Plaini and Karahalios Architects

House In Agrinio

House In Agrinio
© John Karahalios

HOUSE IN AGRINIO

Plaini and Karahalios Architects

LEAD ARCHITECT
John Karahalios

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Agrinio, Greece

AREA
300.0 m2

PROJECT YEAR
2010

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The design is based on a sequence of parallel zones. They underline the gradual transition from the public to the private and they organize the functions.

ZONE 1

The fences and the dense array of bushes mark the property boundaries. The house is separated by the exterior through a system of walls that are part of the whole volumetric scheme rather than being an independent condition.

House In Agrinio
© John Karahalios
House In Agrinio
© John Karahalios
House In Agrinio
© John Karahalios

ZONE 2

Low vegetation organizes the buffer zone between the hedge and the main volume.

Zone 3: The public reference area at the immediate access, where the living room and the dining room are situated.

The dominant feeling is the intense contrast of the black furniture against the white backdrop.

House In Agrinio
© John Karahalios
House In Agrinio
© John Karahalios
House In Agrinio
© John Karahalios

ZONE 4

The axis of the interior crossing is the main compositional element and is clearly visible since it divides the space into two untis.

ZONE 5

The final zone is adjustent to the inner limit of the property where functions of everyday use and leisure are located (the kitchen, the tv room, the pool or the guest house).

These spaces are formed with combinations of materials like black tile, wooden floors and the element of water, all intergrated within the dominant white volume.

House In Agrinio
© John Karahalios
House In Agrinio
© John Karahalios
House In Agrinio
© John Karahalios

The final result is the formation of three distinct entities. The transitions of everyday experience take place among them and life is projected on the internal facades they create. A fundamental principle has been the consistency of choices based on a central core of thought and its application on every scale.


House In Agrinio
© John Karahalios
House In Agrinio
© John Karahalios


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Plaini and Karahalios Architects
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Plaini and Karahalios Architects
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