White color and shaded spaces for Kuwait. Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh
29/03/2017.
Rawda [Kuwait]
metalocus, DANIEL MADERA
metalocus, DANIEL MADERA
The study based in New York and Kuwait bets by a modern architecture, but wich does not abandon traditional architecture.
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima por StudiResidential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pto Madouh. Imagen © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image © Nelson Garrido / ngphoto.com.pt
Site plan. Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image courtesy of Studio Madouh
Plano de parecela central. Residential Nasima por Studio Madouh. Imagen cortesía de Studio Madouh
Central plot plans. Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image courtesy of Studio Madouh
Corner plot plans. Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image courtesy of Studio Madouh
Corner plot plans. Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image courtesy of Studio Madouh
Elevations. Central plot plans. Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image courtesy of Studio Madouh
Diagram. Central plot plans. Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image courtesy of Studio Madouh
Diagram. Central plot plans. Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image courtesy of Studio Madouh
Diagrama. Residential Nasima por Studio Madouh. Imagen cortesía de Studio Madouh
Plot plan. Central plot plans. Residential Nasima by Studio Madouh. Image courtesy of Studio Madouh
Studio Madouh has been in charge of designing and building this residential complex. A modern project but ingrained in the vernacular that stands out for the beauty of its sinuous facades.
Description of the project by Studio Madouh
Residential Nasima aims to question the essential realization of an ever modernizing and homogenizing surrounding urban context. As Kuwait City moves towards drastic and rapid modernization, the architectural values that should protect the culture, traditions of the city, and the individual are starting to disintegrate. To instigate the debate of preserving culture while allowing progress, Residential Nasima blends into the city fabric. The parti takes inspiration from the historical natural landscape and urban clusters, while providing a provoking contemporary design solution in contrast to it.
Residential Nasima sets out to question two typical archetypes seen throughout Kuwait City and the region - standard, rectilinear, symmetrical city plot dimensions, and the abundant use of native stone and white concrete. The design works backwards from the basic volume of the zoning envelope - essentially the cube. Then the monolithic volume is chiseled through a series of cuts informing internal use, sun shading, and access.
The final design encompasses over 4000 square meters of built area and provides for eight unique residential units. The forceful exterior voids are cut into the building envelope, celebrating a reading of interior program and shading as well as allowing natural light. Individual housing units are in filled into the larger site massing, allowing a medium between privacy and open public views.
More information
Architects
Associate
JBA Collective
Dates
2012 - 2015
Status
Completed.
Location
Rawda, Kuwait.
Area
2100 sqm.
Program
Residential.
Photography
Studio Madouh
Studio Madouh is an Architecture and Design intensive studio. The studio approaches each individual project as a new question, redefining convention to seek the best possible solution. Through the working process, SM translates the core of a design problem, along with crucial client involvement and critical consultant input, into the realization of architectural, interior, decor, and product design projects, as well as, speculative research proposals.
