The architecture that I chose to use for this project is a strip of houses in Santorini, Greece. For those who do not know, Santorini is located on the volcanic island in the Aegean Sea and the buildings there appear to be cascading down the top of the mountainside. Like most other islands in the area, the reason for building away from the sea was to avoid pirates. The Cycladic style of architecture is white painted houses with blue doors with narrow roadways. The reason for the way that their buildings were created was to protect the community from the hard weather conditions and also because of their scarcity in materials. However, the charm of the architecture has even led to a theory that this city was part of the lost continent of Atlantis. This theory leads artists, writers, and mystics to create wonderful works. The architectural style is just fascinating to me so I felt it was something I really wanted to replicate and I added my own variations in the colors to make it stand out more.
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