A proposal to renegotiate the boundaries of the city torrent, Krafsidonas -an invitation to break down the “walls” that confine its flow, restoring its lost connection with the city and allowing “space” for water in the event of flooding. Beneath the old walled city of Volos,Greece, an amphibious landscape is envisioned, shaped through varying topographic levels, reed beds, and a sequence of dry-stone walls -without mortar- constructed from fragments of the broken torrentbed infrastructure, its lateral retaining structures. The result is a floodroom, a new hybrid environment; it comprises a synthesis of the city's public spaces, such as the adjacent sports field, with the natural elements that traverse and animate it, reintroducing the stream into the collective experience and everyday life of the residents. In the event of an overflow, water is carefully directed across three successive ground levels, shaped and guided by the dry-stone walls. Each level serves a distinct purpose: the uppermost zone accommodates civic and recreational uses, connecting with existing public spaces such as riverside paths and routes toward the city and Tsalapatas Museum. The middle level, which includes the adjacent sports field, acts as a transitional buffer between urban infrastructure and natural processes. At the lowest point, the terrain becomes an inaccessible urban wetland — a protected environment where non-human life can develop undisturbed. These levels are strategically designed to retain water for varying durations, depending on their relationship to human activity. The wetland retains water, sheltering the former torrentbed’s ecosystems fauna, stressed by gray infrastucture.
