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Clover House

Clover House
© Pygmalion Karatzas

CLOVER HOUSE

R.C.Tech

ARCHITECTS
R.C.Tech

LEAD ARCHITECT
Giannis Douridas, Christina Kontou

MEP DESIGN 
Vassilis Lykoskoufis, Vassilis Lykoskoufis

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Dania Panagiotopoulou

STRUCTURAL DESIGN
R.C.Tech

CONSTRUCTION
R.C.Tech

CITY
Nisi

MANUFACTURERS
Staron, Ideal Standard

PHOTOGRAPHS
Pygmalion Karatzas

AREA
235.0 m2

PROJECT YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Nisi, Greece

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

Clover House is located on the south side of the island of Kythera in Greece, where gentle Mediterranean hills with low vegetation descend towards the sea.

Clover House
© Pygmalion Karatzas
Clover House
© Pygmalion Karatzas

The architectural composition sought to integrate the building harmoniously into the surrounding landscape.

The development of the house is linear, parallel to the views and the contour lines.

It breaks into two smaller ground floor volumes - the main house and a guests suite. An arch act as the connecting element of the two wings, a reference to the local form of ‘sfendonia’.

Clover House
© Pygmalion Karatzas
Clover House
© Pygmalion Karatzas
Clover House
© Pygmalion Karatzas

The corridor created between the two main building blocks, crowned by the large arch, forms a transverse viewing axis.

Tapered walls enhance the sense of the building’s proportions, a feature often found in structures around the island.

The residence develops behind a vertical plane formed by a curved stone wall that runs along the north side of the house. Its monolithic figure refers to the walls of the Venetian castle that sits in direct view, on the opposite slope.

Clover House
© Pygmalion Karatzas
Clover House
© Pygmalion Karatzas

This curved diaphragm serves also as a windbreaker to the house from the northerly prevailing winds during the winter months. 

The openings on the north side are small, yet capable to allow the cool north breeze to enter during the summer months.

Clover House
© Pygmalion Karatzas
Clover House
© Pygmalion Karatzas

Large longitudinal pergolas provide shadow to the exterior verandas in the south. A sculptural concrete staircase leads to the terraces above for better viewing angles.

Clover House
© Pygmalion Karatzas


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