The Architect is Absent: Exploring the Cycladic Holiday House - Perfect for Greek Island Getaways and Mediterranean Vacations

Product Description

The white cubical house, the vernacular architecture in the Aegean Archipelago, knows no author. Its capacity to resist harsh climatic and topographic circumstances has been improved and adjusted through time and seems today close to perfection. The white-washed Cycladic House has become iconic to the image of Greece through the construction of national and tourism narratives. What happens when an architect steps into this process of anonymous transmission of skills? In 1966 music composer, architect, and engineer Iannis Xenakis articulated a response to this tradition and designed, from his base in Paris, a holiday house on the island of Amorgos while choosing to remain absent throughout the construction process.

Published by kyklàda.press
Softcover
96 Pages
102 x 162 mm
ISBN 9789464202823