1 _ 'Born from the earth': Stitching the Mining Landscapes of Serifos & 2 _ Landscape Configuration - Room In The National Garden

1 _ The project deals with the management and re-occupation of the mining landscapes of Serifos, a greek island of the Aegean sea. The proposal consists basically of landscape manipulations on the gulfs of Koutalas and Mega Livadi -the two main mining centers of the island in the past-, with the parallel establishment of a research center and a mining museum respectively. Starting with the inclusion of the mining landscapes of Serifos in a wider network for the promotion of the industrial heritage of the Aegean Sea, that is also part of the project, Serifos island is studied as a characteristic field of practice and design. A deeper study and analysis of the mining landscapes of the island, that consists of industrial remains as well as multidimensional natural qualities, lead to the configuration of a system of mild interventions, that takes the landscape into account, as well as the collective memory and social and developing factors.

2 _ We suggest the creation of a "Room" in the National Garden of Athens (Greece) in which we include a botanical garden in order to create an ecosystem, to attract, protect and preserve the life of native butterfly species. Butterflies are considered the messengers of the souls. Using a vocabulary of symbols, we aim to highlight the visible and the invisible, to seduce, travel and soothe our “soul” which in some
mysterious way is still synced with its environment, is nourished and shaped by it, it inhabits.