The Courtyard at the Front

The proposal reclaims the public front of Limassol’s urban life — a life long confined to the private courtyards behind the houses. It invites conversation back to the street, seeking to turn passage into pause, and movement into encounter.

At the scale of the city, the project reads as an urban gesture toward connection. It aligns with the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, strengthening the pedestrian network around Heroes’ Square and restoring its civic and cultural role. The system of walkways, controlled-access roads, and symbolic floor markings links theatres, shops, and neighbourhood spaces into a legible web of experience.

The design treats the # symbol as a contemporary emblem — a sign of crossing and connection. It marks routes leading to Heroes’ Square, inscribed in the pavement with direction, distance, and time. Pebbled surfaces, metal plates, and inlaid lighting create a continuous ground of orientation and awareness.

Within the square, a grid of twenty-metre bays structures a field of zones — for cafés, kiosks, performances, and rest. The material continuity between road, walkway, and plaza dissolves boundaries, while new planting and lighting clarify rhythm and scale.

Ultimately, The Courtyard in Front proposes an extroverted Mediterranean square — one that celebrates daylight, proximity, and the civic act of being outdoors together. It aims not to decorate the city, but to cultivate dialogue, awareness, and collective presence — a front yard for Limassol’s public life.