Athens-based architects Marina Stassinopoulos and Konstantios Daskalaki have collaborated on the design of House in Kea, a house with three courtyards around existing oak trees on the Greek island of Kea.

The building is organised over just one storey, meaning it barely rises above the inclining ground level. Rooms are contained within several rectilinear volumes, surrounded by the various courtyards and terraces.

“The characteristic features of the site and the island’s traditional building practices are the recognisable project elements: the maintenance of the existing flora, the restructuring of the site’s terracing and the organisation of the house with volumes which are either independent or form an intermediate gap.” explained Stassinopoulos.

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