• Ag. Paraskevi
  • Ag. Paraskevi
  • Ag. Paraskevi
  • Ag. Paraskevi
  • Ag. Paraskevi

DESIGN 1983-CONSTRUCTION 1984

The site is irregularly shaped and has a large pine tree on one of the edges. The area is approximately 400.00 m2, located in the urban fabric of the Municipality of Agia Paraskevi. The demands of a family of three members, was a house (around 200.00 m2) with a garden.

Emphasis was given on the orientation and the use of the outdoor spaces in a neutral urban environment. And so, the building was organized at the back of the site, in two floors, leaving a large garden in the South – a garden in front of a long semi-outdoor space which continues from the daily spaces. Pointing out the transition of the courtyard – semi-outdoor space – indoors, blocking the house from the north to protect it from the northern winds and the insolation from the south and east openings, classify this building as a passive solar residence.

The basic principle of the composition is the two rectangulars  9.50 x 12.00 x 3.00 high m arranged vertically in two perpendicular directions. On the ground floor are the reception areas and the daily spaces with the necessary spaces. An interior atrium allows sunlight to illuminate the ground floor from the opening of a solarium of the 1rst floor. This also serves as a forum for internal communication between two floors. The bedrooms are arranged on the second floor and open to the eastern terrace, creating an independent private space. Most wet areas are located on the north side of the building and function as a containment of the heat losses. The ventilation of the residence moves from east to south, since the building in the West is almost closed. Finally, the triangle created at the western edge of the building, beyond its use as a staging point in front of the gate, is being planted and used as a connector ramp to the garage towards the basement. There is also provided a spiral staircase to access the roof.

Materials The composition is characterized by simplicity and sincerety of the materials. The rough mansory concrete dominates the building (columns – beams – floor), the plaster artifisiel, forged on the walls and the woodwork in the openings. Emphasis is given on the screen of the opening in the first floor which is entirely made out of wood. All woodwork is protected by the sloped shelter of the roof that works as a “coronation” of the building, and which is planted. As far as colors are concerned, the gray concrete is combined with bright Polygnotia colors.

The shaping of the entrance floor and of the semi-open spaces, was made with marble coating (old frame) and the fence walls with hewn demolition stone.