Angelos Floros

Presented: Floros A. (2011) Private house in Ano Liossia , ΔΟΜΕΣ 2011 (DOMES 2011), 5/11

Exhibited: Panorama of Greek Architecture, DOMES, Athens, Thessaloniki, Patra, Volos, Chania

This is a private house located in Ano Liosia of Attica. The plan of the house is based on an atrium, one of the most important architectural elements of Greek and Mediterranean architecture. The house is divided in two major volumes, the public and the private. The volumes are connected with a volume of lower height (one storey) that hosts the playroom facility -it is ideal space for the 4 kids of the couple. The public area embeds the living room and the dining room areas, but also the kitchen, which has the key-role of supervising the activities of the living room and the playroom. Also, a small office space and a private terrace are located above the kitchen and the playroom accordingly.

The private area stands opposite to the public area and it is organized in three stories volume. One volume is located below the entrance level. The master bedroom occupies a space of the ground floor and the children’s rooms cover the whole area of the first floor.

The space below the entrance level can host later a ‘separate’ living area with a private entrance from the back yard. A semi-open space on minus one level functions as a private yard. The atrium has a central key-role offering innerness on family activities. All the openings (doors and windows) of the ground floor level make the atrium to prevail as the major living environment. 

The other elevations are almost blind to the exterior and the urban environment. This project was published in DOMES 2011 International Architectural Review and was exhibited in several Greek cities by Domes Publications.