Fotis Zapantiotis Associated Architects: The project is situated on a slope in the southern part of the island of Serifos. Striking rock formations, low vegetation and unobstructed views to the sea characterise this amphitheatrical plot.

Our primary task was to comprehend and perceive the substratum, the curvature and folds of the earth that prescribe the movement and stasis, the positioning and levitation in the space. The first compositional decision was to determine the point where the ground level of the house would be set and required three issues to be addressed: integration (or not) into the terrain, protection from extreme weather conditions (namely sun and wind) and determination of the viewing angles.

Beyond the above mentioned, the compositional dilemma at hand derived from how the project would interact with the relief: it would either stand contrapuntal to the natural landscape, or it would emerge from the rocky slope as and where the latter allowed. The solution ultimately conforms to the cliff’s embrace and the L shaped composition fills the void left by the existing natural cavity which protectively encloses the home. A network of completes and voids, stasis and movement, patios and indoor spaces, are enclosed under two horizontal planes-slabs which anchor themselves to the cliff.

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