Article source: AAP – ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS PARTNERSHIP

The project is located in Sabah Alahmed Alsabah Maritime City in the southern part of Kuwait. Developed to expand the length of available shoreline, the development brings the sea into the desert to create a series of canals that are anchored by several docks and marinas and activated by many other recreational activities. The five plots of the five residences sit on one of the inner canals overlooking the sea.

From an early stage, the idea was to develop a sense of unity, using the same architectural language of simple plane geometry, as well as the same basic concept and programmatic organization, resulting in a contemporary image of continuity and proportion, where slight harmonious variations guarantee complexity and diversity to this set of houses.

Image Courtesy © João Morgado

• Architects: AAP – ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS PARTNERSHIP
• Project: Areia
• Location: Al Khiran, Kuwait
• Photography: João Morgado
• Principals: Abdulatif Al Mishari, Osvaldo de Sousa,  Rui Vargas.
• Collaborators: Telmo Rodrigues, Carla Barroso, Pedro Miranda, Alba Duarte, Lionel Estriga, Carlo Palma, Mohammed Karout, Emanuel Grave, António  Brigas, Elvino Domingos, João Costa, Hassan Javed, Duarte Correia, Mariana Neves, Luís Esteves.
• Landscape Design:
  
  • Collaborators: Susana Pinheiro.
• Interior Design:
  •  Collaborators: Leonor Feyo.

(more…)