Dubai is renowned to be hectic and restless. Muraba Residences is a minimalist sanctuary in Palm Jumeirah Island, for this reason, everything, from the soft color palette to the organization of spaces, aims to convey a sense of quiet.
Muraba Residences is a luxury propriety located on the exclusive Palm Jumeirah Island, Dubai. It is a building realized by RCR Arquitectes, a collection of 46 apartments and 4 penthauses, each one of them with a view over the ocean in the long of the iconic Dubai skyline.

The essential architecture allows a smooth transition from the outdoor to indoor, and somehow brings nature within the building. Using just few yet extremely sophisticated primal material throughout has a calming effect as it gives one the luxury of tuning out the cacophony of the outside world.

Instead of being surrounded by other constructions, one can enjoy an open view on the Ocean and have a peaceful retreat on a land in the middle of the sea, yet tightly connected to city. Sun always shining, with boundaryless horizons, and direct access to the beach the life on Palm Jumeirah shines brighter

RCR’s ability of including nature in architecture and designing spaces that always convey a sense of serenity is what pushed us to work with them to realize Muraba Residences. Given the unique location, the sea and the light to be integral part of the building. 

RCR studied a way to orient the view of all the apartments towards the Ocean, and created a system of glass slits that direct the light into the rooms all they long, while protecting the privacy of individuals. The building’s façade, futuristic yet organic, came as a consequence, as the primal focus was to create residential spaces that felt good, timeless and desirable for those who were going to inhabit them.
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10954.0 m²
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Project Year.- 2016
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RCR Arquitectes, Exedra, Rice Perry Ellis, Hidi Rae Consultants
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Rice Perry Ellis
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Muraba Properties
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Khansaheb
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Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta, work together since 1988 under the name RCR ARQUITECTES in Olot. They are Premio Nacional de Cultura en Arquitectura 2005 by Generalitat de Catalunya, Chevaliers de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by Republique Française in 2008, honorary members by the AIA American Institute of Architecture 2010 and International Award 2011 "Belgian Building Awards". Since 1989 are architects advisors at Parque Natural de la Zona Volcánica de la Garrotxa and have been teachers of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture and Project. They have won different international competitions (the latter, the Waalsekrook media library in Belgium, the Soulages museum in France, Hofheide's crematorium in Belgium and The Edge Bussiness Bay in Dubai). They have received awards in his work among which two finalists positions in the awards of the European Union Mies Van der Rohe. Some of their awarded works have been exhibited in different events and published in several monographs.

RCR has shown the ability to think and transform that bring teamwork and the promotion of cultural initiatives from Bunka Foundation and workshops within the LAB-A in the Espacio Barberí, and have proven that it is possible to do international architecture from a rural environment, which is what has stimulated his imagination.

Following the work of RCR there is a philosophy which works for harmony between humans and nature. The most advanced technologies and materials such as steel or glass, with established rhythms and light that acts in opposition to each, are those that allow RCR this return to the essence of space that is the subject of architecture.

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Published on: August 10, 2017
Cite: "Housing in the desert of the palm for relaxation and calm. Muraba Residences by RCR Arquitectes" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/housing-desert-palm-relaxation-and-calm-muraba-residences-rcr-arquitectes> ISSN 1139-6415
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