Architecture and nature are intertwined. Despite being different, even opposed, they are deeply connected.
The connection between nature and architecture gives rise to all kinds of places: anonymous, catastrophic, or sublime, capable of talking to people’s guts and soul. There are many seas in the world, but the Persian Gulf is a very special one, with extremely peculiar attributes.
One of the most evocative embodiments of the connection between nature and architecture is the one between the house and the beach. Waking up looking at the horizon. Feeling the soft sand a few steps away from the front door, opening the windows and smelling the salty winds, or going to bed listening to the relaxing sound of waves. These are experiences all of us have somehow lived or dreamed of.
The Gulf seaside is a place of excesses, records, and contradictions, here the world runs at such a speed that its dynamics can be difficult to grasp. However, even in this fast-paced corner of the earth, people still look for the authenticity of simple experiences, like the quiet coziness of a house on the beach.
A domesticity made of silence, contemplation, and nature is the ultimate frontier of well-being.
Under the shadow of the skyscrapers of Dubai, with its artificial islands, its unbridled luxury, and unstoppable expansion, a domesticity made of silence, contemplation, and nature is the ultimate frontier of well-being. A domesticity made of silence, contemplation, and nature is the ultimate frontier of well-being
Dubai Sea House is a competition to design a villa in Jumeirah Bay, its aim is to offer peace among the hustle and bustle of one of the fastest economies of the world.
Under the shining sun of Dubai, looking at the unique, almost melting, skyline, designers are called to tell a story of peace, of fiery sunsets on the warm waters of the Gulf, on the sound of waves crashing on candid coral beaches.
YAC thanks all designers who will accept this challenge.
Winners
First Prize
Somos Terra
Facundo Garcia Berro, Paula Lesch
Second Prize
Sarmast Studio
Majid Sarmast, MOJGAN KIANFAR, MANI SARMAST, DANIEL SARMAST
Third Prize
HAAS Group
Amir Ebrahimian, Sara Badalinezhad, Hossein Amery
Gold Mention
JAJ
Ghasem Navaei, Mohammad Shalikar, hadiseh porebrahim, mohsen fallahi, elahe elahi rad
Gold Mention
praktika
Dmytro Shchepetnov, Mykola Voronchuk, Yevheniia Korshunova
Gold Mention
Salty
Pirawit Sukhaneskul
Gold Mention
Croquis Engineering Consultancy
Mohamed Mekni, Mohamed Elziain Hisham Abdelrahman, Eslam Hazem Eldesouky, Nolie Hans Dagman, Mohamed Amin Nourelein Ashraf Mokhtar, Dalia Mohamed Bahaaeldin Alshafey, Omar Khalid Alobady
Mention
LAM
Loaai Atef Atta Bicher, Ahmed Tareef Arafa, Mariam Hassan Shalakamy
Mention
MOHAMED NABAWY
Mohamed Mahmoud
Mention
MCH
Cristina Micheloni
Mention
N_K_ARCH
Anastasia Komarova, Makarova Ksenya
Mention
Modative Design Studio
Mohtasim Rehman, Zaigham Khurshid, Hassan Gardezi
Mention
Di Matteo + Borrata
luigi di matteo, Pasquale Borrata
Mention
SKOON
Ahmed Mohammed Albadawy, Mahmoud Ibrahim El Sayed, Eslam Hazem El Desouky, Mirna Khaled El Sharkawy, Shruti Deepak Patel, Eslam Hassan Shehab Eldin, Fasna Kumbalakuzhiyan
Mention
MetaDesign
Anıl Güven, Kerem Karacaoglu
Mention
The Wormhole
Meryhan ElGohary
Mention
ines & emanuel
Inês Lopes, Emanuel Henriques
Finalist
ALeBO
Bogdan Petru Până, Alexandru Ivanciu
Finalist
OEAakel & ICosta Architecture
Ivan Costa Ramon, Omayma El Aakel El Ouelkade
Finalist
A wealth of layers
Youngil Kim, Markeum Kim
Finalist
BTE ARCHITECTS
Beni Eliach, Tammy Shmueli
Finalist
START
Tamás Szegő
Finalist
Salman Ghanem
Salman Ghanem
Finalist
FUV
Joseph Seressia
Finalist
SUPER VOID SPACE
Nima Mirzamohamadi
Finalist
MP
Matteo Polignano
Finalist
Alessio De Vanna
Alessio De Vanna
Finalist
ZHAOYU
ZHAO YU
Finalist
Passage and partners
Shafagh Javidi, Mohammad Mehdi Safi, Sana Rastegar, Ehsan Dehghani, Amir Mohammad Razzaghi
Finalist
PRAYN
Yasin Kantaş, Burçin Pelin Kantaş
Finalist
extrudesrf
Yuanyang Zhou, Yihan Wang, Zheng Cao, Anna Lee
Finalist
D.O.C.
Giovanni Farina, Chiara Timpone
Finalist
LIM Team
Saleen Habash, Mohammad Rahhal, Laith Qadan
Finalist
CROSS
Mehrdad Makaremi, Morvarid Momayezan, Tina Shahnazari
Finalist
joke joke gaja
Juri Seo, Gyujin Han
Finalist
STUDIO501
Jihye Lee, Yejin Jeong
Finalist
TAUMAZEIN
Mercedes Nardone, Lorenzo Filippi
Finalist
D'Alberti Saá Arquitectura
Gloria Saá García, Carlo D'Alberti
Finalist
ludi_architects
LIUBOV LEONTEVA, NAKHMAT SAMEDOV
Finalist
BEKING
Bingkun Liu, Yuexiao Yang
Finalist
CERCLE
Ferran Domenech Molines, Pablo Sanchez Sanus
Finalist
ARKSTUDIO_PL
Radoslaw Kowzan, Agata Guziolek, Patrycjia Mamrowicz, Pawel Petrokowski
Finalist
IN Creative Studio
Ivan Andonov, Nikolina Andonova
Finalist
VOID
Ibrahim Can, Diyaeddin Odunci
Finalist
SR
Sahar Momeni Korbekandi, Soroor Joozdani
Finalist
C-Architects
Yousof Diab, Nadim Fawaz, Talia Sultan El Ajami
Finalist
Purple Stone
Zishi Li
Finalist
UNIAG
Domenico Falci, Antonio Carmisano
Finalist
3x3
Domenico Guida
Finalist
Menor-t
Sergio Ortuño Coves, Alvaro Menéndez Fernández
Finalist
TaCi Arch.
Federico Taiariol, Pietro Cirilli
Finalist
Lea & Yas
Lea Daniel, Yasmine Mohsen
Finalist
ARB22
Ahmad Mouti, Emine Büsra Ertan, Rabia Bulut
Finalist
STUDIO22
Cristina Mandrescu, Andra Panait, Alexandru Ambrosa, Ruben Pintea
Finalist
SIP STUDIO
Nima Nian, Rezvan Kashani, Yasaman Nikpour
Finalist
VIVO
Anthony Chieh, Paul James, Tiara Chu, Jenny Ly