2-room flat Τροίας, 24, Αθήνα Ελλάδα, 11257, Ano Kipseli - Evelpidon, Kipseli

A spacious, light-filled apartment on the third floor of an original Athenian postwar polykatoikia, with flowing rooms connected by a collaged Kokkinarás marble floor.

The apartment consists of two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, living room, dining room and workspace or second living area. Light and air circulate through large french doors and three separate balconies. The traditional layout of the home has been retained, including the original 1950s kitchen.

The floors of the main rooms are made of a large-format terrazzo set within a series of rectangular, circular and semi-circular slabs of Kokkinarás marble mined 16 kms north-east of the city. The slabs were cut without waste, the offcuts broken up and used elsewhere in the apartment. Reclaimed pieces have been collected from the city’s many marble yards to make the sinks, steps and panelling.

The apartment is on the third floor of a six-storey polykatoikia built in the 1950s. It was recently refurbished in collaboration with London-based architects, Royffe Flynn. The home has a beautiful big entrance with marble steps and mirrors and sits on a prominent corner location at the intersection of Troias and Drosopoulou.

The apartment is in the lively Athenian neighbourhood of Kypseli, a five-minute walk from Agiou Georgiou Square, well-known for its tavernas and local bars, and one of Athens’s largest public parks, Pedion tou Areos. It is within walking distance to the weekly Farmers Market, the Victoria metro station, and Kypseli’s busy and lovely tree-lined pedestrian square, Fokionos Negri, occupied by small cafés, restaurants, bars and shops.

All images © Lorenzo Zandri.