_RED & YELLOW HOUSING / CLAPHAM

London, UK
Residential led Mixed-Use | 130 units 125,000 sq ft
Commissioned Study 2015

In collaboration with DP9

This scheme is designed to comprise 130x luxury residential units along the fringe of Clapham Common in South London. The development offers a range of apartments of exceptional quality, combined with flexible dementia care as needed .

The proposed concept seeks to maximise the use of the site’s footprint through 6 blocks staggered to form pockets of amenity space, breaking the mass of the development and organising smaller blocks around them. By stepping down in height, the proposed massing resolves existing urban issues of scale, alignment and permeability in planning terms. The pockets squares form buffer spaces distancing all blocks from surrounding buildings. Access towards an anchor high street retailer from the back of the site increases the site’s permeability.

_THE BOUNDARY SHOREDITCH E2

London, United Kingdom

Restaurant, Bar & Hotel

3,000 sq ft | 120 covers

Completed 2022

Located in the heart of Shoreditch, the Boundary Shoreditch transformed the previous cafe into an all day brasserie & bar, opening this new venue to the hotel reception famously designed by Conran & Partners .

The scope of the project included the comprehensive refurbishment of the previous venue, the reconfiguration of the restaurant as a whole and the relocation of kitchen and BOH areas previously in place. Contemporary finishes were sensitively combined to complement the property’s historic character.

The scheme was conceived in collaboration with Mehrai Design & Studio 33. Photography by Beth Davis.

London, United Kingdom

Private Residence | 240 sq m

Completed 2023

This mid-terrace 19th century Victorian house is located on a well known Fulham terrace near Parsons Green.

The rear wing was carefully extended towards the side and back with extensive rooflights used to expose newly open, contemporary interiors, capturing abundant natural light into the new basement, opening sensibly sculpted internal views.

The new substantial basement extension is connected to the upper levels both visually and physically through light wells,/glass floors, open-thread staircases and the seamless use of warm natural materials, creating an open, flexible and welcoming family home environment.

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_RICHARD JAMES - SAVILE ROW

London, UK
Flagship Store | 300 sq m
Completed – 2014

In collaboration with Andy Martin
This collaborative project for Richard James, renowned Savile Row tailor, delivers a new brand aesthetic, replicable in the group’s stores internationally. The design is based on a division of the unit into a main display area open to five shop front windows and a more private area where classic collections and changing rooms are located. The simplicity of the concept is articulated through a system of seamless floor and ceiling and the use of a dividing screen formed by laminated panels finished with a special dichroic film. Display elements and loose furniture were carefully fabricated and distributed across the store to reflect simplicity, ‘craft’ and a contemporary aesthetic approach. All elements were designed and made bespoke for this flagship store.

_VILLA KOKROBITE

Kokrobite, Ghana

Private Residence | 300 sq m Construction 2022

This private villa is located in a sloped site, in the attractive Ghanaian coastline of Kokrobite - west of Accra.

The original brief for this single family house was for a four-storey, highly sustainable house with an ambition to become an exemplar reference of high contemporary and environmentally focused architecture.

Instead of imposing a stacked layout on this inclined terrain, our client favoured our strategy of following the site’s steep topography - forming an ascending succession of terraces, each with it’s own framed, private view.

The continuous, sloped supporting walls will be formed of rammed earth, capturing the unique pigmentation of the terrain, reducing the embodied carbon footprint of the house and framing unique views of the Atlantic Ocean. Transversally, an array of sculptural pre-cast beams, brace the walls and also function as monolithic scuppers, draining all roofs. Projecting slabs and pergolas, perforated walls, locally sourced timber screens and generous planters provide passive means of self-shading, ventilation and natural light maximisation, all contributing to a high level of energy efficiency, whilst utilising traditional forms of Ghanaian construction.

Construction is due to begin Q1 2023.

_LIGHTWELL HOUSE SW6

London, United Kingdom
Private Residence | 300 sq m
Completed 2016

Photography © NAARO

This unique 19th century Lion House is located in an exclusive Fulham terrace. The main body of the building and its rear wing are carefully extended towards the rear and side in accordance with the historical constraints imposed by its heritage context.

Extensive rooflights topping the extensions are utilised to expose newly open, contemporary interiors, capturing abundant natural light and opening sensibly sculpted internal views.

An ample basement is connected to the upper levels both visually and physically through light wells, glass floors and staircases, thus opening spaces across levels and creating a flexible and welcoming family home environment.

