An interview with the architect / urban-planner, Andreas Symeon, for the urban planning and the formation of the Greek urban space from the post-war period till nowadays. Through his professional carrier, one can discern the international and Greek trends in city planning, the evolution of the city of Athens while at the same time the problems of the city and of the peri-urban space are presented, together with the ways to counter them.

Professor Dionysses Zevas was brought up and has lived in Plateia Amerikis (Amerikis Square), an urban area of Athens, which was developed prior to World War II. Important architectural elements, both of the neoclassical style and of the modern movement of the 1930’s, are still preserved in the area...