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Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens

1954-1957 · Athens, Attica, Greece

Athens, Attica, Greece

16°C · 13.4h daylight · 2 km/h wind

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Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens

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Athens, Attica, Greece

Climate: 16°C · 13.4h daylight · 2 km/h wind

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Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens

1954-1957 · Athens, Attica, Greece

Marcel Breuer AssociatesMarcel Breuer Associates

1951 · New York, New York, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1954-19571951
PlaceAthens, Attica, GreeceNew York, New York, United States
Place contextAthens, Attica, GreeceRepresentative site: Collegeville, Collegeville, United States
Climate16°C · 13.4h daylight · 2 km/h wind-1°C · 13.8h daylight · 3 km/h wind · via Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville
FocusLandscape and pedestrian system21 works in corpus
Architects
  • Dimitris Pikionis
  • Marcel Breuer
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Dimitris Pikionis

Notable works

  • Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Alan I W Frank House
  • Marcel Breuer House II
Typologies
  • landscape
  • public space
  • pedestrian infrastructure
  • building
  • museum
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • housing
  • landscape
  • chapel
Materials
  • stone
  • paving
  • salvaged fragments
  • stone
  • timber
  • concrete
  • brick
  • glass
  • steel
Carbon signals

Paving, Salvaged Fragments, and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Paving
  • Salvaged Fragments
  • Stone

Concrete, Steel, and Brick look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
Lower-carbon levers
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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