Xerolithi Tiyay Wasi by George Sinas is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu in Wasichiy Kamay Competition Category.

QullqiWasichiy· 2021

Xerolithi Tiyay Wasi

by George Sinas

Client: Sinas Architects

A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu Winner in Wasichiy Category

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The Design

About Xerolithi Tiyay Wasi

Huk wasi natural pachapi t'inkisqa. Hatun q'asa urquykuna, k'isimiq sach'akuna ch'eqnisqa, rumiwan hark'ay pirqakunapas, kay llaqtapi xerolithies sutiyasqa, unay pachamanta allpata tarpuypaq paqarichisqa. Wasiqa hatun uyankuna xerolithies hina ruwasqa kanku. Kay pirqakuna wayrapi wataykuna hina ch'amañiq, urquymanta llamp'ulla aswan qayllayman karumanpas kuyuq hina, hukninmanta sapaqlla, chaykunapa chawpinpi kawsay sit'ikunata paqarichispa. Wasi pata allpawan qurakunawan qatasqa, natural pachapa rikch'ayninta rikch'achin, wasita yaqa mana rikukunachu ruraspa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu

Xerolithi Tiyay Wasi A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu mishak kan, ancha jatun yupaychay, kayta hanak, sumak shinallatak mancharina diseñukunaman kun. Qullqi mishak kashkakunaka ancha achikyaska shinallatak ancha mushuk ruraykunami, paykunata rurakkunapak yachayta, yuyayta shinallatak ushayta rikuchinku. Xerolithi Tiyay Wasi ruray yachak, ñawpak shinallatak mushuk yuyayta charik sumak rurashka kanata munanku. Kay Qullqi Premiu japishka diseñuka ancha riksishka shinallatak yupaychashka yuyay kan, arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojía ñawpak ñankunata kichuk. Xerolithi Tiyay Wasi achka runakunapak munashka rurashka kan, munayta kallarichin, alli yuyaykunata kun shinallatak mancharichin.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

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.
Team Members: Leader Architect: George Sinas (Sinas Architects)
Team: Maria Mamoura
Interior Decoration: Olga Ktena
Image Credits: Photographer of all images: Yiorgos Kordakis
Drawings and Renderings and sketch: George Sinas