heroon square in elefsina *
The historic seaside town of Elefsina is home to the very important archaeological site of the Elefsenian Mysteries (800BC-396AD) and the birthplace of tragedian Aeschylous (525BC). Today it is a major industrial centre and a large oil refinery site. Heroon Square is the central node of the town that lead to the entrance of the illuminated archae0logical site ( see yellow dot ).
The lighting for the regenerated square allows for great nocturnal views of the illuminated archaeological site by forming a low luminance -glare free environment along the walking axis to the entrance.
Each custom designed luminaire ( in collaboration with Artemide Hellas S.A. ) is directionally orientated all along the plan in order to point – day and night – to the archaeological site
Visual contrast is reinforced by applying cooler white light to the square in contrast to the warm white light of the archaeological site.
The distinctive diagonal -axial nature of the new landscape is enhanced by low level linear lighting.
Project Details
- Architects: K. Grivas, R. Metheniti, G. Paraskevopoulos,E. Ioannidou
Services
- Lighting Design Consultants*
- Photometry Consultants*
- Custom Luminaire Design Consultants*
- * Consultants to the technical dept. of Artemide Hellas S.A. & Protek S.A. - collaboration ended in 2011.