W Horse Stud Villa by Fahad Alhumaidi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Architectura Competition Category.
AesArchitectura· 2021
W Horse Stud Villa
Client: Fikrr Architects
Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Architectura Category
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The Design
About W Horse Stud Villa
Domus vacationis W Equorum Stabulum dicta, in area decem milium metrorum quadratorum in regione agraria Wafra Cuveiti sita, aedificata est. Domus centum quadraginta centimetra supra terram elevatur ut prospectus super saepta equorum vicina aperiantur. Forma in duos axes dividitur. Unus axis stabulum equorum continet. Alter cubicula, aream cenandi et aream magnam habitandi natatorium spectantem continet. Podium quadraginta metrorum tecto prominente trium metrorum umbratur ad protectionem a sole et harena. Aedificatio blocis levibus insulatis, vitro, structura ex cemento et tecto ferreo levi utitur.
The Recognition
About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum
W Horse Stud Villa victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur W Horse Stud Villa rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. W Horse Stud Villa necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.
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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