YINJISPACE use media professional’s unique perspective,try to explore the essence of life behind the design works.
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YINJISPACE use media professional’s unique perspective,try to explore the essence of life behind the design works.
© 粤ICP备19077098号
One&Only Aesthesis Hotel is located on 21 hectares of land in a natural bay in Athens. The hotel has been carefully planned and renovated to recreate the spirit of mid-20th century modernism, while at the same time recreating the inner spirit of the classic Asteria building of the 1950s in a contemporary luxurious manner, giving it a new charm.
The Aesthesis main building, which is the centre of the resort, forgoes the traditional square form and is built with a flowing curve, inspired by the modernist architecture of the 1960s. The building is symbiotic with the surrounding Mediterranean garden, with its expansive shape, rich geometric elements, and clever use of light and shadow, creating a poetic rhythm of alternating virtuality and reality, which not only maintains privacy but also gives the space a warm atmosphere.
The resort is built on the premise of a range of authentic materials - locally sourced stone, glossy wood and Greek marble, which allow the building to blend naturally into the coastal landscape. The facades are made of locally recycled stone, and the texture of the material presented through modern techniques makes it a narrator of time and pays homage to the golden age of the Riviera in Athens.
The design of the central building is inspired by Asteria's early open-air dining rooms, and its horizontal facade borrows from traditional Greek screen patterns to both protect privacy and filter sunlight to allow air circulation. Two skylights let in the sun, while panoramic Windows bring in the pool and the Aegean Sea beyond. A winding staircase leads to the Alelia bar on the lower level, the Ora by Ettore Botrini restaurant and the pool terrace, providing guests with a progressive spatial experience.
One&Only Aesthesis's series of flats, houses and villas follows the original elements of Asteria's iconic beachfront homes. By extending the outdoor area, the architects made the interior and exterior seamless. The design of the moving glass doors allows light, air and activity to flow freely between the bedroom, garden and pool, creating maximum access to nature for the occupants.
The Bungalows of the resort do not directly block out the view, but are hidden in the pine forest and symbiosis with nature in a low-density layout. Sliding glass doors, spacious terraces and hollowed-out stone walls create a spatial form that blurs the boundary between the building and the environment, allowing guests to feel privacy and peace in the embrace of nature.
Agora serves as the social hub of the resort, continuing Aesthesis's unified architectural language. K-Studio's design harmonizes the building's facade with the interior material, eliminating the boundaries of the space and allowing the building to naturally extend into the courtyard and landscape area. The top terrace is the highest point of the resort, and the view of the Aesthesis complex unfolds like a flowing picture.
Aesthesis not only focuses on the presentation of visual beauty, but also focuses on the overall construction of sensory experience. The slightly cool stone slabs under the feet, the pine and sea breeze in the air, the cicadas and the tide in the ears, these natural elements are cleverly woven into the architectural language, making the resort a place to slow down and calm down.
The warm texture of olive wood, the smooth texture of Tinos marble, the elaborately carved stone walls by local artisans... Each material has been carefully selected to respond to the Greek tradition of nature and craftsmanship, giving the building a deep resonance with the environment and culture, and expressing the concept of sustainability.
Light is not only a medium of illumination, but also a spatial narrative language. In Aesthesis, light and shadow is the protagonist of space -- hollow stone walls cast mottled light and shadow on the ground, like sunlight penetrating leaves; Large floor-to-ceiling Windows incorporate the changing colors of the sea and sky lines into the interior, making the sky a part of the space; The quiet corner of the inner courtyard is the place where people linger most in the twilight.
The water is not only present on the shoreline, it permeates every part of the resort in a metaphorical way. A quiet courtyard with water features, reflections by the pool, curved stairs leading to the sea... The architecture and the water feature complement each other, forming a spatial narrative from the entrance to the coast, making people gradually feel the deep connection with nature as they go deeper and deeper.
One&Only Aesthesis follows the concept of "architecture gives way to nature", so that each building can live in harmony with the environment. Find a unique balance point in the interleaving of time, nature, material, light and shadow. It not only revives a historic landmark, but also creates a new possibility - to make architecture a bridge of time, to make space a carrier of perception, to make life return to the most original beauty.
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