Kato Deftera Residence

The single-family dwelling is developed within an urban area, outside the capital region’s periphery and the neighbouring village.

The disposition of the building is based on the integration of the functional spaces with the topography and vegetation of the plot. An architecture of low density in conjunction with a logic of micro-urban assembly is succeeded. A hierarchical part-to-whole organization of the functional spaces is bounded together with a well perceived articulation of a heterogeneous envelope that in addition defines inside/outside interfaces, beyond a mere dialectic of the elevations.

Thus, in the overall design synergy, possibilities of urban transformation from peripheral sprawl to a more intensively coherent fabric are created.

Location: Kato Deftera, Nicosia District
Completion Date: 2008
Status: Completed