The main design feature for Altruistic Residence centres on the fact that the lot sits on a narrow short street, the question was: how can a building on this street help make it feel better and bigger" The answer came in two folds. First, the form has to be stripped with horizontal lines to visually elongate the street and give a visual resting point amongst the neighbouring architecturally busy elevations; hence, the elevation was cladded with a pattern of wide frames. Second, the form ought to be abstracted. 

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Architects: Massive Order

Location: Nuzha, Kuwait

Lead Architect: Muhannad Al-Baqshi

Design Team: Eman Kassem, Raweya Al-Sedairawi

Area: 375.0 m2

Project Year: 2013
Photographs: Nelson Garrido

Project Manager: Faisal Al-Hawaj

Construction Manager: Hamad Hussain

Construction: Massive Order

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Text description provided by the architects. The main design feature for Altruistic Residence centres on the fact that the lot sits on a narrow short street, the question was: how can a building on this street help make it feel better and bigger" The answer came in two folds. First, the form has to be stripped with horizontal lines to visually elongate the street and give a visual resting point amongst the neighbouring architecturally busy elevations; hence, the elevation was cladded with a pattern of wide frames. S...