The concept relates to what “home” suggests as experience for a family and its friends. Home is a kind of return to a spatial and emotional intimacy. The passing through this enclosure of intimacy presupposes a filtering from the outer world.
The design applies to the simplest structure of traditional Cypriot house. A floor plan housing unit in shape of Greek letter Γ opening to the South and protected by walls from the North. The entrance is an in – between roofless space forming a closed yard.
The inhabitant or visitor experiences the notion of “home” in three successive states. The first – of the enclosed entrance yard - relates to the preparation of entering. The second - of inner space - is the state of congeniality. The third state – of the opening to the south – of the big “living” yard refers to the fulfillment of returning – as the experience of cognizance.