_SIX SITES

London, United Kingdom
Pre-fabricated Housing Development | 275 homes - 150,000 sq ft
Commissioned Study 2019

Council estate rooftops across London offer a range of opportunities for new housing development today. In collaboration with a Central London Local Authority, our proposals to re-use an extensive rooftops above 1960’s and 70s council blocks accommodate 30-40% new units over currently un-occupied airspace, unlocking value of otherwise stagnant assets and addressing the current housing deficit crisis.

Six sites with contrasting characteristics were selected, exploring a range of site-specific, planning and sustainability constraints. A range of one and two-bedroom unit types and sizes are proposed for each of the six sites, yielding a total of over 275-units (150,000 sq ft). All units were conceived for off-site fabrication to mitigate impact on tenants below. The new prefabricated modular homes are designed to be craned-in and installed on an offset structural grid, transferring structural loads onto the existing structure, as well as forming a services and acoustic buffer with the existing building. Access to the extensions is negotiated by enhancing existing common areas and lift, or in cases, the introduction of external self-supporting feature lifts.

_ROUND HOUSE

London NW8, UK

Private Residence | 100 sq m Construction 2023

This exclusive penthouse is located atop a prominent apartment block in St John’s Wood NW8.

This opportunity to develop a unique property with panoramic views within stringent site constraints, required an innovative approach to design & construction. Round House was designed to complement the host building and its wider historic context, as well as deliver an arresting gesture opening views & terraces from all spaces, whilst ensuring privacy to its residents and neighbours.

Lightweight, sustainable and pre-fabricated construction and bespoke, high-quality cladding solutions form the basis of this architectural design. Internally, exposed natural, materials will feature throughout, aiming to create an environment of sober, timeless luxury.

Completed Spring 2024

_FIN HOUSE 1.0

London, United Kingdom
Pre-Fabricated House Prototype | 94 sq m
Commissioned Study - Ongoing 2020

Following the paradigm of Le Corbusier’s Dom-ino house, the FIN HOUSE explores the next level of modularity through modern methods of prefabrication. It is a simple, flexible and adaptable prefabricated house concept based on 93 sqm NIA, able to accommodate a family of up to 5.

The FIN HOUSE addresses key requirements of ‘modern family living’ , alternative building methodologies, sustainability and Lifetime Homes design.

The concept is based on sustainable materials, off-site fabrication, simple & innovative components and on site ease of assembly, allowing for streamlined, low cost construction. Different house typologies can be configured based on this simple ‘modular system’.

_SNUG HOUSE NW1

London, United Kingdom
Private Residence | 175 sq m
Completed 2019

This Grade II listed, four-storey Victorian house in Primrose Hill was comprehensively restored and converted to accommodate a young family.

At lower ground level, the rear of the building has been extended into a new external terrace, which steps outwards towards the existing rear garden. An elongated walk-on-glass roof light tops the rear extension, filling the space below with natural light. Internally, hung from a sculptural steel balustrade, an open-thread suspended staircase visually connects the new kitchen and the ‘snug’ as the space opens to the rear garden through a deep oak-framed picture window.

The interiors were finished with a limited palette of natural materials, including Carrara marble, Pietra Laro floor slabs and European pale oak joinery.

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_CO-LOCAL

London, UK

Integrated Urban Collective | 45,000 sq m Commissioned Study - Ongoing 2020

In collaboration with Tim Jennings

London's fading diversity and identity needs to be rescued through the inevitable return to a system that integrates locally-based workplace, production and housing once again.

Our city has become a workplace-only destination, progressively abandoned by its dwellers - now commuters – and dependant on the consumption of mass-produced, globally sourced goods and services.

The CO-LOCAL is an integrated development model which primarily absorbs its context's historical, cultural and economic DNA to deliver a locally-rooted, community- driven, sustainable and highly connected workplace environment. This high level of site-specificity differentiates our proposal from other co-working/living models which operate by replicating external/foreign trends and imposing them practically anywhere.

The CO-LOCAL operates at the intersection of three primary functions Working, Making and Living. The intrinsic correlation between these three functions is the source of collective endeavour and well-being that young talents and emerging industries are looking for.

