Villa 13 House

VILLA 13 HOUSE

Parthenios Architects+associates

Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis

ENGINEERS ON SITE
Stathis Efstathopoulos, Dimitris Katsoulas

DESIGN TEAM
Panos Parthenios, Spyros Parthenios, Georgia Partheniou, Ioanna Flouri, Yiannis Stamou

MANUFACTURERS
Autodesk, Graphisoft, Alumil, Gaggenau, Golden Door, Inalco, Leicht, Miele, Roussetos, Bagno Y Bagno, Cripe, Casa Di Patsi, Floriana, Ifi Group, Papageorgiou, Sto Limited, Assimakopoulos

LANDSCAPE
Katerina Goltsiou

CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISIOR
Parthenios architects+associates

LIGHT CONSULTANTS
Ifi Group

AREA
520 m²

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Kifissia, Greece

CATEGORY
Houses

Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis

Text description provided by architect.

Villa 13 is a private residence placed on a corner plot in one of the northern suburbs of Athens (Greece), Kifissia.

Its volumes are the result of three consecutive foldings, which embrace the main spaces of the Villa and assist the composition both in turning smoothly around the corner and in climbing the gentle slope.

Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis
Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis

Folding #1 encloses the living room and the double-height dining space, which meet at a sharp corner. Folding #2 encloses the master bedroom and offers a shelter for the outer space of the top floor office. Folding #3 encloses the bedrooms for the three young sons of the family.

The white color of the folding surfaces comes into contrast with the dark gray color of the base, allowing the composition to grow in stages, and Creating an illusion that entertains the actual four levels in height.

Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis
Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis

Furthermore, the strict white surfaces of the three foldings engage in a dialogue with the dark gray semi-transparent metal filter towards the south and the west, offering privacy and shade.

This layer, made out of vertical rectangular aluminum bars, functions almost like an outer partial shell situated in two levels: the ground one protects from sight.

Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis
Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis
Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis

Folding #2 is completely blind towards the street indicating the main entrance of the villa.

The path beneath it leads to the interior and cuts the villa in two pieces: when entering one has an unobstructed view through the house towards the atrium, while walking next to the water.

Next to it, beneath Folding #3, the kitchen recedes in order to protect itself from the hot sun rays of the south, while fully opening its long side to a zone in-between inside, outside and underwater.

Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis
Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis
Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis

Finally, Folding #1 may have lost its propriety when it decided to tilt its internal side forming a sharp corner with tension, nevertheless, it is now able to steer sight towards the view when inside, and most importantly to make that annoying electric pillar at the corner of the two streets disappear.


Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis
Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis
Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis
Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis
Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis
Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis
Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis
Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis
Villa 13 House
© Giorgos Sfakianakis


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