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A House with Four Gardens by Draftworks Architects in Nicosia, Cyprus
draftworks architects designed a concrete house in Nicosia, Cyprus, that has not one but four gardens, and all of them are “secret”.
“In company with the aphid and the grasshopper, but also the spider mite, the tiger moth, the leaf, miner, the mole, and the hover-fly, the praying mantis that devours them all. We shall be sharing leaves, petals, sky, in this incredible garden, both they and I transitory”. NICOSSIENSES, Niki Marangou.
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
The idea of the enclosed or ‘secret’ garden, as part of the domestic space, can be found in traditional architecture in Cyprus, and especially in Nicosia, where the commissioned private house is located.
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
The garden traditionally functioned as an incubator of natural matter and nurtured the ‘informal’ part of the domestic life.
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Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Historical references from foreign travelers to Nicosia from the 14th Century, describe the garden as a space that is surrounded by a high wall and which contains a plethora of ornamental as well as productive plants.
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
It is described as an important part of the domestic life offering pleasant smells and noises, while at the same time it forms the historical urban identity of the city.
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Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
“For this project the enclosed garden becomes part of the domestic life and in close relevance to the daily domestic routine”.
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
“A 16 by 16 by 5 meters box includes the necessary living spaces for the daily routine”.
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At the same time, the box also includes fragments of nature, in the form of four small gardens, which are considered equally important as a divergence from the daily routine of the family.
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
“The 4 enclosed gardens also help as incubators for growing up species and testing them in local climate before relocating them in the exterior field that surrounds the house”.
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
For the construction draftworks architects have used simple materials produced by local industries, such as concrete masonry units (CMU) and white concrete units as breeze bricks.
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
Architects: draftworks architects, Photo © Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
“The wood and metal work is made by local craftsmen”.
Site plan, © draftworks architects
Plans, © draftworks architects
Sections, © draftworks architects
Facades, © draftworks architects
Details, © draftworks architects
Details, © draftworks architects
Project awards:
The project “House with Four Gardens” won the first prize in the “built project” category and the first prize in the “colleagues” category of DOMa. Additionally the project is nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award 21 and nominated last year for the Piranesi Award 19.
Facts & Credits:
Project title: A House with Four Gardens, Project type: Residence, Location: Nicosia – Cyprus, Architects: draftworks architects, Lead architects: Christiana Ioannou – Christos Papastergiou, EPS Civil Engineering: Nikos Kalathas – Nikos Kypris, EPS Electrical Engineering: Christos Topouzis – Savvas Christodoulou, Polypro Mechanical Engineering: Prokopis Polydorou, QS consultant: Stelios Makrides, Area: 170 m², Period of architectural design: 2015 – 2017, Period of construction: 2018 – 2019, Completed: March 2019, Text description: Christiana Ioannou | draftworks architects, Photography: Maria Efthymiou | Creative Photo Room
