WEAV Residence, Kuwait
Previous slide Next slide WEAV Residence Multifamily Residence: A Harmonious Interplay of Light, Space, and Privacy Designed as a refined urban retreat, this multifamily residence balances shared family living with individual privacy, creating a home that fosters connection without compromise. Built for parents and two siblings, the house is vertically layered, with distinct yet interconnected […]
FABA Residence, Kuwait
Previous slide Next slide FABA Residence A Sculpted Sanctuary with a City View Nestled within a prominent corner site, this residence elegantly unfolds in a fluid architectural gesture, seamlessly integrating with its surroundings. The design navigates the site’s contours with a dynamic, ascending form—anchored at key points to house essential internal programs while opening outward […]
FSGZ Residence, Kuwait
Previous slide Next slide FSGZ Residence A Dialogue Between Light, Landscape, and Architecture Nestled within a lush landscape, this private residence in Kuwait is designed as an organic extension of its natural surroundings. With a deep and wide site, the architectural approach embraces openness, light, and the seamless integration of built space with nature. At […]
Gyumri Urban Canopy, Armenia
Previous slide Next slide Gyumri Urban Canopy, Armenia The Tumo Urban Canopy design draws from Gyumri’s architectural heritage, the Pamphak mountain range, and the ruins of old market arches. It blends traditional Armenian and Soviet architectural elements, featuring cantilevered structures, sloping roofs, and arches inspired by restored adjacent architectural ruins. The design integrates historical and […]
A Museum in the Park, Finland
Previous slide Next slide Museum in the Park, Finland Seamlessly integrating with Linnanpuisto Castle Park, the museum extends the park towards the waterfront, elevating into a cascaded open theater with the castle as a backdrop. Rather than merely occupying the site, the building canopies over it, transforming the waterfront walkway into an extended parkway.Engaging Surroundings: […]
Al Ula House KSA
Previous slide Next slide Al Ula House, KSA A primordial interpretation of the landscape, flipped upside-down, wraps around the program with gradualness; from “closed” to “open” and from “private” to “public”. The interplay between architecture and nature, from the mythically internalized to the majestically sublime, reveals an eloquence of symbiotic coexistence with the landscape. Reinterpreting, […]
Jumeirah Cultural Center
Previous slide Next slide Jumeirah Cultural Center, Dubai Water is the material of the new Jumeirah Cultural Center. It gives it form, but is also formed by it. Following the tradition of the desert nomad, the Center is an oasis for the modern nomadic jet-setter of the 21st Century. Conceived as a crescent overlap of […]
Otherness, Venice Biennale ’16
Previous slide Next slide Otherness, Venice Biennale ’16Between North and South, Otherness Temporal StatelessnessThe Project, shared between two islands, spans the extremities of the Gulf. Imprinted planometrically in the grounds of Failaka, akin to its archeological ruins, and carved sectionally from the fjords around Maqlab, the Project suspends its program from site specificity to claim […]
NBK Museum
Previous slide Next slide NBK Museum The NBK museum, a 20m high ceiling ground floor pavilion, pivots a long subterranean 45m deep space. A curvaceous spiraling stair hinges the long and the tall spaces of the museum in one seamless experience, starting from the oculus atop. The entry “sun-dial” hall is shaped by the sun […]
Otherness, Venice Biennale ’16
Previous slide Next slide Otherness, Venice Biennale ’16Between North and South, Otherness Temporal StatelessnessThe Project, shared between two islands, spans the extremities of the Gulf. Imprinted planometrically in the grounds of Failaka, akin to its archeological ruins, and carved sectionally from the fjords around Maqlab, the Project suspends its program from site specificity to claim […]
