Twist House Kāinga Motuhake by Tzokas Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Waihanga, Whare me te Hanganga Competition Category.
ParahiWaihanga· 2021
Twist House Kāinga Motuhake
Client: TZOKAS architects
A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Waihanga Category
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About Twist House Kāinga Motuhake
Ko Twist House he kāinga motuhake kei roto i tētahi māra ōriwa i te tonga-mā-uru o Peloponnese, e titiro tika atu ana ki te whare rangatira o Methoni. Ko te whare e toru ngā papa e whai ana i te whanaketanga o te nohonga tangata. Ko te oneone kua keria e hanga ana i te pūtake, ko te kōhatu e whakaahua ana i ngā waahanga o te papa whenua, ā, kei runga ake he waahanga pāhūhū māmā e okioki ana. Ko ngā matapihi mai i te papa ki te tuanui me ngā tairahi papa e toro atu ana ki waho e hono ana i ngā wāhi o roto me ō waho. Ko te horahanga katoa he 485 mita tapawhā. I whakamahia anōtia ngā rauemi i tangohia mai i te wāhi hei whakaiti i te pāpātanga ki te taiao, ā, hei tiaki hoki i ngā rākau o mua.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Parahi
Ko Twist House Kāinga Motuhake te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Twist House Kāinga Motuhake he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Twist House Kāinga Motuhake i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.
Behind the Design
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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
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