{"id":29143,"date":"2025-10-31T08:26:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T08:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/29143\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T08:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T08:26:18","slug":"terraces-open-residence-by-aristides-dallas-toward-the-aegean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/29143\/","title":{"rendered":"terraces open residence by aristides dallas toward the aegean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ARISTIDES DALLAS sculpts residence BORN FROM THE EARTH in greece<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the sun-bleached island of Schinousa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-greece\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Greece<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/aristides-dallas-architects\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aristides Dallas Architects<\/a> crafts Maison Cheval as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/residential-architecture-interiors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">residence<\/a> inseparable from the ground it inhabits. Conceived as a structure drawn out of the land, the project follows the undulating topography of the island with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/marble-and-stone-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stone<\/a> walls and sinuous paths that unfurl like ribbons across the hillside. Partially embedded into the terrain, the dwelling reinterprets Cycladic tradition through flowing curves, tactile materials, and a deep sensitivity to the rhythms of light, sea, and soil.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The architects describe the project as emerging from the earth itself, its form guided by the natural contours of the landscape. Dry-stone walls rise and bend in response to the terrain in a sequence of intimate and open spaces. Concave gestures create sheltered living zones reminiscent of the island\u2019s coves, while convex terraces and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/pools\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pools<\/a> extend outward like petals toward the horizon.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1161739 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"petal-like terraces open greek island residence by aristides dallas toward the aegean horizon\" width=\"818\" height=\"1023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/aristides-dallas-architect-residence-terraces-pools-petals-aegean-horizon-designboom-02.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>all renderings by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kostas_tsilivis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kostas Tsilivis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>maison cheval moves with the island\u2019s contours<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The name Maison Cheval, French for \u2018Horse House\u2019, anchors the project in metaphor as much as material. The <a href=\"https:\/\/aristidesdallas.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Greek architects<\/a> imagined the residence as a creature of balance and grace, standing composed against the slopes, leaving only the faintest imprint on the earth. This image becomes a guiding principle in this composition as the building aims to move with the contours of the island and dissolve into its light.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earth-toned materials, soft transitions, and diffused daylight create a calm continuum between architecture and landscape. The curved stone walls and sculpted roofs cast alternating bands of shadow, reflecting the Schinousa\u2019s rhythm of exposure and shelter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1161738 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"petal-like terraces open greek island residence by aristides dallas toward the aegean horizon\" width=\"818\" height=\"1023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/aristides-dallas-architect-residence-terraces-pools-petals-aegean-horizon-designboom-01.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Aristides Dallas Architects crafts Maison Cheval as a residence inseparable from the ground it inhabits<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1161749 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"petal-like terraces open greek island residence by aristides dallas toward the aegean horizon\" width=\"818\" height=\"1023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/aristides-dallas-architect-residence-terraces-pools-petals-aegean-horizon-designboom-11.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>the Greek architects imagined the residence as a creature of balance and grace<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1161743 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"petal-like terraces open greek island residence by aristides dallas toward the aegean horizon\" width=\"818\" height=\"1023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/aristides-dallas-architect-residence-terraces-pools-petals-aegean-horizon-designboom-06.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>conceived as a structure drawn out of the land<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARISTIDES DALLAS sculpts residence BORN FROM THE EARTH in greece \u00a0 On the sun-bleached island of Schinousa, Greece,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[19657,19658,102,104,103,19659,19660],"class_list":["post-29143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-architecture-in-greece","tag-aristides-dallas-architects","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-marble-and-stone-design","tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}