Krater craft: with an understanding of topography and local crafts, this house unostentatiously commands its magnificent site.Krater kra·ter or cra·ter n. A wide, two-handled bowl used in ancient Greece and Rome for mixing wine and water. [Greek kr is a house on Antiparos, one of the smaller islands of the Cycladic archipelago Archipelago (ärkĭpĕl`əgō) [Ital., from Gr.=chief sea], ancient name of the Aegean Sea, later applied to the numerous islands it contains. The word now designates any cluster of islands. . It has a magnificent site at the top of the island's hill, looking down towards the village and offering views of Mykonos to the north-east, Paros to the east and los to the south. One of the problems of such a site, however magnificent its prospects, is the Meltemi, the prevailing north-east summer wind of the Aegean. So aspect and exposure of the house were carefully studied. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As a basic strategy, the plan was dug into the hillside, forming a mythical myth·i·cal also myth·ic adj. 1. Of or existing in myth: the mythical unicorn. 2. Imaginary; fictitious. 3. crater crater, circular, bowl-shaped depression on the earth's surface. (For a discussion of lunar craters, see moon.) Simple craters are bowl-shaped with a raised outer rim. Complex craters have a raised central peak surrounded by a trough and a fractured rim. protected from the Meltemi by the tallest part of the complex, a three-storey building of local rubble--in effect a small tower--containing bed and guest rooms. The top of this stone building is practically the only part of the new house that can be seen from the village. To the south is a separate rectangular white rendered block that houses kitchen, dining and communal areas. On the west side is a thin 25m long swimming pool that hovers over the slope. Where the water ripples over the pool's western edge, the place offers swimmers the illusion of being in a displaced displaced see displacement. piece of the sea that has been raised up the hill. Pool and buildings define courts forming the Krater. They are outlined against the landscape by stairs and retaining walls beautifully made in traditionally laid squared rubble. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Down the slope to the west is a guest house, the route to which goes under the pool and is carved into the slope, with walls forming a garden for traditional local plants. At night, the illuminated path is intended to look like a lava flow. The little building consists of two enclosed spaces Noun 1. enclosed space - space that is surrounded by something cavity space - an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between with an open court between them; one of the rooms is dug into the hillside; the other is the only part of the complex, apart from the top of the stone building, that can be seen from the village. The jury respected the care with which the house has been adjusted and carved into the landscape, and the ways in which traditional craftsmanship Craftsmanship Alcimedon a first-rate carver in wood. [Rom. Lit.: Vergil Eclogues, iii. 37.] Argus skillful builder of Jason’s Argo. [Gk. Myth.: Walsh Classical, 29] Athena (Rom. and placemaking have been reinterpreted. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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