React Architects

RizA ii House

RizA ii House
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RizA ii House

React Architects

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Natasha Deliyianni, Yiorgos Spiridonos

MANUFACTURERS
Climatism, DEVELIME, EXPA, KOURTIS, MODA BAGNO, SKANDALIS, SMK GROUP-PAROS, STEFANOS PATELIS, YDRO PAROS

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
EYA PAPADHMHTRIOY - OUTSIDE

ARCHITECTURAL SUPERVISION LEAD
Ioannis Vagias

EXTERIOR DESIGN (BBQ, STAIRS, POOL, PERGOLAS)
Nikol Georgopoulou

INTERIOR DESIGN (KITCHEN, BATHROOMS)
Sofia Fika

ARCHITECTURAL SUPERVISION
Petros Ragkousis

LIGHTING DESIGNERS
HALO

AREA
240 m²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Krotiri, Greece

CATEGORY
Houses, Detail

The two houses with a cave guest house are placed on a particularly sloping plot. The orientation is southwest on the long side, overlooking the sea and the bay of Parikia.

RizA ii House
© Panagiotis Voumvakis
RizA ii House
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The project has its roots in the arid topography of the Cyclades and its white walls emerge from it, unfolding like a ribbon in the landscape forming the volumes of the house and the external and internal living spaces.

The surfaces with small deviations give the possibility to exploit the view and create privacy between the two houses.

RizA ii House
© Panagiotis Voumvakis
RizA ii House
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In this way, a jagged building is created and adapted to the particular morphology of the plot. In this way, multi-level exterior courtyards oriented towards the view are created.

The courtyard space is exploited to create a single residential complex that nevertheless preserves the privacy of the individual units.

RizA ii House
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RizA ii House
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Both the guest house and the main building have openings that unify the interiors with the exteriors and make it possible in the summer months for the residence to grow by making use of the courtyards protected from the northern wind.

Another dominant feature of the building is the long narrow openings that find a rhythmic repetition on the checkered facade and intensify the architectural expression.

The stone masonry acts as a background to the white ribbon and creates large retaining walls and bridges the large slope of the plot with accesses or the walls of the underground part that is unified with the large external courtyard in view.

RizA ii House
© Panagiotis Voumvakis
RizA ii House
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RizA ii House
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The logic of the ribbon can also be seen in the flexible flows that arise both between the living spaces and the roof.

The visitor enters from the central staircase, the highest point of the plot, and the road, which is led between the white and the stone retaining wall reminiscent of dry stone.

RizA ii House
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RizA ii House
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RizA ii House
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From there he can either enter the building or continue his course towards the planted roof and sitting areas and enjoy the view of the bay.

The building, although inspired by the materials and layout of local architecture, aims to redefine it through a modern prism.

The dipole between white surfaces and the stone that encloses the residence highlights a form with plasticity.

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