Article source: buerger katsota architects 

On the Cycladic island of Paros, within an area under natural protection, the conversion of two degraded 8-room rental studio complexes into two quality holiday residences required careful renegotiations on several scales and architectural dials.

The scheme, with regards to massing and articulation, combines proportions and composition of cubic volumes, repetition and standardization of openings, generous outdoor shaded spaces and the use of environmentally friendly materials in order to redefine the complexes’ expression, achieve a plasticity of form but also an architectural unity that respects Cycladic architecture, adopts to the landscape and responds to the demands for contemporary holiday living.

Image Courtesy © Yiorgis Yerolymbos

• Architects: buerger katsota architects
• Project: Houses A•2
• Location: Paros, Greece
• Photography: Yiorgis Yerolymbos
  
• Design Team: Stephan Buerger, Demetra Katsota, Maria Chassioti, Georgios Kourakos, Klelia Siska
• Structural Engineers: P. Panagiotopoulos & Associates
• M/E Engineers: Clima Therma, D.P. Kryfos & Associates
• Landscape Design: Greenways Hellas Landscape Architecture
• Model: Taras Diachun
• Site Management: Stamatis Delavinias
• Design Year: 2014
• Completion Year: 2017

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