Fyrgani is a lovely stone holiday house located in Sifnos, Greece, designed in 2021 by AKA – Apostolou Colakis Architects.

Description
This small holiday home, ‘Fyrgani’, is placed within the landscape of Sifnos Island, surrounded by configurations of dry stone walls (‘xerolithiés’) and the outlines of abandoned rural buildings (‘themoniés’) with their threshing floors (‘alónia’).
The building rests softly on the landscape like a modern ‘themoniá’, consistent with the scale and morphology of the rural buildings scattered around it.
It is composed of three rectangular volumes: two stone volumes containing the bedrooms and, between them, a small colored volume containing the kitchen. This volume emerges from the retaining dry stone wall, extends into a covered courtyard, and functions as a joint and a passage between outdoor areas and rooms. The negative space between the dry stone wall and the building creates a corridor that transforms into large eastern courtyard with ample views of the Aegean. By alternating closed, covered and open spaces (a distinctive feature of Cycladic architecture), comfort in all climatic conditions in ensured. The placement of the volumes utilizes the natural qualities of the Sifnos landscape to create distinct experiences: access from the gentler south side, the eastern sun bathing the large courtyard, protection from the strong north winds in the covered ...