Villa horizon
Villa Horizon, a paradigm of shifting landscape that reflects nature’s constant changes, adapting itself to the surroundings.
The name ‘Horizon’ was inspired by the client’s personality and resonates with environment located in Abu Dhabi. Being seafront, the house required a design response sensitive to the natural surroundings while creating an overall sense of connection and providing spaces for retreat and privacy.
When considering the symbiosis between the interior and exterior, it is more of a fusion. The design seems like the coexistence of two contrasting elements of the manmade and the natural, the solid and the fluid that define and redefine each other, creating a unified living environment. Thus, it is not only a blending together, but also a crossover and integration of previously separate elements.
The house was also designed to ‘breathe,’ with all areas designed for cross ventilation so that the gentle breezes in Emirates can drift through the house and prevent the build-up of heat. The very large roof overhangs make this practical, keeping the early morning and late afternoon sun out. Also, it was important we maintained a ‘homely’ feel and human scale to this large house. This was achieved using warm, earthy materials and human scale proportions to the overall design.
Villa Horizon’s investment, both in its own internal tasks and the unseen fullness of what the external world offers set the stage for its situation to perform as if it has been created by both the architect and by nature itself.
