在尼科西亚郊外几公里处的一大片土地上，在一个荒凉的景观中，业主决定建造他们的 “庇护所”。没有特别的景色，没有邻居，除了干涸的沟渠边的芦苇外，没有太多的绿色植物，周围的农村空间不适合对外开放。在城市与自然、隔离与社交之间，我们被邀请在一个完全恶劣的环境中创造舒适和安全的生活条件。
On a large piece of land located a few kilometers outside of Nicosia, in an inhospitable and desolate landscape, the owners decide to build their “shelter”. With no particular views, no neighbors, and not much greenery other than reeds along a dry ditch, the surrounding rural space does not lend itself to extroversion. Between city and nature, isolation and sociability, we are invited to create comfortable and safe living conditions in a completely hostile environment.
业主对户外生活的热爱和他们经常访问大自然的愿望，以及不受欢迎的现有环境决定了房子的类型。一个包括传统塞浦路斯农村住宅类型学的设计方法被作为概念的开始，即私人家庭生活被封闭在自己的边界内，内部庭院是住宅的基本结构元素。
The owners’ love for outdoor living and their desire to visit nature often together with the unwelcoming existing surroundings determined the typology of the house. A design approach that includes the typology of the traditional Cypriot rural house has been adopted as the beginning of the concept, i.e. the private family life enclosed within its own boundaries with inner courtyards being the basic structural elements of the residence.
室内和室外空间之间的辩证关系将庭院转化为建筑构成的工具，创造出与外部环境直接相连的内部空间。天井和庭院成为设计的组成部分，为户外活动提供了受保护的扩展空间，并成为全年令人愉悦的聚会场所。 内部空间和日常仪式是围绕着分布在房舍周围的庭院和天井组织的。它们都有不同的形状和大小，但每一个都有独特的氛围和与外界的联系，从而使自然之美更加迷人。
The dialectical relationship between indoor and outdoor space transforms the courtyard into a tool of architectural composition, creating interior spaces directly connected to their external environment. Patios and courtyards become integral parts of the design offering protected extensions for outdoor activities and delightful get-together spots all year round. Internal spaces and daily rituals are organized around courtyards and patios that are spread around the premises. They are all of different shapes and sizes but each with distinctive atmosphere and relatedness to the outside enchasing thus the beauty of nature.
这座两层楼的房子的体积被分为两部分，中间并列着三个大院子。所有的空间，无论是底层的生活区还是上层的3间卧室，都是以线性排列的方式规划的，并与绿色庭院平行。每个庭院都是内部空间的一个组成部分，对房屋的内部环境产生了巨大的影响。在底层，一个双高的庭院将厨房和客厅分开，但同时在视觉上和功能上又将其结合起来。另外两个院子分别作为客厅和厨房的独家延伸，为户外活动提供了额外的空间。
The volume of this two-story house is divided into two parts integrating three large courtyards in between and side by side. All the spaces, both on the ground floor with the living areas and on the upper floor with the 3 bedrooms, are planned in a linear arrangement and parallel to green courtyards. Each courtyard serves as an integral component of the interior space which influences dramatically the internal environment of the house. On the ground floor a double-height courtyard separates but at the same time unites visually and functionally the kitchen from the living room. Two other courtyards function as exclusive extensions of the living room and the kitchen respectively providing additional space for outdoor activities.
庭院的概念被延伸到上层，西侧的卧室通向受保护但无遮挡的连续长阳台。在这一侧，一堵穿孔的垂直墙，似乎漂浮在底层之上，保护卧室免受西方阳光的照射，并屏蔽了来自邻近极其繁忙的主干道的噪音。这里的围墙成为房子与下面的私人花园和上面的天空接触的方式，确保其与自然的直接关系。
The idea of the courts is extended to the upper floor where the bedrooms, on the west side, open onto protected but uncovered continuous long balconies. On this side, a perforated vertical wall, which seems to float above the ground floor, protects the bedrooms from the western sun and shields the noise from an adjacent extremely busy main road. The enclosure here becomes the way of contact of the house with the private gardens below and the sky above ensuring its direct relationship with nature.
通过中庭将绿色带入室内，界限开始模糊，庭院成为一种生活方式。住宅的体验围绕着内部庭院和花园，使用户能够享受生命进化的魔力，光线、植被的变化，以及大自然的季节性色彩。”光线、绿色、空气，是城市规划的三个主要元素”，勒-柯布西耶。
The boundaries begin to blur by bringing the green indoors through the atriums, the courtyard becomes a way of living. The experience of the residences revolves around the inner courtyards and gardens, enabling users to enjoy the magic of the evolution of life, the changes of light, vegetation, and the seasonal colors of nature “Light, green, air, the three main elements of urban planning”, Le Corbusier.
Architects: Christos Pavlou Architecture
Area : 288 m²
Year : 2020
Photographs :Unseen Views
Manufacturers : PGS lighting supplier
Mechanical Engineer : smec, Manolis Sergidis
Main Contractor : Chrypercon construction ltd
Structural Engineer : Andreas Charalambous
Quantity Surveyor : Titika Floridou
Electrical Engineer : Nicholas Katsaris
City : Nicosia
Country : Cyprus