Urban Garden 住宅ヴィラ by Nour Saccal is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銅賞 in 建築・建物・構造物デザイン Competition Category.
銅建築· 2023
Urban Garden 住宅ヴィラ
by Nour Saccal
Client: Saccal Design House
A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in 建築 Category
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About Urban Garden 住宅ヴィラ
アーバン・ガーデンは、密集した住宅街の細長い長方形の敷地に計画された住宅ヴィラである。敷地面積は460平方メートル、建築面積は1420平方メートル。ヴィラは垂直方向のヴォリュームとして立ち上がり、ファサードをスクリーンとして用いることでプライバシーを確保している。トップライト、開口部、浅い水盤、グリーンウォール、そして小さな地下庭園が、光と風、緑を内部へと導く。主要ヴォリュームはコンクリート造で、グレーの石材で仕上げられている。正面と背面のエントランスには黒大理石を用いた。インテリアはオープンプランとして構成され、各階の間に視線の抜けが生まれている。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅賞
Urban Garden 住宅ヴィラは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Urban Garden 住宅ヴィラは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Urban Garden 住宅ヴィラは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The site provided a unique challenge that directly influenced & inspired the design. The house sits on a narrow rectangular plot of 460m2 with a depth twice as long as its façade and is exposed to streets solely at its front and back. The villa was designed as an urban vertical volume that uses its façades as screens to create a sense of privacy within a dense neighbourhood. Embracing the site conditions, the section of the house was a main design tool with multiple punctures designed to let in light.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Plot size 460 m2, built up area: 1420m2
location: Siddiq, Kuwait
phase: construction to start in October 2022 - Tags
- urban, garden, biophilia, biophilicdesign
- Production Technology
- The main materials used in the design are concrete that is clad in a grey stone for the main volume with a unique black marble that is used both in the front and back entrance both to highlight them and to give the house a sense of luxurious austerity.
- Design Challenge
- The challenges we faced were in particular to space layout design while respecting cultural nuances for residential requirements in Kuwait. Particularities such as multiple entrances, separate staff stairs for both male and female, a separate 'diwaniya' for men's' gatherings all had to be reconciled while creating an inviting spatial experience for the end users.
- Research
- The type of research we conducted was focused on biophilic design and how incorporating elements from biophilia can enhance a person’s well-being. Biophilic design maintains that human beings seek a connection with natural living things and thus incorporating nature, green walls, and providing abundant light conditions have been found to support better cognitive function, physical and psychological well-being.
Thus, we incorporated elements of biophilic design in the form of skylights, punctures, shallow water pools, a large green wall around a patio that can be viewed from all the floors and a mini garden in the basement that receives natural sunlight. - Inspiration
- We were inspired by the client’s love for Japanese gardens and nature to create a house that is not only connected to nature but incorporates within elements from the natural environment.
Green, water, air and light; Within the realm of biophilic design we took inspiration from these four elements from which moments and spaces were conceived aiming to design a home that promotes well-being.
Intrigue and a sense of invitation (that is often denied) are dual concepts we also played with in the design of the volume in an aim to create privacy within while still engaging the viewer on the outside. - Project Duration
- The project is located in Siddiq area, Kuwait.
Construction to begin October 2022 - Operation Flow
- The volume was designed as an urban vertical house that uses its façade as a screen to create privacy against an increasingly dense neighbourhood. Its jagged façade acts as an invitation for passers-by to look in while simultaneously denying the viewer the whole story. The back façade carries on in its austerity and mystique from the main front of the house; a tall black marble façade hides the back entrance door within it from viewers yet announces it simultaneously with dim lighting and a subtle protrusion. Upon entering, an alternate experience awaits, inviting users to discover the space in an open plan and multiple views toward the upper and lower floors.
- Team Members
- Nour Saccal
Hima Francis
Maysa Saccal - Image Credits
- Image #1: Renderer Tony Antoun, 2021
video credits: saccal design house
Music: Dreamin' by slow sense
Music: porcelain by Moby
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