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Sumit Singhal
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.

St. Minas House in Evoia, Greece by Neiheiser Argyros

 
November 18th, 2021 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Neiheiser Argyros

On a spectacular site overlooking the Euboean Sea near the small village of St. Minas a mix of raw and refined materials combine to create a unique summer house that opens up to the landscape in all directions. Two large shallow concrete arches orient the main living spaces towards the sea. Crossing perpendicular to this primary axis a one-story bar of more private bedroom spaces are tucked into the existing slope of the landscape. The house disappears into the olive groves and wild pine forest from the approach road, but opens up across two stories to embrace the full extent of the seafront views. Extensive terraces around the house create a multi-level network of outdoor living rooms.

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Zandri

  • Architects: Neiheiser Argyros
  • Project: St. Minas House
  • Location: St. Minas, Evoia, Greece
  • Photography: Lorenzo Zandri
  • Neiheiser Argyros Design Team: Xristina Argyros, Ryan Neiheiser, Eleni Vagianou, Alkisti Michelatou, Danae Haratsis
  • Structural Engineering: Michalis Michelatos
  • Completion date: July 2021

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Zandri

An initial structure on the site, designed by Greek architect Nikos Hadjimichalis in the 1970s, has been extensively renovated, reconfigured, and extended. Whereas the original house was singularly focused towards the sea, by cutting large new openings into the original structure and extending space outdoors in all directions, the diversity of the site – forest, grove, lawn, meadow… and sea – is celebrated. Many of the original modernist details have been recreated and updated, but also complemented with playful new additions. The house is deliberately ambiguous in its treatment of old and new, and unprecious in its deference to the original house; at times revealing the traces of the manipulations and incisions to the original, at other times blending new with old, conflating past and present. The exposed concrete of the structural walls and ceiling are complemented by exposed brick, wood windows, custom terrazzo floors, perforated aluminum cabinets, and built-in upholstered furniture throughout.

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Zandri

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Zandri

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Zandri

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Zandri

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Zandri

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Zandri

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Zandri

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Zandri

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Zandri

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Zandri

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Zandri

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Zandri

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Zandri

Image Courtesy © Lorenzo Zandri

Image Courtesy © Neiheiser Argyros

Image Courtesy © Neiheiser Argyros

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Categories: House, Residential




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