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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Germanina Agriculture Farm in Cyprus by SPARCH SAKELLARIDOU/PAPANIKOLAOU ARCHITECTSApril 8th, 2015 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: SPARCH SAKELLARIDOU/PAPANIKOLAOU ARCHITECTS The goal is to transform the site into a hospitality experience, the feeling of space and program into the art of experience, the actions into a viable and flexible development program. The border: The listed buildings demarcate the central outdoor space with their shape, they accumulate the cultural activities, touristic infrastructure, hospitality, relaxation and entertainment programs (Interactive Museum, Agri-tourism, Baths, Accommodation). The enhancement of uses with reversible constructions of (container) type in a discreet relationship with the listed buildings reinforces the concept of limit and functions as a transitional element from and to the central area (Central Square), into the diffusion area (Natural Element).  General Νight View, Image Courtesy © sparch Sakellaridou/ Papanikolaou Architects & Ch. Marathovouniotis
 The Square and the water element, Image Courtesy © sparch Sakellaridou/ Papanikolaou Architects & Ch. Marathovouniotis The diffusion: The outdoor space that surrounds the existing building complex is designed as a “productive scenery”, acquires discrete interfering and takes an equal part in the interactive experience of the Farm (Experimental and Educational Crops, Artist Guesthouses, Track Networks, Shaded Paths) The center: the role of the central outdoor area, the melting pot of two worlds, the old and the new, as well as of various functions is strengthened. Its size that acquires public space characteristics, is transformed into a Central Square in the Farm, while a flexible use to the viability of the Complex is sited under the ground (Multiple Use Center). The new building mass is partly concealed, while the shape of the Square, a flowing installation of water and glass, makes the Farm an urban space.  View of the Square, Image Courtesy © sparch Sakellaridou/ Papanikolaou Architects & Ch. Marathovouniotis Architectural operations_the art of experience We form the program following and giving prominence to the historical and morphological structure of the Farm. We preserve and renovate, we restore and rebuild. We demolish and recycle. We reuse the raw material and restore what we preserve. We renew the existing by working out the new, either by concealing it under the earth, or as a reversible choice, as an architectural object in a discrete dialogue with the existing. We listen to the harmony of the Farm closely and configure the overall approach introducing a rhythm of continuity and discontinuity, of intension, emphasis and pause.  A Place of Hospitality and Relaxation, Image Courtesy © sparch Sakellaridou/ Papanikolaou Architects & Ch. Marathovouniotis We transfuse the lively character of a multiple activities and experiences crossroad center without altering the historical and evidential relationship between listed buildings and empty space and we also use the concept of the “revival” of the Farm metaphorically, designing the water element in a swirling and moving way. We incorporate the big new building mass in the ground under the Square, bolstering the through circulation of the Farm.  The Multiple Use Center, Image Courtesy © sparch Sakellaridou/ Papanikolaou Architects & Ch. Marathovouniotis We demarcate and infuse the “productive” Farm scenery with greenery and the planting of local varieties. We bolster the silence of the scenery, the scents, the colors, the optical escapes. In that framework, concepts as program and viability, balance and concealment, fluidity, limit diffusion as well as stasis and movement are unbreakably organized in a continuous and cohesive handling of the all.  Spa, Image Courtesy © sparch Sakellaridou/ Papanikolaou Architects & Ch. Marathovouniotis  Concept, Image Courtesy © sparch Sakellaridou/ Papanikolaou Architects & Ch. Marathovouniotis  Main section, Image Courtesy © sparch Sakellaridou/ Papanikolaou Architects & Ch. Marathovouniotis  Section of the Container, Image Courtesy © sparch Sakellaridou/ Papanikolaou Architects & Ch. Marathovouniotis  Section of the Container, Image Courtesy © sparch Sakellaridou/ Papanikolaou Architects & Ch. Marathovouniotis
Tags: Cyprus Categories: Farm House, Guest House, Hospitality, Hotel, Landscape |
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