Exotic atmosphere

The award-winning studio Mastrominas Architecture designed Caravia Beach Junior Suites & Restaurant with new 49 junior suites unfolding around a communal pool.

The restaurant becomes a reference point and the heart of the summer’s resort around which the 5 bungalows unfold. It is designed with a modern and simple style, thus providing a setting of relaxation for the dining areas, bar and open kitchen. Wood is used to underline the original exotic atmosphere created by the natural landscape, while the textiles participate in grey and natural tones enhancing the calmness and elegance of the restaurant areas. Wide use of stone wall constructions has been performed, built in the local traditional way with the local stone of the island. The cover of the pergolas is made of osier thin logs. The same material is used for the false ceiling with the artificial light from above creating a calm and cosy ambiance, integrating both indoor and outdoor. The modern space is curated with an eclectic mix of furnishings and objects mostly custom made.

In terms of a vertical reading of the area, room buildings are organized in two levels, ground floor and first floor, with the first providing direct access to the pool through the rooms’ private courtyards. The architecture of the volumes is a reinterpretation of the simple Greek island style cubic shaped architecture with few openings for courtyard access.

The rooms are separated by stone walls and their yards are shaded with wooden pergolas. The materials that dominate the room are the cement mortar in the bathroom, the white wood and the neutral gray colors. The Suites and the restaurant are organically connected via a deck network on the water. The disadvantage of the lack of beach view on this part of the plot, became an advantage as the large swim-up pool substitutes the view and the sense of a beachfront location. Although the restaurant is situated on one side of the pool, privacy for the residents is provided by the pre-existing palm plantation by the pool and the deck network.

Address: Marmari Beach 24603 - Kos Island, Greece