The project is located on a rectangular plot in the coastal settlement of Dafnes, Patras, and takes shape through a dialogue between modernist architectural principles and a contemporary urge to re-engage with the ground—materially, sensorily, and environmentally.

 

The 195 m² house is organized on two levels, its footprint responding directly to the geometry of the site. Its form and spatial layout reference the modernist toolkit: clean lines, legible volumes, an open plan, and a horizontal rhythm of openings. At the same time, a set of spatial and material choices revisits one of modernism’s core assumptions - the distancing of the building from the natural ground. Here, that separation is reworked into a zone of contact, allowing the architecture to interact more deliberately with its immediate environment.

 

The project aligns with a broader contemporary turn in architectural thinking: a move away from the abstract, elevated stance of Modernism toward a renewed grounding - a search for a place to “land” (Latour, 2018). It reflects an ongoing shift from conceptual detachment to an engagement with the physical, ecological conditions of the earth.

 

Bibliography

Latour, B. (2018). Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime. Polity Press.

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Principal Architect: Avrokomi Zavitsanou,

Associate Architect: Vasiliki Tzora

Civil Engineers: Daidalos Engineering

MEP Engineer: Daidalos Engineering​