Residential · 2022
Desert Villa
A Red Sea villa designed around the landscape — earthy tones, natural materials, and open-air living.
Location
Gouna, Egypt
Area
520 m²
Duration
16 months
Scope
Full Design + Landscaping
A Red Sea villa designed around the landscape — earthy tones, natural materials, and open-air living.
A private villa on the Red Sea coast, designed around the premise that the boundary between indoors and outdoors should effectively disappear. The clients — a couple who spend long summers in Gouna — wanted a home that felt elemental and unhurried.
Rammed earth walls, natural stone floors extending seamlessly onto the terrace, and deep shaded loggias connect each room to the landscape. Every primary space opens directly to the outside via full-height pivot doors; there are no enclosed corridors.
Almost all materials were sourced within Egypt. Rammed earth construction was carried out by a specialist team from Aswan. Ceramic vessel lighting was produced by a craft studio in Fayoum. Linen and cotton textiles came from a workshop in Mahalla.
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