Dear client, Our team, a Greek based company and registered
architectural firm, worked on this project and tried to provide the best
solution that fits to your desired needs. We also tried to present our ideas in
a way that should be suitable and convenient to Greek building regulations of
the specific area that the project will take place. In the area of Doukades at Corfu, Greece, into
a plot of 26.000 sq.m. there is an old house, about 166 sq.m. in two storeys.
This house was asked to be renovated or to be reconstructed. As the budget is limited, we rejected the
solution of fully reconstruction of the building and we worked on the
renovation, the new interior design of the existing building and the addition
of new buildings that will cover the needs of the new usage of the house. Also
we designed completely new exteriors. We started to analyze the existing building,
about what it could be reclaimed of the existing shape, what elements should we
keep or remove (i.e. two stairwells) and how we could add new spaces. The
existing building is very old. It was a connection of two buildings, probably
the left one is older (early 50’s or older) and then constructed the right one,
on mid 70’s. As we studied the special characteristics of
the area, the orientation of the plot and the position of the existing building,
we designed the new bungalows and we placed them near the basic building in a
way that seems as independent small houses. The basic idea of the whole concept
is the creation of a semi-outdoor space that connects morphological but
separates functional the basic old building form the bungalows. This is the
space that someone sees at first, when enters into the house, the pool and the
semi-outdoor space with the barbeque. According to the Greek architectural
regulations for this area, the construction of the bungalows in a distance of
the old building is not allowed. Maybe we could send an application to ask
about that to the architectural committee of Corfu, but our experience says
that it is impossible to allow this. So, this need of connected buildings, was
the reason that we created this central space of our project the space of the
pool and barbeque, that will be a place of relaxation and concentration but
also it will work as a place
for organizing family and social events or parties. On the existing building we add extra space
into the kitchen, we keep only one stairwell and we add extra space for
creating a new entrance. In the ground floor, now we have a big enough kitchen
with laundry room, the stairwell to the first floor, a big space for living room
and maybe for a dining room or small office, a bath room and a small storage
room. In the first floor now we have four (4) bedrooms and two (2) bathrooms. The final surface of the house will be about
210 sq.m. for the main house and 45 sq.m. for each one of the bungalows. These are our ideas for your house in Corfu. As
registered architects in Greece we will be in place to make those plans reality.
So we can provide to you, except of the design, the building permit and the whole
construction of the project.