Twist House Sapallan Wasi by Tzokas Architects

Twist House Sapallan Wasi by Tzokas Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu in Wasichiy Kamay Competition Category.

BurunsiWasichiy· 2021

Twist House Sapallan Wasi

by Tzokas Architects

Client: TZOKAS architects

A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu Winner in Wasichiy Category

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The Design

About Twist House Sapallan Wasi

Twist Wasi nisqaqa huk sapallan wasim, Peloponeso suyup lloq'e-inti-yaykuy ladunpi olivo sach'a chakrapi tarikun, Methoni pukarata cheqanmanta rikunapaq. Kimsa pataman wasiqa runakunap tiyanan wasinkuna imayna wiñasqanta qatikun. Allpa t'oqosqaqa uku patata ruwan, rumikunataq patio patap muyurisqanta ruwan, aswan llasa mana kaq yist'u patataq patikunap patanpi samarin. Sayaymanta wasa kama kicharisqakuna, hinaspa hawaman haykuq pampa laqhakuna ukhu hawa kikinman tinkichin. Tukuy hawanqa 485 metro cuadradum. Kay tarikuypi hurqusqa materialkunataqmi kutin llamk'achisqa, kaway pachaman huchallikuyta pisiyachinankupaq, kaqlla sach'akunatapas waqaychanankupaq.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu

Twist House Sapallan Wasi A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu mishak kan, jatun yupaychay, kayta mana shuk shina, mushuk yuyaypi, yuyaypi shinallatak chaskik kaypi riksishka diseñukunaman kun. Burunsi mishak kashkakunaka ruray ushayta charik shinallatak mancharina mushuk rurashkakunami, paykunata rurakkunapak achka yachayta, yuyayta shinallatak ruray ushayta rikuchinku. Twist House Sapallan Wasi sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak riksishka shuk ruray kanata munanku, ruray yuyaywan shinallatak mushuk yuyaywan. Kay Burunsi Premiu japishka diseñuka arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojíapi ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak ima ukumanta rikuypi sumak kan. Twist House Sapallan Wasi mañaykunata alli paktachin, munaykunata llankan, shunkuta kuyachin shinallatak yachayta munayta kallarichin.

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