Diseño paisajístico de The Lynx Mountain Resort & Casino Florina

The Lynx Mountain Resort & Casino Florina is located on a hill among woodland and is adjacent to an archaeological site, on a clearing between steep forest slopes. It constitutes a renovation project of the legendary former Xenia Florinas Hotel of Aris Konstantinidis. It has panoramic views of the city of Florina, the distant horizons, and the forest. The climate has intense temperature changes with snowfall in the winter months.

The landscape design aims to create a contemporary and coherent outdoor space that is integrated into the special characteristics of the site.  The idea relies on the osmosis relationship between the site and nature that surrounds it, on the dialogue with the linearity of the building, and on highlighting the distant horizons. Sliding linear elements such as paving strips, prismatic planters with concealed linear lighting, and canopies organize the space and mark reference points in both the spring and winter snowy landscape.

The planting design has a more fluid character in contrast to the linearity of the architectural elements. The proposed plantation invades the proposal as a "colonization" of the surrounding plant communities of the wider forest ecosystem, contributing to the ecological interconnection and the alternation of the landscape image based on the different seasons. The existing high vegetation is maintained with special care in highlighting the view of the distant horizons.