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Residence in Crete, Greece
Contemporary Villa on Island in Greece – design by tense architecture network
3 Feb 2017
Residence in Crete
Design: tense architecture network
Location: Crete, Southern Greece
Residence in Crete

Work nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, Mies van Der Rohe Award 2017.

The location, on a small hill, is privileged. The longitudinal field is open to the south and the view of mountain Youhtas. How can a linear residence deal with the intense Cretan light" The house necessarily unfolds along the south side, the side of the sun: through a double curvature the building is bend by the power of the sun?s path from east to west.
The house is located in a quiet new neighborhood of the Mediterranean city of Heraklion, not far from the city?s center. The flat, elevated corner plot offers views of the city and has a southern orientation. This family house was designed for the needs of a young couple and its two small children. It develops in four levels, hosting the living quarters at the over-ground floor level and the sleeping quarters at the ground-floor level. The latter, is open to the garden that is shaded by the main elevated volume which hosts another private bedroom and two open-air spaces excised from its two corners. The fair-faced concrete volume functions as a shelter both for the garden and the subjacent main living space...