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Panorama Villa Noho by Potiropoulos and Partners

Panorama Villa Noho by Potiropoulos and Partners is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Hale, Kūkulu a me Hōʻuluʻulu Competition Category.


KalaHoʻolālā Hale· 2020

Panorama Villa Noho

by Potiropoulos and Partners

Client: Potiropoulos+partners

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Hoʻolālā Hale Category

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The Design

About Panorama Villa Noho

Hoʻopili ʻia i ke ʻano o kahi kauhale Mani maʻamau, manaʻo ʻia ka manaʻo ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o nā ʻāpana pōhaku pākahi e hoʻopuni ana i ka atrium, ka puka komo a me nā noho. ʻO nā volume o ka hale noho e wehe i kahi kamaʻilio me ko lākou kūlohelohe, ʻoiai ke mele o kā lākou hāmama e hōʻoia i ka pilikino a i ʻole ke kono ʻia i nā hiʻohiʻona panoramic o ka pae, kūkulu i kahi ʻike pololei o nā moʻolelo kūʻē a me nā ʻano like ʻole. Aia ka Villa ma Navarino Residences, kahi hōʻuluʻulu o nā villa makamae no ke kuleana pilikino ma ka puʻuwai o Navarino Dunes resort.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Panorama Villa Noho i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Panorama Villa Noho he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Panorama Villa Noho e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
The configuration is conceived as a series of individual stone fragments revolving around the atrium and main living spaces. The volumes of the residence open a dialogue with their natural surroundings, while the rhythm of their openings either ensures privacy or invites in panoramic views of the horizon, constructing an experience of successive and diverse narratives. The rigorous design follows the ongoing dialog between the building and the landscape through giving its interior different viewings and spatial qualities.
Dimensions & Packaging
Total area of residence is 592 m2. Building height is 7.50 metres.
Tags
Architecture, Residency, Costa Navarino, Greece, Pool, View, Sea
Production Technology
Stone is the prominent construction material, comprising the monolithic building envelope while it selectively enters its interior (e.g. the living room, dinning room, atrium, and others). Flooring is made of stone too, further reinforcing the continuity between interior and exterior spaces. The totality of stone is interrupted by openings that are organically distributed around the building, hinting at cherished impressions of the traditional architecture of the region. Corten is the second most important material of the project, used not only for the pergolas and perforated panels, but also the openings and window profiles.
Design Challenge
How to create a building that is contemporary, yet sensitive to its historic and natural context? The purposeful use of stone throughout the building intends to describe a fragment of earth resting on firm ground, offering a variety of astonishing experiences of memory and light. Instead of approaching the site merely as an empty space to fill, the creation of this form-base dynamic perceives the building as an integral part of the panoramic landscape, on both pragmatic and semiological levels.
Research
By employing a straightforward constructional expression, the architectural composition investigates the syntactic combination of the materials, as well as their texture, color and response to light.
Inspiration
The architectural concept pays homage to the historic regional architecture of Mani, Greece, particularly its stone tower houses. Simplicity, roughness, and the relationship with natural light are the core design principles, especially the way in which light encompasses and underlines the clean, cut geometry and rugged texture of the stony forms. The Villa is located in Navarino Residences, a collection of luxury villas for private ownership at the heart of Navarino Dunes resort at Costa Navarino, the prime sustainable destination in the Mediterranean.
Project Duration
Costa Navarino, Navarino Dunes, Messinia, Peloponnese, Greece
Operation Flow
On the north, the main access to the building is a varied path through the garden, paved with a succession of hard and permeable surfaces. The parking area is also found on the northern side of the site. There is an additional pedestrian access on the southern side through a staircase that connects the street-level to different patios with varying uses. The design unfolds itself in three levels (basement, ground floor, first floor), five distinct volumes and their additional connecting levels, all gravitating around the main atrium of the residence.
Team Members
Architectural Design:
POTIROPOULOS+PARTNERS
Dimitris Potiropoulos, Liana Nella-Potiropoulou
Project Architects:
Leadership: D. Potiropoulos, L. Nella-Potiropoulou
Key Members: A. Athanasiadou, K. Vassilakou

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