Mapping Kifissia’s threatened architectural heritage

[Monumenta]

Kifissia’s villas look mounting unit from overdevelopment, arsenic demolitions emergence and preservation efforts intensify, according to a caller documentation inaugural by Monumenta.

The enactment has recorded much than 1,100 buildings constructed betwixt 1895 and 1975, aiming to safeguard the suburb’s architectural representation amid accelerating change. Long prized for its waters and greenery, Kifissia evolved into a retreat of expansive villas successful the 19th century, 187 of which are present protected.

Yet galore lesser-known structures deficiency documentation and are disappearing arsenic caller developments regenerate them. Residents and section groups warn that unchecked operation threatens the area’s character. “If we bash not support it, Kifissia will turn from a plot metropolis into a factual one,” said Teddy Geroulanou, 1 of the founders of the Citizens’ Movement of Kifissia –Nea Erythraia – Ekali, warring against the New Building Regulation (NOK).

Legal challenges person yielded some victories, including a caller tribunal ruling restricting gathering heights and limiting practices that maximize density. Officials and citizens are present urging stronger readying protections to sphere the suburb’s historical and biology identity. Officials accidental information successful the municipality program will beryllium important for aboriginal decisions locally.