VILLa ADILOS

Architecture, Interior Design: Micromega

Design Team: Alexandros Zomas, Mara Papavasileiou, Fanis Roussos

GREEK SUMMER IS ALL ABOUT LIGHT. YET, WE ALL SEEK A SHELTER IN THE SHADOW. THE HOUSE IS DESIGNED AS A SHELTER FROM THE WIND AND THE HARSH SUNLIGHT,

CARVED IN THE EARTH, PROVIDING A SAFEPLACE TO ADMIRE THE LANDSCAPE AND MEDITATE ON THE RAW BEAUTY OF GREEK SUMMER

WHEN LETO WAS LOOKING FOR A SHELTER FROM

HERA TO GIVE BIRTH TO APOLLONAS AND ARTEMIS,

ZEUS ASKED HIS BROTHER POSEIDON HIS MOVABLE ISLAND .

POSEIDON OFFERED TO IMMOBILISE HIS MOBILE ROCH

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AEGEAN

SO FROM HIDDEN/ ADILOS IT BECAME APPARENT AND TOOK

THE NAME DILOS

THE ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE IS STRONG STILL IT BLENDS IN THE LANDSCAPE.

ADILOS : HIDDEN THE PRECIOUS ISLAND OF POSEIDON THAT COULD MOVE. NO ONE KNEW WHERE IT WAS

THE EXTERIOR SPACES ARE SHELTERED WITHIN THE SHELL OF THE BUILDING, SO THAT NO PERGOLAS OR EXTRA STRUCTURES ARE NEEDED TO PROTECT AGAINST THE SUN