Italian architects Iosa Ghini Associati have designed four houses for a new residential district near Nicosia, Cyprus.
The family houses, to be built by developer Full Circle, incorporate solar panels and rainwater recycling.
The following text is from Iosa Ghini Associati:
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The project started with the aim of creating a new residential area alongside Pedieos river, near Nicosia, Cyprus. The Client, Full Circle Dv Ltd, wanted to realize four one-family luxury houses shaped in an organic, fluid form. Iosa Ghini designed the four units in a whole overall organism hosting four units each one keeping its own morphological features.
Eco-technologies both passive and active have a basic relevance in this project: low E glass panels, adjustable solar panels, recovery and recycling of rain waters, storage heating system for winter months. All external walls are treated with photo catalytic concrete, allowing the transformation of harmful organic and inorganic matters into harmless compounds. The outside shell, both organic and fluid, grants the harmonic fusion between traditional and contemporary materials as the local stone.
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Posted by Rose Etherington
Hmm.. It seem’s to me like a ripoff of Casa PR34 in Mexico City by Rojkind Architectos. Maybe it’s just a coincidence though?
April 6th, 2008 at 12:32 pmI thought exactly the same thing when I saw the first render! Total rip-off!! Too similar to be coincidental… >:-(
April 6th, 2008 at 2:34 pmNice project, tought.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:14 pmYes… just what the doctor ordered! Lots of glass and metal panel cladding… it is as context conscious as you’ll ever get! Now where in northern Europe is Cyprus?
April 6th, 2008 at 8:11 pmWow! Naff…
April 6th, 2008 at 8:14 pmSome sad italians are discovering the architecture of the nineties… I wander what’s going to happen when they’ll discover dutch architecture or worst.. Zaha Hadid! Please do not let them to invade dezeen!
April 6th, 2008 at 8:18 pmi don’t like the feeling of it
April 6th, 2008 at 11:03 pmThere´s a context…the entrance door…
hehe
April 7th, 2008 at 12:42 amThis “iosa ghini curve” just tired me.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:53 am20 years with the same radius…..
It must’ve been Neil Denari who first fell into rounded smooth corners, I think…
April 7th, 2008 at 10:53 amThe stone porch/doorway is terrible, I must admit.
True, the stone porch/doorway is so alien! Anyway, the sketch is the worst among all. And I do agree it’s a rip-off of Rojkind’s red house.
April 7th, 2008 at 5:07 pmKinda make me wonder what standard Dezeen base on considering to publish some projects.
April 7th, 2008 at 5:10 pmCyprus is located in the eastern part of the Meditterenean Sea, southeast Europe
April 7th, 2008 at 5:41 pmhey constantinos… it was a joke…. i was refering to the lack of contextual design….
April 7th, 2008 at 10:02 pmsince when is context a concern?
April 8th, 2008 at 8:45 amcoooooooool then new clssicism
April 8th, 2008 at 1:55 pmover and over…
April 8th, 2008 at 2:34 pmDude,
April 9th, 2008 at 7:29 amWayyyyy too much concrete skirting!
Actually, contextually, the use of the slate/flagstone surrounds on the entranceway …is correct. But It would be great if it continued in the building… UHHHH
April 9th, 2008 at 7:32 amContext has been a concern, well, since forever.
Especially since one is designing what what looks to be an environmentally conscious dwelling with tons of glass in a very sunny and very hot climate. (”storage heating system for winter months” ?! As if that is a concern. How about cooling in the summer??)
And the “effort” to make these houses “environmentally friendly” using expensive high-tech materials…!
April 9th, 2008 at 9:57 amThe sad (((0))) should study the Italian design of the beginning of the 80ies before considering copies the curves of Iosa Ghini, did you ever heard about Memphis, Bolisism, etc etc??
Ambroise can be tired of them but these curves were born before discovering the Dutch architecture.
April 21st, 2008 at 3:28 pmExcelente!
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:44 pm