The White Pearl Villa's main concept is to create a shell which provides shading to the house with an opening to provide natural sunlight to the olive tree and the main entrance, linking the stairs with the shell in fluid design.
Project name
White Pearl Villa
Architecture firm
Omar Hakim
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, V-ray, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Omar Hakim
Typology
Residential › House
Barberio Colella Architetti + Angelo Figliola designed a 3D printed structure that embeds architectural elements from Abu Dhabi's and Emirates’ traditional architecture, such as elegant vaulted spaces, vernacular shading devices (Mashrabiyya), and cold-water basins and waterfalls. The vault is composed of several stereotomic blocks made of desert s...
Architecture firm
Barberio Colella Architetti
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Tools used
3D printing (binder jetting)
Principal architect
Maurizio Barberio, Micaela Colella
Design team
Maurizio Barberio, Micaela Colella, Angelo Figliola
Collaborators
Angelo Figliola
Visualization
Barberio Colella Architetti
Reparametrize Studio Re-Generate Smart Outdoor Urban Spaces for Extreme Climates of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Project name
Re-Coding Smart Oasis
Architecture firm
Reparametrize Studio
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Tools used
Grasshopper, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe photoshop, Adobe After effect, Adobe Premier
Principal architect
Mhd Ziwar Al Nouri, Bilal Baghdadi
Design team
Sara Faraon, Mohmmad Jumaa, Nour Al Tahlawi, Jumana Zyade, Zeina Orfali, Mohmmad Al Ghamry
Collaborators
The Department of Municipalities and Transport of Abu Dhabi
Visualization
Reparametrize Studio
Status
Unbuilt, competition
Mask Architects has been selected as one of ten winners of the the ‘Cool Abu Dhabi’, a global design competition between more than 1,570 participants from 67 countries. Cool Abu Dhabi Challenge is aimed to attract creative ideas to tackle climate change & provide solutions for the urban heat island effect in significantly warmer areas of Abu Dhabi.
Project name
Oasys+System
Architecture firm
Mask Architects
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Rhinoceros 3D, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Öznur Pınar ÇER ,Danilo PETTA
Design team
Öznur Pınar ÇER ,Danilo PETTA, Derya GENÇ
Collaborators
Arup, Erkan Sahin, Tuğçe ÇER, Sarje NAGDA
Visualization
Genc Design Studio
Status
Competition organized by Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT)
Typology
Installation, Canopy
The Mexico City-based architecture firm AIDIA STUDIO has designed OCULUS, a desert hotel pod proposal in The Rub’ al Khali Desert, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
A Biomimetic Approach: The design of the Oculus is inspired by how desert organisms through specific features in their anatomy are ab...
