Earthwood
Earthwood House by Alexandros Kitriniaris is a winner of the 2017 Bronze A' Design Award in Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design.
Earthwood is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness.
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Earthwood integrates sustainable construction technology with traditional building design methods. The architectural composition comprises four main principles of sustainability, i.e. the Fertile Ground, the Green Canopy, the Earth Wall and the Wood House. The use of renewable energy sources and natural recyclable materials including structural cross laminated timber and stabilized rammed earth, creates a unique architectural experience by reducing the ecological footprint as well as ensuring an enduring positive impact on communities and on the environment.
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Earthwood by Alexandros Kitriniaris
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Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design Award Winner in 2017.
Bronze Winner
Earthwood House
Earthwood is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Earthwood is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Earthwood splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
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Alexandros Kitriniaris
Alexandros Kitriniaris is a registered architect engineer with a diploma from the National Technical University of Athens. He earned an additional Master’s degree with honors from the same University. He is a PhD researcher and a scholarship awardee, investigating the link between architecture ecology and human physiology through leading technological advances to ensure an enduring positive impact on communities and on the environment. During his academic activity, he has received eight awards and honorary scholarships, as well as a medal with the emblem of Prometheus Torchbearer. He frequently participates in research projects, international workshops and architecture conferences, and has lectured at Wien university in Austria, Adeit university in Spain, Leibniz university in Germany, and Naples university in Italy, among others. His work has received awards in international architecture competitions, has been published in international architecture magazines, and has been exhibited at architecture events including the 1st Architecture Biennale of Thessaloniki, the 8th Architecture Exhibition in Patras, the 7th and 8th Biennale of Greek Architects in Athens, and the 25th International Union of Architects Congress and Exhibition in Durban, South Africa.
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KAAF Architects
The acronym KAAF has a special meaning, as it is derived from a pictogram of a hand which means “palm” in Arabic and stands for the Phoenician letter “kaf/kaph” or the Greek “K” (kappa). The palm of the hand has a strong impact on architecture, as it embodies human creativity together with structural purity. By keeping this in mind, Alexandros Kitriniaris, deeply influenced by his travels to Asia where he explored the handcrafting tradition, has created his own imprint while envisioning a firm that specializes in sustainable architecture by integrating innovative construction technologies with traditional building design methods. KAAF - Kitriniaris Associates Architecture Firm is an Athens based, award-winning international architecture practice, founded by Alexandros Kitriniaris. KAAF is committed to the triple bottom line concept, which asserts that long-term and sustainable progress requires the balanced achievement of economic development, environmental performance and social advancement. To this end, the firm works with a multidisciplinary team of architects, structural and environmental engineers, landscapers, urbanists, interior designers as well as branding and marketing professionals to produce sustainable buildings and landscapes.
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KAAF Architects
KAAF - Kitriniaris Associates Architecture Firm, is an Athens based, award-winning international architecture practice, founded by Alexandros Kitriniaris.
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