Residence in Kifissia 01
The neighbourhood surrounding the site is one of two-storey houses with roofs prescribed by the Building Code.
The ground floor includes the entrance, guests’ WC, stairwell, dining room area, kitchen and the auxiliary spaces with the staircase leading to the basement.
The reception area with direct access to the outside and the swimming pool as well as the winter sitting room with its fireplace have been successively arranged within the longer leg of the L formed by the house.
The upper floor contains the guest room, bathroom and a study situated above the entrance porch with a panoramic view of the interior. This space is indirectly lit, in contrast to the “corridor bridge”, that leads to the bedrooms, which is directly lit by a succession of slanted openings, that reduce the afternoon sun, offering protection from the rain and providing a view of the swimming pool and greenery.
Architectural design and supervision of construction:
Τakis Exarchopoulos
Fotis Papastamatis
Structural engineering:
D. Georgoutsos
Building services engineering:
A. Asimakis
Building site’s area: 710m² (7.642ft²)
Building’s area: 284m² (3.057ft²) (excluding basement)
Completion of construction: 1991
Publications:
- Design + Art in Greece (issue 24, 1993)
- KTIRIO (cover story – issue 73, October 1994)
- Architecture in Greece (issue 1, 1996)
- INSIDE (issue 6, September 1996)
- Reflections on Greek Postwar Architecture by Panos Tsakopoulos (published 2014)
