The Float House
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The float house: home in stasis

This single-family house is located in a seaside suburban area outside Athens. The building is formed by two volumes; a pale-colored body that hosts the main living and kitchen areas is floating above a stone base that plays host to the users' private rooms and connects the house to the rocky earth.

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The concept is based on the idea of achieving a dynamic balance between internal needs and external conditions of the shelter structure/organism. The free-floating mass distributes counter-gravity pressure over the grounded volume while the home's passive and active environmental systems are able to be calibrated for optimal interior performance and attenuate any sources of stress for the residents.

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This optimal state, in which all parts and systems are interacting properly, is called homeo·stasis; It is a word from Greek where homeo = similar or equal, stasis = static. It refers to an organism's capacity to modify its internal environment and keep it steady while subjected to outside influences.

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Therefore, the homeostasis analogy in architecture refers to a responsive design that is able to produce an effortless and dynamic equilibrium, between people and their immediate environment.

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