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Status

In Progress

Date

TBA

Location

Jeddah, KSA

Team

Fouad Samara
Lara Alam
Marie-Nicole Samara
Sarah El Hage

Direct architectural relationships

Much of single family housing in Jeddah is located on rather generic plots of land, often with a single aspect to a street. With privacy paramount, there is little interaction with the street itself or surrounding buildings, and much of the architectural relationships have to be developed with the site itself.

 

Spatial hierarchy

FS Villa is a reflection of the lifestyle of the family itself, and the design evolved to include spaces that offer varying degrees of privacy within and around the villa. Two brick volumes contain the more private functions and define a more permeable and less formal space between them to include the entrance, family living rooms, children’s play room, and a courtyard bringing light into all parts of the house, and extends outwards into the back garden and pool.

 

Architectural expression

The materials used for the project: concrete, brick, and wood are all left exposed both inside and out. The choice of brick specifically, designed in proportion to a human hand and not common in modern day Saudi Arabia, was used due to the alignment between its architectonic clarity and the client’s philosophy on life.