This residence is designed for a five-member family. The site, located in Palaiopanagia, a suburban area of Nafapaktos (Greece), has an area of 1.000 sq.m., and a pentagonal shape. Its wide side is orientated to the north view.

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Architects: Barlas Architects

Location: Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece

Architect In Charge: Konstantin Thorvald Barlas

Design Team: Sofia Papageorgiou

Area: 426.7 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Pygmalion Karatzas

Structural Engineering: Martha Koriala

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From the architect. This residence is designed for a five-member family. The site, located in Palaiopanagia, a suburban area of Nafapaktos (Greece), has an area of 1.000 sq.m., and a pentagonal shape. Its wide side is orientated to the north view.
© Pygmalion Karatzas

© Pygmalion Karatzas

The direct relationship between the interior and exterior space was requested from the client, as well as the building to be placed on the end of the site, leaving free space for a future addition. The design of the house is a combination of five dynamic, linear, crooked zones that are consisted of void and full volumes. Those zones are moving in parallel, sliding with each other and creating a dynamic relationship. The building is unfo...