Buerger katsota architects

The Radisson Resort Plaza Skiathos introduces a contemporary hospitality infrastructure of high standards and exceptional aesthetics on the unique beach of Kanapitsa. The context of the project is a site of extraordinary, bucolic island beauty, set on the east coast of Skiathos with unparalleled views towards the sea and the surrounding islands. Yiorgis Yerolymbos Yiorgis Yerolymbos Yiorgis Yerolymbos The project aimed to rethink and upgrade the existing resort to a four-star hotel. The complete renovation of the buildings, its facilities and surrounding area of the complex, which operated as a three-star hotel from 1986 to 2019, created a contemporary facility with a strong seamless sense of place and avoidance of Greek arc... More

A holiday house capturing its site’s features, rock formations, mature wild olive trees and spectacular views towards Ionian Sea. Upon a concrete base with an overhanging pool sit the walls, roof and canopy made from prefabricated timber. Caption The holiday house is located on a sea front plot on the western coast of an island, a site shaped by rock formations, a mature wild olive trees’ grove and spectacular views towards the Ionian Sea. The design aims to create a single-storey house engulfing the existing tall olive trees with a minimum impact on terrain and nature. The trees’ foliage in combination with a cantilevering parabolic timber canopy function as a climatic moderator offering comfortable, protected space... More

On the Cycladic island of Paros, within an area under natural protection, the conversion of two degraded 8-room rental studio complexes into two quality holiday residences required careful renegotiations on several scales and architectural dials. The scheme, with regards to massing and articulation, combines proportions and composition of cubic volumes, repetition and standardization of openings, generous outdoor shaded spaces and the use of environmentally friendly materials in order to redefine the complexes’ expression, achieve a plasticity of form but also an architectural unity that respects Cycladic architecture, adopts to the landscape and responds to the demands for contemporary holiday living.Each building is rearticulated as an as... More

Τhe project is an ambitious housing experiment in the centre of Patras. An existing building from the 1970’s -a former private clinic- is refurbished and converted into a prototypical urban complex offering 50 student studios and various communal spaces. The scheme is a rational, systematic and integrated approach to housing in a conscious effort to achieve high densities nevertheless, not at the expense of quality or comfort. The building fitted with environmentally responsible materials and bioclimatic technologies, responds to the tenants’ demands for flexibility, security and energy saving with minimum economic means. The particularities of the programme required the total demolition of all interior wall partitions on al... More