Workers, Residents and neighbours of the CO-LOCAL have flexible habits, time-tables and affiliations. They work in highly stimulating, diverse environments, share knowledge and resources and seek open-source, collaborative partnerships with other like-minded individuals and businesses. They commute and have changing, flexible dwelling requirements – or live locally, and use shared amenities and utilities. They actively support and participate in the local production, craft and manufacture of ethically sourced goods. They consume from local retailers and F&B outlets, also engage in communal, cultural activities.

The CO-LOCAL model demands highly connected urban locations in terms of transportation, energy and data-transfer infrastructure, as well as urban areas with strong and distinctive historical, cultural and economic identity. This is key to our model – architecture and planning must be locally inspired, authentic and specific in order to engage with the local context and enhance it. The preservation of historical constructions and traditions are essential to determine each CO-LOCALs roots and identity –in this sense no CO-LOCAL is alike.

The CO-LOCAL drives innovation by complying and surpassing the 3-key industry benchmark systems which are WELL, BREEAM and WIRED certifications.

ACCESS / MAKING LEVEL - Transport Connectivity - Local Supply Chain - Craft - Farming - Factory

TYPICAL WORKING LEVEL - Flexible workplace - Interfloor Connectivity - Gardens - Workshop Rooms - Lecture Hall - Jogging Track

PARK ROOF LEVEL - Open cycle ramps - Allotments - Relaxation Gardens - Pic-nic Areas

TYPICAL LIVING LEVEL / Homes / Shared Kitchen & Dining / Gym & SPA / Quiet Areas / Entertainment Rooms / Lounges

TOP LEVEL - Bar Areas - Panoramic Terraces

_ZNC Airspace Bushey

Bushey, United Kingdom

Zero Net Carbon Housing Development | 7 homes - 4000 sq ft

Planning Consent - In Design Development 2021

Rutland Place is an example of late 1960s housing architecture, built largely in modular proportions and construction. Through sustainable & contemporary design, this Zero net Carbon scheme is proposed as a single storey roof extension, providing 6x one-bed and 1x three-bed self-contained flats.

In response to Hertsmere Council’s recently declared Climate Emergency, the proposals aim exceed Part L requirements in terms of U-value of its envelope, windows and rooflights, in order to minimise operational emissions and offsetting residual emissions. The design of all units is conceived to maximise the use of natural illumination and ventilation, mitigate solar radiation impact. All roofs are proposed with a sedum roofing system. Terraces and planters are proposed along all setbacks around the proposed extension. These provide open air amenity and evaporative cooling to windows immediately adjacent. A comprehensive array of PV panels is proposed for each unit (optimised power output). One electric charging point is proposed to the new car parking bays.

Access lobbies are extended to serve the additional level. Each entrance lobby is further framed by proposed design, which seeks to complement and improve the block’s simple and elongated bulk and aesthetic. The unit layouts offer generous living areas for modern family life and WFH flexibility, including terraces and winter gardens for all units.

London, UK
Urban Regeneration Masterplan 
UK Competition 2013

In collaboration with EMBYA (Brazil) and ECOstudioXV (Mexico)

Our proposal promotes the consolidation of Vauxhall as a neighbourhood forming linkages and reoccupying parks and streets, as much as the planning of its out-reach towards neighbouring areas along and across the River Thames. A simple yet effective system of ‘nodes and connections’ is proposed, linking previously disconnected buildings, streets and gardens severed by the Rail Archway Spine and the Albert Embankment, re-discovering a network of green links that revitalises Vauxhall’s urban fabric. Five distinct Quarters are proposed, each aimed at improving the quality of life of existing residents as well as new dwellers, workers and visitors to the area.

_MARION COURT SW17

London, UK
Pre-fabricated Residential | 3,000 sq ft
Under Construction 2020

Marion Court is a 1930s, robust 5-storey residential block, located in a site fronting Tooting High Street in London SW17.

Our proposals received planning approval in 2018 to form 4-penthouses on the rooftop, carefully considering the block’s heritage value, the amenity of the neighbouring properties and its attractive panoramic views in all directions. All units are proposed to be fabricated off-site therefore reducing production and installation time to the minimum.

All four homes comprise two-bedrooms as proposed and are strategically oriented towards unique panoramic views whilst also maximising their exposure to natural light & ventilation.

_CUT THRU HOUSE NW8

London, United Kingdom
Private Residence | 200 sq m
Completed 2018

This semi-detached house is located in an exclusive residential lane in St. John’s Wood, London. Our design intervention replaced a central staircase with an new elongated, two-flight staircase re-organising and opening layouts at all levels.

