Architecture Architecture In Einstein’s curved universe, we learn that it is circular motion that lets us call day day and night night. The curved trail the sun leaves across the sky hints at what has long been observed: it is the curve, not the right angle, that prevails. It was the free, sensual curve found in nature that was chosen to draw Villa Helios.
To the semicircular path of the sun to the south, SAME Architects answers with a volume that is also semicircular, emphasising that passage and making the most of the sunlight inside the house.
The volume curves and closes in on itself, becoming opaque and impenetrable towards the public street to the north. To the south, by contrast, the spaces open up and bend towards the splendour of the passing sun.
