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Tzokas Architects Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Twist House Private Residence in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Tzokas Architects honored for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category for Twist House Private Residence by Tzokas Architects. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Twist House Private Residence
Twist House is a private residence located in an olive grove in the southwest Peloponnese, with a direct view towards the castle of Methoni. The three level house follows the evolution of human dwelling. The excavated ground forms the basement, stone shapes the ground floor volumes, and a lighter plaster volume rests above them. Floor to ceiling openings and floor tiles that extend outwards join the interior and exterior spaces. The total area is 485 square meters. Materials taken from the site were reused to limit the impact on nature and to preserve the existing trees.
About Tzokas Architects
Athanasios Tzokas was born in Kalamata (Greece) in 1980, growing up in his father's architectural office. At the age of 18 he enrolled at the d'Annuzio University of Pescara in Italy, where he graduated with honors in 2006. After returning to Greece and completing his military service, he took over the management of his father's architectural office. His professional field covers all areas of architecture, from interiors to building design, large residential complexes, as well as graphics and logos design, providing innovative and skillful services for customers who are looking for stochastic and well-engineered design.
Award Record
Tzokas Architects is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Entries typically include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. Awarded architectural projects are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/architecture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/121368
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/121368
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!121368
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/297719
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://tzokasarchitects.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Twist House Private Residence
- Function
- Private Residence
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Gray, Light Blue, Black and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Tzokas Architects
- Country
- Greece
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #121368
Credits
- Team
- Arch. Athanasios TZOKAS, Arch. Fotis DALIANIS, C. Eng. Giorgos GEORGIADIS and Arch. Kelly FILIPPOPOULOU
- Image Credits
- TZOKAS architects 2021
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The building rises through the land. The obtained stones become the ground floor volumes and the lighter second volume stands on them. The three level house involves the stages thought which the human being inhabits the nature. From the upper level he observes it, from the ground level he gets acquainted to it and finally through the underground he inhabits it.
- Inspiration
- The evolution of the dwelling of the human beings, starting from the cave, passing to one level stone buildings and ending up to a light flying volume above the ground. Main concern was to recycle the obtained ground materials, such as the stone and respecting the trees, in order to have as less impact as possible to the nature, while focusing totally to the perfect view.
- Research
- Main goal was the perfect view to the castle and everything else facing the opposite direction was supposed to be solid with narrow openings. The minimum footprint on the ground and the preservation of the existing landscape, was the second approach. By keeping the above points, the challenge was to fit it to our clients brief.
- Challenge
- Principal request was to propose a project that had to respect the natural contest and in the meanwhile to be contemporary. Furthermore the project had to respect by law the old existing building permit of a totally different project, regarding the covering surface to the plot, the total volume and the square meters of the house. The underground "cave" was the solution to the clients necessity for more living space.
- Realization and Technology
- Ground which becomes stone and stone which becomes sand. Theoretically nothing is lost and everything is recycled. The ground get shape into a basement, the stone gives form to the ground floor and the plaster stands delicately above them, shaping the second level. The continuity between interior and exterior spaces is reinforced by the floor to ceiling openings and the floor tiles which extend towards the outer space.
- Operation and Interaction
- The building rises through the land and its underground part, with the playroom and gym, leads to the pool. The two stone volumes, which follow the topography of the hill, in one part are disrupted to give the most honorable place to a certain olive tree and they host the living room and kitchen in one of them and the guest room in the other. A white volume comes to bridge the two stone structures, following the ideal view towards the castle with the two independent bedrooms. A hidden outer staircase slides outside of the white volume and leads to the rooftop, which offers a 360 degree view to the visitors.
- Project Duration and Location
- The house is located in an olive groove in the Southwest Peloponnese, and has a direct view towards the castle of Methoni.
- Specifications
- Total area of the residence is 485m² of which, 222m² basement, 160m² ground floor and 103m² first level, with a maximum height 7.70m. The swimming pool surface is 60m².
- Keywords
- tzokas architects, single house, residential, house, minimal, messinia, architecture, greece, pool, sea view,
