Wedge House

Wedge House
© Kimberley Powell

WEDGE HOUSE

Urban Soul Project

ELECTROMECHANICAL STUDY
Giorgos Theofilogiannakos

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Kostas Floros, Tasos Georgantzis, Maria Tsaftari, Maria Koukoutsi, Dimitra Parathyra,
Zacharias Kechagioglou, Efthymia Katsarou

MANUFACTURES
Almeco, Baklatsidis, Ependisi, Interpon Akzonobel, Luminart

PHOTOGRAPHS
Kimberley Powell

AREA
130 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Pylos, Greece

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

This vacation house outside the village of Methoni in Pylos teases the common image of the houses at the area (orthogonal with a four-pitched tiled roof) and the composition emerges as a gesture of plastic treatment of a surface that forms the roof.

Wedge House
© Kimberley Powell
Wedge House
© Kimberley Powell

The house is located on an elongated plot with an entrance from the street on the narrow side that is adjacent to the street at an angle, resulting in a trapezoidal plot.

The three en suite bedrooms, the kitchen, the living room, and the office, are organized on two levels (ground floor and first floor) and two distinct long narrow volumes with a sloping roof.

Wedge House
© Kimberley Powell
Wedge House
© Kimberley Powell

The two wedge-shaped sections are placed parallel and connected at their lowest part.

The slope of the roof in combination with the full opening of the façade with the greatest height allows an unobstructed view from the inside of the house and plenty of natural light despite its west orientation.

The concrete slab that forms the roof releases the shell from the weight of the possible tiled roof and creates a dynamic relationship between the ground and the environment.

Wedge House
© Kimberley Powell
Wedge House
© Kimberley Powell

The design of the surrounding area follows the design of the house:

the pool, the seating areas, and the stairs are all wedge-shaped, a gesture that introduces vanishing points and directs the view.

Wedge House
© Kimberley Powell


Wedge House
© Kimberley Powell
Wedge House
© Kimberley Powell
Wedge House
© Kimberley Powell
Wedge House
© Kimberley Powell
Wedge House
© Kimberley Powell
Wedge House
© Kimberley Powell
Wedge House
© Kimberley Powell


Wedge House
Elevation - West
Wedge House
Elevation - North


Wedge House
Plan - Ground floor
Wedge House
Plan - First floor


Wedge House
Section - A
Wedge House
Section - B