{"id":13655,"date":"2015-08-05T12:11:09","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T10:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/holiday-house-in-santorini-island-2\/"},"modified":"2015-08-05T12:13:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T10:13:18","slug":"holiday-house-in-santorini-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/holiday-house-in-santorini-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday House in Santorini Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

This holiday house by Greek architects Alexandros Kapsimalis and Marianna Kapsimali is positioned in the inclined, volcanic landscape of the traditional town of Fira in the Island of Santorini, Greece.\u00a0The two-storey residence is adjusted to the old and densely built area of Fira in such a way so as to face the view of the volcano in front of it.\u00a0The building pre-existed and\u00a0it was reconstructed massively in order to take its final form.
\nThe first level is built underneath the ground, following the traditional island\u2019s techniques of housing construction that existed in old days, with a vaulted ceiling and a narrow fa\u00e7ade.\u00a0This level consists of\u00a0a bedroom, with a bathroom and an indoor pool, and a small open-air patio that leads to the living room and the kitchen, in the front of the house. Four meters above, the second level of the residence consists of a bedroom with supportive spaces.\u00a0A raised bed is oriented to the view. In front of it, slide windows open to a balcony with a spot for sitting and\u00a0a small outdoor pool.\u00a0A second pool is designed in the terrace of the living room, in an intermediate level, as a general idea for the exploitation of the terraces\u00a0of the existing volumes.
\nMain intention of the project was the design of large openings, as much as possible, in order to offer a panoramic view, sunlight and a direct relation between interior and exterior spaces.\u00a0Simultaneously, the connection between indoor and outdoor is achieved through the fact that the walls and the floor inside the house displays the same material as the exterior surfaces, finished in a locally technique of white cement mortar.\u00a0The restrictions that arose from the particularity of the site, the small scale of the pre-existing building and plot, the difficulties of the materials\u2019 transfer in such an inclined landscape were challenges that were faced during the design process and construction of the residence.<\/p>\n