Elements House

Elements House
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ELEMENTS HOUSE

G&A Evripiotis

CATEGORY
Houses

LOCATION
Molos, Greece

ARCHITECTS
G&A Evripiotis

MEP DESIGN
Yannis Skiadas

YEAR
2020

AREA
200 m²

LANDSCAPE
Eva Papadimitriou

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
G&A Evripiotis, Angelos Kottikas

MANUFACTURERS
Dornbracht, EXPA, Hager, Miele, LAFARGE GROUP, SMK GROUP, Skandalis AE

DESIGN TEAM
Angeliki Evripioti, Chrysanthi Almpani, George Kourakos, Dimitris Zoupas

Elements house is located on a rigid slope overlooking the bay of Molos on the east seashore of Paros island, surrounded by a typical Cycladic landscape.

Elements House
© Yiorgis Yerolymbos
Elements House
© Yiorgis Yerolymbos

The view and the rigid landscape are the two main elements of the architectural design, which seeks the accomplishment of both the maximum use of the view in every interior space and the minimum trace of the building on the landscape.

The panoramic view of the slope consists of southern Naxos, Herakleia, and Kefalos Hill with the monastery of St Anthony on top and the settlements of Marmara and Marpissa on its base.

Elements House
© Yiorgis Yerolymbos
Elements House
© Yiorgis Yerolymbos

The use of a linear stonewall that embraces an underground layout of successive spaces forms the design fundament of the two independent parts of the house, whose green roofs intergrade them even more into the Cycladic flora.

Two linear underground planted backyards contribute to extra lighting and ventilation to every space and they are simultaneously functioning as the main movement corridor between the parking area, the common spaces, and the interior spaces.

Elements House
© Yiorgis Yerolymbos
Elements House
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A common exterior kitchen and dining area (agora) shape every aspect of the residents’ life, as it lies in-between the backyards, the entrance staircase (scala), the independent parts of the house, and the view-oriented verandas.

The exterior materials’ colors and textures are all nuanced in accordance with the natural ground of the slope, giving precedence to natural stone and wood.

Elements House
© Yiorgis Yerolymbos
Elements House
© Yiorgis Yerolymbos

On the contrary, the interior has been a more exclusive, free-spirited mix of materials, colors, and decorative objects.

Elements house composes both a reference to the integrated building on a rigid landscape and a secluded summer residence on a Greek island, experimenting with the differences of the hidden and the visible, the interior and the exterior, the natural and the artificial.

Elements House
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Elements House
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Elements House
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Elements House
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Elements House
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