KOIA Architecture
As a 5-star concept wellness hotel on Kos island, KOIA Resort is inspired by iconic ancient Greek architecture, and the local morphology taking into account bioclimatic design. It follows the natural slopes of the landscape, ensuring endless sea views from all rooms and common areas. The low-rise buildings, the planted roofs, combined with subterranean paths, are an ode to the harmonious integration of volumes.
An Exemplary Ancient Greek Settlement Reimagined
Considered an observatory into one of the most important Commonwealths of Antiquity, the Doric Hexapolis, KOIA Resort recreates the castle-town approach in terms of flow and spacing, allowing for true privacy and distancing among guests. This design 5-star hotel in Kos is a unique architectural feat, inextricably linked to the history and heritage of the island while seamlessly blending into the landscape. It acts like a bridge between eras and provides a window into the way of life of the island’s ancestry.
KOIA is positioned right in the center of the geometric triangle formed between three of the six island-cities of the Doric Hexapolis: Kos, Halicarnassus and Knidos. Kerameikos Gulf stretches out opposite the property, offering soul-rich sea visuals onto the coast of Asia Minor, and what is locally known as Cleopatra’s beach; where the legendary Egyptian Queen chose to stop for a swim while on her journey sailing.
Architecture Shaped by Climate
KOIA Resort has gone one step further to fully integrate bioclimatic design that creates a naturally cooler, breathable environment, enhancing comfort and calm through light, air, and the rhythms of the Aegean climate.
This climate-conscious design ensures that KOIA remains naturally cooler even in summer, and this is just one aspect of the resort’s sustainability strategy. Below you will find a breakdown of the benefits of this smart bioclimatic approach to design.
Reduced Dependence on Mechanical Systems – Low-energy Demands:
The architecture of KOIA is determined, besides history and culture, by the Aegean climate. The resort follows the bioclimatic principles, where comfort and efficiency relies on the architectural form itself and passive concepts, not on machinery.
Continuous Airflow – Fresher Indoor Environments:
The low-rise design allows air to move freely over and through the site, supporting natural ventilation throughout the resort.
The buildings are designed to facilitate cross-ventilation, and the absence of bulky high-rise volumes retain heat while preventing heat build-up and avoiding stagnant air movement.
Effective Heat & Cooling – Comfort without Environmental Impact:
The thick stone walls that are well-insulated provide a natural way of conserving heat. This renders stable indoor temperatures and protection from external parameters. Roofs that are fully planted with vegetation remain cooler due to their ability to regulate temperatures just like the earth does, thus providing a cooler environment, reduced surface heat and improved microclimate.
This is further enhanced by providing well-designed openings, courtyards, and shaded atriums within buildings in both private and shared spaces.
Built for Stillness, Shaped for Soul
The result is not just a striking architectural achievement, but a living, breathing environment that enhances every guest’s stay. At KOIA, design is not decoration; it is a thoughtful response to nature, history, and human wellbeing. The serene and comfortable atmosphere guests often describe, the sense of space, peace, and connection they feel, all stem from these bioclimatic and culturally rooted choices.
Whether enjoying a moment of stillness on a shaded terrace or the freedom of walking barefoot across cool stone floors, visitors are surrounded by a built environment that quietly supports their comfort, elevates their experience, and invites a deeper kind of rest that lingers well after the stay.
KOIA is inextricably linked to Kos, but also to the actual setting in which the property is located. The main inspiration for the logo was the morphology of the topological landscape itself, whereby a particular curve is distinguishable. KOIA’s logo applies this curve and makes it a highly recognizable shape that forms its foundation. The architecture of KOIA follows this interesting territorial topology, since harmony with the landscape it resides in is a crucial factor of the resort’s concept.
The frame in which the topographical schematic is placed symbolizes a window or even a threshold into a separate world, once it is crossed. In the color version of the logo, the colours of blue and terracotta brown reflect the sea and land, as key elements of the location while the design lines convey an effect reminiscent of the waters found in marble, a rock that has been mined in Kos since ancient times.
Discover more about KOIA All Suite Wellbeing Resort’s identity and philosophy for rejuvenating stays on Kos island.
The organic amenities of KOIA Resort, Kos come from our range of all-natural signature products that reinforce the Hippocratic Philosophy of Wellbeing.
KOIA is an eco-friendly hotel in Kos, Greece, founded on the Hippocratic philosophy of living well.
At KOIA, we have adopted the wisdom of the great ancient Greek physician and philosopher, Hippocrates, who was born on Kos island circa 460 B.C. Hippocrates developed the primordial theory of “ευ ζην”, meaning living well, which centers around the belief that nature is the greatest healer
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