House Symbiosis Ibùgbé Méjì by Direction Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìkọ́lé, Ilé àti Ètò Competition Category.
FàdákàÌkọ́lé· 2024
House Symbiosis Ibùgbé Méjì
Client: Direction Architects
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award Winner in Ìkọ́lé Category
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The Design
About House Symbiosis Ibùgbé Méjì
House Symbiosis jẹ́ ibùgbé méjì tí a kọ́ fún àwọn ìdílé tegbọ́ntàbúrò méjì. Ilé náà dúró sí ẹ̀yìn ilẹ̀ igun kan, ó sì ní ìrísí lẹ́tà L nínú àwòrán ètò rẹ̀, tí ó fi apá iwájú sílẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí àyè gbangba. Ìdá mẹ́tàdínlọ́gbọ̀n péré nínú ọgọ́rùn-ún ilẹ̀ náà ni iṣẹ́ ìkọ́lé bò, èyí tí ó fún àyè fún àwọn ibi ìta gbangba àjọlò àti ewéko tútù. Ibùgbé kọ̀ọ̀kan tó 220 mítà onígun mẹ́rin, àárín gbùngbùn àjọpín tí ó tó mítà onígun mẹ́rin 85 sì so àwọn ilé méjèèjì pọ̀. Àwọn ògiri iwájú tí a ṣí padà ṣẹ̀dá àwọn gbàgede àti àwọn apá tí ó yọ jáde tí ó dín ìríran láàárín inú ilé kù. Ohun èlò aláwòrán oníṣẹ́ ọnà bíi rìbọ́ọ̀nù pẹ̀lú ìtẹ̀ méjì fẹ́ jáde ní ojú ògiri inú iwájú ilé náà.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award
House Symbiosis Ibùgbé Méjì jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ onípọ̀nlé lọ́nà àrà ọ̀tọ̀ tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele gíga jùlọ tó dára tó sì ń kan ọkàn. Àwọn olùborí Fàdákà jẹ́ àwọn iṣẹ́ tó ń tàn yòò gidigidi tó sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá púpọ̀ tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ìmọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀, ẹ̀bùn àti ìmọ̀ràn àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé House Symbiosis Ibùgbé Méjì yóò jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àgbàyanu, àpẹẹrẹ rere, ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun jinlẹ̀. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tó hàn gbangba gidigidi tí a mọrírì tó ń ṣe anfàní tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. House Symbiosis Ibùgbé Méjì jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ń ṣe ìlara, tó ń jí ìfẹ́ inú, tó ń mú ìmọ̀lára rere wá tó sì ń jí ìyàlẹ́nu àti ìyanu.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- House Symbiosis is a double residency, designed to accommodate two sibling families seeking to foster close bonds while preserving individual privacy.
The house is located at the rear of a corner plot, forming an L shape in plan, leaving the front part as open space. The site allowed for a maximum of 40% plot coverage from which only the 27% was built. This planning approach shows an environmental conscious attitude to architecture, while allowing space for external communal areas for socialization as well as greenery. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Project Areas
Total Housing Area: 440 sqm
Residence 1 Area: 220 sqm
Residence 2 Area: 220 sqm
Communal Core Area: 85 sqm
Underground Area: 185sqm
Building Site Coverage: 40%
Total Building are: 700 sqm
Site Area: 700 sqm - Tags
- #housesymbiosis #directionarchitects #studionaaro
- Production Technology
- In terms of construction, the main structure was raised up level by level through various types of wooden formworks for concrete casting. In some cases, where there were double curved geometries, it was required the combination of multiple formworks in order to achieve them. A main sculptural element of the project is a ribbon-like geometry with parts of double curvature, which unfolds on the front inner facade of the building. In order to construct this complex geometry, a detailed formworking procedure was required with the usage of horizontal and vertical formworks.
- Design Challenge
- The main challenge of the project involved navigating the delicate equilibrium between privacy and socialization for the two families. Architectural experimentation with geometry, spatial orientation, facades and volumetric massing address this challenge. The volumetric displacement of facades generates balconies and cantilevers, strategically limiting visual contact between interiors and creating secluded outdoor spaces. A sculptural ribbon-like geometry on the front inner facade creates an impression of a moving structure.
- Research
- In a fast paced ever changing world, what matters most is spending more time with the people that we care about. The main scope of the brief was to create a new typology for a double residency to shelter two sibling families, that want to spend more time together, while in the same time maintain their own private spaces. As a result, House Symbiosis, was born.
- Inspiration
- House Symbiosis gain inspiration from the yacht, aerospaceship and automotive industries. In the same time the project is also designed as a statement of freedom. From a close-up experience, it gives the impression of a structure, floating somewhere between sky and sea.
The project responds to the evolving demands of contemporary living, emphasizing familial bonds and offering a nuanced balance between communal and individual living. - Project Duration
- The project is located in a residential neighbourhood in Athens, Greece. The project's design period started during half way of 2018 and was completed in early 2019. A long project planning period followed the same year. The project started construction alongside the pandemic in March 2020 and finished around the end of 2022, with final touches happening in the beginning of 2023. The project was furnished in early 2023 and photographed by a professional photographer in May 2023.
- Operation Flow
- The project's emphasis on internal circulation drove the design process, adopting a sculptural tectonic approach reflected in the volumetric massing of the final structure. The resulting curvilinear formal language imparts a sense of dynamism and motion to the living spaces. The house gives the impression of heading towards two opposite directions.
- Team Members
- Architecture: Direction Architects
Architect Designer: John Kanakas
Architect Engineer: Kostas Christopoulos - Image Credits
- Studio Naaro
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