At the foot of the Atlas Mountains, Villa Elfida is set within an open landscape where architecture and horizon remain in constant dialogue. Conceived as a promenade between interior and exterior, the project is structured around a controlled interplay of solids and voids that defines its spatial composition.
Inscribed within a 30 × 30 meter square to which two volumes are articulated and connected by a bridge, the villa develops a rigorous geometric framework. Patios, double-height spaces and framed openings organize circulation while establishing a direct relationship with the surrounding landscape. Light becomes a material in its own right, revealing depth, texture and the materiality of surfaces throughout the day.
Vertical circulation forms a central architectural gesture. Rounded, suspended staircases emerge from the façades, rhythmically marking the composition and introducing a sculptural tension between vertical expression and horizontal massing.
Inside, volumes gradually open toward water and garden. A slightly sunken, fully glazed living space extends the bush-hammered marble floor toward the zellige-lined basin forming a twin-basin pool, dissolving the boundary between built space and landscape.
The project is grounded in a strong material unity combining marble, tadelakt, carved cedar wood and corten steel. This continuity establishes a controlled dialogue between modernism and Moroccan craftsmanship, anchoring the villa in its territory while affirming a contemporary architectural language.