Baraka Seaside Residence

Baraka Seaside Residence
© João Morgado Architectural Photography

BARAKA SEASIDE RESIDENCE

Pad10 Architects

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Naji Moujaes

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
Pad10 Architects + Designers

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Back Combined Co.

DESIGN TEAM
Peter Cleven, Mohammad Nizamuddin, Raymund Yadao, Yousef Nizami, Pad10 Architects + Designers

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Mbco, Vladimir Bauer, Ahmad El Safory

MEP ENGINEER
Nadim Soueidy

MANUFACTURERS
Focus, Keim, Lutron, Panoramah!®, Edfan, Faraone, Forbes & Lomax, Hormann, Kourasanit, Moeding, Metalfire, Olivari, Adobe, Archicad, Bft, Brodex Uk, Engenius, Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet, Sss Siedle, Samsung-wisenet, +2

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Al Ad'ami, Kuwait

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

Approached by the Client with an archetype (a barn), we celebrated it rather than suppress it, by elevating it from its site, while treating all other structures as non-architectural; submerging one within the landscape, to be one with it, and merging the other with the perimeter concrete fence.

Baraka Seaside Residence
© João Morgado Architectural Photography
Baraka Seaside Residence
© João Morgado Architectural Photography
Baraka Seaside Residence
© João Morgado Architectural Photography

Elevating the barn (family house) maximizes its views without blocking the same to rear structures on the relatively deep site.

The elevated barn, spanning in between the service core on one side and the elevated landscape on the other, provides a see-through and an underpass connecting two landscapes; the central garden and the sand beach/poolside.

A barn door slides along the ground floor to reclaim privacy from the opposite diwaniya, by zapping in between the living and in/out rooms.

Baraka Seaside Residence
© João Morgado Architectural Photography
Baraka Seaside Residence
© João Morgado Architectural Photography

The kitchen is centered in between the dining room, that opens to sea views, and the BBQ outdoor deck in the central garden.

The support areas (kitchen, guest bathroom, and cellar) are topped by service quarters (maids quarters, laundry room) on the mezzanine floor, tucked below the first floor’s family areas (sitting rooms, playrooms, master suite, and kids’ en-suite bedrooms).

Baraka Seaside Residence
© João Morgado Architectural Photography
Baraka Seaside Residence
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Access to upstairs is through a side service stair and a central one that is concealed within a central library, separating living from In/out TV room.

The ‘guesthouse’, wedges between two landscapes, is connected to it at multiple levels: The living quarters (living, dining, open kitchen, and library have their façade) on the ground floor, the sleeping quarters (master suite, three en-suite guest bedrooms, a sitting area, and pantry) - via a courtyard alongside the guest bedrooms façade - on the first floor, and the clay studio via a roof garden.

Baraka Seaside Residence
© João Morgado Architectural Photography
Baraka Seaside Residence
© João Morgado Architectural Photography

The geometric overlap between the 2 structures (guesthouse and barn) is a direct interpretation of a frequently required programmatic one; connecting the mum’s hosting area in the guest house to the kids’ playroom in the barn.

This is achieved via a shortcut ‘secret corridor’ embedded within the wood cladded library snaking both structures.

The ‘diwaniya’ is a gathering area, usually for the father, to host and entertain his friends.

Baraka Seaside Residence
© João Morgado Architectural Photography
Baraka Seaside Residence
© João Morgado Architectural Photography

The ground floor has a main hall, open on 3 sides of the landscape and served with separate entrance.

The side along the service alleyway has the live-in couple living quarters, the kitchen, the guest bathroom, and the gym.

The first floor has the sleeping quarters; a master suite and 4 guest en-suite bedrooms.

The parking basement, a 20m clear span and 4m high, is fit for cars and boats.

Baraka Seaside Residence
© João Morgado Architectural Photography
Baraka Seaside Residence
© João Morgado Architectural Photography

Accessed by a ramp, that also leads to a slipway, the basement is also directly accessed from inside by the guesthouse, diwaniya, and central garden.

Additional to the parking, the basement has technical areas, staff living quarters, and home theater.

Baraka Seaside Residence
© João Morgado Architectural Photography


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