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Casa Icognita
Casa Icognita
Porto Cheli, Greece
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Casa Icognita
Porto Cheli, Greece
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2022
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
BUDGET
$1M - 5M
The residence is gently embedded within the natural topography, its scale contained so that it feels less like an addition to the land and more like a form that has always belonged to it. Along the coast of Porto Heli, where the mainland faces Spetses across a narrow strait, the landscape carries an island aura. Each day, people and rhythms move across the water, blurring borders between land and sea, mainland and island. This threshold condition becomes the essence of the architecture.
The design weaves together two vernacular archetypes: the solidity of mainland barns, evoked through walls of local river stone at ground-floor level, and the luminous white volumes of island houses expressed on the upper floor.
Within, the ground floor unfolds as a dramatic, light-filled sequence of living spaces. An expansive window frames the horizon, merging the sea with the pool, the terrace, and the interiors in a seamless continuum. Entry is from the highest point of the plot, leading to three serene bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms, connected by a sculptural wooden stair that descends towards the social heart of the house.
A sheltered courtyard anchors the plan, its presence extending the living spaces inward. To the north-west, auxiliary areas are carved discreetly into the slope, while to the opposite side two independent guestrooms open onto a planted passageway—an intimate retreat within the larger whole.
The design weaves together two vernacular archetypes: the solidity of mainland barns, evoked through walls of local river stone at ground-floor level, and the luminous white volumes of island houses expressed on the upper floor.
Within, the ground floor unfolds as a dramatic, light-filled sequence of living spaces. An expansive window frames the horizon, merging the sea with the pool, the terrace, and the interiors in a seamless continuum. Entry is from the highest point of the plot, leading to three serene bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms, connected by a sculptural wooden stair that descends towards the social heart of the house.
A sheltered courtyard anchors the plan, its presence extending the living spaces inward. To the north-west, auxiliary areas are carved discreetly into the slope, while to the opposite side two independent guestrooms open onto a planted passageway—an intimate retreat within the larger whole.
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