Project details
LOCATION
Vlore, Albania
CLIENT
Ministry of Urban Development / AKPT
YEAR
2016 - 2017
STATUS
Completed
PROGRAM
Spatial Vision & Strategy
CREDITS /COLLABORATORS
TERRITORY PLANNING & DESIGN NETWORK,
DEA Studio Thymio Papayannis & Associates
DEA Studio Thymio Papayannis & Associates
TEAM
Thanos Pagonis, Mirlinda Rusi Ivy Nanopoulou, Nikos Karadimitriou, Eirini Tsakiropoulou, Michalis Zekkos, Albana Zotaj, Genti Qirjazi, Belina Belortaja, Ela Tolkuci
The small regional capital of the South that “has it all” is the main destination for 12 months sun & beach tourism and gate city for international visitors from Corfu and Greece combining busy cosmopolitan tourism resort atmosphere with green coast and white beaches and Albania’s top cultural heritage site of Butrint.
Interconnected with Gjirokaster and Greece it forms an integrated city region with rural inland zones of Finiqi, Delvina and Konispol.
Strategic objectives:
OS1: Sustainability and Sustainable Transport
OS2: Improving the competitiveness and quality of the tourism product
OS3: Protection, rehabilitation and improvement of the natural and created landscape
OS4: Improving the quality of life of the local population and increasing social cohesion
OS5: Strengthening the role of Saranda as the pole of regional economic development
Interconnected with Gjirokaster and Greece it forms an integrated city region with rural inland zones of Finiqi, Delvina and Konispol.
Strategic objectives:
OS1: Sustainability and Sustainable Transport
OS2: Improving the competitiveness and quality of the tourism product
OS3: Protection, rehabilitation and improvement of the natural and created landscape
OS4: Improving the quality of life of the local population and increasing social cohesion
OS5: Strengthening the role of Saranda as the pole of regional economic development
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Priority programs and projects:
Reclaiming the Saranda Coastline and Ensuring Public Accessibility
Urban Regeneration of the Sunset Strip and Creation of the New Bus Terminal
Creation of a new recreational pole at the fishing port and on the Peninsula of the Navy Hill
Valorization of the hills in Saranda, as an area for public promenades and improved access between the coast and the hills
Creation of a bicycle / pedestrian route to connect Saranda with Ksamil and organizing Ksamili coastline
