House design in Paphos 2011

House Design in Paphos 2009

The site is found in the periphery of village Polemi in the district of Pafos.

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.