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The Z Shaped Creation Residential Building by Vassiliades Architects

The Z Shaped Creation Residential Building by Vassiliades Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Bronze A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Competition Category.


BronzeArchitecture· 2021

The Z Shaped Creation Residential Building

by Vassiliades Architects

Client: Vassiliades Architects

Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Architecture Category

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The Design

About The Z Shaped Creation Residential Building

The Z Shaped Creation is a bioclimatic residential building in Fasoula, Cyprus. The white Z shaped form defines the morphology of the building. The interior spaces are arranged as volumes placed into the cavities of the white form. The design follows simple geometries in a minimalist approach, with exposed concrete, large wooden surfaces and a neutral white color. The house covers 230 square meters on three levels, one basement and two floors above. The basement is set into the slope, holds the parking spaces and is built with stone masonry.

The Recognition

About the Bronze A' Design Award

The Z Shaped Creation Residential Building is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. The Z Shaped Creation Residential Building is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. The Z Shaped Creation Residential Building splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
A bioclimatic house in Fasoula, where the creation of a white Z shaped form, characterizes the morphology of the building. The spaces were translated in volumes which created a composition that was placed into the cavities of this white form. The design is moved by simple geometries touching the modern minimalistic trends, which led to the use of exposed concrete, large wooden surfaces and the use of the neutral white color.
Dimensions & Packaging
A 230 sqm house, built in 3 levels, one basement and 2 stories above.
Tags
bioclimatic house, residential building, environmental design
Production Technology
Concrete based structural system.
Design Challenge
The integration of bioclimatic methods into the development of the design, combined with the need of an operational building, was the main creative challenge of our design.
Research
Through our design, we wanted to investigate whether the integration of bioclimatic methods into the development of the design, could result a harmonious, functional composition.
Inspiration
The inspiration that triggered the design of this bioclimatic solar house in Fasoula, Cyprus, was the will to create a white Z shaped form, that was going to characterize the morphology of the building.
Project Duration
The design started in 2017, and the construction in 2019. The project was completed in 2020.
Operation Flow
A minimalistic three-level house, placed in a slope, with the parking spaces made in the earth, as a basement. This was built with stone masonry, willing to highlight the relationship between the building and the environment and to create a solid morphological base for the development of the design, which is moved by simple geometries touching the modern minimalist trends.
Team Members
George Vassiliades
Stalli Talea
Constantinos Vassiliades
Image Credits
#1: Photographer Giorgos Charalambous Photography, 2020
#2: Photographer Giorgos Charalambous Photography, 2020
#3: Photographer Giorgos Charalambous Photography, 2020
#4: Photographer Giorgos Charalambous Photography, 2020
#5: Photographer Giorgos Charalambous Photography, 2020

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