The projects of the regeneration area aim at the environmental upgrading of the area and the creation of a metropolitan park of a total area of approximately 600 acres based on nature, culture, exercise, entertainment b in the harmonious and functional layout of the technical infrastructure and especially the transport works of the coastal zone to ensure the seamless and harmonious continuity of the city as well as the optimal connection of the coastal zone with the hyperlocal network c in the effective flood protection of the immediate and wider area d in the functional and aesthetic connection and continuity of the coastal zone of P Faliro with the park of the Peace and Friendship Stadium of Castella and Piraeus utilizing upgrading the already implemented Olympic projects in the Faliro Bay from Ilisos to Delta The need to promote the above strategic objectives and implement the relevant urban regeneration projects became even more visible with the nationally important project of the Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center and the placement of central functions of the city on the seafront