Impressive change for the underpass at the height of Panteion University (pics)

The upgrade and landscaping works of the underground passage on the ave. Syggrou at the height of Panteion, from the Directorate of Metropolitan Infrastructure Management of the Attica Region, in the context of the implementation of the sustainable urban mobility program.

For the artistic intervention in the project, the region cooperated with the rector’s authorities of Panteion, while the regional governor G. Patoulis also met with them during his visit to the site. Specifically, he met with the rector Christina Koulouris and the vice-rectors Charalambos Oikonomou, Christos Papatheodorou, Penelope Fountedaki and Marianna Psylla, while he was accompanied by the Deputy Regional Director of the Central Sector G. Dimolimas D, Mr. the road safety consultant K. Logothetis.

The passage was created by the famous street artist Cacao Rocks with references to education and young people. For example, the portrayal of Marie Curie and the phrase “Dans la vie, rien n’est a craindre, tout est a comprendre”, as translated by Rousseau και τη φράση «Il faut avoir deja beaucoup appris de choses pour savoir demander ce qu’on ne sait pas» (μεταφ: You must have already learned many things to know how to ask about what you do not know).

As part of the works, the old luminaires were completely replaced with new anti-vandalism, LED technology, a new floor with durable epoxy coating was constructed and access paths were installed with illuminated plates.

In his statements, the governor described the project as a “starting point and guide” for such crossings and noted: The modern materials used, the artists who created it, with the instructions of the University senate, give a perfect result, on a functional and aesthetic level. At the same time, maximum security is ensured for the citizens as well as the long-term maintenance of the intervention, as special anti-graffiti techniques were used “.

Rector Ch. Koulouris, expressed the will to be “adopted” by the university the passage, “because we treat it as part of it and as an emblematic action.” He described the result as wonderful and fully responsive to the “aesthetic criteria of an academic institution but also to its scientific identity, as well as to the messages that we want to convey through the persons depicted and the mottos that accompany them and which we invite passers-by to read and “decrypt” them “.

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