Akra Residence, Tinos, Greece
Embedded into the rugged landscape of Tinos, the residence emerges as a quiet composition of low, geometric volumes anchored by dry-stone and white plastered walls and framed by the vast Aegean horizon.
Rather than forming a single dominant mass imposing itself upon the terrain, the architecture follows the natural contours of the land, stepping, settling, and rooting into the earth.
The project is organized into four distinct units, conceived as a small contemporary settlement rather than a singular villa.
Rather than forming a single dominant mass imposing itself upon the terrain, the architecture follows the natural contours of the land, stepping, settling, and rooting into the earth.
The project is organized into four distinct units, conceived as a small contemporary settlement rather than a singular villa.
Location:
Tinos, Greece
Year:
2026
Type:
Residential
Status:
Planning Permission Granted
Size:
640 sq.m, 4 units
Tinos, Greece
Year:
2026
Type:
Residential
Status:
Planning Permission Granted
Size:
640 sq.m, 4 units
The main house unfolds across two levels, with a partially subterranean volume embedded within the slope and an overground volume positioned above, maintaining a low horizontal profile.
Two additional guest houses are composed of paired volumes, one dedicated to living and one to sleeping — connected by sheltered transitional spaces that frame views and provide protection from prevailing winds. A fourth, fully subterranean guesthouse is carved discreetly into the terrain, preserving privacy while reinforcing the project’s dialogue with the earth.
Two additional guest houses are composed of paired volumes, one dedicated to living and one to sleeping — connected by sheltered transitional spaces that frame views and provide protection from prevailing winds. A fourth, fully subterranean guesthouse is carved discreetly into the terrain, preserving privacy while reinforcing the project’s dialogue with the earth.
The interior spaces are deliberately simple. Designed as quiet extensions of the landscape, they avoid excess and rely instead on proportion, materiality and light.
The purpose of the design is for the interior not to compete with the landscape but to recede gently.
The purpose of the design is for the interior not to compete with the landscape but to recede gently.
The outdoor spaces are conceived as inhabitable rooms without walls — carefully calibrated environments shaped by pergolas, stone planes, and shaded thresholds. Rather than functioning as secondary extensions of the interior, these spaces form the true heart of the residence.
Deep timber pergolas define gathering areas, filtering the intense Cycladic light into rhythmic bands of shadow that shift throughout the day.
Beneath them, terraces become protected living platforms, places for dining, rest, and pause , suspended between earth and horizon. The in-between spaces are essential to the project’s identity. They mediate between enclosed volumes and open landscape, between shelter and exposure.
Beneath them, terraces become protected living platforms, places for dining, rest, and pause , suspended between earth and horizon. The in-between spaces are essential to the project’s identity. They mediate between enclosed volumes and open landscape, between shelter and exposure.
