Abstract
Historical gardens are important touristic landscapes that have a great impact on the quality of life of the communities. Currently public gardens are neglected in Alexandria and there are no plans for designing new ones. The research is examining the case of Antoniadis garden, one of the most valuable historic gardens of the city.
The methodology consists of the following stages: a theoretical review of the guidelines related to the following fields: sustainable landscape, garden design, garden tourism and the preservation of historic gardens. The Antoniadis Garden is analysed based on the criteria deduced from the literature review, the questionnaire and interviews. A SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis is developed to explain the potential, issues and challenges of Antoniadis. Finally, a framework that integrates all the above-mentioned guidelines and the SWOT analysis is developed to reach a comprehensive approach that can be implemented on similar cases with appropriate adaptation.
INDEX TERMS— Revitalization; Sustainability; Garden Tourism; Antoniadis, Alexandria