#contemporaryrestoration

Four early 20th-century stone buildings in the remote village of Vamvakou, Laconia, were transformed into a small guesthouse as part of the Vamvakou Revival initiative.The initiative aims to serve as a model for other rural areas in fully revitalizing the village by attracting new residents, businesses, and visitors to the once-vibrant village, which, by the 1950s, had been depopulated by occupation, civil war, immigration, and increasing urbanisation. Julia Klimi Julia Klimi Julia Klimi Julia Klimi The three independent houses had fallen into disrepair, and the architects faced the challenge of restoring them to their original form while connecting them and creating a small neighbourhood with open courtyards and 8 gues... More