Atrium House / .27 Architects

The core concept of the design was to create a house that embraces the Mediterranean lifestyle, where indoor and outdoor living areas are equally important, and to celebrate the richness of the light and the playfulness of the shadows under the strong sun. The design elements follow very clean shapes and volumes while at the same time, the attention to detail and material textures provide a powerful but calm overall atmosphere. The building itself forms an L-shaped layout while the outdoor pool terrace completes the outline of a full rectangle. The street-facing facades appear solid and enclosed, in direct contrast to the inner ones which are fully glazed. The exterior openings are recessed and covered with sliding panels of shading louvers. The vertical texture of the fluted stone and the louver's verticality and tonality not only add richness to the tactility of the façade but also create a uniform and calm surface. The two internal atria provide natural light and relaxing visual focal points while programmatically acting as buffers between the various spaces of the otherwise open-flow layout.