Having been entrusted with the recreation of an old, crumbling and dilapidated stone-wall building, which bore obvious signs of time, we desired to reconstruct and renovate the pre-existing structure, whilst preserving the given aesthetic details to the maximum possible extent. At the same time, we opted to render the building in question functional, by reinforcing it with all the necessary modern specifications and modifications -plumbing and electrical installations, openings, fireplace etc-, whilst intervening discreetly in the existing structure, in order to ensure that its particular character remains well preserved.
After carefully having removed the existing structure, we made sure to collect all the stones that were previously used for its construction and stored them in an adjacent area. We then proceeded with erecting a new reinforced concrete foundation and carefully began to re-clad the building with stone, using the exterior of the stones which had been inevitably altered by the patina of time. In this way, all the parts of the stones that had been altered would now be on the inner side of the wall, and therefore not visible to the viewer. Inside the house, the walls are made of 0.10 m thick brick, to which electrical and plumbing installations have been applied, while the final surface is now covered with cement mortar. Remaining faithful to the imperative of preserving the 'wild' beauty of the building, the roof was clad with wooden trunks and reeds of the area, so that the concrete could not be discernible anywhere and from any angle, while the stone building manages to display the same construction as that of the stone walls of the surrounding area (emasses). Nestled beneath a dense clump of trees, almost indistinguishable at a fleeting glance, this tiny cell retains an inherited construction methodology that enhances this crude character, and still evokes old times through minimal aesthetic architectural interventions to the existing structure