{"id":2239,"date":"2025-07-12T14:10:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T14:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/?p=2239"},"modified":"2025-07-12T15:03:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T15:03:01","slug":"concentric-white-walls-envelop-garden-filled-residence-by-draftworks-architects-in-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/12\/concentric-white-walls-envelop-garden-filled-residence-by-draftworks-architects-in-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"concentric white walls envelop garden-filled residence by draftworks* architects in cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"

garden grows inside draftworks* architects’ residence in cyprus<\/h2>\n

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On the outskirts of Nicosia, Cyprus<\/strong><\/a>, draftworks* architects completes House ED, a family home<\/strong><\/a> around a wild inner garden<\/strong><\/a>. Designed for a couple and their two children, the 230-square-meter residence unfolds behind a succession of concentric white walls, culminating in a lush, planted void that becomes the visual anchor of the project.<\/p>\n

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The design builds on the idea of the perivolos, the traditional high wall that once enclosed Cypriot homes and their gardens. Here, it’s reinterpreted as a series of white, protective layers that create a sense of privacy and enclosure while still allowing light and air to flow through.<\/p>\n

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all images by Maria Efthymiou \/ Creative Photo Room<\/a><\/p>\n

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layered white walls reinterpret the ‘perivolos’ in House ED<\/h2>\n

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Historically, the perivolos was used in Cypriot homes to shield private courtyards from the outside world. In House ED, Nicosia- and Athens-based<\/strong><\/a> draftworks* architects brings this idea into the present through a series of layered white walls that gradually lead from the street to the heart of the home. Rather than entering all at once, you pass through a sequence of spaces, catching glimpses of light, shade, and small pockets of planted greenery, before reaching the central garden. This garden, slightly wild and protected, offers the family a private connection to nature, even in the middle of a growing suburb.<\/p>\n

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Visually, the house takes cues from modernist architecture, specifically from Adolf Loos, with its crisp white surfaces and clean geometry. The extended use of the white color plays a key role in how the house works with light. Throughout the day, sunlight bounces across the walls, a quality especially important to the family, who wanted a home where light could be felt as part of their daily rhythm.<\/p>\n

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Beyond its form, the house is designed as a backdrop for everyday moments and for the couple\u2019s collection of art. Every room is arranged around the central garden, so there\u2019s always a visual and spatial connection to it, no matter where you are in the house.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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name:<\/strong>\u00a0HOUSE ED
\narchitect:<\/strong> draftworks* architects<\/a> | @draftworks_architects<\/a><\/p>\n

location:<\/strong> Lakatamia, Nicosia, Cyprus<\/p>\n

area:<\/strong> 230 square meters<\/p>\n

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design team:<\/strong> Christiana Ioannou, Christos Papastergiou<\/p>\n

landscape design:<\/strong> Maria Paraskevaidou<\/p>\n

kitchen furniture design:<\/strong> Stavros Ioannou \u2013 MOB design studio | @mobdesignstudio<\/a><\/p>\n

structural engineer:<\/strong> Platon Stylianou & Associates<\/a> \u2013 Civil and Structural Engineers L.L.C.<\/p>\n

mechanical engineer:<\/strong> Eliana Georgiou \u2013 THE E&E MEP STUDIO LLC<\/a><\/p>\n

electrical engineer:<\/strong> Evripides Papachristoforou \u2013 THE E&E MEP STUDIO LLC<\/p>\n

photographer:<\/strong> Maria Efthymiou \/ Creative Photo Room<\/a> | @creativephotoroom<\/a><\/p>\n

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designboom has received this project from our\u00a0<\/em>DIY submissions<\/em><\/a>\u00a0feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers\u00a0<\/em>here.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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edited by: thomai tsimpou | designboom<\/em><\/p>\n

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