Earth Light
EARTH LIGHT
Workshop - Dionisis Sotovikis
COLLABORATING ARCHITECTS
Eva Tsouni, Kirki Mariolopoulou, Chrissa Skiada
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Christos Papadopoulos
AREA
500.0 sqm
ARCHITECTS
Workshop - Dionisis Sotovikis
PHOTOGRAPHS
Erieta Attali, Vangelis Paterakis
CONSTRUCTION
Dionisisis Sotovikis Sa
PROJECT YEAR
2009
LOCATION
Kapandriti, Greece
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
This building was designed based on the relationship of man with the landscape and particularly the earth. The entrance from the street is created by two parallel walls which contain the staircase and “slice” the earth in order to guide you to the ground level of the house.
This level accommodates the most introvert-private spaces of the house, the bedrooms, and it has been designed to either open up towards the landscape or be completely isolated from it, according to the mood of its inhabitants.
In contrast, the level of the living-dining-kitchen area, the more extrovert-public spaces of the house is surrounded by glass, allowing the landscape to become part of the living space.
A staircase leads to the planted terrace and from there a bridge proceeds directly into the landscape where the half-suspended swimming pool “floats” over the sloping plot.
