Enjeux résidentiels à Athènes : (micro)ségrégation dans deux immeubles typiques du centre-ville Athens, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique

This article explores the dynamics and trends in the social geography of Athens, emphasizing the role of built space in dense central areas of the city dominated by multi-storey buildings (polykatoikia) built under the system of “antiparochi” or land-for-flats. It is based on a mixed methodology, combining different spatial scales, as well as on the questions produced by the ongoing ISTOPOL research program. In this article, we focus on two buildings, located in the central districts of Ampelokipi and Agios Panteleimonas, which allows us a first analysis of the in-depth material collected within the framework of the research program.

First, we question how segregation, as a phenomenon that describes the strong spatial, social, economic, professional, ethnic or other differentiations that are part of the urban space, is studied within the framework of the Athenian context. In a second time, the article tries to revisit questions already raised in the scientific debate about contemporary socio-spatial mutations in the southern European space, by adopting a micro-scale approach in the analysis of the history of two typical Athenian apartment buildings and the current reality of its inhabitants.