Home in Faiha / Studio Toggle
- Space:
1450 m²
Yr:
2022
Producers: BRADFORS WHITE, BUHO, Service, DASCO, FIR ITALIA, Fiora, GIBERIT, Grundfos, KUT, MK, Mitsubishi Electrical, Samsung, TAL, Wippro
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Lead Architects:
Hend Almatrouk and Gijo Paul George
Textual content description supplied by the architects. Operating water carves unimaginable formations and the grandest canyons from impregnable and mightiest rocks. This reality impressed the architects when tasked with designing this multi-generational villa with a dense program. The purchasers approached the architects to design a house that prioritizes tranquility, open areas, ample pure gentle, and privateness. This system required your complete extent of the positioning to be constructed up, leading to a volumetrically dense massing.
How does one make this dense massing porous sufficient so pure gentle can filter by way of? How does one sculpt the massing to disclose hidden nooks and corners? The reply revealed itself with strategic deployment of the swimming pool and the ensuing atrium as an ode to the water that cuts by way of stone. The home in Faiha, Kuwait, is residence to a retired Kuwaiti couple and their 4 grownup kids. The villa is constructed on a 500-square-meter plot with a full basement with sheltered parking for six automobiles and residing quarters for 3 employees members.
The Floor ground is centered round a sizeable swimming pool coated by a skylight, surrounded by an expansive residing space, a eating space for 12 folks, and an open kitchen. There are additionally two discreet doorways resulting in a non-public suite and a heavy-duty kitchen primarily utilized by employees. Naturally lit by the atrium and strategic openings on the principle façade, two impartial suites for 2 of the couple’s kids dominate the primary ground. The second ground homes the master bedroom and one other suite for the youngest daughter. The suite affords views of the backyard and the swimming pool. The roof is left uncluttered for versatile utilization.
This venture ingeniously marries aesthetics with performance. The self-shaded design gracefully mitigates the relentless desert solar, providing shaded patios and terraces as cool retreats that seamlessly mix indoor and out of doors residing. Crafted from Italian travertine, high-performance glass, and darkish steel trims, it reveals a subtly sculpted masterpiece. The glass and minimal aluminum trims soften the travertine’s monolithic look, making a visually beautiful architectural ballet that celebrates kind and class.
Step contained in the Home in Faiha, and you will be greeted by an environment of serene simplicity. Easy, pristine white interiors create a canvas of calm, whereas accents of uniquely veined marble and wooden trims add a contact of magnificence. The distinction between the stark exterior and the fragile, well-balanced inside design is nothing wanting artistry. Sustainability is on the core of this design. The self-shaded language, passive cooling methods, in depth use of cantilevers and overhangs, and high-performance multi-glazed home windows scale back warmth acquire and reduce reliance on lively local weather management. The central swimming pool and atrium act as warmth sinks and improve evaporative cooling.
In a area the place excessive warmth and dirt storms are widespread, the Home in Faiha venture defies the chances, providing a novel mix of climate-responsive design and architectural magnificence. It is a testomony to revolutionary problem-solving and inventive creativity. This venture represents a fusion of artistry and performance, setting new requirements in architectural excellence.
