Publications: Wallpaper* Foter e-Architect

Status: Built

Type: Comission

Location: Filothei, Athens, GR

Program: Double Residency

Architect Designer: John Kanakas

Architect Engineer:  Kostas Christopoulos

Structural Engineers: Christos Tzallas & Panos Christopoulos

Electrical Mechanical Engineer: Vasilis Christopoulos

Sustainability & Energy Consultant: Regeon

Photography: Studio Naaro

Furniture Provider: Avax Deco

Furniture Brands: Roche Bobois, Molteni &C

House Symbiosis is a double residency with three main levels, that was created to shelter two families in identical size dwellings, while redefining the way they are organized in a single building. The project was designed based on the internal circulation, as the main design driver. The design process followed a sculptural tectonic approach, which is reflected on the volumetric massing of the final outcome. The two residencies, give the impression of moving towards opposite directions, while in the same time are bound in one building mass, through a continuous formal language. This curvilinear formalistic approach creates an effect of dynamism and motion in its living spaces.

The project is located at the back of a corner plot and it forms an L shape in plan, while letting the front part as open space. It is designed based on the internal horizontal and vertical circulation and the sequential layout of the spaces according to their functional dependence. The internal circulation is externalized in the morphology of the facades through directional architectural gestures, with the lower residency to unfold as its spaces are successively accessible, from the northwest to the southwest, while the upper one in the opposite direction.