Courtyards 주택 by Christos Pavlou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 동상 in 건축, 건물 및 구조물 디자인 Competition Category.
동건축· 2024
Courtyards 주택
Client: Christos Pavlou Architecture
A' Design Award 동상 Winner in 건축 Category
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The Design
About Courtyards 주택
이 2층 주택은 전통적인 키프로스 주거 디자인과 현대적 요소를 독특하게 결합하였으며, 세 개의 넓은 녹색 중정을 도입하여 실내외 공간 사이의 자연스러운 전환을 이끌어낸다. 개인 정원과 녹색 아트리움을 통해 자연과 가까이 살아가는 매력을 경험하는 동시에, 현대적 디자인이 주는 편안함과 삶이 변화해 가는 즐거움을 함께 누릴 수 있다. 아트리움을 통해 녹음을 실내로 끌어들임으로써 경계가 흐려지고, 중정은 하나의 생활 방식이 되어 거주자가 계절에 따라 변화하는 삶의 아름다움을 만끽할 수 있게 한다.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 동상
Courtyards 주택, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 동상 수상작으로, 창의성, 독창성, 영민함으로 돋보이는 뛰어난 디자인에 수여되는 높은 권위의 인정입니다. 동상 수상작은 충분히 숙련되고 인상적으로 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 폭넓은 경험, 상상력, 기지를 입증합니다. Courtyards 주택, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 사물로서 두드러지게 전문적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 동상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 모범 사례를 담고 있으며 세부에 대한 주의로 훌륭합니다. Courtyards 주택, 이 작품은 필요를 훌륭하게 충족하고 욕망에 닿으며 감정을 매료하고 호기심을 불러일으킵니다.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- In an inhospitable landscape the owners decide to build their "shelter". With no particular views, no neighbourhoods and not much greenery the surrounding rural space does not lend itself to extroversion. Between city and nature, isolation and sociability we are asked to create comfortable and safe living conditions. A design approach that includes the typology of the traditional Cypriot courtyard house was adopted as the basis of the concept.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- ground floor roughly - 28m (length)X6.50m(width)
upper floor roughly - 34m(length)X5.25m (width)
three main courtyards:
courtyard No.1 - 9X9m
courtyard No.2 - 4X9m
courtyard No.3 - 6.5X6.20m - Tags
- gardens, courtyards, outdoors, patios, atriums
- Production Technology
- A reversed concrete beam structural system is used and together with slim steel circular columns at chosen locations suggest an airy, minimalistic design. Floor to ceiling sliding aluminium glazing system are employed to enhance the interior space and strengthen the relationship between inside and outside. Landscape and green courtyards become another material of the architecture. To protect the western side of the house a light weight perforated wall, which seems to float over the ground floor, is made of Ytong blocks for better sound insulation and excellent thermal insulation.
- Design Challenge
- Straddling the line between city and nature, isolation and sociability, we were tasked with creating comfortable and safe living conditions in an entirely unfriendly environment. Enclosing private family life within its own boundaries and using inner courtyards as the primary structural elements overcame the problem of hostility and isolation.
- Research
- The Cypriot rural house typology is studied here for the development of the design. Traditional Cypriot farmhouses are usually rectilinear in shape and enclosed within their own boundaries mainly with high walls and form a large internal courtyard. The upper floor of the house is a long rectilinear block which accommodates the bedrooms but also helps to enclosed better the courtyards on ground floor.
- Inspiration
- The dialectical relationship between indoor and outdoor space transforms the courtyard into a tool of architectural composition. The boundaries begin to blur by bringing nature inside, the courtyards become a way of living. The experience of the residences revolves around the atriums and gardens, enabling users to enjoy the magic of the evolution of life, the changes of light, vegetation and the seasonal colours of nature "Light,green,air,the three main elements of urban planning", Le Corbusier.
- Project Duration
- The house started in 2018 in Nicosia , Cyprus and completed in July 2020. It has been published on Archdaily, Designboom ( among most popular of the week), archilovers ( featured in their weekly news letter).
- Operation Flow
- The concept of courtyards extends to the upper floor where all bedrooms open onto protected, uncovered continuous long balconies creating interior spaces directly connected to their external environment. Patios and courtyards become integral parts of the design, offering protected extensions for outdoor activities and delightful gathering spots all year-round. Daily rituals are organized around courtyards and patios, each with a distinctive atmosphere and connection with the beauty of nature.
- Image Credits
- main image #1: unseen views/ charis solomou
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video credits: CAM Archi Studio
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