buerger katsota tops coastal villas with green roofs and skylights at costa navarino, greece

conceived as fifth facades, the residences feature flat, planted roofs equipped with solar collectors and skylights.

thomai tsimpou March 20, 2025 3 min

buerger katsota architects complete 19 holiday houses in greece

Rolling Greens Villas is a collection of 19 holiday residences by buerger katsota architects, located in the Navarino Dunes at Costa Navarino, Messinia, Greece. The design team uses a horizontal architectural style to blend the single-story homes into the Mediterranean landscape, offering semi-detached three-bedroom and detached four-bedroom options.

Each villa is conceived as a composition of solid and open volumes, set between the grounding presence of a habitable platform and a cantilevering roof. The flat, planted roof—conceived as a fifth facade—further embeds the villas within the coastal terrain, mirroring the lush Mediterranean vegetation while enhancing thermal comfort. Equipped with solar collectors and skylights, it regulates the indoor climate, reducing energy consumption and providing shaded areas for all-day outdoor relaxation.

buerger katsota tops coastal villas with green roofs and skylights at costa navarino, greece - 1 — all images by Alex Shoots Buildings, courtesy of buerger katsota architect

Rolling Greens Villas form expansive terraces for sunbathing

The Athens-based buerger katsota architects follows a fluid configuration for the spatial arrangement, with private quarters—bedrooms and en-suite bathrooms—offset within solid blocks, while communal areas, including the living room, kitchen, and courtyards, flow through floor-to-ceiling glazed openings.

Extending beyond the built envelope, the villas’ platforms form expansive sunbathing terraces that lead to private swimming pools, visually integrating with the golf course and aligning with the horizon of the Ionian Sea. An open-air dining, cooking, and lounge space enhances the experience of outdoor living, while a sunken fire pit provides an intimate setting.

buerger katsota tops coastal villas with green roofs and skylights at costa navarino, greece - 2 — Rolling Greens Villas is a collection of 19 holiday residences by buerger katsota architects

buerger katsota tops coastal villas with green roofs and skylights at costa navarino, greece - 3 — the design team uses a horizontal architectural language in this project

buerger katsota tops coastal villas with green roofs and skylights at costa navarino, greece - 4 — single-story structures are available as semi-detached three-bedroom and detached four-bedroom homes

buerger katsota tops coastal villas with green roofs and skylights at costa navarino, greece - 5 — each villa is conceived as a composition of solid and open volumes

buerger katsota tops coastal villas with green roofs and skylights at costa navarino, greece - 6 — the flat, planted roof is conceived as a fifth facade

composition-solid-open-volumes-buerger-katsota-architects-coastal-villas-greece-designboom-large03 — set between the grounding presence of a habitable platform and a cantilevering roof

buerger katsota tops coastal villas with green roofs and skylights at costa navarino, greece - 7 — mirroring the lush Mediterranean vegetation

buerger katsota tops coastal villas with green roofs and skylights at costa navarino, greece - 8 — the villas’ platforms form expansive sunbathing terraces that lead to private swimming pools

composition-solid-open-volumes-buerger-katsota-architects-coastal-villas-greece-designboom-large02 — offering an immersive living experience

slender columns uphold the structure while maintaining visual harmony equipped with solar collectors and skylights the roof further embeds the villas within the coastal terrain reducing energy consumption and providing shaded areas floor to ceiling openings let sunlight inside each villa features a cantilevered roof solid blocks house private quarters a material palette of stone, steel, and glass each villa’s design maximizes cross-ventilation nestled in the Navarino Dunes a fluid spatial arrangement allows light and air to flow freely buerger katsota architects creates a harmonious balance between built and open space

project info:

name: Rolling Greens Villas
architect: buerger katsota architects | @buerger_katsota_architects

location: Costa Navarino Resort, Messinia, Greece

built area: 150 square meters (3 bedroom, semi detached type), 210 square meters (4 bedroom, detached type)

design team: Stephan Buerger, Demetra Katsota, Maria Chassioti, Katerina Krommyda, Myrto Tsarouchi, Mary Xenaki

structural engineer: Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos & Associates

m/e engineer: Dektis Consultant Engineers

landscape design: H. Pangalou & Associates

lighting design: Prolight
acoustics: Gottfried Schubert

client: Costa Navarino – TEMES SA

photography: Alex Shoots Buildings | @alex.shoots.buildings