Serpentine House Indawo Yokuhlala by Potiropoulos and Partners

Serpentine House Indawo Yokuhlala by Potiropoulos and Partners is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lweZakhiwo, Isakhiwo kunye neMilo Competition Category.

IsilivereUyilo lweZakhiwo· 2024

Serpentine House Indawo Yokuhlala

by Potiropoulos and Partners

Client: Potiropoulos and Partners

Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award Winner in Uyilo lweZakhiwo Category

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The Design

About Serpentine House Indawo Yokuhlala

Isenzo sobugcisa bokwakha esinesimo se-L eside esihambayo emacaleni amakhulu omabini wendawo sifuna ukudala umda phakathi kombonakalo ojikelezileyo kunye nenkundla ephuma koku, inkundla enobukhulu obufanayo nesiseko sesakhiwo. Olu hlobo luhambayo lumcinci kwaye lubanzi ukudala uxinzelelo kunye nenkundla evalelweyo kodwa luqinile emacaleni endawo, ludala umda ocacileyo. Uhlobo lwesakhiwo lunaba ngothotho lweepergola ezinkulu ukuze lugubungele iinxalenye zenkundla nokudala ulandelelwano olucetyiweyo lweendawo ezivaliweyo, ezivulekileyo kunye nezivuleke kancinci.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award

Serpentine House Indawo Yokuhlala ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo ngokungaqhelekanga okunikwa imiyilo yomgangatho ophezulu, entle nechukumisayo. Abaphumeleleyo beSilivere ziimveliso ezikhazimlayo kakhulu nezidala kakhulu ezibonisa ubungcali obuphawulekayo, italente nobukrelekrele babayili bazo. Serpentine House Indawo Yokuhlala iyathenjwa ukuba ibe ngumsebenzi omhle womzekelo, onobungcali obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha ezinzulu. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award yimveliso ebonakalayo kakhulu, ethandwayo enceda kwaye inyusa imida yobugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha. Serpentine House Indawo Yokuhlala yimveliso enomona omkhulu kuyo evusa iinqwenelo, izisa iimvakalelo ezintle kwaye ivuselela ukumangaliswa nokumangala.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Located in one of the South suburbs of Athens in a promising area the site sits between the seacoast and the old airport an area defined by large plots of land with low rise residential buildings and in relative scarcity of urban reference points of the surrounding scenery.
Dimensions & Packaging: Large openings that punch the fluid form, reframe and narrate the act of inhabiting highlighting the buildings connection with nature all flood with natural light.
Tags: architetcure, residential, house, Greece, design
Production Technology: The building form streches through a series of large canopies to cover parts of the courtyard and to create a rather staged sequence of closed, open and semi open spaces, where at the same time seekind different levels of transparency and opacity with large openings towards the garden.
Design Challenge: The main challenge was the positioning and articulation of the building, as well as the interaction of the flows in the various spaces. Strategically placed at the centre of the articulated building form and intended to act as a meeting point is the kitchen, where one can oversee the formal and informal activities as part of everyday life.
Research: The architectural gesture of a long L shaped flowing form along the two main edges of the site seeks to create a threshold between the surrounding scenery and the resulting negative, a courtyard of similar scale to the building footprint. This fluid form narrows and widens to create tension with the enclosed courtyard but is rigid along the perimeter of the site, forming a well-defined edge.
Inspiration: The form of the house narrows and widens to create tension with the enclosed courtyard but is rigid along the perimeter of the site, forming a well defined edge, opposing the absence of any relationship with the context. The curved edges of the building soften the rigid appearance towards the surroundings while the courtyard and the external scenery are connected in a balanced synergy.
Project Duration: LOCATION: Hellinikon, Athens Greece
DESIGN: 2022
Operation Flow: The building programme is spread over two floors with the main living areas in the ground floor and the sleeping areas on the upper floor, along with the family room, to keep the noise levels in control, with the exception of the master bedroom which is located in an a private corner of the ground floor plan, taking advantage of the orientation, and with direct access to a secluded area of the garden and the swimming pool, for those warm summer nights.
Team Members: Architectural Design: Potiropoulos+Partners
3D Visualization: Batis Studio
Image Credits: 3D VISUALIZATION
Batis Studio