Author Archives: vitarani
Water Geography: Defining New Ecosystem Patterns in the Thessaloniki Metropolitan Area
Thessaloniki’s urban body sprawls around an arc of coastline at the top of the Thermaic Gulf. A major spatial characteristic of the city’s metropolitan area is the extent and multifunctional coastal line connecting the various urban activities, most of them
Water Geography: Defining New Ecosystem Patterns in the Thessaloniki Metropolitan Area
Thessaloniki’s urban body sprawls around an arc of coastline at the top of the Thermaic Gulf. A major spatial characteristic of the city’s metropolitan area is the extent and multifunctional coastal line connecting the various urban activities, most of them
Thessaloniki’s urban waterfront: decision-making and governmental aspects for adding metropolitan ecosystem functions
Ecosystem functions offer a robust framework for managing complex environmental challenges associated with modern metropolises. Comprehensive urban ecosystem approach, face certain urban areas, such as urban waterfronts, as valuable natural resources interrelated to the entire urban environment, aiming to provide
Thessaloniki’s urban waterfront: decision-making and governmental aspects for adding metropolitan ecosystem functions
Ecosystem functions offer a robust framework for managing complex environmental challenges associated with modern metropolises. Comprehensive urban ecosystem approach, face certain urban areas, such as urban waterfronts, as valuable natural resources interrelated to the entire urban environment, aiming to provide
Integrated Planning for livable, compact, and sustainable Metropolises
Webinar, Monday 16/10/2023, 10:00 – 12:00 CET Building on the experience of the URBACT RiConnect and Walk’n’Roll Cities Network, this online event unites perspectives on planning European metropolises towards a sustainable future. Experts will give short keynotes on a) Metropolitan
Integrated Planning for livable, compact, and sustainable Metropolises
Webinar, Monday 16/10/2023, 10:00 – 12:00 CET Building on the experience of the URBACT RiConnect and Walk’n’Roll Cities Network, this online event unites perspectives on planning European metropolises towards a sustainable future. Experts will give short keynotes on a) Metropolitan
New synergies for urban mobility and public space policies: engaging local people
Authors: Foteini Mikiki, Paraskevi Tarani, Maria N. Daniil Paper and poster presented at ICTR2023 – 11th International Congress of Transportation Research, September 20th – 22nd 2023 | Heraklion, Crete, Greece Mobility and public space policies affect thoroughly citizens’ everyday life and
New synergies for urban mobility and public space policies: engaging local people
Authors: Foteini Mikiki, Paraskevi Tarani, Maria N. Daniil Paper and poster presented at ICTR2023 – 11th International Congress of Transportation Research, September 20th – 22nd 2023 | Heraklion, Crete, Greece Mobility and public space policies affect thoroughly citizens’ everyday life and
Revitalising former military camps in the metropolitan area of Thessaloniki as an urban ecosystem network
A book chapter in the book “Metropolitan Design as a New Discipline”, Roland Krebs and Stefan Mayr (editors) About the book: Today’s cities are growing rapidly, creating heterogeneous urban fabrics that cross administrative and political borders. To meet the challenges
Revitalising former military camps in the metropolitan area of Thessaloniki as an urban ecosystem network
A book chapter in the book “Metropolitan Design as a New Discipline”, Roland Krebs and Stefan Mayr (editors) About the book: Today’s cities are growing rapidly, creating heterogeneous urban fabrics that cross administrative and political borders. To meet the challenges
Emergent Creative Ecosystems
This article confronts the spatial concentration of creative urban activities as an ecosystem, which claims to enhance the dynamic evolution of creative interactions and evolutionary networks of collaboration between entities. Emergent creative ecosystems referred to the spontaneous phenomena, the bottom
Emergent Creative Ecosystems
This article confronts the spatial concentration of creative urban activities as an ecosystem, which claims to enhance the dynamic evolution of creative interactions and evolutionary networks of collaboration between entities. Emergent creative ecosystems referred to the spontaneous phenomena, the bottom
My Shareable City
My Shareable City is my column for the online magazine CY-ARCH for Architecture in Cyprus The concept of Shareable City seems to be the new city model based on social and technological ecosystems where knowledge, collective actions and interactions between people
My Shareable City
My Shareable City is my column for the online magazine CY-ARCH for Architecture in Cyprus The concept of Shareable City seems to be the new city model based on social and technological ecosystems where knowledge, collective actions and interactions between people
Jan Gehl’s Book “Life between buildings” in Greek
Jan Gehl’s influential book “Life Between Buildings – Using Public Space” is now available in Greek. Translation from English and editing for the Greek language: Fyllio Katsavounidou and Paraskevi Tarani, Architects Consultant editor from the Danish original: Konstantin Thorvald Barlas,
Jan Gehl’s Book “Life between buildings” in Greek
Jan Gehl’s influential book “Life Between Buildings – Using Public Space” is now available in Greek. Translation from English and editing for the Greek language: Fyllio Katsavounidou and Paraskevi Tarani, Architects Consultant editor from the Danish original: Konstantin Thorvald Barlas,
China Land – σημειώσεις ενός ταξιδιού
L’idéal et le réel [1] Πεκίνο. Χάνομαι στη πόλη. Ανυπαρξία ύπαρξης, μηδενικό στίγμα, μία στα 14 εκατομμύρια ψυχές… Μια πόλη, μια αίσθηση πόλης και ο προσδιορισμός ταυτότητας. Κρυμμένη καλά πίσω από μάσκες ηρώων της Όπερας. Ποια είναι η πραγματική πόλη
China Land – σημειώσεις ενός ταξιδιού
L’idéal et le réel [1] Πεκίνο. Χάνομαι στη πόλη. Ανυπαρξία ύπαρξης, μηδενικό στίγμα, μία στα 14 εκατομμύρια ψυχές… Μια πόλη, μια αίσθηση πόλης και ο προσδιορισμός ταυτότητας. Κρυμμένη καλά πίσω από μάσκες ηρώων της Όπερας. Ποια είναι η πραγματική πόλη
City Narratives 