Archeological sites to the East by crossing the road but also by transposing visitors from the lowlands of the old city of Nea Paphos to the highest peaks of Fabrica Hill offering panoramic views of the entire Archeological site reaching all the way to water in the West.
The project also calls for the creation of public passages and plazas within the Archeological site making it more accessible to a greater number of visitors, especially on Fabrica hill and also the area between the Roman Theater and the Catholic church.