Twist House Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ụlọ Obibi Nkeonwe by Tzokas Architects

Twist House Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ụlọ Obibi Nkeonwe by Tzokas Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ụlọ Owu, Ụlọ na Ihe Owuwu Competition Category.

BronzỤlọ Owu· 2021

Twist House Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ụlọ Obibi Nkeonwe

by Tzokas Architects

Client: TZOKAS architects

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ụlọ Owu Category

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The Design

About Twist House Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ụlọ Obibi Nkeonwe

Ederede Akwụkwọ: Twist House bụ ụlọ obibi nkeonwe dịpụrụ adịpụ nke dị n'ime ubi oliv na ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ Peloponnese, nke nwere anya ozugbo na-elekwasị ugwu nchekwa Methoni. Ụlọ a nwere ọkwa atọ na-eso mmepe ọdịnala ebe mmadụ bi. Ala e gwupụtara na-emepụta ntọala ụlọ, nkume na-akpụzi akụkụ ụlọ nke ala mbụ, ebe akpụ dị mfe na-adịkarị karịa dinara n'elu ha. Oghere si n'ala ruo n'elu ụlọ, yana ọla ala nke na-agbatị gaa n'èzí, na-ejikọta ime na èzí ụlọ ọnụ. Mbara ụlọ a niile bụ mita kwụ ugbo 485. E jiri ihe ndị e sitere n'ebe a wuru ụlọ wughachi ụlọ iji belata mmetụta o nwere n'ebe okike dị, na iji chekwaa osisi ndị dị ebe ahụ.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Twist House Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ụlọ Obibi Nkeonwe meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Twist House Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ụlọ Obibi Nkeonwe ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Twist House Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ụlọ Obibi Nkeonwe na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The building rises through the land. The obtained stones become the ground floor volumes and the lighter second volume stands on them. The three level house involves the stages thought which the human being inhabits the nature. From the upper level he observes it, from the ground level he gets acquainted to it and finally through the underground he inhabits it.
Dimensions & Packaging: Total area of the residence is 485m² of which, 222m² basement, 160m² ground floor and 103m² first level, with a maximum height 7.70m.
The swimming pool surface is 60m².
Tags: tzokas architects, single house, residential, house, minimal, messinia, architecture, greece, pool, sea view,
Production Technology: Ground which becomes stone and stone which becomes sand. Theoretically nothing is lost and everything is recycled.
The ground get shape into a basement, the stone gives form to the ground floor and the plaster stands delicately above them, shaping the second level.
The continuity between interior and exterior spaces is reinforced by the floor to ceiling openings and the floor tiles which extend towards the outer space.
Design Challenge: Principal request was to propose a project that had to respect the natural contest and in the meanwhile to be contemporary. Furthermore the project had to respect by law the old existing building permit of a totally different project, regarding the covering surface to the plot, the total volume and the square meters of the house. The underground "cave" was the solution to the clients necessity for more living space.
Research: Main goal was the perfect view to the castle and everything else facing the opposite direction was supposed to be solid with narrow openings.
The minimum footprint on the ground and the preservation of the existing landscape, was the second approach.
By keeping the above points, the challenge was to fit it to our clients brief.
Inspiration: The evolution of the dwelling of the human beings, starting from the cave, passing to one level stone buildings and ending up to a light flying volume above the ground.
Main concern was to recycle the obtained ground materials, such as the stone and respecting the trees, in order to have as less impact as possible to the nature, while focusing totally to the perfect view.
Project Duration: The house is located in an olive groove in the Southwest Peloponnese, and has a direct view towards the castle of Methoni.
Operation Flow: The building rises through the land and its underground part, with the playroom and gym, leads to the pool. The two stone volumes, which follow the topography of the hill, in one part are disrupted to give the most honorable place to a certain olive tree and they host the living room and kitchen in one of them and the guest room in the other. A white volume comes to bridge the two stone structures, following the ideal view towards the castle with the two independent bedrooms. A hidden outer staircase slides outside of the white volume and leads to the rooftop, which offers a 360 degree view to the visitors.
Team Members: Arch. Athanasios TZOKAS
Arch. Fotis DALIANIS
C. Eng. Giorgos GEORGIADIS
Arch. Kelly FILIPPOPOULOU
Image Credits: TZOKAS architects 2021