ON THE COASTLINE
In the settlement of Agria, in the region of the Municipality of Volos, below Pelion and on the coastline of the Pagasitic Gulf, a new two-story residence has been built (2015). The building is developed vertically in four horizontal levels, including the basement. Along the longitudinal axis, from the mountain (north) to the sea in front (south), the construction defines a single space divided into three equal parts and an open-air, fourth, half-dimension, at the southern end of the axis.
SINGLE-SPACE HOUSE
The building program responds to the possibility of accommodation of two to six residents. The different sub-spaces of the house are defined by the possibility of non-permanent separations. This results in a semi-separated single-space house. Privacy is served by mobile, soft partitions made of materials such as cloth or reeds. The partitions are perpendicular to the bioclimatic axis of lighting and ventilation, from north to south, from the mountain to the sea.
BASILICA
In terms of typology, the residence could be considered to be organized in the type of a three-aisled basilica with an internal atrium. In the central aisle, 4.30 m wide, defined by four pairs of wooden columns, with a spacing of 2.60 m, the daily performance of the residence is developed. In the two side aisles, made of reinforced concrete, 1 m deep, the auxiliary performance (vertical movement, storage, hygiene, cooking) is organized. The construction of the building implements the typology. The side aisles made of concrete, hold the central aisle, which is a purely wooden prefabrication.
MONOCHORDO
The wooden inset box of the middle aisle is like the speaker of the monochord. In the way that the geometric construction, divided into equal intervals, expresses mathematical proportions between sounds in the musical instrument, it also expresses the relationship of habitation during residence in the wooden house.
Collaborators: Konstantinos Sarantis, Vasia Lyri
Civil Engineer/Static: Nikolaos Hatzinikolaou
Electrical-mechanical study: Dimitris Zimeris
Energy/Bioclimatic study: Aris Tsagkrasoulis
Photography: Vasilis Makris
Publication:
Zissis Kotionis/Monochord/Domosveb