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Art School & Residence 1306
Contemporary Architecture in Cyprus – design by simpraxis Architects
4 Jan 2017
Art School & Residence 1306, Akaki
Design: Marios Christodoulides Christos Christodoulou simpraxis, Architects
Location: Cyprus
Art School & Residence 1306
The program called for an Art School and a Residence for an Art Instructor and her family. The small Art School and modest House had to be located within the same plot and had to function independently with separate access from the street. Nevertheless, there had to be direct and safe access from one to the other.

Photos © Marios Christodoulides
The project is situated on the periphery of Akaki, a village of approximately twenty-seven hundred residents, in a remote flat farmland that?s gradually transforming into a sparsely populated residential area.
The Art school had to accommodate about twenty students in an open space that?s easy to reconfigure for different groups and activities. Supportive spaces included a small kitchenette and an area for cleaning tools and also bathrooms and storage. There was also a need for a small and private office space.

The site is only accessible through un unpaved road that?s only used by farmers and the residents of the House and students of the School. The lack of neighboring buildings and tall vegetation means the site is largely unprotected from the winter winds and also from the...