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The Rocks
Respecting the unique landscape we designed 3 separate volumes around a central patio. These volumes house the main functions of the residence, and differ in height, dimensions, and materials. Their principal feature is that no organized design – site concept was followed for their construction but instead, each part has been freely set in the space, in an almost anarchic way, as if it has fallen from the sky and it just stood there. In other words, as exactly it has happened to Volax volcanic spherical rocks.
Project info
Budget
Confidential
Year
2016
Building Size
200 m2
Plot Size
2 264 m2
Status
Completed
Location
Tinos, Greece
Assignment
New Construction
Type
Private Villa
Volax is perhaps, the most “authentic” location in Tinos; blatantly special and distinct, in a way that makes it, unique in Cyclades – or even the world. So, designing a building as a continuation or a complementary part of the overall grand picture of Volax, is a real challenge.
Over time, the building will become totally integrated with the landscape.
The shape, an oblong rectangle, manages to give prominence to the rocks “underlying” them and enhancing their sphericity, setting them in direct “confrontation” with its own linearity.
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Location
Village of Volax
Tinos, Greece
In the internal part, the hard envelope “breaks” and becomes “transparent”, allowing the interior to become one with the exterior part.