Narrative mechanisms in a historical land. Reviving the sound detecting devices on Patella hill, Leros island.

The thesis concers the study, analyisis and interpretation of the area of the gulf of Lakki on the island of Leros in the Dodecanese, Greece. The strategic position in combination with the geomorphological features of the island, had set the conditions for the creation of the main Italian naval base during the World War II. In addition there were created, an urban center acording to the values of the rational movement and a strong air defence network on its mountain tops. Mount Patella, that happens to be the case study of this thesis, was chosen as the main air defense administration center for its elevation and its position overlooking to the ports entrance. The composition of the hill, shaped by the Aegean sun, winds and vegetation, featuring remnants of sound devices for sound guidance, military and administration buildings, over a period of 80 years, is now the subject of special historical interest and gathering point of the island's walking network. 

The landscape is approached as an open air "museum" and is treated with an analysis of two individual parameters: the natural and the man-made space. 

The idea of the proposal is a walking narrative, on site, through different micro-landscapes, viewpoints putting the sound devices of the place in a new reinterpretation and meaning, where the walker sees and examines elements in the environment. As a targeted architectural intervention, it is activated by the experience and function of memory and has the ability to reavel and highlight the complexity of this enigmatic landscape.