Article source: Tense Architecture Network 

The location, on a small hill, is privileged. The longitudinal field is open to the south and the view of mountain Youhtas. How can a linear residence deal with the intense cretan light? The house necessarily unfolds along the south side, the side of the sun: through a double curvature the building is bend by the power of the sun’s path from east to west.

Image Courtesy © Petros Perakis

• Architects: Tense Architecture Network
• Project: Residence in Herakleon
• Location: Herakleon, Crete, Greece
• Photography: Petros Perakis
• Project team: Tilemachos Andrianopoulos, Kostas Mavros
• Collaborating architects: Thanos Bampanelos, Grigoris Stavridakis
• Structural Design: Athanasios Kontizas
• Building technology: Arvanitis Spiros

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