Contemporary Cretan homes, Greece, by Davide Macullo Architects
e-architect
Crete Houses : Elounda Beach Resort
Bungalows in Elounda,
Crete, Greece
Apr 2008
The amazing location of the site in the worldwide known resort Elounda
Beach (leading of the world hotels) suggests a new project simulation
that aims to link the scale of the land with the one of the sea marked
by the beautiful surrounding bay that offers intimacy and wide view to
the horizon at the same time.
Set back on the coast the raw of volumes faces the water as they would
be anchored yachts towards the sea, while proposing a urban atmosphere
on the land side. The news created pathways with open views to the sea
have a reduced scale that reminds the ancient streets of coastal villages
but in a contemporary way.
The strength geometry of the single units becomes a fluent landscape towards
the sea through the sequence of rounded surfaces and 45° wall lines
carving the deepness of the volumes. The whole system becomes a new artificial
landscape that saws the two different conditions.
The use of dark grey stone for the cladding of the exterior walls set
the new volumes in harmony with the surrounding nature and the use of
natural materials as wood and leather enwraps the people in a warm atmosphere
of natural taste.