Greece to build first green museum at Plato’s Academy in Athens

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The Greek Ministry of Culture and the City of Athens have recently announced the creation of Greece’s first green museum to be built on the surroundings of Plato’s Academy.

“This is a day we have been working on for a long time. We feel a certain optimism because today something new is born, something hopeful,” Athens Mayor, Kostas Bakoyiannis, said in a press release.

“In the archaeological site of Plato’s Academy, the past and the future will coexist.”

Museum Plato Academy Athens
Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture

The new museum will have four sections with a central square, an open amphitheatre with 500 seats and aims to be climate neutral with no carbon footprint.

George Tsolakis’ sustainable, open plan, and green idea for the museum won Greece’s design competition that was hosted last year.

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