Article source: S2PiA architects

The short story

The project was awarded to us by a family leaving in Athens keen on a new country house in the Arcadian Landscape.

Design started mid-2012 and work on site was completed at the end of 2014.

The program

It all started as a simple snapshot; At a very steep site with clear view towards the sea a holiday retreat protects its inhabitants from the sun heat and the strong winds while soothing the senses under the moonlight.

We have placed the building at the only available naturally formed plateau of the site in order to avoid unnecessary groundworks that could spoil the relief.

Image Courtesy © Erieta Attali

• Architects: S2PiA Architects (Panagiotis Papassotiriou) and 02 Architecture & Mech. Engineering (Valia Foufa)
• Project: Villa Melana
• Location: Pera Melana, Tyros, Greece
• Photography: Erieta Attali, Pygmalion Karatzas
• Consultants:
  • Kratimenos Antonis _ Civil Eng.
  • Kabilis Nikos _ Mechanical Eng.
  • Bokolas Dimitrios_ Koulos Evangelos _ Topographical Survey
  • Taraviras George _ Civil Eng. _ Consultant
• Site Area: 6.085 m²
  
• Total Gross Surface Area: 205 τ.μ (158 τ.μ Main House + 47 τ.μ Ancillary Spaces)
• Design Date: 2012
• Completion Date: 2014

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