It was only one sentence : "I want to have an open feeling into a protected house from the sights of neighborhood". So it was a challenge between this privacy need from the client and my belief in an open and a lighty architecture.

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Architects: Mohamed Amine Siana

Location: Casablanca, Morocco

Team: Yassine El Aouni, Rachid El Maataoui

Area: 650.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Doublespace Photography

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From the architect. It was only one sentence : "I want to have an open feeling into a protected house from the sights of neighborhood". So it was a challenge between this privacy need from the client and my belief in an open and a lighty architecture.
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The Villa Z is a product of very strict city regulations, ones that ultimately confined the building into a 15m distance in a tight square. my principal intention was to go out from the cube percetion 

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to answer to the client program and routine and to find the best way to preserve privacy and protect the project from the noise of the prominent front avenue.

Ground Floor Plan

The project must draws its inspiration from Moroccan cultural roots, while opening up to new horizons. The intention was - working closely with the client's lifestyle in mind - to build a house wit...