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Touristic Housing

Kimolos, Greece

Year: 2017
Architect: Anastasis Dimokas
Supervising Professors: Sofia Tsiraki, Tilemachos Andrianopoulos

This project proposes a sustainable model for tourist housing in Kimolos, Greece, designed in response to the rising environmental pressures of mass tourism. Rather than disrupting the natural landscape, the design draws from it, adapting to the terrain’s topography and incorporating traditional dry-stone wall (kserolithia) techniques native to the island. The result is a low-impact, linear complex embedded in the topography, where private rooms are positioned along the front and five shared communal spaces activate the rear. Through symmetry, rhythm, and a minimal material palette, the architecture achieves a balance between contemporary needs and vernacular sensibilities, offering an alternative vision for tourism that values integration over imposition.

Touristic Housing

Kimolos, Greece

Year: 2017
Architect: Anastasis Dimokas
Supervising Professors: Sofia Tsiraki, Tilemachos Andrianopoulos

This project proposes a sustainable model for tourist housing in Kimolos, Greece, designed in response to the rising environmental pressures of mass tourism. Rather than disrupting the natural landscape, the design draws from it, adapting to the terrain’s topography and incorporating traditional dry-stone wall (kserolithia) techniques native to the island. The result is a low-impact, linear complex embedded in the topography, where private rooms are positioned along the front and five shared communal spaces activate the rear. Through symmetry, rhythm, and a minimal material palette, the architecture achieves a balance between contemporary needs and vernacular sensibilities, offering an alternative vision for tourism that values integration over imposition.

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Touristic Housing

Kimolos, Greece

Year: 2017
Architect: Anastasis Dimokas
Supervising Professors: Sofia Tsiraki, Tilemachos Andrianopoulos

This project proposes a sustainable model for tourist housing in Kimolos, Greece, designed in response to the rising environmental pressures of mass tourism. Rather than disrupting the natural landscape, the design draws from it, adapting to the terrain’s topography and incorporating traditional dry-stone wall (kserolithia) techniques native to the island. The result is a low-impact, linear complex embedded in the topography, where private rooms are positioned along the front and five shared communal spaces activate the rear. Through symmetry, rhythm, and a minimal material palette, the architecture achieves a balance between contemporary needs and vernacular sensibilities, offering an alternative vision for tourism that values integration over imposition.

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