L-House, Cyprus.
The house is designed in the form of an “L’’ configuration embracing the garden and taking advantage of the south-west orientation. The building has two contrasting sides, one facing north-west and the other south-west. The design layout is thus
based on the contrasting sides of the plot and the living spaces placed in-between.
On the north-east the house closes its façade from the cold winter winds but opens up to the warm south, the night summer breeze and the distant views of Olympus mountains. To make the statement between the opposite sides two different façade materials are used. Hard, light beige stone is used to clad the north-east and light, reddish wooden panels are used for the south-west elevation. This combination of colors reflects the earthly colors of the surrounding landscape.
Interior spaces are divided by “in-between” zones offering essential spatial experiences and long distant interior views as you move in the house. Full height sliding glass panel doors dividing the spaces can be pulled back into the walls allowing thus all the spaces of the ground to flow into each other while maximizing interior space according to the needs of the user and unobstructed views to the garden.
