{"id":135930,"date":"2017-06-02T16:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/?p=135930"},"modified":"2017-06-01T23:41:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T20:41:46","slug":"ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/","title":{"rendered":"Ypsilon shaped green roof has bifurcating pathways that define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ypsilon shaped green roof has bifurcating pathways that define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres<\/h1>\n

Architects:\u00a0LASSA<\/a>
\nLocation: Athens<\/a>, Greece<\/a>
\nYear: 2017
\nPhoto courtesy:\u00a0NAARO
\nDescription:<\/p>\n

“Located in an olive grove in southern Peloponnese, this summer residence is characterized by an Ypsilon shaped green roof that acts as both an accessible extension of the terrain, while framing the most significant views from the inside out.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The project was designed by London and Brussels based architects Theo Sarantoglou Lalis and Dora Sweijd from LASSA architects (lassa-architects.com). The roof\u2019s bifurcating pathways define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres with specific occupancy depending on the course of the sun.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The house is located on the top of a hill which provides vistas towards the bay of Schiza and Sapientza as well as mountain views towards the east. \u201cThe height of the house is limited to the tip of the olive trees to enable its integration with the surrounding landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Theo Sarantoglou Lalis The interior spaces are organized in two main parts: A more private area containing three bedrooms and two bathrooms with views towards the east and a more common area towards the south containing the kitchen area and the living room which provide continuous access to all three courtyards. The circulation through, around and on top of the house forms a continuous promenade comprising indoor and outdoor activities.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The form of the concrete shell coupled with the planted roof and cross ventilation strategy provides an environmental response which prevents the need for mechanical cooling systems. The remote location of the project in combination with the limited budget and non-standard geometry induced a construction strategy that called for a large amount of off-site prefabrication and self-assembly which allowed to reduce the construction time to 7 months without compromising anything in terms of quality or exceeding the budget. \u201cWe decided to buy a CNC machine that allowed for extensive prototyping and the production of non-standard elements.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

This included the concrete shell formwork, the livingroom lost formwork\/acoustic ceiling, custom window frames, interior furniture and partition systems as well as landscape and pool formers.\u201d Theo Sarantoglou Lalis This \u2018hands-on\u2019 approach allowed for a minimal use of commercial \u2018off-the-shelf\u2019 products while instead favoring locally sourced materials such as concrete, terrazzo and marble.”<\/p>\n

\"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\"<\/p>\n

Thank you for reading this article!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ypsilon shaped green roof has bifurcating pathways that define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres Architects:\u00a0LASSA Location: Athens, Greece Year: 2017 Photo courtesy:\u00a0NAARO Description: “Located in an olive grove in southern Peloponnese, this summer residence is characterized by an Ypsilon shaped green roof that acts as both an accessible extension of the terrain, while framing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[66,67,8550],"class_list":{"0":"post-135930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-home-design","8":"tag-athens","9":"tag-greece","10":"tag-lassa"},"yoast_head":"\nYpsilon shaped green roof has bifurcating pathways that define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres - CAANdesign | Architecture and home design blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ypsilon shaped green roof has bifurcating pathways that define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres - CAANdesign | Architecture and home design blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ypsilon shaped green roof has bifurcating pathways that define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres Architects:\u00a0LASSA Location: Athens, Greece Year: 2017 Photo courtesy:\u00a0NAARO Description: “Located in an olive grove in southern Peloponnese, this summer residence is characterized by an Ypsilon shaped green roof that acts as both an accessible extension of the terrain, while framing […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CAANdesign | Architecture and home design blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CAANdesign\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-02T13:00:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-06-01T20:41:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres-caandesign-01.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"882\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CAANdesign\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CAANdesign\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/\",\"name\":\"Ypsilon shaped green roof has bifurcating pathways that define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres - CAANdesign | Architecture and home design blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres-caandesign-01.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-02T13:00:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-01T20:41:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0f9591909d086160e3da50c635b22d95\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres-caandesign-01.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres-caandesign-01.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":882,\"caption\":\"Ypsilon shaped green roof has bifurcating pathways that define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ypsilon shaped green roof has bifurcating pathways that define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/\",\"name\":\"CAANdesign | Architecture and home design blog\",\"description\":\"Worldwide source of architectural and home design projects\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0f9591909d086160e3da50c635b22d95\",\"name\":\"CAANdesign\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a403e9ee1d0f3a901637b9ff9d130a9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a403e9ee1d0f3a901637b9ff9d130a9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"CAANdesign\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/author\/caandesign\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ypsilon shaped green roof has bifurcating pathways that define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres - CAANdesign | Architecture and home design blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ypsilon shaped green roof has bifurcating pathways that define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres - CAANdesign | Architecture and home design blog","og_description":"Ypsilon shaped green roof has bifurcating pathways that define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres Architects:\u00a0LASSA Location: Athens, Greece Year: 2017 Photo courtesy:\u00a0NAARO Description: “Located in an olive grove in southern Peloponnese, this summer residence is characterized by an Ypsilon shaped green roof that acts as both an accessible extension of the terrain, while framing […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/","og_site_name":"CAANdesign | Architecture and home design blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CAANdesign","article_published_time":"2017-06-02T13:00:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-06-01T20:41:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":882,"url":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres-caandesign-01.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"CAANdesign","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CAANdesign","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/","url":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/","name":"Ypsilon shaped green roof has bifurcating pathways that define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres - CAANdesign | Architecture and home design blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres-caandesign-01.jpg","datePublished":"2017-06-02T13:00:55+00:00","dateModified":"2017-06-01T20:41:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0f9591909d086160e3da50c635b22d95"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres-caandesign-01.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres-caandesign-01.jpg","width":1500,"height":882,"caption":"Ypsilon shaped green roof has bifurcating pathways that define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/ypsilon-shaped-green-roof-bifurcating-pathways-define-three-courtyards-form-distinct-hemispheres\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ypsilon shaped green roof has bifurcating pathways that define three courtyards that form distinct hemispheres"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/","name":"CAANdesign | Architecture and home design blog","description":"Worldwide source of architectural and home design projects","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0f9591909d086160e3da50c635b22d95","name":"CAANdesign","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a403e9ee1d0f3a901637b9ff9d130a9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a403e9ee1d0f3a901637b9ff9d130a9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"CAANdesign"},"url":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/author\/caandesign\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caandesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}