Site Visits

ECOWEEK includes site visits as an integral part of the ECOWEEK International Conference and Workshops exprience and a tangible way to see solutions as they are implemented 'in the real world'.. Read...


ECOWEEK 2010 site visits | Registration to site visits

	Site Visits
	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Old City of Jerusalem with architect Dr. Sakis Mitropoulos Dr. Mitropoulos is the Chief Architect of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate. Dr. Mitropoulos has been in charge of the restoration work of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the past 20 years. The site visit to the Church will include the Constantine Basilica, the Crusader Basilica, the Holy Sepulchre and the Rotonda, and the underground cisterns where rain water collects under the Church. This unique site visit is included in the workshop registration and is scheduled to take place on Saturday July 31, at 10 am. Meeting place is Jaffa Gate, Old City of Jerusalem.
	The new city Rawabi Visit to & presentation by Bayti Real Estate Investment Company, Ramallah Rawabi (in Arabic meaning "The Hills") is the first Palestinian planned city in the West Bank, 9 klm northwest of Ramallah. The Rawabi masterplan was developed by planners, architects and engineers from AECOM an international firm, working with local experts from Birzeit and An-Najah National Universities and the technical teams of Bayti. It has been approved by the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Higher Planning Council. Thousands of saplings are being planted as part of a greening project which involves growing a forest around the city. The residential areas will surround a city center that includes retail space, offices, banks, a hotel, restaurants, and a movie theater. In other parts of the city, there will be a mosque, church, schools, healthcare center, police station, fire station, taxi and bus station, gas station and medical clinics. More on Rawabi click here Bayti Real Estate Investment Company is jointly owned by Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company and Massar International. This unique site visit is included in the workshop registration and is scheduled to take place on Sunday August 1, in two sessions: at 10 am. in English and at 12:00 pm in Arabic. More details will be posted shortly.

REGISTRATION TO ADDITIONAL SITE VISITS

Registration to additional site visits will depend on interest during registration. The exact sites will be announced shortly, once the number of people interested to attend the site visits is set. More information will be posted soon.



ECOWEEK GUIDED SITE VISITS

ECOWEEK 2005 & 2006 & 2007 included guided site visits to passive solar and ecological houses with architects Alexandros Tombazis and Kostas Tsipiras in Aegina island.

ECOWEEK 2008 included a special site visit to the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, immediately after its completion, and one year before it was officially opened to the public. The site visit was guided by architect Michael Photiadis, who, together with architect Bernard Tchumi, designed the new museum.

ECOWEEK 2009 included a number of special guided tours to the former international airport of Athens at Hellinikon guided by Landscape Architect Thomas Doxiadis; to the new recycling factory by Envitec SA at A. Liosia; a guided tour to the passive-solar offices of Meletitiki with award-winning architect Alexandros Tombazis; a guided tour and lecture about the first energy autonomous building in Greece courtesy of Sol Energy Hellas; a tour at a windfarm in Attica guided by Vestas SA - manufacturer of the wind turbines; a guided visit to the methane biogas factoray at A. Liosia courtesy of BEAL SA; and a visit to one of the first green roofs of Athens, on top of the OSE building in the center of Athens, courtesy of Landco SA.