[ Youssef Tohme ] D-Project

D-Project – Villa in Progress
Design Development Phase, 2009
Location: Lebanon, New Naccache
Type: Residential
Project Total Area: 1.700sqm
Type: Residential
Architects in Charge: Y.TOHME/ARCHITECTS
Architect: Youssef Tohme
Project Architect: Rani Boustani
Collaborate Architects: Anastasia Elrouss, Joanne Hennaoui
Consultant Architects: Christophe Hurgon

Project Description:

“The site is situated on a hill in front of the sea. The Horizon question comes naturally. How to grasp the same impression inside this villa as if we are in front of a vast infinite horizon? How can we inhabit the existing forest and which relationship can be forged with nature? Finally how to respond to the client’s wishes of inhabiting one floor with an extension for their children keeping the image of a villa with a minor impact within its environment?

We enter the house in between the huge pine trees. The forest filtrates all the way penetrating inside the villa through complete transparency from one side and filtration from the other side through the use of piloti disappearing within the trees. The intervention envelopes the trees creating two aisles reaching the main reception space situated at the top of the pine trees due to the sloping natural site. The trees remind you of a cloud framing the horizon. The pool is suspended at the extreme end of the villa highlighting the horizon effect initiating a feeling of freedom. The roof is an enclosed space conceived between two monumental beams allowing the user to inhabit two lofts surrounding the Patio connected through a huge wooden terrace. The two beams gradually disappear creating an interesting tension towards the sea. The roof & the floor are made of dark, glossy material allowing the villa to melt within the existing playfully landscaping and reflecting it.”


from  architecturelab