Located in the natural wild landscape, the long form building with the monumental character integrates through contrast, appears as unity through fragmentation and gets familiar through repetition. The white metal columns and the white marble rock-dressing reflects the Cretan sun reviling the more brutal contrast of sun and shadow.
The villa consists of 5 independent rooms, each with its own external access that offers the autonomy of a hotel. A constant feeling of luxury living into nature is achieved by the big glass walls and the main movements that are open or semi open. The main movement axes are organized parallel to the view on the upper level while a perpendicular corridor at the lower level frames the view of the Aegean Sea.
The relation of this building to the ground is unique. The 2 levels are in constant dialogue with the landscape. The upper-level host the main living area on the west part and exploit the direct connection to the surroundings. Then it transforms into a first floor through a long corridor that connects to the master bedroom on the east which sits 4m above the ground. Exactly under, 2 more bedrooms connect to the main living space through a tunnel, passing by the basement gym, tv room and massage room and leads the guest further under the pool to 2 underground rooms which enclose the north terrace and reconnect you to the natural environment.
JKTwo is the second of JK project, a domain of 5luxury rental villas that started as a vacation house at the unspoiled region of Apokoronas in Crete. Equally to JKOne has as priorities a secluded place with the view of the White Mountain as well as the Aegean Sea and the feeling of renting a small luxury hotel.
Location Ksirosterni, Apokoronas
Design Archtify
Project manager Archtify
Construction Archtify
Build area 365 SQM
Design year 2020
Completion year 2022