We needed to find an element that could give coherence and unity to all the intervention and also keep the sense of green corridor that connects the ends parks.
Treatment of the pavement was a major opportunity to address all these points, so it has been carefully designed the strategy by which this pavement is responsible for resolving this double demand.
The research for this global solution was an opportunity to establish a link with Greek mythology. We propose an abstraction of the symbol of Athens, the olive tree. The origin of Athens according to mythology is related to the plantation of the olive by Athena (in fight with Poseidon for supremacy in the protection of the city). Poseidon was already savoring the victory when Athena began to explain the extraordinary properties of the olive tree: a strong plant that could live for many years and produce tasty, delicious fruits, of which men could extract an ideal liquid for seasoning food, give strength to the body, heal the wounds and illuminating the night. The victory of the goddess was overwhelming. Zeus decreed Athena as the winner by donating citizens the most useful plant and was granted sovereignty over the region.
All this tale seemed to us perfectly conceptually connected with the activities ideas and with other ideas of our proposal: time resistant, attractive, with strength and unity, which heals urban wounds, and enlighten the night