Xerolithi ᱚᱲᱟᱜ by George Sinas is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ, ᱤᱢᱟᱨᱚᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱜᱟᱲᱚᱱ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.
ᱨᱩᱯᱟᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ· 2021
Xerolithi ᱚᱲᱟᱜ
by George Sinas
Client: Sinas Architects
A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ Category
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About Xerolithi ᱚᱲᱟᱜ
ᱢᱤᱫ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱯᱨᱟᱠᱨᱤᱛᱤᱠ ᱵᱟᱹᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹᱨᱚᱱ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱢᱮᱥᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱠᱷᱚᱨᱚᱥ ᱰᱷᱟᱞᱟᱣ, ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱠᱟᱴᱟ ᱡᱷᱟᱲ, ᱟᱨ ᱱᱟᱴᱚ ᱫᱷᱤᱨᱤ ᱨᱚᱠᱟᱢ ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱲᱤ, ᱚᱠᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱚᱨᱮᱥᱚᱝ ᱛᱮ ᱡᱤᱨᱚᱞᱤᱛᱷᱤᱡᱚᱥ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱮᱛᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱚᱢᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱛᱮ ᱥᱮᱫᱟᱭ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱞᱮᱱ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ᱾ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱩᱬ ᱯᱷᱮᱥᱟᱰ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱤᱨᱚᱞᱤᱛᱷᱤᱡᱚᱥ ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟᱛᱮ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱲᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱚᱭ ᱨᱮ ᱯᱷᱤᱛᱟᱹ ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟ ᱦᱟᱞᱠᱟ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱰᱷᱟᱞᱟᱣ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱠᱚᱢᱯᱚᱥ ᱛᱮ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱤᱧ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜᱼᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱴᱷᱮᱱ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱩᱱ ᱛᱮ, ᱚᱱᱟ ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱡᱤᱣᱤᱫ ᱡᱟᱜᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱪᱷᱟᱛ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱟᱴᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱛᱮ ᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱯᱨᱟᱠᱨᱤᱛᱤᱠ ᱫᱨᱤᱥᱭᱚ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱱᱚᱠᱚᱞ ᱮᱢᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱢᱩᱝ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱤᱫᱤᱜᱼᱟ᱾
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
Xerolithi ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Xerolithi ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
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
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