This project concerns a town planning proposal within the framework of the Special Town Planning Plan (EPS) tool of art. 8 of Law 4447/2016, for developing a high-end Tourism complex including 4* and 5* hotels, tourist residences and a tourist port facility. At the same time, the firm conducted a tourist identity study for the island, highlighting the importance of “land”, meaning the importance of the primary sector and current island morphology. Finally, the study supports the evolution on an expanded tourism model strongly connected to the island’s “land values”.
The project revolves around the development of a Special Town Planning proposal for the Municipality of Istiea – Edipsos. The proposed plan will be an integral part of the national effort to alleviate the disastrous consequences of the August 2021 wildfire in N. Evia, and it is called upon to cope with critical spatial, environmental and developmental challenges that arose then. At the same time, this is an opportunity for the implementation of an integrated spatial and urban plan that will cover the Municipality of Istiea – Edipsos in its entirety, as spatial organization has been to this day sparse in the area.
