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Xerolithi Bostad by George Sinas
Xerolithi Bostad by George Sinas
Xerolithi Bostad by George Sinas
Xerolithi Bostad by George Sinas
Xerolithi Bostad by George Sinas

Silver Arkitektur · 2021

Xerolithi Bostad

by George Sinas

  • A' Design Award i Silver 2021 in Arkitektur
  • CLIENT: Sinas Architects
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 23,210
  • Verification code 84AF27AF98 · Verify this award
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About Xerolithi Bostad

Ett hus som smälter in i sin naturliga miljö. Branta ojämna sluttningar, spridda taggiga buskar, tillsammans med korta stenstödmurar, lokalt kallade xeroliter skapade för länge sedan för markodlingsändamål. Husets huvudfasader är utformade som xeroliter. Dessa väggar som har en lätthet som band i luften och som verkar röra sig försiktigt närmare och bort från sluttningen och oberoende av varandra och bildar livsrum mellan dem. Taket täckt med smuts och växtlighet imiterar det naturliga landskapet, vilket gör huset nästan osynligt.

About the A' Design Award i Silver

Xerolithi Bostad är vinnare av A' Design Award i Silver, ett utomordentligt prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas förstklassiga, hänförande och imponerande designverk i toppskiktet. Silvervinnare är oerhört briljanta och utomordentligt kreativa verk som illustrerar sina formgivares enastående expertis, talang och skarpsinne. Xerolithi Bostad förväntas vara ett underbart paradexempel som är anmärkningsvärt professionellt och djupt innovativt. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Silver är en mycket uppmärksammad, beundrad uppfinning som gagnar och flyttar fram gränserna för konst, vetenskap, design och teknik. Xerolithi Bostad är en skapelse som avundas starkt, som väcker längtan, förmedlar positiva känslor och väcker förundran och häpnad.

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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.
Image Credits
Photographer of all images: Yiorgos Kordakis
Drawings and Renderings and sketch: George Sinas

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