The Lavrion Technological and Cultural Park was founded in 1992 in the facility of the old French Mining Company of Lavrion (Compagnie Française des Mines du Laurium), at the initiative of the National Technical University of Athens, aiming to host and promote research and business activities.
The LTCP’s facilities include industrial, laboratory and professional premises of a high aesthetic and architectural value, most of which were built during the period 1875-1940. It is consisted of mining processing facilities as so as of administrative and ancillary buildings. The site used to host industrial activity until 1988. During the 120 years of the factory’s operation, it has been subjected to various transformations, renovations and additions, in order to line up with the demands of each technological evolution.
Today, the Park occupies a space of 60,78 acres, which includes 41 building units of a total area of 25,000 sq. m., and constitutes a protected national monument as a whole. (Ministry of Culture, 1992). Until now, 19,76 acres of facilities and several buildings have been restored, highlighting the LTCP as a unique monument of industrial archaeology and architecture.
The industrial buildings have been reconstructed, combining the evaluation of the historical forms with contemporary functionality and house a variety of new and innovative businesses, NTUA’s laboratories, as well as cultural and educational institutions
