Casa Cuadrada is a residential five-storey building in Mikra, Thessaloniki.

On a 918.11 sqm plot, the new building generates 15 home units with a total building area of 1.316.38 sqm, providing different apartment typologies to comply with the variety of the modern families.

There are six one-bedroom apartments, six two-bedroom apartments, two three-bedroom apartments and a studio on the top floor.

Key parameters taken under consideration through the design process were:

• Create a family Mediterranean building.
• Position on plot, considering apartments’ orientation, views, and existing adjacent dwellings.
• Design a variety of housing unit sizes for commercial purposes.
• Provide increased level of privacy between each apartment, through careful position, size and shape of balconies and the use of green areas and Cuadrada tiles as visual barriers.
• Position large openings to create bright spaces, all rooms are naturally ventilated.
• Separate through design the common areas from the private ones in every apartment.
• Create large verandas with green areas, where occupants can enjoy the soothing Mediterranean weather.
• Provide parking spaces and storage areas for every apartment.
• Construct an energy efficient building (A+) with the use of high exterior insulation panels, underfloor heating system, energy efficient openings and solar heating panels.
• Use a warm and distinctive color palette for the materials in use. Dark green, Light grey, Terracotta, and transparent glazing.

The Mediterranean architecture of this project speaks through the terracotta Cuadrada tiles, the smell of lavender from the balconies, the green roof with the pergolas on top floor and the citrus trees in the garden of the plot.

Looking forward for the completion of construction.