Apartment block

4 Mantzarou St, P. Psychiko, 1974-76

Architects
Yorgos Manetas (1937-)
Eleni Maneta (1939-)



The late modern apartment block at 3 Mantzarou Stin the expensive suburb of P. Psychiko, is a remarkable work by Giorgos and Eleni Manetas. After absorbing creatively the new trends of the 1970s, these two architects, in this and other works of theirs, modernised the suburban apartment building from the point of view of typology and form.
The building on Mantzarou St has three floors with one apartment on each. A typical feature of the building is the creation of exterior spaces almost equal in area with the interior.
The living room is visually and functionally one with the veranda, while access to the bedrooms is joined with the kitchen area to avoid long corridors.
The outlines of the building volumes are differentiated, with the result that an interesting synthesis of solids and voids is created.
The materials used in treating the elevations are white plaster, metal features and unplastered, solid brickwork.

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