Suburban Villa by Matheas Architecture
Suburban Villa anchors an elevated plot in Thessaloniki, Greece, where Matheas Architecture reworks an unfinished suburban house into a refined, contemporary residence. The project threads minimalism with understated luxury, opening everyday life to long city views while reorganizing domestic routines around an open-plan core, dedicated leisure level, and revitalized pool terrace that respond directly to the owners’ way of living.
Light moves across the hillside as the villa looks out toward Thessaloniki, with the city spread beneath the elevated plot. Inside, dark-stained oak, gray marble, and calm white surfaces direct attention back to those long views.
What began as an unfinished suburban house becomes a complete home, its interior reorganized by Matheas Architecture for a family that lives between hosting, work, and retreat. The house functions as a multi-level villa in Panorama, Thessaloniki, shaped by an emphasis on material tactility and a measured palette rather than graphic gestures. Every room points either to the city or to water, tying the interior composition to the outdoor pool and the wider landscape.
Orienting Daily Life
The ground floor opens as a single, flowing volume that holds kitchen, dining, and living zones, all aligned toward the panoramic windows. Cooking, eating, and lounging remain distinct yet visually connected, with furniture placement and material shifts rather than partitions defining each use. A guest restroom stays close to this social level, while stair and lift form a quiet vertical spine that links activity upstairs and down.
Private Rooms Above
On the first floor, the master suite stretches into a sequence of tailored rooms: two bathrooms, a generous dressing room, and the sleeping area organized as one private domain. Nearby, a child’s bedroom and the main office complete the upper level, balancing rest and focused work within easy reach of each other. A compact workspace tucked near the top of the stairs supports work-from-home rhythms without turning the bedroom into an improvised desk corner.
Living With Water
The lower level connects directly to the pool and garage, turning what might have been a residual floor into a dedicated leisure and guest realm. Two guest rooms gain independent access, so visitors come and go along their own route while staying close to garden and water. A gym, spa, TV lounge, and children’s playroom cluster around the pool edge, with the playroom in particular looking straight onto the water to keep younger family members visually linked to outdoor activity.
Material Depth And Contrast
Minimalism with understated luxury drives the interior palette, relying on touch, reflection, and contrast more than color. Dark-stained oak and gray marble carry across floors and selected walls to build a warm, tactile base that grounds the villa against its wide, bright outlook. Black Nero Marquina marble and black-stained wood insert controlled points of depth, while mirrors and brass details in lighting and furniture catch and scatter daylight. Pure white walls and curtains sit behind this composition, allowing the grain of timber, veining of stone, and softness of upholstery to read clearly.
Soft Layers And Volume
Textiles work as the quiet counterpoint to stone and wood, with varied upholstery and fabrics softening edges and tempering acoustics. Each room holds a balance between material richness, measured color, and volume, so that no single surface dominates the experience. This layered approach keeps the villa cohesive from ground floor to pool level, even as program shifts from social cooking to spa-level relaxation.
From the terrace, the house reads as a calm frame to the pool and city beyond, its renewed interior now tuned to both view and touch. Inside, the combination of panoramic outlook, clear zoning, and a tactile material palette turns a once-unfinished shell into a lived-in villa that feels precise yet inviting.
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