WHAT WE DO
Founded in 1997, Greenways is a landscape architecture and urban design practice located in Athens. Our team comprises professionals with different disciplinary backgrounds, experienced in creating landscapes based on natural processes and addressing the key issues of each project.
Combining years of experience, scientific knowledge and modern technology we propose you the most suitable design solution for your outdoor space. Using a wide variety of mostly native planting material we create sound and sustainable landscapes, while enhancing the uniqueness of the Mediterranean landscape.
Landscape Architectural planning and detailed design on a wide range of scales:
parks, archaeological sites, hotel resorts, corporate buildings, univer-sity campuses, hospital buildings, residential gardens, green roofs, vertical plantings etc.
Urban planning and environmental impact assessments.
Small scale Architectural Design, custom furnishing and lighting elements.
Landscape construction and maintenance.
Director’s Curiculum Vitae:
Born in Vienna, Austria in 1964, Karolos Chanikian graduated from the National Technical University of Athens in 1989 with a diploma in Architecture. In 1992 he received his Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN), receiving the “best student” award from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). While being in the U.S. he was employed by Andropogon Associates, in their office in Phila-delphia and Peter Walker and Partners in San Francisco. At the same time he taught design courses in the departments of Landscape Architecture at the Graduate School of Fine Arts at UPENN and Berkeley University of California. After returning to Athens in 1997, he taught design courses at AKTO College until the year 2000 and Landscape Architectural design at the University of Patras until 2011.