In plan, the different elements and geometries on the site are influenced by Khaleejia tower’s structural grid, which partly supports the tensile shading. Sectionally, the trees and tensile shading posts gradually cascade down from the building all the way to the pedestrian sidewalk, resonating with the office tower and its commercial plinth. Along the outer edge, bounded by vehicular traffic, a water cascade’s white noise mitigates further this setting by visually separating the users from the passing-by cars. ...
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Khaleejia Square, an alternative beginning of the green belt to the hermetic Shaheed Park, buffers Kuwait skyline from the residential suburbs. A landscape, criss-crossed by multiple paths, connects the site with its city. Inscribed by concrete pathways, hexagonal pods of cobble stones and lawn intertwine to serve multiple users. ...
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲.
To communicate the design of the Kuwait Blind Association Sports Complex, we adapted cliché printing technology into braille-friendly drawing plates. With minimal guidance, board members could run their fingers across plans and sections, complementing our words and experiencing the project directly through touch — making the process as inclusive as the architecture itself.
Yet in reality, while we augmented vision and perception throughout the design process, the execution team proved the blindest of all — building with complete disregard for vision, standards, and the very values it was meant to embody.
#Architecture #InclusiveDesign #Braille #PAD10 #DesignBeyondVision
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𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻...
𝗔 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱.
At the Kuwait Blind Association Sports Complex, space itself becomes tactile. The sectional model reveals layered ramps, courts, and volumes where circulation flows like rhythm — a choreography designed to be felt as much as seen.
𝗔 𝗳𝗮𝗰̧𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.
In the exploded axonometric, the envelope unfolds as a spectrum of color and light, guiding orientation where sight cannot. Each layer — from ground to garden to canopy — speaks in different senses, whispering direction through color, sound, and scent.
𝗔 𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁.
𝗔 𝗿𝗵𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿.
The Sports Complex redefines sport by designing for every sense beyond vision — proving that architecture can listen, smell, and feel.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲: two distinct ramp systems ensured accessibility and dignity, while also addressing local realities. Where men today shake their keys to avoid bumping into others, the design offered an architectural solution — parallel ramp flows that separated users without isolating them. Tragically, in execution, these ramps were disregarded, erasing both inclusivity and cultural sensitivity from the final building.
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𝗠𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻; 𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀.
At the Kuwait Blind Association Sports Complex, every space was conceived for touch, sound, and scent — from the rhythmic bounce of a goalball to the fragrances of the healing garden. Architecture was meant to be an ally, translating the invisible into experience.
We carried out the design pro bono to safeguard the Association’s land ownership. Yet the way it was eventually realized makes one wonder — was it truly a victory, if what stands today disregards standards, ignores concepts, and fails the very uses it was meant to serve?
#Architecture #CriticalPractice #PAD10 #DesignMatters #Kuwait
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Site Integration
Strategically anchored along the western edge of the site, adjacent to the main access road. The building nestles into the natural terrain, cascading gently eastward with the land’s slope. Its elongated form is articulated as two parallel ribbons, choreographed along the irregular polygonal boundaries of the plot. Rather than impose a rigid geometry, the building embraces the site`s jagged perimeter, allowing the architecture to adapt and breathe with its topography.
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Living with a View
Every resident is granted a “room with a view.” The private bedrooms are arrayed along the outer edges of the building in a rhythmic sequence, maximizing exposure to natural light and outward vistas. They are distributed over two levels: an upper floor floating above the landscape and a lower level gently embedded within it. Both levels are oriented to open unobstructed views of the surrounding hills and mountains, framing moments of sky, slope, and seasonal change. This continuous visual dialogue with nature affirms a sense of place, dignity, and daily renewal for each resident.
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Elderly Home
A continuum, not an end! Our architectural vision for the elderly home is rooted in a simple yet profound idea: aging is not a rupture from life: it is a deepening of it. This home is not a final destination, but a vibrant part of the community, seamlessly woven into its social and spatial fabric. We aspire to dissolve the traditional isolation of elder care by fostering continuity between past and present, individual and collective, architecture and landscape, building and community.
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The original design twist? A drive-in cinema screen!
The vertical fins that shield the building from Kuwait’s intense sun by day... transform into a projector screen by night, perfect for films and events in the forecourt.
Architecture meets experience. #SultanCenter #KuwaitDesign #PAD10 #DriveInVibes
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Every façade and interior element of Kazma Club is adapted to Kuwait’s harsh environmental conditions. The external fins, interior glazing, and refrigerated units are thoughtfully engineered to combat heat and humidity—pairing aesthetics with utility.
photo credit @mashkanani
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This Sultan Center branch is more than a supermarket—it’s an architectural statement in retail design. With its striking façade, multi-use infrastructure, climate-adaptive engineering, and luxurious interior details, it exemplifies how form and function can align in one high-performing, community-centric hub.
