House In A Garden

House In A Garden
© Yiorgis Yerolymbos

HOUSE IN A GARDEN

RS Sparch

ARCHITECTS
RS Sparch

LOCATION
Athens, Greece

CATEGORY
Houses

PROJECT YEAR
2016

PHOTOGRAPHS
Yiorgis Yerolymbos

AREA
240.0 m2

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Rena Sakellaridou

CONSTRUCTION
Gipsometal S.A., A. Moustakas

MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
P. Chatzimpailos - Technoico

COLLABORATORS
Niovi Tsompikou and N. Apergis, S. Cherouvim, I. Kloni

TRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
G. Karambelas

MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
P. Chatzimpailos - Technoico

PROJECT SUPERVISION
G. Karambelas

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Rena Sakellaridou

MANUFACTURERS
DS Steel, ELVIAL, Gipsometal S.A, Golden Door, Marathon Stone, Miele, Mourikis Wooden Floors -, STELNIC

THE STORY

A house in a mystical garden in a dense urban setting. When the client came to the office he talked about a house in a garden for him and his son.

House In A Garden
© RS Sparch
House In A Garden
© RS Sparch

We talked about the garden, about the many trees already there. Would it be possible to keep the palm tree?

We talked about the house. It would have to be small. But he would need a corner to listen to music, and lots of light coming from all sides.

House In A Garden
© Yiorgis Yerolymbos
House In A Garden
© Yiorgis Yerolymbos

This is a house in a secret garden, a house in its own world, open to nature, even though surrounded by the dense urban fabric of Athens.

Hidden behind the trees, the house accepts the garden, it integrates its colors, its shadows, its changing over time.

House In A Garden
© Yiorgis Yerolymbos
House In A Garden
© RS Sparch

A linear pool accentuates geometries. The garden enters the house through the windows, connects the front to the back. Nature is dominant.

The house consists of a concrete base and a white, metal-structure ‘beam’, a linear projecting ‘bridge’ that balances on the base, its folded ends open to the view.

House In A Garden
© RS Sparch
House In A Garden
© RS Sparch

In a clear distinction between more public and private areas, the base houses the living areas while the white ‘bridge’ houses the bedrooms.

Opening up to both sides the interior allows views of the garden to flood the interior. The program is simple:

House In A Garden
© RS Sparch
House In A Garden
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living room and kitchen on the ground floor, two bedroom-suites on the upper floor that open up to the green roof, and gym, guest room and utilities placed in the basement.

A black metal staircase connecting all three levels evolves like a geometric ‘flower’ and becomes a point of reference.

House In A Garden
© RS Sparch
House In A Garden
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The two main floors are visually connected through a glass floor, while a skylight on top brings natural light in.

White walls for the owners’ collection of paintings, wooden floors, black aluminum window frames, black metal and transparent glass, a revolving mirror door that separates the livingroom from the kitchen.

House In A Garden
© RS Sparch
House In A Garden
© RS Sparch

Reflections, unexpected views of the garden through a horizontal slit on the concrete structure, another one for the kitchen, the view of a tree framed by a square window in the livingroom.

Untreated reinforced concrete with visible the marks of the formwork for the main structure, thermal plaster on the white ‘beam’ of the upper floor and the almost black cube of the kitchen.

House In A Garden
© RS Sparch
House In A Garden
© Yiorgis Yerolymbos

A galvanized steel door and fence hides the building from the street. The house can now surrender to the garden.

House In A Garden
© RS Sparch
House In A Garden
© RS Sparch


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