Re-configuration of the Coastal Location Verki into a pedestrian walkway and water basin

Margarita Danou, Margarita Danou Architects

The original estuary bay was found at a lower level to the sea and with an inverse slope, leading inland instead of seaward. Both natural as well as recent interventions, became key components in the new composition. The estuary was cleared and reconstructed as a water filter, layered with sand, rocks and finished in river boulders, following the natural slope. The easternmost side was supported by a tired gabion wall, utilising similar river boulders, to act as a retaining wall and as percolation filter of natural ground waters. A pedestrian walkway, along the west estuary flank links to the existing coastal promenade, constructed of white monolithic pebbled concrete with exposed aggregate. The philosophy of the constructed walkway continues, treated as a suspended surface resting on piles set into the beach, with a sloping scarp towards the water. A wooden bridge suspended over the estuary slopes down to touch the beach.

Client: THE VOROKLINI COUNCIL

Project Partner: SEVINA FLORIDOU

Categories: Urban Development

Location: VOROKLINI, Cyprus

ADC: implemented/built after an ADC, negotiation procedure 2004