W Horse Stud Villa by Fahad Alhumaidi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award i Bronze in Arkitektur-, Bygnings- og Konstruktionsdesign Competition Category.
BronzeArkitektur· 2021
W Horse Stud Villa
Client: Fikrr Architects
A' Design Award i Bronze Winner in Arkitektur Category
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The Design
About W Horse Stud Villa
Book Text: W Horse Stud er et feriehus designet til en grund på 10.000 kvadratmeter i landbrugsområdet Wafra i Kuwait. Huset er hævet 140 centimeter over jorden for at åbne udsigten over de omgivende hestefolde. Planen er opdelt i to akser. Den ene akse rummer heststalden. Den anden rummer soveværelser, spiseområde og en stor stue med udsigt til svømmebassinet. En 40 meter lang terrasse er skygget af et 3 meter udkraget tag som beskyttelse mod sol og sand. Konstruktionen anvender isolerede letvægtsblokke, glas, en betonstruktur og et letvægts stålta
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award i Bronze
W Horse Stud Villa er vinder af A' Design Award i Bronze, en højt prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles enestående designs, som udmærker sig ved kreativitet, opfindsomhed og skarpsindighed. Bronzevinderne er rigeligt dygtige og påfaldende kreative artefakter, der bekræfter deres designeres store erfaring, fantasi og snilde. W Horse Stud Villa forventes at være en højt estimeret, beundret og kær genstand, der er bemærkelsesværdigt professionel og innovativ. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Bronze, indarbejder bedste praksis inden for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi og er fremragende på grund af sin sans for detaljer. W Horse Stud Villa tilfredsstiller pragtfuldt behov, rører længsler, charmerer følelser og appellerer til nysgerrigheden.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Built on a 10000-m2 site on a farms side of Wafra agriculture area, Kuwait. The house lifted 140 centimeters above the ground to maximize the views of the surrounding horse paddocks. The layout divided into two axes One of them contains the horse stable, while the other dedicated to the bedrooms, dinning and large living area overlocking the swimming pool.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The 40m terrace shaded with 3m cantilevered roof increases the usable areas also created to work as a protection from the sun and the sandy weather of the region.
- Tags
- desert architecture
- Production Technology
- This vacation house, built with light weight thermal insulated blocks, glass, concrete structure, and light weight steel roof system.
- Design Challenge
- the main challenge was making a villa for both horses and humans under one roof, we have also study horse behavior very well before the design.so that we can determine the partitioning design and limitation.
- Research
- horse behavior research
- Inspiration
- The main views from the house are quite turned to the desert landscaping, horses and the swimming pool. Guest and family spaces cover larger area of the house overlocking the swimming pool that surrounded with desert landscaping and horse arenas. We also anticipate the moment when the natural aging of the landscape will make the house blend more into the site and improve the intended privacy with maintaining the views.
- Project Duration
- 2018 Kuwait
- Operation Flow
- We also anticipate the moment when the natural aging of the landscape will make the house blend more into the site and improve the intended privacy with maintaining the views.
- Patents
- fikrr architects
- Team Members
- Fahad AlHumaidi
- Image Credits
- https://www.instagram.com/fhnikon/
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