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Paros Villa, South Aegean Greece
25 Apr 2022
Design: Studio Seilern Architects
Location: Paros, South Aegean, Greece

Photos: Louisa Nikolaidou
Paros Villa, Greece
Studio Seilern Architects? design for a private villa on the Greek island of Paros blends a subtle modernism with both contemporary and traditional detailing and materials. The Paros Villa was assembled as a linked series of standalone rooms around a poolside courtyard, the villa touches the landscape lightly, providing a beautiful and simple luxury living environment in its natural Aegean setting.

Rising above an olive grove on the west coast of the island, the orientation of the villa has been determined by the setting of the August sun; the path of its solar axis terminates at a negative-edge pool cantilevering towards the Aegean Sea. This orientation is mirrored by the adjacent pergola, roofed with bamboo punctured by a single oculus that brings light onto a hand chiseled marble poolside lounge.
The surrounding built volumes that comprise the villa are placed on overlapping terrazzo slabs, which give the appearance of floating above the soil. Clad in rustic mirrors, the inset base of the pool reflects the Mediterranean sky and transforms it into another floating slab.

The minimal material richness of the building is derived subtly by means of texture. The traditional white stucco render and stone walls are hemmed by Greek m...