Gerakas House – Athens / Greece
The House is located in a suburb of Athens, called Gerakas. It is surrounded by other private residences with gardens, narrow plots and unformed public spaces. Due to the narrow and deep shape of the site and with an exclusive view to a park at the front side, we decided the volume of housing to reach the two adjacent sites. Basic principle at the architecture of the residence which created its final form was the capture of functional development in the shell.
The white color of the dominant volume is combined with an antiquated wood of cedar ,which covers the facade of the 1st floor surface, and paneled clean glass surfaces which surround the site. On the ground floor there is the living room, the kitchen and the dining room, a wine cellar and parking spaces. The fireplace in tones of grey dominates the living room, while upstairs the respectively selected tints in wallpapers and lightings offer tranquility in the family. To take advantage of the view to the park, we organized the living room at the front part of the ground floor and the kitchen at the back, with direct contact to a private garden. A curved wall at the left edge of the site leads the visitor gradually towards the entrance of the residence. At the center of the house there is an internal patio, which goes through all the floor levels and diffuses natural light in the residence, providing natural light and cooling in the house, and create a beautiful internal garden in the residence. The 1st floor was developed as one volume throughout the width of the site, taking advantage of the view towards the park from all bedrooms.
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Private Owner |
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240 m² |
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Athens, Greece |
This project refers to the design of a ground floor private residence with surrounding fencing, in the farm area of Epanomi (municipality of Thermaikos) which has a total area of 11557.50 sq.m. The ground floor house has been designed and developed based on the topographical details of the area . The building has visual engravings on the southwest, its entrance is located on the northeast and evolves around a outdoor living room. More specifically, the exterior seating area consists of a semi-outdoor area with a pergola, which includes the entrance to the house.
The main living spaces are located in the northwest part of the property. There is the kitchen with the dining room and the living room, as well as two bedrooms and a laundry space. To the southeast there are three guest bedrooms, one with a private bathroom and two with a shared one.
The external staircase located on the main patio leads to an outdoor seating area, which is designed on the roof, with a pergola. On the exterior space of the building one more pergola creates a shading system that serves the outdoor parking space. The outdoor space also hosts a hot tub, in connection to the master bedroom.
The central and connecting element of the composition is the atrium, from which there is access to the all the interior spaces. The design offers privacy where it is needed with large openings to the surrounding view.
