Serpentine House Woning by Potiropoulos and Partners is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award in Silwer in Argitektuur-, Gebou- en Struktuurontwerp Competition Category.
SilwerArgitektuur· 2024
Serpentine House Woning
Client: Potiropoulos and Partners
A' Design Award in Silwer Winner in Argitektuur Category
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The Design
About Serpentine House Woning
Die argitektoniese gebaar van 'n lang L-vormige vloeiende vorm langs die twee hoofkante van die perseel streef daarna om 'n drempel tussen die omliggende toneel en die gevolglike negatiewe, 'n binnehof van soortgelyke skaal as die gebou-voetspoor, te skep. Hierdie vloeiende vorm vernou en verbreed om spanning met die omheinde binnehof te skep, maar is strak langs die omtrek van die perseel en vorm 'n goed-gedefinieerde rand. Die gebouvorm strek deur 'n reeks groot pergolas om dele van die binnehof te bedek en om 'n eerder geënsceneerde opeenvolging van geslote, oop en semi-oop ruimtes te skep.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award in Silwer
Serpentine House Woning is 'n wenner van die A' Design Award in Silwer, 'n buitengewoon prestigieuse erkenning wat toegeken word aan topklas-, pragtige en indrukwekkende ontwerpe. Wenners in Silwer is geweldig briljante en uiters kreatiewe werke wat die uitstaande kundigheid, talent en skerpsinnigheid van hul ontwerpers illustreer. Daar word verwag dat Serpentine House Woning 'n wonderlike vertoonstuk is wat merkwaardig professioneel en diepgaande innoverend is. Hierdie ontwerp wat die A' Design Award in Silwer gewen het, is 'n hoogs noemenswaardige, bewonderde uitvinding wat die grense van kuns, wetenskap, ontwerp en tegnologie bevoordeel en uitbrei. Serpentine House Woning is 'n wyd beny skepping wat begeertes oproep, positiewe gevoelens bring en verbasing en verwondering wek.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Located in one of the South suburbs of Athens in a promising area the site sits between the seacoast and the old airport an area defined by large plots of land with low rise residential buildings and in relative scarcity of urban reference points of the surrounding scenery.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Large openings that punch the fluid form, reframe and narrate the act of inhabiting highlighting the buildings connection with nature all flood with natural light.
- Tags
- architetcure, residential, house, Greece, design
- Production Technology
- The building form streches through a series of large canopies to cover parts of the courtyard and to create a rather staged sequence of closed, open and semi open spaces, where at the same time seekind different levels of transparency and opacity with large openings towards the garden.
- Design Challenge
- The main challenge was the positioning and articulation of the building, as well as the interaction of the flows in the various spaces. Strategically placed at the centre of the articulated building form and intended to act as a meeting point is the kitchen, where one can oversee the formal and informal activities as part of everyday life.
- Research
- The architectural gesture of a long L shaped flowing form along the two main edges of the site seeks to create a threshold between the surrounding scenery and the resulting negative, a courtyard of similar scale to the building footprint. This fluid form narrows and widens to create tension with the enclosed courtyard but is rigid along the perimeter of the site, forming a well-defined edge.
- Inspiration
- The form of the house narrows and widens to create tension with the enclosed courtyard but is rigid along the perimeter of the site, forming a well defined edge, opposing the absence of any relationship with the context. The curved edges of the building soften the rigid appearance towards the surroundings while the courtyard and the external scenery are connected in a balanced synergy.
- Project Duration
- LOCATION: Hellinikon, Athens Greece
DESIGN: 2022 - Operation Flow
- The building programme is spread over two floors with the main living areas in the ground floor and the sleeping areas on the upper floor, along with the family room, to keep the noise levels in control, with the exception of the master bedroom which is located in an a private corner of the ground floor plan, taking advantage of the orientation, and with direct access to a secluded area of the garden and the swimming pool, for those warm summer nights.
- Team Members
- Architectural Design: Potiropoulos+Partners
3D Visualization: Batis Studio - Image Credits
- 3D VISUALIZATION
Batis Studio
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