House with a Garden / OFFICE MUTO

House with a Garden / OFFICE MUTO - Exterior Photography, CourtyardHouse with a Garden / OFFICE MUTO - Exterior PhotographyHouse with a Garden / OFFICE MUTO - Exterior Photography, BrickHouse with a Garden / OFFICE MUTO - Interior Photography, Concrete, Column, BeamHouse with a Garden / OFFICE MUTO - More Images+ 28

Milos, Greece
  • Architects: OFFICE MUTO
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  270
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2023
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Simone Bossi
  • Lead Architect: Alexandre Pavlidis
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House with a Garden / OFFICE MUTO - Exterior Photography, Facade
Courtesy of Alexandre Pavlidis

Text description provided by the architects. The project offers structure through the use of a courtyard rooted in both the site itself and its surrounding architecture. This court constitutes the bare essence of the building. On the one hand, the site of Vigla is characterized by its numerous traditional sheepfolds; composed of simple rectangular volumes adjoined to small courtyards that allow to increase the living space of the animals by associating the interior space to a larger outside space.

House with a Garden / OFFICE MUTO - Exterior Photography, Brick, Facade
© Simone Bossi
House with a Garden / OFFICE MUTO - Interior Photography, Column
© Simone Bossi
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Plan
House with a Garden / OFFICE MUTO - Exterior Photography, Facade
Courtesy of Alexandre Pavlidis

On the other hand, the place itself is defined by a not-very common platitude that exposes the plateau to strong winds giving all the more relevance to the architecture of the surroundings sheepfolds. The use of a courtyard around which the building could be articulated allows to create a set of solid formal coherence, but it also helps to protect from strong winds in order to extend the relatively reduced interior living space to a much more generous and less expensive outdoor area.

House with a Garden / OFFICE MUTO - Exterior Photography, Brick, Facade
© Simone Bossi
House with a Garden / OFFICE MUTO - Interior Photography, Windows, Brick, Arch
© Simone Bossi

Following that logic, each element of the project is materialized by a simple rectangular volume connected directly to the courtyard without secondary circulation. Between — and through — these volumes, openings toward the landscape articulate the relation of the courtyard to its surroundings.

House with a Garden / OFFICE MUTO - Interior Photography
Courtesy of Alexandre Pavlidis
House with a Garden / OFFICE MUTO - Interior Photography, Chair
© Simone Bossi

The stones used to build the walls were extracted from the ground while digging the foundations and the underground cistern that collects rainwater. Then associated with the necessary concrete elements, they together develop a simple mineral architectural language, reinforcing the horizontality of the building and the unity of the courtyard.

House with a Garden / OFFICE MUTO - Exterior Photography
Courtesy of Alexandre Pavlidis

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Cite: "House with a Garden / OFFICE MUTO" 25 Jul 2023. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1004371/house-with-a-garden-office-muto> ISSN 0719-8884

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