{"id":60273,"date":"2025-07-12T18:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T18:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/60273\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T18:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T18:55:14","slug":"white-walls-envelop-residence-by-draftworks-architects-in-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/60273\/","title":{"rendered":"white walls envelop residence by draftworks* architects in cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"

garden grows inside draftworks* architects\u2019 residence in cyprus<\/p>\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\u2019s 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 \u2018perivolos\u2019 in House ED<\/p>\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

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draftworks* architects completes House ED<\/p>\n

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this family home is organized around a wild inner garden<\/p>\n

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designed for a couple and their two children<\/p>\n

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