Kampos, a village community on the Greek island of Tinos. Vidali, Maria DIKEMES, Athens, Greece vidalimaria@gmail.com The village of Kampos, a place of vernacular architecture on the Cycladic island of Tinos in Greece, is of a great importance to me. This importance stems from the fact that today architects, planners and designers are focused on new contemporary sustainable ways of living, which remain outside the human way of living and the complexity of architecture, or with things connected with social life, spatial qualities and the environment. Meanwhile, private ownership, along with the way the state handles ownership in general, make boundaries appear stiff and as elements of division and autonomy. Do we actually know what it is to live together with a broader understanding of the role of architecture and the environment? Despite our contemporary and highly technological way of living, this way of living and spatial understanding in the village, the continuing habits and patterns of the past, still contributes to a physiologically and psychologically balanced lifestyle in both the private and the public realms. How people live in Kampos could be a response to some of the prejudices and difficulties that affect many other cultures in our globalised world. Keywords: community; village architecture; metaphor; narrative; fictional narrative Introduction During the past year, the social isolation due to the Covid - 19 epidemic made us reflect more on the importance of living together. And if, as Aristotle (who builds his world around action/ praxis and life “metaxu/ in between”) claims- the greatest meaning is ultimately in what we already have in our hands, that is, in what we have in common. This article focuses on a small community in the village of Kampos, on the Greek island of Tinos in Greece. In studying the history of the island of Tinos and its villages, it becomes evident that the relationship of the villagers to the land and the landscape is vi- tal for an understanding of the architecture and of daily life. Hierarchy and the allocation of land played an important role. What is life like for the inhabitants of a farming landscape? What keeps this com- munity connected and living together? This cannot be answered only through architectural drawings, or by studying descriptions of the village’s architecture, nor by analysing an- thropological references. Through narratives that bring out the reality of the village, one becomes aware of the value of metaphor as the natural language of a communal life that is inextricably connected to the natural, built environment, in turn connected to owner- ship and a different perception of the value of land. Different and more grounded versions of reality emerge through metaphor, narrative and fiction offering a deep understanding of space and, in the case of Kampos, of vernacular Appropriate copyright/license statement will be pasted here later when the publication contract is ready. This text field should be large enough to hold the appropriate release statement.