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Urban Garden رهائشي وِلا by Nour Saccal

Urban Garden رهائشي وِلا by Nour Saccal is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award برونز انعام in فنِ تعمير، عمارت ۽ ڍانچي جو ڊيزائن Competition Category.


برونزفنِ تعمير· 2023

Urban Garden رهائشي وِلا

by Nour Saccal

Client: Saccal Design House

A' Design Award برونز انعام Winner in فنِ تعمير Category

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The Design

About Urban Garden رهائشي وِلا

اربن گارڊن هڪ رهائشي وِلا آهي، جيڪا هڪ ٿلهي آبادي واري علائقي ۾ هڪ سنهڙي مستطيل پلاٽ لاءِ ٺاهي وئي آهي. پلاٽ جو ايراضي 460 چورس ميٽر آهي ۽ تعمير ٿيل ايراضي 1420 چورس ميٽر آهي. وِلا هڪ عمودي حجم جي صورت ۾ اڀري ٿي ۽ رازداري پيدا ڪرڻ لاءِ پنهنجي مکڙين کي اسڪرين طور استعمال ڪري ٿي. اسڪائي لائٽس، کليل جايون، ٿلها پاڻي جا تلاءَ، هڪ سائو ديوار ۽ هڪ ننڍڙو بيسمينٽ گارڊن اندر روشني، هوا ۽ سائي پڻي کي آڻين ٿا. مکيه حجم ڪنڪريٽ مان ٺهيل آهي، جنهن تي سرمائي پٿر جو پوش چاڙهيل آهي. ڪاري ماربل اڳيان ۽ پويان داخلي دروازن کي نشان انداز ڪري ٿو. اندروني حصو هڪ کليل نقشي جي صورت ۾ ترتيب ڏنل آهي، جنهن ۾ منزلن جي وچ ۾ نظارا ملن ٿا.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award برونز انعام

Urban Garden رهائشي وِلا A' Design Award برونز انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، تمام گهڻو معزز اعتراف جيڪو تخليقيت، اختراع ۽ ذڪاوت سان ممتاز بهترين ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو. برونز جا کٽيندڙ ڀرپور مهارت واريون ۽ نمايان طور تخليقي شاهڪار آهن، جيڪي پنهنجي ڊيزائنرن جي وسيع تجربي، تخيل ۽ ڏاهپ جي تصديق ڪن ٿيون. Urban Garden رهائشي وِلا کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ تمام گهڻو قدر ڪيل، ساراهيل ۽ پيارو شيءِ هوندو، قابل ذڪر حد تائين پيشه ورانه ۽ جدت وارو. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award برونز انعام کٽيو آهي، فن، سائنس، ڊيزائن ۽ ٽيڪنالاجي ۾ بهترين طريقا شامل ڪري ٿو ۽ ننڍين تفصيلن ڏانهن ڌيان ڏيڻ ڪري شاندار آهي. Urban Garden رهائشي وِلا ضرورتون خوبصورتيءَ سان پوريون ڪري ٿو، خواهشن کي ڇهي ٿو، جذبن کي موهي ٿو ۽ تجسس ڇڪي ٿو.

Behind the Design

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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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