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Panorama Villa Residenz by Potiropoulos and Partners

Panorama Villa Residenz by Potiropoulos and Partners is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award an Sëlwer in Architektur, Gebai an Strukturdesign Competition Category.


SëlwerArchitektur· 2020

Panorama Villa Residenz

by Potiropoulos and Partners

Client: Potiropoulos+partners

A' Design Award an Sëlwer Winner in Architektur Category

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The Design

About Panorama Villa Residenz

Ausgeschloss fir d'Struktur vun engem typesche Mani Duerf, gëtt d'Konzept als eng Serie vun eenzelne Steefragmenter konzipéiert, déi ronderëm den Atrium, d'Entrée an d'Wunnraim dréinen. Déi graff Volumen vun der Residenz maachen en Dialog mat hirem natierlechen Ëmfeld op, während de Rhythmus vun hiren Ouverturen entweder Privatsphär suergt oder an eng Panoramabléck vum Horizont invitéiert, en direkten Erfarung vu successive a verschiddenen Erzielunge bauen. D'Villa läit an Navarino Residences, eng Sammlung vu Luxusvillae fir privat Eegentum am Häerz vum Navarino Dunes Resort.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award an Sëlwer

Panorama Villa Residenz ass e Gewënner vum A' Design Award an Sëlwer, enger aussergewéinlech prestigiéiser Unerkennung, déi un Designe vun der héchster Qualitéit, prächteg a beandrockend vergi gëtt. Sëlwer-Gewënner si bemierkenswäert brillant a ganz kreativ Wierker, déi d'erausragend Expertise, d'Talent an d'Schaarfsënnegkeet vun hire Designer weisen. Et gëtt erwaart, datt Panorama Villa Residenz e wonnerbart, mustergëlteg, bemierkenswäert professionellt an déif innovatiivt Wierk ass. Dëst mam Sëlwer ausgezeechent Design ass eng bemierkenswäert, bewonnert Erfindung, déi dozou bäidréit, d'Grenze vun der Konscht, der Wëssenschaft, vum Design an der Technologie ze erweideren. Panorama Villa Residenz ass eng Kreatioun, op déi vill neidesch sinn, déi Wënsch erweckt, positiv Gefiller bréngt an Erstaunen a Wonner erweckt.

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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