Urban eco-acupuncture methods: case study in the city of Athens

Malvina A Apostolou (1, 2, 3)

1 ENSAPLV - École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette
2 MAP - Modèles et simulations pour l'Architecture et le Patrimoine
3 CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM]

The urban acupuncture theory is related to the creation of small-scale neuralgic interventions in the city that can have a direct impact on the urban morphology and life. Citizen's desires are taken into account in a situational and cultural context that focus on the social cohesion of the urban environment ; via the implementation of sustainable key points in the city, a network of interventions is established that would function as cores of potential energy healing the area. After a brief presentation of the points of the urban acupuncture approach, the second part focuses on the city of Athens as a model for the implementation of three proposed case studies of this theory. The three small-scale interventions aim at the social enhancement, environmental upgrade and creation of functional public spaces, via the activation of missing links in a dense and decaying urban tissue.

Mots clés: urban acupuncture; small-scale urbanism; public spaces; green spaces; reuse; Athens; sustainability

Domaines: Architecture, aménagement de l'espace

Malvina A Apostolou. Urban eco-acupuncture methods: case study in the city of Athens. 2nd International Conference on Changing Cities II: Spatial, Design, Landscape & Socio-economic Dimensions. , Jun 2015, Porto Heli, Greece. pp.932-940. ⟨halshs-01798506⟩