Mia moglie è cipriota e stiamo pensando di trasferirci. Mentre siamo qui in vacanza abbiamo esaminato le opzioni abitative e molto probabilmente cercheremo di costruire una casa piuttosto che comprarla.
La maggior parte delle case moderne a Cipro sono dotate di numerose vetrate e giardini pavimentati in cemento con basse recinzioni, di cui i vicini non possono godere.
Una casa in stile Riad con cortile centrale con piscina privata recintata e ombreggiata dagli alberi con finestre esterne minime dovrebbe aiutare con il clima cipriota? Spostati, hai visto tetti in vetro retrattili disponibili che coprirebbero il cortile in inverno.
Domanda per gli architetti: sarebbe difficile ottenere il permesso di costruire per questo tipo di proprietà?
Grazie!
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di BigAd8893
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That is a really interesting idea. Certainly, the courtyard would be cooler. What about the pool temperatures? And direct sunlight.
There must be some old houses or residences similar to this maybe in Nicosia ?
Agora hotel in Lefkara has a ‘similar’ format. Maybe you can get info from them or their architect? (https://www.theagorahotel.com/)
https://preview.redd.it/9jrzqiseirld1.png?width=1100&format=png&auto=webp&s=44ba2e67cf04a1fbd95776bbf0573ac37fe78640
The main problem for inner courtyard in Cyprus are fire regulations. You need 3 meters distance between walls and plot boundries, that means, that you loose about 45% of the plot area (best case) to those mandatory empty space.
With a minimal thikness of the building of 6 meters, and 20 meter yard, you need 1400 sqm plot, which is more than two normal 640sqm plots combined. That’s a very expencive plot, and with 1400 sqm you can build multistories appartment building for at least 8 flats, so all land of such size is going to developers for flats.
You need to be very rich to build such thing in Cyprus. I’d say, it’s x4 to the price of the ‘normal’ house of the same area.
I have been to a couple of Π-shaped houses, one had a pool in the middle of the three sides! Definitely helped with the direct sunlight in the rooms and allowed the air to flow in from the open side! Not sure about restrictions for the proximity of the pool to the building, if all sides being closed as the photos above will cause other issues (air flow, humidity from the pool being trapped in the enclosed area etc) but it’s definitely an interesting idea!
My Yaiyas house in old Aradipou had that shape, but much smaller and with a courtyard instead of a pool.
Many traditional Cypriot houses with their main door directly on the street have inner courtyards. They don’t have pools obviously (they typically have a chicken coop and maybe a pen for other animals), but architecturally it’s very similar.