Note 1 of 6. About 200 words
Where the meltemi goes
The summer wind in Crete comes from the north. A house that lets it through does not need air conditioning.
Journal
Notes from site visits and the long table: how lime works, why walls fall, what a day on a hillside teaches you. Written by whoever in the office had something to say.
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Note 2. About 200 words
How a dry-stone wall stands up
No mortar, no concrete, no steel. The terraces of Anopoli are held up by weight, friction and the way water passes through.
Note 3. About 150 words
The model is the argument
Clients do not read plans. They walk round a model, bend down and look through the door. That is when a project is decided.
Note 4. About 200 words
Measuring a Venetian house by hand
A laser scan tells you where every stone is. A tape and a pencil tell you how it was laid, and why the façade moved.
Note 5. About 200 words
What lime does that cement cannot
Lime is slower, weaker and more expensive than cement. It is also the reason the old houses of Chania are still standing.
Note 6. About 250 words
Four hours on a terrace at Anopoli
Before we draw anything, we go to the site four times in one day. Here is what a single terrace taught us between twenty past seven and five to seven.
