This beautiful residence has been built by Takis Exarchopoulos & Associated for a family of four – a young couple and their two children, at the south eastern outskirts of the town of Thiva, Greece. The residence has been built for a family of four – a young couple and their two children, at the south eastern outskirts of the town of Thiva. The corner lot is in a privileged position, since it offers a panoramic view of the nearby woodland and farmland.
The two bigger volumes are connected by a smaller one, the main entrance area, located at a central position of the floor plan. A porch made out of a galvanized metal structure and glass marks its recessed position and offers protection from rain. The home was built in a U-shape to enclose a central courtyard accessible from each of the three wings. It’s accessible from its western edge, the country road-side. At the final stage of preliminary design a single-storey solution emerged, with the basement of the residence only containing secondary functions, such as storage rooms, the heating boiler room, the laundry room and the garage. A solution with aesthetic and functional advantages, since the planners could utilize the whole of the surface of 205m² for a single floor plan without losses for stairways etc., while at the same time being able to keep the building low. The U- shape encloses a somehow more introverted and protected space, an inner courtyard. The single space containing the kitchen, the fireplace between dining area and living room, the roof construction with its grey metal construction elements and its white painted planking and the stone cladding on the outside are all references to rural architecture.
The main colour was chosen in a dark tone. It is contained in the mass of the resin plastering of the outside thermal insulation. The floors were covered with ceramic tiles in an anthracite colouring in the living room area and with wood in the area of the bedrooms.
