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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Lm House in Casablanca, Morocco by Elements Lab

April 8th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Elements Lab

Casablanca, the economic capital of Morocco, is a hyperactive and chaotic city of nearly 5 million inhabitants where cars are steadily replacing trees.

When designing a home for my family, I had in mind the idea of a quiet place away from chaos, a fortress against the constant agitation of everyday life.

Gradually, this idea was nourished by the image of the Riad, this typical Arab-Andalusian house modestly closed off from the public and open in its center on a planted patio.

Image Courtesy © Doublespace Photography

Architects: Elements Lab
Project: Lm House
Location: Casablanca, Morocco
Photography: Doublespace Photography
Software used: Autocad, 3dS Max, ArchiCAD
Lead Architect: Mehdi Berrada
Gross Built Area (square meters or square foot): 475 m2
Completion Year: 2017

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Source of light and fresh air, the patio is also a peaceful and luminous counterbalance of the narrow streets typical of the ancient Medinas.

Located in the heart of Oasis, a residential neighborhood relatively close to the city center, the land plot that was to receive Villa LM did not allow for the architectural typology of a Riad; comprised notably of a dense, pedestrian urban fabric dating before the advent of the automobile.

It was then necessary to adapt the intimate essence of the Riad to a modern typology inherited from the French protectorate, namely a town house with a garden around the periphery: the exact opposite of the riad.

Thus was born this house conceived as a protective bunker in the middle of a shield of greenery.

Image Courtesy © Doublespace Photography

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Tags: Casablanca, Morocco

Categories: 3dS Max, Apartments, ArchiCAD, Autocad, House, Residential

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