Vacation Houses Complex in Porto Heli, Greece
Porto Heli Vacation Houses Complex, German Design Awards 2020, Potiropoulos+Partners Greek Project
Vacation Houses Complex in Porto Heli
19 Feb 2020
Porto Heli Vacation Houses Complex
Architects: Potiropoulos+Partners
Location: Greece
Vacation Houses Complex Porto Heli
The architectural practice POTIROPOULOS+PARTNERS was awarded the ?Winner: prize of the German Design Awards 2020
in the ?Architecture? category
for the project ?Active Materiality ? Vacation Houses Complex in Porto Heli?
The ?Winner? prize of the German Design Awards 2020 is awarded by the German Design Council to innovative projects that promote design and shape the landscape of contemporary architecture internationally.
The architectural practice ?Potiropoulos+Partners? was awarded the ?Winner? prize in the ?Architecture? category of the German Design Awards 2020, for the project ?Active Materiality ? Vacation Houses Complex in Porto Heli?. This project won the first prize in an invited architectural competition between four Greek and international architectural firms launched by the developer ? a multinational group that operates in the real estate sector ? in order to select an architect.
As for the architectural concept, the design uses the geomythological approach to make a connection between the Lernaean Hydra myth and the natural features of Argolic topography. According to one interpretation, the Hydra symbolizes the hydrology of the particular geographical area, whereas the battle of Hercules wit...
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