Photo @mashkanani
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The originally sloped site has been split to two plateaus; the upper opening to the kids’ bedrooms and the lower to the living areas. The lower plateau is elevated from the road to maintain privacy and enjoy an uninterrupted scenery of the mountains chain beyond. The living quarters are tucked in the stone masonry construction that fences and terraces the site, with three cantilevered structures housing the sleeping quarters above. #3FabChalets #Laqlouq #EcoRetreat #SustainableArchitecture #OffGridLiving #MinimalDesign #LebanonNature ...
“3-fab chalets” are located in Laqlouq, Lebanon. At an elevation of 1,780m, the site is close by a skiing resort and along a hiking trail; the small-scale chalets are an outpost to nature. With their E-W orientation, the asymmetry of the pitched roof, a regulatory requirement, maximizes the slope and area for the southern side to host the solar panels atop. The project services make use of the abundance of sun and rain to sustain operating with minimal carbon footprint. #3FabChalets #Laqlouq #EcoRetreat #SustainableArchitecture #OffGridLiving #MinimalDesign #LebanonNature ...
"3-fab chalets” are located in Laqlouq, Lebanon. At an elevation of 1,780m, the site is close by a skiing resort and along a hiking trail; the small-scale chalets are an outpost to nature. With their E-W orientation, the asymmetry of the pitched roof, a regulatory requirement, maximizes the slope and area for the southern side to host the solar panels atop. The project services make use of the abundance of sun and rain to sustain operating with minimal carbon footprint. #3FabChalets #Laqlouq #EcoRetreat #SustainableArchitecture #OffGridLiving #MinimalDesign #LebanonNature ...
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From a Sol LeWitt figure ground emanates a private residence. The monochromatic abstract art shades the internal courtyards, stepping up at multi-levels, with multiple permutations throughout the day. The street facade detaches from the building’s, with an urban high window and a wedged entry opening, to preserve the intimacy of the courtyard in-between.
We are thrilled to having designed this project and are currently doing supervision. Design is one thing, yet ensuring its achievement of full potential, with the Architect on board during construction, is another!
#architect #architecture #art #construction #design #shadow #geometry #sunstudy #kuwait #monochromatic #nature #diagram #mena
#pad #pad10 #pad7 #padx
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Peek in!
From a Sol LeWitt figure ground emanates a private residence. The monochromatic abstract art shades the internal courtyards, stepping up at multi-levels, with multiple permutations throughout the day. The street facade detaches from the building’s, with an urban high window and a wedged entry opening, to preserve the intimacy of the courtyard in-between.
We are thrilled to having designed this project and are currently doing supervision. Design is one thing, yet ensuring its achievement of full potential, with the Architect on board during construction, is another!
#architect #architecture #art #construction #design #shadow #geometry #sunstudy #kuwait #monochromatic #nature #diagram #mena
#pad #pad10 #pad7 #padx
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Peek in!
From a Sol LeWitt figure ground emanates a private residence. The monochromatic abstract art shades the internal courtyards, stepping up at multi-levels, with multiple permutations throughout the day. The street facade detaches from the building’s, with an urban high window and a wedged entry opening, to preserve the intimacy of the courtyard in-between.
We are thrilled to having designed this project and are currently doing supervision. Design is one thing, yet ensuring its achievement of full potential, with the Architect on board during construction, is another!
#architect #architecture #art #construction #design #shadow #geometry #sunstudy #kuwait #monochromatic #nature #diagram #mena
#pad #pad10 #pad7 #padx
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Sketching Between Worlds
Somewhere above a sea of lights, from no land to no land—this sketch was born in air, of air. A building without ground, suspended in thought, floating like a possibility.
Architecture not rooted but imagined, a fiction drawn in flight.
When the world below blurs into abstraction, perhaps it`s the perfect moment to invent one of your own.
#AirborneArchitecture #SketchInFlight #DreamscapeDesign #PAD10 #ArchitectureBetweenWorlds
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A Jeddah hotel`s envelope with a sculpted prismatic façade where each room is uniquely framed to its own view. By modulating the geometry to the scale and orientation of every unit, guests are immersed in a tailored visual experience—whether toward sea, sky, or skyline. Inside, the view is not just seen, but celebrated—each opening bordered with built-in seating or shelving, turning every frame into a livable niche.
Architecture that adapts to what matters most: your perspective.
#ksa #HotelDesign #ArchitecturalInnovation #PrismaticFacade #FramedViews #SiteSpecificDesign #CustomGeometry #ParametricDesign #RoomWithAView #ContemporaryArchitecture #DesignHotel #ArchitectureLovers #SustainableDesign #SpatialExperience #PAD10Architects #DesignedForView
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