ConfEx Park

Thessaloniki, Greece | 2021 -

Thessaloniki is Greece’s largest, and most influential northern city, layered with memories of its history and cultures. The new ConfEx Park, at the heart of Thessaloniki, embodies these traditions and reflects the City's ambition to be the region’s major business, hospitality, and tourist destination.

Our design for ConfEx Park, includes two major routes - the 'Culture Path' and 'Central Axis' - that fan out from the ancient city, and reintroduces them for pedestrians and cyclists. The landscape itself, naturally splits into three parts: the western area that becomes a space for play and temporary installations; the central area that becomes the location for small scale cultural gardens and cafes; and the south area that addresses the new Conference Centre, will become a large amphitheatre for performance and events. Each of these areas allow for planted habitats, that include a diverse range of native and cultural trees and plants, all resistant to climate change.