Camouflaged Stone House in Greece by Deca Architects

This house different with most existing house, the architects – Deca Architects created this house with underground system covered with grass, located in a rustic area, far away from the noise and hustle of the big city life.This place literally fusions with the environment, and its design “is a dual response to the particular topography of the site and to the rural domestication techniques that in the past shaped the raw Cycladic island landscape”. The presence of the house is revealed by the four courtyards carved into the flowing landscape. The courtyards separate the living spaces into five interior areas, an arrangement which resembles the fifth side of a dice. As a result, the house is protected from the elements yet is full of natural light, generous views and a compact but rich relationship to its setting. The name of the house itself, Aloni, refers to the remains of a crop-harvesting circle that was found and preserved as part of the agricultural past of the site.




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