Unique Architecture House in Nikaia Christina Zerva Architect

December 6th, 2009 - Posted in Architect, Unique Architecture

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Unique Architecture House

Christina Zerva Born in Larissa, Greece in 1957. Graduated from Elkton high school in Oregon, United States of America in 1974. Studied at Technische Hochschule University of Innsbruck from 1975 to 1976 and at Thames Polytecknic from 1976 to 1977. She graduated from the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, in 1984. She created her studio Christina Zerva in 1991.Her architecture seeks to reduce waste of energy, water and materials. By taking advantage of a system of holistic design using technologies, methods and products which not only protect your health and the world around you, but actually enhance the spiritual, emotional, and mental quality of your daily experience.

The house consists of two cubic forms, a living and a sleeping area, connected by a glass bridge. Steel constructions form the skeleton of the object wrapped by prefabricated organic blocks that act as perfect insulation during warm summers and cold winters typical for this region. Interactions of geometrical shapes, huge volumes and transparent surfaces that offer a great view in Olympus mountain.

In the main object are the living room into which one steps directly from the front entrance, the dining room and the kitchen area. In the upper level is the master bedroom, the laundry room and bathrooms. The secondary cube-shaped pavilion houses the children’s bedrooms. One level for each. Through the glass corridor they have access to the main bedroom and bathrooms. Photovoltaic solar panels hidden in the roof top provide sustainable electricity for any use. Recycled and second hand materials have been used for the building. The interior and the exterior is entirely illuminated with LED modules, with low energy consumption.

The floor-to-ceiling height in the main object is 7 meters, with the supporting structure that consists of a steel skeleton reinforced by diagonal elements staying visible. With no conventional internal support walls there is opportunity for more shapely, free form space dividers, reminding of an industrial space that was never designed with rooms in mind.