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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. Monolithoi in Greece, Balkans by DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTUREDecember 17th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTURE The Land “Stone everywhere. Stone in the cobbled streets, the tower houses and the churches. An enormous stone is the entire Mani, which you need three lives to see. One for the mountains, one for the sea and one for the people”. Anonymous traveler in Mani.  Image Courtesy © DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTURE
 Image Courtesy © DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTURE Two Lonely Towers In The Landscape The main ‘idea’ of the project was to acknowledge and be inspired by a special feature of Mani’s residential forms – the ‘Ksemonia’ (meaning ‘the one who has been left alone’), which were lonely towers or small residential complexes standing alone in the rugged landscape of Mani, and operating as shelters or observation points. From afar, these stone-built towers appear as just one more element of the land, like monolithic outbursts from the soil, yet their very existence records the imprint of the turbulent life of the traditional Mani on this remarkable landscape. The residential complex, consisting of two stone houses, is organized around two towers, placed in the plot so as to also allow a dynamic arrangement of the outdoor spaces and the entrances to the houses, and to define additional spaces such as the parking areas.  Image Courtesy © DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTURE The modern tower-houses are designed to be in close connection with the natural landscape – just as is the case with the traditional Mani architecture, which became an integral part of the place that gave birth to it. Their stone mass shapes the outdoor and indoor spaces, both structurally and aesthetically, and forms the levels and the zones that will ‘host’ life.  Image Courtesy © DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTURE Although the main composition is expressed in the form of the towers, their extensions which make up the rest of the complex do not exist independently within the plot, but rather are brought together into a whole – echoing the established architectural forms of the region, but in so doing also providing a modern interpretation of those same traditional typologies.  Image Courtesy © DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTURE  Image Courtesy © DESYPRI & MISIARIS ARCHITECTURE
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