zaha hadid architects transforms dried moat in cyprus into fluid streetscape

project info:

project title: eleftheria square

architecture: zaha hadid architects | @zahahadidarchitects

location: nicosia, cyprus

completion: december 2021

photography: © laurian ghinitoiu | @laurianghinitoiu

design: zaha hadid, patrik schumacher, christos passas
ZHA competition team: christos passas (design director), saffet bekiroglu, viviana muscettola, michele pasca di magliano, daniel fiser, ceyhun baskin, inanc eray
ZHA schematic design team: stella nikolakaki (design lead), sevil yazici (design lead), sylvia georgiadou, takang hsu, phivos skroumbelos and marilena sophocleus (landscape), chrysi fradellou, edward sorgeloose, vladimir tschaly
ZHA design development: dimitris akritopoulos (design lead), bence pap (design lead), kwanphil cho, reza esmaeeli, chrysi fradellou, raul forsoni, thomas frings, jesus garate, irene guerra, george giokalas, spyridon kaprinis, javier ernesto lebie, carlos luna, vincent nowak, anna papachristoforou, sophia papageorgiou, vivian pashiali, ivan ucros polley, matthew richardson, michail roidis, hendrik rupp, andri shalou, vladimir tschaly, leo alves, megan burke (landscape), eleni mente (landscape), david mcdowell (administration)
ZHA project supervision team: electra mikelides, dimitris kolonis, stella nikolakaki, vivian pashiali, christos sazos, nicos yiatros, christina christodoulidou, maria-eleni bali

consultants:

on-site engineers: eleni loizou, remos achilleos
structural engineers: ASD hyperstatic engineering [limassol]; andros achilleos (principal engineer), michalis allayiotis (project engineer)
MEP engineers: UNEMEC [nicosia]; lakis pipis (director in-charge), andreas karayiannis and trevor colett (directors), chris macfarlane, kleovoulos kasoulides, george lerides, kypros tziakouris (electrical engineers -supervision stage) kostas archeos (supervising electrical engineer) panayiotis ktorides (mech. engineer)
lighting: kardorff lichtplanung ing. [berlin]; volker kardorff (principal), stefan krauel (project designer)
accessibility consultants: david bonnett associates; david bonnett MTCW; klelia petridou
traffic consultants: SKM colin buchanan; andreas markides (CEO), colin firth (director) project management/coordination team: modinos & vrahimis associates; saverios vrahimis (director), anna lyssandridou
client project management team: agni petridou (project coordinator), maria ioannou, maria georgiou, foivos tsappas, georgiana loizides
cost consultants: MDA cyprus; stephanos andreou (director in charge), niki stavrou
advisors: lekton; andy sphicas, soula iacovidou, the concrete center, beton centrum