“A house built as a domestic landscape where natural and artificial blend together to create extraordinary scenarios.”
The project of the 2,500 sqm Hamala Hills villa in Manama, Bahrein, is conceived as a built box developed on three levels where different functions and activities are distributed. The design started from the core of the existing building through the transformation of its interior organization including the interior design and furnishing and the garden design. The project is developed around the outdoor space and pool where all the main areas of the house face.
The first and lower level are dedicated to the family daily activities, while the ground floor is dedicated to guests with the formal indoor and outdoor kitchen area, dining rooms and lounge, meeting and relaxation areas.
At the center of the building, submerged, a ray of light excavates a mineral crater, a built cenote where nature overpowers construction. Water becomes one of the main elements of the design, expanding views and nature over the horizon. Architecture transforms the house in a sort of underwater world surrounded by rooms, silence and quietness. Wood, stone, concrete and grass blend together providing the house with a suggestive color palette that creates a unique domestic landscape.
