Mavikoy Villas

Before design began, we surveyed more than 140 olive trees on the slope; the villas were placed on the contours so that most of them could be kept.

Living spaces open onto infinity pools and terrace gardens on the ground floor, while bedrooms sit upstairs under deep south-facing eaves. Local stone walls and lime plaster tie the villas to the old garden walls of the hillside.

Cross-ventilation, timber shutters, green roof sections, a heat pump and solar collectors keep summer comfort high and energy use low; the drought-tolerant landscape is irrigated with greywater.