Lavrion Technological and Cultural Park

Lavrion Technological and Cultural Park

The Lavrion Technological and Cultural Park (LTCP) was founded on the site of the old French Company of Laurium (Compagnie Française des Mines du Laurium) in 1992, with the initiative of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), aiming to host and promote research and business activities. The LTCP’s facilities include industrial, laboratory and professional spaces of high aesthetic and architectural value, most of which were built during the period 1875-1940. It consists of administrative buildings and ore processing and beneficiation facilities that continued to house the industrial activity until 1988. In the120 years of their industrial operation, the LTCP’s buildings have undergone significant conversions, completions and additions, in order to be adapted to the demands of technological development.

Today, the Park has a single site of 245 stremmata (24.5 hectares), which includes 41 building units with a total area of 25,000 sq.m. and has been declared as a single preserved monument by the Ministry of Culture. Up until today, 80 stremmata (8 hectares) of facilities with several buildings have been restored, highlighting the LTCP as a unique monument of industrial archeology and architecture. The industrial buildings have been reconstructed combining the highlighting of the historical form with the modern functionality. These buildings house several new and innovative entities, such as the NTUA laboratories as well as cultural and art institutions.