sense of solidity

The residence is situated in Delphini, a location along a small gulf at the North-West part of the Cycladic island of Syros Greece in the Aegean Sea. The gulf surrounds a small uninhabited island. As the site extends towards the gulf, the small island becomes its focal point, its point of reference.

The property belongs to a Greek family based in London and has links to the textile and shipping industries of the island. The residence consists of five independent wedge-shaped volumes divided into 3 buildings with each oriented to the sea with intervening courtyards.

Designed by Katerina Tsigarida Architects the construction is based on traditional methods; local stone is used throughout the buildings in order to enhance the sense of solidity such as the sense that the buildings emerge from the earth. Syros House could be seen as that were always been on the island and as the ideal of  primitive hut.