Architect Mohamed Amine Siana has completed a house in Casablanca, featuring a sculptural exterior intended as a contemporary update of the Modernist architecture found across the Moroccan city.
当地的Siana事务所在紧凑的城市基地上设计了Villa Z,只有15平方米。
该建筑朝西,使它尽可能地暴露在夕阳下,但这个方向也意味着它直接看向大道。
Locally based Siana designed Villa Z for a tight urban plot measuring just 15 square metres.
The building faces west to optimise its exposure to the evening sun, but this orientation also means it looks directly onto a large avenue.
"The client wanted to have an open feeling in a house that is protected from the sights of neighbourhood," Siana told Dezeen. "So it was a challenge between the client's need for privacy and my belief in an open and light architecture."
To achieve the desired level of privacy, the elevations that are visible from the street are formed almost entirely of opaque surfaces. These curve inwards to form a series of openings containing concealed doors and windows.
The house's general volume was actually derived from a cube, but dissolves into planar surfaces around the edges.
"My principal intention was to go out from the cube perception to answer the client's programme and routine, and to find the best way to preserve privacy and protect the project from the noise of the prominent front avenue," Siana said.
简洁的白色表面参考现代主义建筑,这是卡萨布兰卡城市肌理的一个明确特征。
目的是借鉴传统的摩洛哥文化同时带来这些最新的参考,创造更适合当代生活的设计。
The simple white-rendered surfaces reference the Modernist architecture that is a defining feature of Casablanca's urban fabric.
The intention was to draw on traditional Moroccan culture but bring these references up-to-date to create a design more suited to contemporary living.
"The project is an experience which tries to develop practical spaces for the new way of Moroccan life," explained Siana, "a cultural dilemma between privacy and the contemporary opened way of life."
From the street, a gate opens onto a pathway leading to an entrance incorporated in a recessed gap between the curving walls.
The entrance leads to an open-plan living space that culminates in glazed sliding doors. These connect this room with a decked area surrounding an outdoor pool.
房屋的背立面在两层上都包含大窗户。
这是可调节的,因此这些玻璃表面朝向泳池和花园,而远离周围的街道。
The rear of the property contains large windows on both levels.
It is cranked so these glazed surfaces face inwards towards the pool and garden, and away from the surrounding streets.
被动的解决方案被用来提供自然照明和整个建筑中的通风。
这些措施包括添加一个大的圆形天窗,有助于把日光带到房子的中心。
Passive solutions are used to provide natural lighting and ventilation throughout the building.
These include the integration of a large circular skylight that helps to bring daylight into the centre of the house.
屋顶光的形式回应了使用在外表面上圆润的形状。通过其他的圆形开口被补充在天花板上,包含隐藏光源。
摄影:Doublespace Photography
The form of the roof light echoes the rounded shapes used across the external surfaces. It is complemented by other circular openings in the ceilings that contain concealed light sources.
Photography is by Doublespace Photography.