Voula
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Project • By KLAB architecture (kinetic lab of architecture) • Apartments
Aloof Houses
* at a distance, incredibly slick, laid back, but totally bad ass.
Aloof houses apartment building is in Voula a southern suburb of Athens. It exists on a corner plot with northeast orientation. At the west, from the third floor you have a sea view while from the east facade you have a view to Ymettos mountain
Our design proposal focused on working on those elements which differentiate a suburban apartment building from a city one.
Our idea is to do on a vertical manner 3 single houses (villas) built on a metal structure.
Panagiotis Voumvakis
Panagiotis Voumvakis
Panagiotis Voumvakis
2 of the most important characteristics of a single house is that it is detached, in a distance with adjacent buildings or neighbors... More
Project • By exarchopoulou+gerakakis • Housing
Residence in Voula
The plot of 570m² (6.135ft²) in the area of Voula in Athens (Greece), on which the residence was built, has the shape of an irregular pentagon.It is located at the junction of two streets: Elassonos Street (the lower one) and Prevezis Street (the upper one).
This irregular shape, the fact that the planners had to respect the legally required distances from its boundaries, according to local building regulations, and the difference in height of approximately 9m (673ft) between the two streets, led the team to a solution of a building with an almost triangular floorplan, with its acute angle pointing to the junction of the two streets.
The main entrance to the residence is from Prevezis Street. A bridge connects the street level t... More