Sara Al-Kaabi 

Site area:2 Acre .

Height: 32 ft .

Style: Contemporary

Year: 2008

• Architect:

Zaha Hadid

• Location:

Caicos Islands, Caribbean.

• Climate: 

Relatively dry and sunny “Marine Tropical Climate.

 

• Context: 

D-Villa merges an emerging continuous architectural landscape below with an elevated disc above to create elegant private, public and semi-public spaces – a dwelling which appears to both grow from the ground and float above it.

• Principles:  

The villa consists of three architectural elements: the elevated disc, the architectural landscape and the open spaces realized between them.

• Form: 

A anti lever roof form that create required shading to the space below, supported by delicate columns surrounded by two storeys high windows.

 

• Materials:  

Concrete & Glass and metallic finishing on the roof.

• Plans:

                  Ground Floor

First Floor

 Second Floor

Roof

 

Longitudinal Section

References:

http://www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/d-villa/

http://www.archdaily.com/tag/zaha-hadid-architects/page/4/