{"id":7933,"date":"2026-05-02T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=7933"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:20:40","slug":"nothing-is-superfluous-in-compact-greek-holiday-cabin-by-kasawoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/nothing-is-superfluous-in-compact-greek-holiday-cabin-by-kasawoo\/","title":{"rendered":"“Nothing is superfluous” in compact Greek holiday cabin by Kasawoo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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London architecture studio Kasawoo has created The Root, a prefabricated<\/a> holiday cabin<\/a> in Greece<\/a>, clad in deep-red timber planks and designed to be relocatable.<\/span><\/p>\n

Surrounded by olive groves, the 20-square-metre cabin sits on a site in Zakynthos that has been in the family of Kasawoo<\/a> co-founder Katie Kasabalis for decades, alongside the ruins of her grandmother’s old stone house.<\/p>\n

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Kasawoo has created The Root cabin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to Kasabalis and fellow co-founder Darius Woo, The Root was designed to propose a “different kind of luxury” for the area, where they said holiday homes are typically housed within “sprawling concrete” structures.<\/p>\n

The road-legal and relocatable cabin was instead designed to contain only what was necessary and was entirely prefabricated in Romania before being transported to the site.<\/p>\n

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It sits alongside the ruins of an old stone house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“We deliberately avoided the language of high-design holiday villas that dominate places like Mykonos or Santorini,” Kasabalis and Woo told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“While we admire their material richness, that kind of spectacle wasn’t what this project was about,” they continued.<\/p>\n

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The cabin was prefabricated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kasabalis and Woo added that, instead, “the project’s generosity lies in what it refuses to add”.<\/p>\n

“Nothing is superfluous. Built-in furniture maximises the compact interior, while passive strategies such as natural cross-ventilation and careful orientation enhance comfort without mechanical excess,” the duo continued.<\/p>\n

“The Root demonstrates that small-scale architecture can do more with less: preserve fragile sites, connect past and present, and propose a different kind of luxury \u2013 one defined not by size, but by clarity, care, and a gentle dialogue with the land.”<\/p>\n

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A deck was built around the mobile structure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The deep shade of red used for the timber exterior and metal window frames of The Root was informed by a similar shade found in historic villas in Zakynthos, while the twisted roof was intended to “echo the mountainous horizon”.<\/p>\n

Inside, the cabin is divided along its length into four sections, two metres wide, which contain a sleeping area, a kitchen and a bathroom on either side of a flexible entrance space.<\/p>\n

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The red exterior contrasts with a plywood-lined interior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The red exterior is contrasted by a lining of exposed plywood, which was also used for the cabin’s built-in furniture, including kitchen cabinets, storage under the bed, a sofa and bookshelves.<\/p>\n

An unexpected pop of colour is found in the bathroom, which is lined with blue finishes to create what the studio described as “an otherworldly atmosphere”.<\/p>\n