Isabel Gomila
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The housing complex is located in South-western Peloponnese, two-hundred
and fifty kilometres (250km.) away from Athens and forty kilometres (40km.) away from Ancient Olympia. In addition, it is
close to the tombs of Nestoras that are of a great archaeological significance, as well as to the Lake Kaiafa, a stunningly
beautiful, natural spot protected by the European programme Natura. The front of the complex is on the beach front, with
endless view to the Ionian Sea. The seashore is a great sandy beach, considered as one of the most beautiful in the world,
which stretches for sixty-eight kilometres (68km.) until Katakolo in the prefecture of Ilia. Among others, this beach is one
of the few breeding grounds of the unique Caretta-Caretta turtle species.
The housing complex consists of three
independent, three-level maisonettes. Fencing is made of armed concrete and galvanized baluster, provided by ASCOTEC. The
main entrance of the complex is made of stone and tile, with a floor made of IROCO wood, while the entrance and garage gates
are galvanized and coated with wooden IROCO boards.
Each independent maisonette has a garden of approximately one
thousand eight hundred square meters (1,800s.m.) for exclusive use, with lawn and five (5) open-air parking spots. There is a
communal corridor of approximately five hundred square metres (500s.m.) covered with pressed cobbled-road. It is accompanied
by a garden that has 3,500 plants, such as rosebushes, barberries, oleanders, palm-trees, lavenders, wild rosebushes and
others, creating an ideal combination of shapes and colours. The multi-level land planning arrangement of the maisonette
secures unhindered view of the sea, while it generates an aesthetically beautiful matching of the houses and the surrounding
environment. The natural building elements, such as stone, tile and others, together with the plants and the colours of the
buildings, create a harmonious synthesis with the bright blue of the sea and the sky.
The housing complex has a
drilling with a pumping-station, a tank of forty cubic meters (40c.m.), and an osmosis unit that supplies the complex with
water. All such facilities are underground, thereby ensuring that the aesthetics of the landscape is not affected, while
rendering the houses autonomous and self-sufficient with regard to water supply for domestic use and watering. Parallel to
this, the complex has four connections with the municipal water supply, with four counters respectively. One counter is
communal while each of the other three corresponds to each one of the houses. The same is in effect for electricity
supply.
The houses are fully insulated (brickwork, perimetric stands and beams), while the basement walls are fully
water-proof. The three levels of the buildings of each maisonette consist of the semi-basement, which is situated one and a
half meter (1.5m.) above the natural ground, the risen high ground floor, and the top floor.
On the semi-basement,
there are three guests` rooms, a fully equipped bathroom and a small, internal storing-room. On the ground floor, there are
the reception hall with a beautiful fireplace, the kitchen and the dining-room, accompanied by spacious verandas with
unobstructed view to the sea. Finally, on the top floor there are two bedrooms and a fully equipped bathroom. The total size
of each house is one hundred and eighty two square meters (182s.m.).
On the ground floor, there is a large veranda further
to the reception hall, covered with sandblasted Dionysus marbles, sized 30cm x 60cm x 2cm. Perimetrically, the