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Project summary
When an artist asks you to build his house, how do you proceed?
Located in Amman, Jordan, in an arid nature, where the context is mainly constituted of rocks and wild plantations, the plot is own by a sexagenarian woman painter who wants to build her retirement house.
With more than 500 species of plants coming from all over the world and 500 paintings in her collection, the owner is passionate about nature, architecture, and paintings.
Her artwork, combination of colors, and shapes define each period of her life.
Does architecture need to be related to her paintings? does it need to be an imitation of the forms seen in her artwork?
Non-Euclidean geometry is represented by her artwork versus conventional perspectives.
The binding matrix is the cross-shaped gallery of the painter’s artwork. It acts like a magnet over the different volumes that pile up around it, forming a combination of cubes, suspended walls, free-standing masses, open spaces, and open-air areas dissimulated behind vertical plans, liberating the perspectives from the classical unique vanishing point to a multidimensional constellation.
A combination of local stone envelopes the entire project, from walls to slabs and ceilings, creating an atmosphere in direct relation to the context.
A massive fragmented volume, on 3 levels, conceived as a series of geometrical plans and shapes, relates the inner spaces to the dry Jordanian context, creating shaped shadows, different levels, targeted views, and a series of successive and rich spaces where light outlines the main external circular opening in the axis of the entrance.
The scenery starts with a mix of geometrical forms, plans, and shapes, where the only opening is the entrance door beneath a suspended porch leading to a cross shape gallery, support of the artwork, with a specimen tree in the axis, lit by natural light underneath a giant circular opening creating a focal point to the entire process.
The human becomes an actor in this stone infrastructure, where everything becomes over-dimensioned and where light stretches the spaces to unite with the outside world.
Projects
Where the Forest Holds Its Breath - BLACK EMBER - RL VILLA – BAABDAT – LEBANON
Anchored in the Valley - OB RESIDENCE - REIFOUN - LEBANON
Where the Sea Becomes Infinite - HAMATE RETREAT- LEBANON
The Coastal Retreat - S SUMMER HOUSE– TYRE – LEBANON
Atlantic Gateway - RM HOTEL – AGADIR – MOROCCO – COMPETITION
Unfolding the Mountain - THE WATCHER - A VILLA – ZAAROUR – LEBANON
The Forest That Gives Back - K ECOLODGE – KFARHOUNEH – LEBANON
A House That Listens to the Wind - S VILLA – ABDELLE – LEBANON
Lost in the Red Rock - DESERT HIDE-OUT – AL OLA – KSA
Rooted in the Grove - F VILLA – WARDANIYE – LEBANON
The Curated Home - A APARTMENT – ZALKA – LEBANON
Knowledge Grows Outward - UOB DEK CAMPUS EXTENSION -DEKWANEH – LEBANON
Privacy as Architecture - AA HIDE OUT – RIYADH – KSA
Program Stacked, City Served - MULTIUSE BUILDING -JUBAIL – KSA
North African Business Landmark - AL ANDALUSIA BUSINESS CENTER – TRIPOLI – LYBIA
An Oasis in the City Fabric - OASIS RESIDENTIAL COMPOUND - JEDDAH - KSA
The Metal Rock - WA CHALET – ZAAROUR – LEBANON
The Courtyard as Climate - PATIO HOUSE – SENEGAL
The Levantine Residence - KH VILLA – AMMAN – JORDAN
A Gentle Expansion - M VILLA ADDITION – REIFOUN – LEBANON
Order and Oasis - SM VILLA – DOHA – QATAR
The Quiet Addition - AA ADDITION CHALET - ZAAROUR - LEBANON
Alpine Clarity - AC CHALET - MROUJ - LEBANON
Snow and Stone - A2 RESIDENCE - ZAAROUR - LEBANON
Rooted in the Riverbank - ZECOLODGE – ZABBOUGHA – LEBANON
A Canopy Retreat - ABOVE THE TREES – ZABBOUGHA – LEBANON
Less Space, More Life - MICROHOME COMPETITION – TINY HOUSES
Work and Residence, Unified - H… HQ + VILLAS – JEDDAH – KSA
Into the Natural Playground - ADVENTURE PARK - JIITA - LEBANON
Seaside, Unhurried - LAZY B – JIYEH – LEBANON
A Landscape for Play - WAOUH PLAYGROUND – ZALKA – LEBANON
Architecture of Spectacle - SAUDI CUP – KSA
Nestled in the Snowfield - A CHALET – ZAAROUR – LEBANON
The upper Terrace - HE MS – BEIRUT – LEBANON
Dialogue with the Cityscape - HW VILLA – AMMAN – JORDAN
The Suburban Living - CA APARTMENT- AIN SAADE – LEBANON
Mediterranean on the Rocks - KFARABIDA RESORT – BATROUN – LEBANON
The High Refuge - AC MOUNTAIN CHALET – MROUJ – LEBANON
Resort for a New City - KAEC RESORT-KSA
Blue vs White - RADISSON BLUE HOTEL – KHOBAR – KSA
Terraced Living on the Mountain - MONTEVERDE RESIDENTAL COMPLEX – BEIT MERRI – LEBANON
Where the Sea Meets the Hill- HE MP VILLA – BATROUN- LEBANON
Terraced Between Sky and Stone - HM VILLA - BAABDA - LEBANON
Old Stone, New Steel - PAR ADDITION - A DIALOGUE OF STONE AND STEEL - GHARZOUZ - LEBANON
The Desert Frame - F HOUSE - DUBAI -EAU
Between the Ridges - THE GUARDIAN - S VILLA – BYAKOUT – LEBANON
Gravity Reconsidered - BV VILLA- BAALOUL - LEBANON
The Quiet Gesture - AI VILLA - SSHOUR - LEBANON
The Summit Residence - PM VILLA – MTEIN – ZAAROUR – LEBANON
Shared Ground, Three Horizons - N BROTHERS VILLA – BEQAA VALLEY – LEBANON
The MECHA HOME - D VILLA – MONTEVERDI – LEBANON
A Second Life in the Snow - AA CHALET REHABILITATION – ZAAROUR – LEBANON
Facing the Horizon - P BEACH HOUSE - DOHA - QATAR
A Fragmented Harmony - D3 VILLA – MAR MOUSSA – LEBANON
Tomorrow's Dwelling, Today's Question - HOUSE OF THE FUTURE – COMPETITION – DUBAI
The Timber Threshold - B WOODEN VILLA – BAABDAT – LEBANON
A Shelter Grown from the Forest - WOODEN LODGE - BAABDATH - LEBANON
The discreet house - S PRIVATE RESIDENCE – AITANIT – LEBANON
Between Antiquity and the Sea - T VILLA – TYRE – LEBANON
The Garden Within - I VILLA – AMMAN -JORDAN
Light in Layers - DD VILLA - BAABDATH - LEBANON
The Measured Villa - B VILLA – KHOBAR – KSA
A Heritage Lane Reborn - C PRIVATE RESIDENCE – GEMMAYZE – LEBANON
Architecture of the Estate - HH PRINCE BS FARM – TAEF – KSA
House in the Open Plain - H VILLA – MACHGHARA – LEBANON
Stone and Silence - D VILLA - BAABDAT - LEBANON
Shadow and Shelter - MS VILLA – KHOBAR – KSA
A Courtyard for the Gulf - ABA VILLA - DOHA - QATAR
The Oblique House - RN VILLA – BAABDATH – LEBANON
A House of Planes - S VILLA – AMMAN – JORDAN
An Urban Home Extended - HH MS PRIVATE RESIDENCE EXTENSION – BEIRUT – LEBANON
