{"id":3727,"date":"2024-10-24T10:30:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T10:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coinpop.me\/?p=3727"},"modified":"2024-10-28T11:55:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T11:55:54","slug":"piers-taylor-completes-low-key-rural-retreat-in-greek-countryside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coinpop.me\/index.php\/2024\/10\/24\/piers-taylor-completes-low-key-rural-retreat-in-greek-countryside\/","title":{"rendered":"Piers Taylor completes “low-key” rural retreat in Greek countryside"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The founder of British practice Invisible Studio<\/a>, architect Piers Taylor, has created the concrete<\/a> House in an Olive Grove for his family in Corfu, Greece<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Set amid a rural olive grove, the minimalist structure has been designed to accommodate the basic needs of shelter, shade and sleep, while offering flexibility for future modifications.<\/p>\n

It was conceived by Taylor as a “campsite” for his family, drawing on his personal connection to the area, which is one he has visited since the 1970s when he was a child.<\/p>\n

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Piers Taylor has created House in an Olive Grove<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I feel deeply connected to this place, the people, the culture and the landscape,” said the Invisible Studio<\/a> founder.<\/p>\n

“The house is low-key, rooted in the ordinary and the everyday world of the surrounding shepherd’s huts and unfinished concrete and reinforcement bar buildings that evolve slowly over many years,” he told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“I use the campsite metaphor as this landscape encourages a completely different way of being that is very seasonal,” Taylor continued. “The house gets packed away in winter, and set up again in spring.”<\/p>\n

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The home is designed to accommodate the basic needs of shelter, shade and sleep<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As House in an Olive Grove is located in both an earthquake and a fire danger zone, its structure is built from reinforced concrete. This is formed from local limestone aggregate and topped with a corrugated roof, supported by red oxide reinforcement bar trusses.<\/p>\n

Inside House in an Olive Grove’s main volume are four bedrooms and two shower rooms, spread over two floors. Above, a shaded roof terrace serves as the primary communal living area that can be adapted into a bunkhouse for additional guests.<\/p>\n

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The terrace is shaded by a corrugated roof<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

House in the Olive Grove is notably devoid of glass to maintain an “immersive” experience of camping and sleeping outside, exposed to the elements during the hot summer months.<\/p>\n

Instead, the home features sliding screens of galvanised mesh, insect screens and plastic curtains for protection and ventilation.<\/p>\n