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SUMMARY:Adrien Meuwly\, Comte/Meuwly / Point Supreme
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DESCRIPTION:Adrien Meuwly\, Comte/Meuwly\nAthens has lost its relation to 
 water. Part of a general absence of any conscious\, let alone designed\, i
 ntegration of nature in the contemporary city\, the presence of water has 
 been completely eradicated from the city center and its urban experience \
 ; an ironic fact considering that in Ancient times Athens was covered by a
  network of rivers that were sacred.  Athenians considered water to be a 
 supreme good\, an inextricable part of daily routine with cisterns at the 
 center of the Academies. \n\nThe rivers of Athens were built upon and tu 
 ned into highways in the years of intense construction. There are extremel
 y few public or open pools. There are not even any drinking fountains on s
 treets or public spaces. It is difficult to explain why and how the city e
 rased water from its daily public life so dramatically\, especially consid
 ering the climate change causing record-high global temperatures and life-
 threatening heat waves that are going to be longer and more frequent\, a c
 ondition coupled with reduced rainfalls.\n\nAt the same time there exists 
 the underground Hadrian Aqueduct\, a 20km long ancient monument from 140CE
 \, that still has water running below the city. \n\nIt is therefore urgen
 t to bring back the presence and public use of water\, creating new types 
 of quality public spaces for citizens to be closer to nature\, in turn cre
 ating a more efficient and resilient city with more walking and biking\, l
 ess motorized transport and a more enjoyable urban life.\n\nWater has alwa
 ys been a significant part of the construction and identity of cities worl
 dwide\, whether with an emphasis on program (leisure)\, the creation of ic
 ons or functionality (aquaducts). The studio will study examples of water 
 projects in the scale of the city.
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