Bleu Residences
Location: Protaras, Cyprus
Timeline: 2005-2010
Status: Built
Size: 3100 m²
Budget: 4.500.000 €
Client: Nice Day Developments Ltd.
Exhibited in New York, Athens, Nicosia
ARCHITECTS: THEO DAVID ARCHITECTS
Design Principal: Theo. David FAIA
Project Architects: Yiannis Kythreotis, Emre Bozatli, Nicolas Paraskevaides, George Gallis
Photographs: Yiorgis Yerolymbos
DETAILS OF INVOLVEMENT:
- Full scope of involvement, from initiation of the first ideas to completion of the construction.
- Played a significant role in conceptual development and the entire design process.
- Created digital and physical models to explore the design alternatives.
- Prepared and coordinated Tender and Construction Documentation.
- Coordinated services of engineering consultants to be incorporated within the design.
- Conducted research on materials, products, fixtures and generated sample boards
- Attended construction site inspections
- Coordinated all post-completion matters and assisted clients.
PROJECT TEXT:
A ground condition defined by the not too distant horizon of the Mediterranean Sea, the intense blue of the Cypriot sky and ancient rock outcroppings and stone quarries that inhabited the site, all combined to shape an idea about this residential complex of 18 living units.
A unique relationship to ground is generated not only by the expected framing of the distant ground, but by allowing a symbiotic relationship between built forms and existing rock formations.