REFURBISHMENT OF A LISTED HOUSE IN KAIMAKLI

Kaimakli, Nicosia, Cyprus

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REFURBISHMENT OF A LISTED HOUSE IN KAIMAKLI

Kaimakli, Nicosia, Cyprus

Firm

YIORGOS HADJICHRISTOU ARCHITECTS

Type

Residential › Private House

YEAR

2007

The refurbishment and the extension of the traditional
house in Kaimakli is based on the main strategies of the bioclimatic approach,
and especially on conditions that were developed through tradition : all the
spaces enjoy south orientation with various ways of shading (including movable
vegetation panel) and assure generous cross air ventilation. The vegetation and
the reinforcement of the breezes through it, endorse the creation of a
microclimate and microcosmos of the house.
The above conditions, combined with the aim for
preservation of the traditional atmosphere of the house, generated the idea of
the fluidity of the new spaces: all the new annexes are organized around two
courtyards and consist of movable partitions. During the biggest period of the
year, all the new spaces open and become parts of a unified courtyard,
including the central part of the house, the ’sun room’.
The spaces, whether are treated as internal or
external ones, have multilayering skin out of timber panels, glazed panes,
curtains , vegetation that manage to
filter the weather conditions ( sun and air ) which enables them to provide
mild conditions to the contrary of the harsh climatic conditions.
Very sufficient thermal insulation of the slabs and
the moving timber panels guarantee the minimum of the heat loss.