ABOUT

Athens 2012.
The city finds itself in one of the greatest crises in its existence. Flooding risk, corrupt politics, a yearly smog blanket, constantly increasing landfills, a lack in innovation and an ever growing carpet of polykatoikias all threaten what was once the origin of civilization. Whatever the Ideal City may be, it is certainly not this Athens. More worryingly, Athens is not an isolated case; Athens is dotted around the world.

If people don’t live in an Ideal City, pioneers will seek to create it. history shows various examples where cities have been created that step outside the ex- isting city. These cities of ‘Outscape Urbanism’ seek for a permanent or temporary form of isolation in order to strive for and to create their Ideal.

Athens 2047. This is exactly what happened in the Phoenix Zone over the last 35 years. In this place, Athenians have strived towards finding their Ideal by stepping outside regular Athens. With our help and knowledge, a truly wonderful place has been established where urban freedom and experiment are the key word