The Lovers Chapel / Eressos, Lesbos

Eressos – Free child of Lesbos.

 

Whether in the quiet stone lanes of the upper village, along the rhythm of Skala by the sea, or across the olive-strewn Kampos in between - Eressos is a microcosm carved between barren mountains and timeless rock, the deep blue Aegean, and sunsets that stretch beyond imagination. It’s a place of roaring silence and ecstatic dance, of profound meditation and wild laughter under meteor-showered skies. A threshold where ancient myth meets contemporary spirituality - where East and West exchange glances, and the soul finds stillness at the farthest edge of Europe, and yet somehow, right at its heart.

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Eressos is not a backdrop - it is a companion. To create here means to enter into dialogue with the land, with the winds, with the stories buried in stone and sung in waves. It means participating in the ongoing odyssey of those who came before us - artists, seekers, lovers, exiles, healers - and to extend their journey with one's own truth.

 

This is a place of elemental freedom, where wildness flows smooth and deep. A wild frontier for those who live untamed and unafraid. Here, everything is present, and everything belongs...

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I also listen to the people who are drawn to this place - remarkable minds from all over the world. It is they who make Eressos what it is: a place of vivid awareness, presence and exchange.

 

Cultivated, curious, and awake, they come seeking something fresh in a land shaped by ancient time. I listen to their stories, their longings, their questions - and translate them into space and form.

 

From this, something new can emerge: open, modern, and light. Architecture becomes a forward-looking gesture - an expression of freedom, clarity, and connectedness...