These two vacation houses are situated well outside Lemythou Village\u2019s historic core, upon a hill with very few constructions in the broader vicinity. Moreover, the immediate context is characterised by dense vegetation, and it faces southwards \u2013 with Prodromos Village in the near-horizon and Limassol District in the distant-horizon. Notwithstanding the fact that the context hosts abundant forest vegetation, the actual site is almost devoid of mature trees \u2013 so the project does not entail any cutting of protected flora.<\/p>\n
Given that the site\u2019s topographical terrain is dramatic, with a somewhat agricultural background, the Project took the approach of distributing a series of \u2018Landscape Retaining Walls\u2019, which are to be constructed via local stone and that are typical in these conditions. In accord with their primordial function, these Retaining Walls are to provide structural organisation upon the ragged terrain, with a materiality that is of the site \u2013 rather than imposed upon it.<\/p>\n
Once these Landscape Retaining Walls are deployed, the two houses are strongly integrated with them, to the point where a large part of each house\u2019s functional accommodation is \u2018subsumed within\u2019 the Walls. Indeed, while one house is almost entirely a \u2018spatial incident\u2019 in one of these Retaining Walls, with only a prismatic white volume sitting above it, the other house balances more equally the part within and the white prism above the Retaining Wall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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