{"id":7963,"date":"2019-06-19T11:49:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T11:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=7963"},"modified":"2020-09-08T17:59:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T17:59:46","slug":"bethan-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=7963","title":{"rendered":"Bethan Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Piraeus Cruise Terminal | Piraeus, Greece| Unit 21 | 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The shipping and cruise port in the Athens, Greece has recently been purchased by Chinese company COSCO as part of their \u2018New Silk Road Initiative\u2019 providing the opportunity for the transformation of the area as an important stop along this new trade route. Although the number of cruise passengers has doubled in recent years, the growth rate in Piraeus lags behind the average in Mediterranean cruise ports. Despite its success in attracting cruise passengers and significant benefits for Greece and Athens, the local economic benefits from the cruise industry remain low with tourists usually bypassing the area in favour of the centre of Athens where the major tourist attractions are located. In addition to this, there is an often contentious relationship between the city and the cruise ships due to their scale and environmental impact.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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The building\nproposes a new cruise terminal for Piraeus – one that addresses not only the\nneeds of the passengers but also of the local community and aims to improve the\nship-city relationship. A mixture of community facilities will be integrated\nwith the arrival and departure of cruise passengers in Athens with the two\nprogrammes linked so that tourists can also be included in and experience the\nlocal\nculture. <\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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The building is\ndesigned to slope up as an extension of the landscape reaching the height that\nwill shield the massive form of a cruise ship. This is created with a\nmegastructure in which the programme can be inserted and the facade is then\nformed of several modules which can expand and contract depending on when a\nship is in port. Each module can operate for two functions – for locals of for\ntourists. <\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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The regeneration of an area of a city can often bring with it difficulty balancing between the potential gains of a development and those who already live there. Overall the project seeks to investigate how large scale developments can integrate with existing communities and how infrastructure can also incorporate and benefit an already existing local population. <\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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Piraeus Cruise Terminal | Piraeus, Greece| Unit 21 | 2019 Click to see Design Realisation The shipping and cruise port in the Athens, Greece has recently been purchased by Chinese company COSCO as part of their \u2018New Silk Road Initiative\u2019 providing the opportunity for the transformation of the area as an important stop along this new trade route. Although the number of cruise passengers has doubled in recent years, the growth<\/p>\n

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