Vasiliki Charalampidi, "Nea Filadelfia before and after the 1999 earthquake ", Diploma Thesis Project, School of Architecture, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, 2025
https://doi.org/10.26233/heallink.tuc.104745
This research paper examines the changes that the refugee settlement of Nea Filadelfia underwent before and after the great earthquake of 1999. More specifically, the subject of the paper is the historical development of the settlement from its establishment in the Podoniftis area upon the arrival of refugees in the 1920s, its evolution over the decades, and the changes that have taken place in the settlement to date. The important historical event that determines the structure of the thesis is the 1999 earthquake, after which, in order to protect the uniqueness of the settlement, which was designed according to the standards of European garden cities of the 1930s, it was declared traditional. The conditions for protecting the settlement are then examined, the measures taken are criticized, and the extent to which they contributed to preserving its character is investigated.