Ajan Achitekti · 2021
Xerolithi Rezidans
by George Sinas
- A' Design Award Ajan 2021 in Achitekti
- CLIENT: Sinas Architects
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 23,210
- Verification code 84AF27AF98 · Verify this award
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About Xerolithi Rezidans
Yon kay ki melanje nan anviwònman natirèl li yo. Pant ki graj apik, touf pikan ki gaye, ansanm ak mi kout wòch kenbe, lokalman rele xerolithies te kreye yon bon bout tan de sa pou rezon kiltivasyon tè. Fasad prensipal yo nan kay la yo fòme kòm xerolithies. Mi sa yo ki gen yon lejèr tankou riban nan lè a epi ki sanble ap deplase dousman pi pre ak lwen pant lan ak poukont youn ak lòt, fòme espas k ap viv nan mitan yo. Do kay la kouvri ak pousyè tè ak vejetasyon imite jaden flè natirèl la, fè kay la prèske envizib.
About the A' Design Award Ajan
Xerolithi Rezidans se yon ganyan A' Design Award Ajan, yon rekonesans ki gen yon prestij enmans yo bay design nivo siperyè, bèl anpil e enpresyonan. Ganyan Ajan yo se travay ki trè briyan e ki trè kreyatif ki montre ekspètiz, talan ak finès designer yo. Yo atann Xerolithi Rezidans pou se yon bèl travay modèl, remakab nan pwofesyonalis e ki gen gwo inovasyon. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Ajan se yon envansyon trè remakab, admire ki pote benefis e ki pouse limit atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji. Xerolithi Rezidans se yon kreyasyon anpil moun jalou ki reveye dezi, ki pote santiman pozitif e ki limen sipriz ak mèvèy.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- When one thinks of the Greek Islands, stacked white boxes come to mind. The design challenged this morphological preconception, by imagining the main facades of the house as xerolithies, starting low and gradually developing a sufficient height. They move closer and away of the slope and independently from one another, forming spaces in between them.
The traditional bamboo pergola with its wooden raw beams in their natural color can be seen throughout the length of the house, inside and outside. The beams follow the curvy morphology, like vertebrae of a long spinal cord. - Dimensions & Packaging
- The ground floor area of the house is 180sqm.
Additional 60sqm of basement area. - Tags
- Architecture, Cycladic Architecture, Landscape Design, Integrated design, Summer House, Island Architecture, Greece, Aegean, Serifos, Planted Roof, Curves, Wavy Form, Stone
- Production Technology
- The outer shell of the structure is mainly stone. Exterior walls are 50cm thick. Concrete structural system.
- Design Challenge
- The hardest part of this design was taming the wavy morphology. Making it sensual yet keeping the layout of the house functional.
- Inspiration
- The main focus of the design was to create a house that blends in its natural environment. An environment comprised of steep dirt and gravel slopes, dressed with scattered wild thorny bushes, and beautiful large rock formations. Though the most important existing elements, were the short stone retaining walls, locally called xerolithies, created a long time ago for land cultivation purposes. These walls, usually not more than a meter in height formed flat stripes of land parallel to the slope and extended along the entire surface of the hillside.
The site with its xerolithies was the spark of inspiration. - Project Duration
- The project was designed in 2015.
The contraction started in 2016 and lasted until 2018.
The house is situated in Kalo Ampeli, Serifos Island, Cyclades, Greece. - Operation Flow
- All spaces have been placed sequentially to spread out as long and thin as possible. The main house is separated by the bedrooms in order to create a space for the main covered veranda along the long spine of the house.
- Image Credits
- Photographer of all images: Yiorgos Kordakis
Drawings and Renderings and sketch: George Sinas
