In an olive grove on the Peloponnese peninsula. Villa Ypsilon by LASSA

29/05/2017. [Finikounda] Greece
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The organic form of this holiday house responds to the client's desires for have a view point from which to observe the agricultural land, as well as the nearby mountains and coastline.
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The earth covers gently over this hill shaped holiday home designed by greek practice studio LASSA, allowing its owners to climb up onto the roof to admire an olive grove on Greece's Peloponnese peninsula. The shell homes a private wing that is integrated in the landscape with three separate bedrooms looking towards the east, and a large living room towards the south that articulates three courtyards.
 

Description of project by LASSA

Villa Ypsilon is located on a calm hill side of an olive grove in the Greek region of Messenia in the southern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The project deploys itself as a concrete shell bridging different parts of the terrain with a green roof that materialises an extension of the landscape.

It’s vaulting surfaces are designed to frame precise panoramic views, provide protection from the sun and delineate three distinct courtyards that work as hemispheres that are used at different times of the day and programmed according to the course of the sun. The shell allows for a series of vistas through a continuous loop between inside and outside, the ground level and the top of the tree canopy of the olive grove.

The project formwork and all furniture were digitally designed, fabricated and assembled by LASSA in a very short amount of time, with great precision and cost efficiency.

In terms of its internal organisation, the house comprises two main areas: A private wing that is integrated in the landscape with three separate bedrooms looking towards the east, and a large living room towards the south that articulates the three courtyards.

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Architect
LASSA
Design Team
Designed by Theo Sarantoglou Lalis and Dora Sweijd with Kasper Ax, Yu Zheng, Theo Grousopoulos, Yousef Al Mehdari, Thomas Jensen, Valeria Garcia, Nikolaos Klimentidis, Luke Tan, Greg Spaw.
Executive Architect
V. Kosmopoulos
Area
Total Area.- 180 sqm
Dates
2015
Collaborators
Engineer.- Metep : L. Babilis. Digital Manufacturing / LASSA.- Concrete Form work, Landscape formers, Bespoke window frames, Furniture. Formwork Engineer.- NOUS > Manja van De Worp.
General Contractor
Triedros : V. Leriou.
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