Article source: KATERINA VALSAMAKI ARCHITECTS

The vacation house is located on the top of a lush valley offering a tremendous panoramic view to the Argolic Bay and the islands of Plateia, Psili and Spetses.

The design concept was focused on settling the residence in the tranquil Peloponnesian landscape of the slopping olive grove, while its layout would bless all its spaces with the impressive, magnificent views of the sea and the surrounding nature. Another fundamental design priority was to introduce an outdoor living lifestyle. This is partly achieved by eliminating the boundaries between internal and external spaces through visual and physical tricks that strengthen the flow between them, thus providing a unique experience of the Mediterranean living. Mediterranean architecture is after all an everlasting dialogue between light and shadow, inside and out.

Image Courtesy © Konstantinos Thomopoulos

• Architects: KATERINA VALSAMAKI ARCHITECTS
• Project: NAFPLIOBLU – Vacation House
• Location: Tolo, Nafplio, Peloponnese, Greece
• Photography: Konstantinos Thomopoulos
  
• Design Team: Katerina Charisiadou, Alexandra Baklatzi
• Structural Engineer: Ergosystem – Kalligeros LTD
• E/M Engineer: Michael Athanasiou
• Completion Year: 2018

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