ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN – Page 7

Finalist Design: A House in the Olive Groves

Posted on January 26, 2013January 24, 2016 by xo in ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN, URBANISM & PLANNING

Super Mini House
Architecture Competition – Finalist Design
Waseda University, Architectural Institute of Japan
Japan Nov. 2010

A House in the Olive Groves

Could you live with another person in a home that measured just 15 square metres?

“This is a proposal for a future dwelling, which can accommodate two residents and two guests. There is no height limitation but the maximum gross floor area is 15m2. This number is derived from J.G. Ballard’s science fiction novel,”Billenium.” In the novel, the population of the earth reaches 20 billion and 95% of the population resides in cities. Residential floor area per person is limited to 4m2 in that world.

SN HOUSE

Posted on November 22, 2012February 23, 2015 by xo in ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN

Year: 2012-2013
Location: Konia-Paphos, Cyprus
Activity : House [addition]
Present Status : Competed

The house plan explores the boundary between exterior and interior space. The concept deals with a cube subdivided into a grid creating four interlocking squares, one open to the sky, three roofed offering a range of views towards the garden. The house is to be constructed on the site of an existing family house for their designer daughter therefore it has to be discreet providing maximum privacy for its occupant and a pleasant environment to work in, yet taking advantage of the available garden area. Windows are grouped, certain views are framed, leaving the walls as a surface for the shadow of trees to play on. Like old Cypriot traditional houses its life is focused inwards or to a particular view.

The courtyard can be closed with a wooden sliding screen or opened towards the larger garden area- it is treated like an outdoor room with a window to a calm “green” atmosphere while it doubles as a private garden closed off from the main house, or as an introduction to the living space. On the east the gateway, from the south a long window opening on to the garden where the design desk is located. Internally the palette of materials is limited – wood, slate/brick veneer on one wall, cast glass, aluminium and white walls.

YK Dentist Clinic | Interior | Furniture Design

Posted on October 31, 2012September 18, 2017 by xo in ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN, INTERIOR

Year: 2012-2013
Location: Yeroskipou-Paphos, Cyprus
Client: YK Dental
Activity : Dental Clinic [Interior|Furniture design]
Status: Completed in 2013
Photographs: © Charalambos Charalambous
Carpenter: Filippos Elia & Son Ltd

The YK Dental Clinic is located on the 1st Floor of a Commercial Building designed by LK Architects and it is located in Yeroskipou, Paphos.

According to such a sensitive theme, of dental treatment, one of the main goals of architectural interior design in this project was to break-through the stereotype of the cold and often stressful environment of health care centers.

In the waiting area a white L-Shape furniture was introduced transforming from sofas in grey, yellow and green, tables and book shelves. The glass facade facing South was ideal for placing indoor plants, behind the furniture, thus creating a beautiful picturesque scene even in a limited internal space.

The grey, yellow and green group of colors continue to add color throughout the clinic in contrary with the white furnishing in all rooms, where the white color is associated with purity and which is natural and important in health care.