Casa Brutale in Greece.
Crisis, no, not at all #2.
I love architecture and this design.
A perfect hideaway.
The team of architects at OPA designed Casa Brutale, a concrete house in a cliffside. The ‘chameleonic living space’ consists of a swimming pool as the ceiling and a huge facade facing nothing but the sea.We talked with the two partners Laertis Antonios Ando Vassiliou and Pantelis Kampouropoulos about the project.
Why did you choose the area of the Aegaen sea?
We were born and raised in places surrounded by this sea. It is magnificent and friendly, but also very dramatic at times. It was our main source of inspiration, even if the project may not be built on a Greek island in the end.
What was the most difficult part of setting up a house in the cliffs?
Finding the right type and quality of the rocks would be very important and difficult – it has to be compatible with such a construction. And then you need efficient and reliable engineering. We collaborated with Arup Group on this project, so we know that the project will eventually turn out well.
Coolness. It may sound vain, but we never start designing something, if we’re not inspired and challenged in the first place. Our philosophy is that life is too short to design things that people will soon forget. When it comes to architecture, we work a lot on the atmosphere of the project (interior/exterior) and its materiality. These are two factors that can subtly make your project stand out.
Looks great.
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