This is a two-story building of the early 20th century, a typical village house of the Peloponnese with the main living areas on the upper level and the lower level used separately for agricultural functions.

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Architects: Plaini and Karahalios Architects

Location: Sparti 231 00, Greece

Architect In Charge: John Karahalios, Elisavet Plaini

Area: 150.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Nikos Papageorgiou

Landscape Architect: Eleni Tsirintani

Special Structures: Giorgos Mathioudakis

© Nikos Papageorgiou

From the architect. This is a two-story building of the early 20th century, a typical village house of the Peloponnese with the main living areas on the upper level and the lower level used separately for agricultural functions.
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The adaptation of the building into a contemporary vacation house was based on two main principles. On the one hand the spaces were arranged in a fluid and continuous way, without setting firm boundaries. On the other hand it was important to underline the differentiation of the two levels.

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The upper and the lower level create a distinct dipole, the former as an area of winter living and the latter as the summer counterpart. The upper level is the reminder of the old main...