Looking at the news this week in Athens and trying to better understand
why the economy is falling apart, I found a common theme in the garbage
conditions in Athens and the consistent strikes that result in pile-ups of
garbage throughout the city. What had been a consistent remark in my project
scheme was that the idea of a new datum was great and the potential of the
project could be seen, but it urgently needed a context through which to frame
a narrative. With this in mind, I started to investigate further into garbage
cities and the vicious cycle of garbage within Athens. In Athens, there is only
one landfill and until recently there were no recycling schemes. The landfill
at Ana Lioisia is well past its capacity and urgent calls for new landfills are
in place, but are constantly placed on hold because of strikes by locals. Could
I create a city within a city that solves the garbage epidemic?
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