The Region of Central Macedonia, within the framework of the Interreg EuroMED BAUHAUS4MED project, co-organizes with
IFLA Europe, PSAT, the Landscape Architecture AUTH, Postgraduate Studies, the Floriculture Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture, AUTH and the Municipality of Kalamaria
Participatory Workshop at the former Kodra camp, empirical recording and evaluation of trees
on Friday 31/10 from 15:00-18:00.
President Lena Athanasiadou and Treasurer Maria Gidarakou are coordinators of the action.
Meeting Point
Please register at info@phala.gr by 30/10!
The 36th Annual Meeting of the European Region of the International Federation of Landscape Architects IFLA Europe, chaired by former President of the Greek Landscape Architects Association and President of IFLA Europe Katerina Goltsiou, was held from 17 to 19 October 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. 34 representatives from 34 European countries participated in the two-day event.
It is an extraordinary honor to have the former President of PSAT, Katerina Goltsiou, who is completing her 4-year term as President of IFLA Europe, preside over the General Assembly.
We thank the members and friends of PHALA for sending their works that were presented in each country's brief presentation for the projects of the year 2025 (Pecha Kucha) on the theme New Urban Landscapes/New Urban Landscapes:
Presented works from Greece:
Hippocrates Garden of Life
Location: Kos Island
Landscape Architects: Eva Papadimitriou & Silvia Alexiadi
Revitalization of Areos Park
Location: Tripoli
Landscape Architects / Contributors: Nerantzia Tzortzi, Landscape Architect – Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano, former Vice President of PHALA,
Stavroula Kopelia, Architect, & Christina Musacchio, Architect – Consultant in Architectural Constructions
Apivita Bee Botanical Garden (ABBG)
Location: Apivita Facilities, Markopoulou Industrial Area, Attica
Designers / Contributors: Nick Thymakis, Garden Designer / Landscape Manager MSc, Curator ABBG, member of Friends of PHALA & Marina Tsindikidou, Garden Designer
Kid's Olive Ground
Location: Petalioi Private Island
Landscape Architects: Polyanna Paraskeva + Associates
See the PECHA KUCHA presentation here
Greece was represented in person
The President of the Panhellenic Association of Landscape Architects and representative at IFLA and IFLA Europe Lena Athanasiadou
Vice President for Educational Affairs Anastasia Papadopoulou
Vice President of Communications Alexa Panagaris
As head of European Programs at IFLA Europe, the new member of the PSAT, Michalis Koutsiaras.
The Cooperation Protocol signed between IFLA Europe and ECIA European Council of Interior Architects is extremely important.
