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Secret Garden Residence
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STATUS
Concept
SIZE
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft
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Unknown
The residence is located at Kifisia, a suburb of Athens where wealthy Athenian families build summer houses in the 1880s, and keen social competition led to the creation of a unique architectural ambiance.
According to Stella Pieri, the first time they visited the site behind the existing lifeless house " there were overgrown trees and a garden. One of the things which made the place look strangest and mysterious was the climbing roses that had run all over the trees and swung down as long tendrils which made light swaying curtains, and had caught at each other or at a far-reaching branch and had crept from one tree to another and made lovely bridges of themselves, so reminiscent of Frances Burnett's description of secret garden in her novel ”.
In this overgrown garden of the soon to be demolished 80’s derelict residence at Esperou Street in Kifisia, Greece, Pieris.Architects design the new home of a five-member family. The proposed concept is based on the conversion of the existing garden into part of the new residence and aims to maintain the fairy atmosphere of overgrown pine trees and offer its residents a refined eco conscious lifestyle in nature.
As Pieros Pieris states, “upon entering the house, consecutive sliding glass doors retract to ultimately reveal the hidden garden at the rear of the house. From every living space the eye can move around through the central atrium’s semi see-through foliage of greenery at the heart of the building to find the linear pavilion that rests serenely towards the far end of the garden”. The house tries to have minimum impact on the site’s biodiversity.
The glass pavilion, is a flexible sleeping/living room arrangement that establishes a dialogue between its volume and the central building inviting residents to enjoy life deeper into the garden.
Throughout the residence, interiors of muted greens, watered-down greys, pale ochres and delicate eggshell tones create a hybrid aesthetic of Japanese and Scandinavian design elements so characteristic of Pieris.Architects residential projects. The ‘Secret Garden House’ is the ideal marriage between two cultures that privilege minimalism and tranquility in different ways that complement each other.
According to Stella Pieri, the first time they visited the site behind the existing lifeless house " there were overgrown trees and a garden. One of the things which made the place look strangest and mysterious was the climbing roses that had run all over the trees and swung down as long tendrils which made light swaying curtains, and had caught at each other or at a far-reaching branch and had crept from one tree to another and made lovely bridges of themselves, so reminiscent of Frances Burnett's description of secret garden in her novel ”.
In this overgrown garden of the soon to be demolished 80’s derelict residence at Esperou Street in Kifisia, Greece, Pieris.Architects design the new home of a five-member family. The proposed concept is based on the conversion of the existing garden into part of the new residence and aims to maintain the fairy atmosphere of overgrown pine trees and offer its residents a refined eco conscious lifestyle in nature.
As Pieros Pieris states, “upon entering the house, consecutive sliding glass doors retract to ultimately reveal the hidden garden at the rear of the house. From every living space the eye can move around through the central atrium’s semi see-through foliage of greenery at the heart of the building to find the linear pavilion that rests serenely towards the far end of the garden”. The house tries to have minimum impact on the site’s biodiversity.
The glass pavilion, is a flexible sleeping/living room arrangement that establishes a dialogue between its volume and the central building inviting residents to enjoy life deeper into the garden.
Throughout the residence, interiors of muted greens, watered-down greys, pale ochres and delicate eggshell tones create a hybrid aesthetic of Japanese and Scandinavian design elements so characteristic of Pieris.Architects residential projects. The ‘Secret Garden House’ is the ideal marriage between two cultures that privilege minimalism and tranquility in different ways that complement each other.
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