Santorini House

20/03/2016

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19/12/2015

08/12/2015

The beautiful house in the traditional settlement of Pyrgos with the magnificent view of the caldera, the town of Fira and the hole island, was bought today. The architectural study of it's reconstruction and addition of new space, has been appointed to A2 Architects, Sotiris Anifantis and Sofia Zioga.

The house was the dwelling of a wealthy Pyrgos merchant and his family. It was built in the late 19th century and was abandoned in the early nineteen sixties. As can be seen from the pictures, the house, has elements of classical architecture, very common in the settlement of Pyrgos. The most magnificent of its features is the ceiling of the living room, made as groin volt.

In its final form, the house will consist of a living room, a separate traditional kitchen, a study room and a powder room at the the ground level. A master bedroom with an ensuite bathroom and ample closet space along with a second bedroom with its own bathroom will be found in the first floor. The terrace of the first floor will feature a swimming pool with an unobstructed view of the caldera and the island of Santorini. A third bedroom with its own bathroom will lie at the attic. All bedrooms will have beautiful views of the island. An enclosed, completely private patio is found when entering the house from the medieval narrow street. Both the living room and the kitchen have views and access to the patio. Furthermore a beautiful stone staircase leads from the patio to the fist floor terrace connecting both outer spaces.

The house in its completed form will be one of a kind in one of the most beautiful traditional settlements of Santorini. The quality of the design and of the reconstruction, the persistency to the smallest detail will be our priority, as always, as it happens to all our projects.

As the architect´s work will progress, sketches and drawings will be posted.

We are very excited with our new project!

06/12/2015

This is our third and without a doubt our best development in Santorini. We are very pleased with the architectural work and we are looking forward to the beginning of the construction phase, in the beginning of February 2016. We named it ''Manos' '' house after the previous owner, dear friend and fellow engineer, who was delighted to sell it to us out of appreciation of our work.

The House as we bought it, consisted of the old caved to the rock part, the canava, and a longitudinal structure, traditionally constructed with local volcano stones and porcelain, connected to it. It was built in the late nineteen century and served, as all houses in the settlement of Foinikia as a wine press and a dwelling. The caved part housed the two wine presses, one for the white wine and a second for the red and the built part was the dwelling.

The House, after our intervention, will be a blend between the old and the new. The old parts, completely restructured with modern facilities, will blend with the new addition in a way that a unique new entity will be formed.

The living room will have an L shape and will consist of a seating area with a fire place, having a beautiful view of the Aegean sea, a dinning area and an open style Kitchen. Because of it's shape, all the spaces will have views and direct access to the front patio and the swimming pool. A powder room and a wardrobe will also lie in this area, close to the main entrance. An enclosed patio, will give the dining area a complete transparency and plenty of light and will serve as a corridor to the private parts of the house, the family quarters. The patio is spacious enough for the family to rest and enjoy complete privacy and tranquility, listen to music or gather for a meal. From the enclosed patio one has access to the master bedroom witch is the renovated canava, featuring a whirlpool bath, a modern type open bathroom, ample closet space and a fire place. There are two children's' bedrooms which shear a bathroom, unique in its form, since it was the kitchen of the old dwelling. A staircase (from the enclosed patio) leads to the fourth bedroom on the upper floor on top of the kitchen. This bedroom will have the most amazing view, to the sea and the settlement of Foinikia. It will have it's own bathroom as well and a beautiful terrace, part of it covered with a pergola.
At the street level, below the living room there will be a spacious and completely separate, guest apartment with a full bathroom and a kitchenette. There will also be a storage space of 15 m2 at the street level, under the swimming pool.
The house will have all modern amenities, air conditioning in all rooms, heating with convectors, hot water from the sun, wifi and satellite tv. Insulation for heat and moisture will be according to the highest standards. The house is offered fully equipped with appliances and furnished, ready for occupancy.

The total area of the house is 180 m2, without the patios, and it is for sale at 560.000 euros.

16/07/2015

This is Valis's House in Messaria, Santorini. The old House is unique in any possible way. It was constructed during the period of the Ottoman occupation of the island and served as the house of the representative of the Sultan. It lays at the best location in Messaria, as it has a panoramic view of the traditional settlement and a beautiful unobstructed view of the eastern beach of camari, the Aegen sea and the island of Anafi. An other exceptional feature of the house is it's vast plot, there are very few houses in Santorini with a garden of 1600 m2.
We will renovate the old house with respect to its original architecture and we will add a living room, kitchen, bathroom and a guest room.
The house, in its final form, will have three bedrooms, its one with a private bathroom, living room, kitchen, a separate guest room, a swimming pool, beautifull garden, planted with the local flora.
An other unique feature of the house is its access by car, even thought it rests within the traditional settlement.

18/11/2014

pictures of our second foinikia-Oia project at the time of it's completion, end of September 2014.

22/06/2014

Giving life back to the 1842 winery and dwelling. Applying modern materials while at the same time using traditional techniques. For us, being engineers, this is what we enjoy the most.