Xerolithi ቤት-ምንባር by George Sinas is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ኣርክቴክቸር፣ ህንጻን ቅርጽን Competition Category.

ብሩርኣርክቴክቸር· 2021

Xerolithi ቤት-ምንባር

by George Sinas

Client: Sinas Architects

ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ኣርክቴክቸር Category

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The Design

About Xerolithi ቤት-ምንባር

ምስ ተፈጥሮኣዊ ሃዋሁ ዝሓዋወሰ ቤት። ገረም ኣድያም ጎቦታት፣ ዝተዘርግሑ ሸውዓውያን ኣሕምልቲ፣ ምስ ሓጺር ዝኾኑ ካብ እምኒ ዝተሰርሑ መኸላኸሊ መንደቕ ኣጽሚምቲ፣ ብቐረባ ዜሮሊቲስ ዝብሃላ፣ ንመሬት ምልማዕ ዕላማታት ቅድሚ ነዊሕ ግዜ ዝተፈጠራ። ቀንዲ ገጽታታት ናይቲ ቤት ከም ዜሮሊቲስ ዝተመስረታ እየን። እዘን መንደቕ ኣጽሚምቲ ኣብ ኣየር ከም ሪባን ቀሊል ክብደት ዘለወን፣ ብዘሕምም ንሸፈት ደረት ዝቀርባን ዝርሕቃን፣ ካብ ነንሓድሕደን ብናጽነት ዝንቀሳቐሳን ይመስላ፣ ኣብ መንጎአን ቦታታት መነባብሮ የፍርያ። ብመሬትን ተኽልታትን ዝተሸፈነ ጽላል እቲ ተፈጥሮኣዊ መልክዕ ምድሪ የመስል፣ ንቤት ዳርጋ ዘይርአ የግብሮ።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award

Xerolithi ቤት-ምንባር ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ንጽቡቓት፣ ልዑላትን ዘስደምምን ላዕለዋይ ደረጃ ዘለዎም ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ብዘይተለምደ ኣዚዩ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ብሩር ፍሉይ ክእለት፣ ተውህቦን ጥበብን ዲዛይነራቶም ዘርእዩ ኣዚዮም ዘብርሁን ብዙሕ ፈጠራውያንን ስራሕቲ እዮም። Xerolithi ቤት-ምንባር ዝበለጸ፣ ምሳሌ ዝኾነ፣ ብኣገዳሲ መገዲ ሞያውን ብዕምቆት ሓድሽን ስራሕ ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award ብዙሕ ዝተራእየን ዝደነቐን ፈጠራ እዩ፣ ጥቕሚ ዘምጽእን ደረት ጥበብ፣ ሳይንስ፣ ዲዛይንን ቴክኖሎጂን ዘስፍሕን። Xerolithi ቤት-ምንባር ብብዙሕ ዝቐንኣሉ ፍጥረት እዩ፣ ድሌታት ዘበራብር፣ ጽቡቕ ስምዒታት ዘምጽእን ሰንቢድን ምድናቕን ዘበራብርን።

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