{"id":1002,"date":"2024-10-31T08:41:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T08:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onusarchitecture.com\/?p=1002"},"modified":"2026-05-23T19:14:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T17:14:31","slug":"atreeum-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onusarchitecture.com\/en\/atreeum-house\/","title":{"rendered":"aTREEum House \u2014 Timber Residence in Kifisia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Project:<\/strong> aTREEum House \u2014 A Zero-Energy Timber Home Inspired by Nature<\/h5>\n
Location:<\/strong> Kifisia, Attica<\/h5>\n
Architectural Study:<\/strong> ONUS Architecture Studio<\/h5>\n
Lead Architect:<\/strong> Margarita Kyanidou<\/h5>\n
Project Team:<\/strong> Margarita Kyanidou, Anna Andreadi, Christina Ntalli<\/h5>\n
Structural Study:<\/strong> Dedes & Roditis Engineers<\/h5>\n
3D Renders:<\/strong> Katerina Iakovaki<\/h5>\n
Status:<\/strong> Proposal<\/h5>\n
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Set on a narrow six-metre plot in Kifisia, aTREEum House is organised around an existing tree preserved at its centre. A timber structure of Cross-Laminated Timber and glulam, combined with passive design, a rooftop greenhouse and rainwater harvesting, defines an architecture that integrates urban biodiversity and operates at near-zero energy.<\/p>\n

A Contemporary Timber Residence in Kifisia, Athens<\/h2>\n

aTREEum House is a contemporary timber residence in Kifisia, designed for a narrow six-metre-wide plot in one of Athens’ most established residential districts. The design begins with the preservation of an existing mature tree at the centre of the plot; the floor plan opens around it, turning the tree into the home’s organising element rather than treating it as a constraint to work around. As a timber residence in Kifisia, this project demonstrates how a constrained urban site can host a building that contributes biodiversity to its neighbourhood instead of removing it.<\/p>\n

Cross-Laminated Timber and Glulam Construction<\/h2>\n

The building is the first timber structure in the area, built with Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) panels for the walls and floors and glulam for the structural beams. This construction choice substantially reduces the embodied carbon of the project compared with a conventional reinforced concrete equivalent, and it supports a faster, lighter and quieter construction process. The timber is exposed internally where possible, contributing to a warm, calm interior atmosphere consistent with the architectural intention of a timber residence in Kifisia.<\/p>\n

Passive Design and Urban Biodiversity<\/h2>\n

A central atrium preserves the existing tree at the heart of the home and acts as the building’s passive climate engine \u2014 drawing daylight deep into the plan, providing stack ventilation, and tempering interior temperatures across the seasons. A rooftop greenhouse functions as thermal storage and edible garden. Rainwater harvesting supplies irrigation, and a system of perforated steel shading \u2014 fabricated from scrap material at a local CNC workshop \u2014 modulates summer sun across the south and west elevations. Together these strategies allow the house to operate at near-zero energy demand, demonstrating how a contemporary timber residence in Kifisia can integrate biodiversity into the everyday experience of urban Athens.<\/p>\n

Recognition for this Timber Residence in Kifisia<\/h2>\n

aTREEum House has been recognised in international architecture distinctions including the Architizer A+ Awards<\/a>. The project is part of ONUS’s award-winning sustainable architecture<\/a> and one of several contemporary timber and passive residences in Greece<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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aTREEum House Project: aTREEum House: : A Zero-Energy Timber Home Inspired by Nature Location: Kifisia, Attica Architectural Study: ONUS Architecture Studio Lead Architect: Margarita Kyanidou Project Team: Margarita Kyanidou, Anna Andreadi, Christina Ntalli Structural Study: Dedes & Roditis Engineers 3D Renders: Katerina Iakovaki\u00a0\u00a0 Status: Proposal \u00a0 On a narrow 6-meter-wide plot in Kifisia, aTREEum House […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,8,13],"tags":[18,17],"class_list":["post-1002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-passive-timber","category-residential","category-sustainable-regenerative","tag-awarded","tag-proposal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onusarchitecture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onusarchitecture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onusarchitecture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onusarchitecture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onusarchitecture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1002"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/onusarchitecture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2773,"href":"https:\/\/onusarchitecture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002\/revisions\/2773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onusarchitecture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onusarchitecture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onusarchitecture.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}