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About Studio

“We owe to the fields that our houses will not be the inferiors of the virgin land they have replaced. We owe it to the worms and the trees that the buildings we cover them with will stand as promises of the highest and most intelligent kinds of happiness.”
Alain de Botton

We are interested in reading about topos, the specific landscape, and nature. We believe in buildings that relate to their environment and emerge from it, creating new structures and new ways of comprehending space. We try through the form and functionality of our buildings to envelop the people living in them with directness, poetics, and optimism.

The residence is situated at the top of a natural hill with a stunning panorama.

The spans of openings and the rectangular volumes both allude to tradition.

The beams and material selection allude to contemporary architecture.

The olive tree color scheme predominates. Materials and colors were inspired by the surroundings.

The main living area, dining area, and kitchen are located on the ground floor.

This strategy is finished with unique furniture and the general interior design of the space.

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The internal and outside courtyards, which all face the sea, are united by the large folding French windows.

This lengthy outdoor dining table is located in an area that is well-protected from the sun thanks to the pergolas.

The room under the wooden roof is dominated by the bed's center placement overlooking the scene. — The room under the wooden roof is dominated by the bed’s center placement overlooking the scene.

This modern bathroom features a wooden cabinets construction to evoke a sense of the woods. — This modern bathroom features a wooden cabinet construction to evoke a sense of the woods.

This one features a unique wooden frame and a simple sink design.

Outside, there is a grill and a lounge seating area.

The net swing located close to the pool is a portion of the outside area.

Unfolding in this courtyard with a long axis vertical to the view plane is a swimming pool.

We attempted to create a modern language based on the vernacular. The rectangular volumes refer to the tradition while at the same time, the spans of openings, the beams as well as the choice of materials refer to modern constructions. Glass rails and wood structures follow this logic.

Colors and materials were where inspired by the surrounding landscape. The olive tree palette dominates. This approach is completed with the overall design of the interiors and custom-made furniture, in an attempt to achieve a holistic statement.

The house unfolds in 3 levels. On the ground floor, the main living room, dining room, and kitchen are situated. The wide folding French windows, create a unity between the interior and the exterior courtyard, all facing the sea.

In this courtyard, southwest orientated unfolds a swimming pool with its long axis vertical to the view plane. Areas well protected from the sun, are created under the pergolas, a lounge sitting area as well as a bbq with a dining table. In the mezzanine, 3 kids’ bedrooms are created, with sleeping areas placed in attics.

On the first floor, the master bedroom creates the main volume of the synthesis. The central position of the bed overlooking the view dominates the interior under the wooden roof. On the lowest level of the site, a stone wall formation is the only sign of the otherwise underground guest’s house.

The house’s garden, about 4 acres, is created on different levels with landscape formations following the natural site inclination. An alternation of herbs and indigenous plants, citrus, fruit, and olive trees, along with a miniature vineyard, participate in an orchestration of nature, using curved stone mantels as paintbrushes-borders in the whole synthesis.