The Luxury of light
In a double storey villa overlooking
a manmade lake in Meadows, Dubai, light was viewed as a necessary luxury by
interior architect Rania M. Hamed.
The space was sliced up into rooms
with no visual or practical link between the different parts of the house. Spaces
needed to co–exist and a link needed to be incorporated between them and the
outside world.
In the living room where the space
was long, narrow and felt more like a transitional space, a glass opening in
the center of the room and onto the garden injected greenery into the living
room creating a dynamic canvas on the wall. The living room was a static boring
space.
On the ground floor walls were removed starting from the
entrance. The staircase was striped to the load barring walls and a new wall
was built replacing the old metal rail. The wall, which reveals only the first
3 wooden steps of staircase, was built to highlight the geometry of the space
and create a plan for displaying artwork. The rest of the house that was
transformed into one big open space wraps around the staircase with the kitchen
at the core.
In Dubai where the sun shines
throughout the year, light becomes a major player in any design. The space in
this 6,500 square foot villa was transformed and repurposed breathing new light
into it.