The resulting triple-height, elongated ‘slit’ space becomes the main distribution area of the house, exposing newly open, contemporary interiors and capturing abundant natural light whilst carefully forming sculpted internal openings. These new roof lights, see-through floors and screens in frameless glass, deliver stunning visual and physical connections throughout the house.

The main staircase is flanked by a triple-height storage wall, which integrates existing windows. The ground floor level is lowered to allow for more generous heights, improving the flexibility of this serene domestic environment.

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_THE STAR & GARTER SW15

London, United Kingdom

Public House & Hotel

10,000 sq ft | 120 covers | 36 Keys

Planning Approval 2021

The Star & Garter is a Victorian hotel, erected in circa 1900 simultaneously with the adjacent mansion block along the Putney Embankment. As existing, the building comprises 4-storeys with basement and attics, accommodating pub and restaurant, ballroom, guest rooms and ancillary areas.

We obtained planning consent from Wandsworth Council in 2021, with proposals including the conversion of the first floor level ballroom and ancillary staff accommodation in all upper levels, into 36x bedrooms, general internal alteration and refurbishment works, external repairs of existing facades, roofs, replacement of doors and windows and external HVAC plant. The aim of the development as designed is to restore this prominent and esteemed public house, as well as improving its viability as a pub with rooms going forward whilst consolidating and revitalising its community asset value.

The Star & Garter Hotel will provide a substantial increase in accommodation numbers, underpinning the building’s viability for the future. The proposed works to restore the exterior will further enhance its highly attractive elevations and notable presence from Putney Bridge and the Embankment. Equally, the proposed internal alterations are based on a careful historic assessment of the structure and its features, seeking to preserve the original character and heritage of the building.

_SAN MIGUEL HOUSING

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Housing Complex | 16,500 sq m (120 units)
Commissioned Study 2018

Team: Emergent Design Studios + RVdG

Located in the north area of downtown San Miguel de Allende, San Miguel Housing seeks to draw from the intense architectural and cultural influences in its immediate context, to form a modern housing complex.

The proposed 3 to 4-storey multi-unit clusters provide lift-accessible, efficiently planned units, distributed around public squares and spaces which are reminiscent of San Miguel de Allende’s vernacular context.

This residential-led complex comprises a substantial retail component at street level, publicly permeable from its surround streets. Private, shared amenities are planned as terraces between housing clusters at first floor level, above the retail/ commercial plinth.

_JFK American School Queretaro

Queretaro, Mexico
Academic Complex | 26,000 sq m
International Competition - First Prize | Construction Start 2020

Team: Emergent Design Studios + RVdG Arquitectura y Urbanismo

Our competition winning project for the High School campus at The John F. Kennedy American School Queretaro comprises a 170,000 sq ft academic complex along with 110,000 sq ft of external sports and landscaped areas.

Our concept is based on the idea of a portico mediating between building and public space, in this diverse academic campus. In this way, the proposed 4-storey pre-cast concrete structure is planned around a patio, which organises and visually connects the larger elements of the programme.

At Ground Level: a 400-seat theatre, a 500-seat sports arena, science & technology, laboratories , an arts atelier, multi-purpose halls and a large cafeteria. Classrooms and academic administrative offices are equally organised around the central courtyard in the upper levels.

_THE KPH

London, United Kingdom

Public House & Hotel

6,000 sq ft | 90 covers | 7 Keys

Completed 2019

The Kensington Park Hotel is an esteemed Public House locally in Notting Hill, London. The proposals sought to fully restore, convert and enhance the existing 4-storey and basement building from 1866.

The scope of the project included the comprehensive refurbishment of the building’s timber floors and partitions, internal and external fabric to meet contemporary construction standards whilst restoring and re-purposing its key heritage features. Particular effort involved the replacement of heritage fenestration, repoint the existing brickwork and restore the facade’s Italianate stucco mouldings and features. The building was fully ‘re-engineered’ in terms of structure and services. Contemporary finishes were sensitively combined to complement the property’s historic character.

The pub was reconfigured to improve the venue’s capacity and frontage to Ladbroke Grove, with the addition of a full professional kitchen at first floor level to cater for a high level, gastronomic food offer. The pub bar was fully transformed for modern use. The 1920’s ladies WCs blocking the frontage towards Ladbroke Grove were fully relocated and replaced by a new feature staircase and period styled glazed screens with minor alterations to the original frontage.

The notable first floor concert venue now accommodates the new restaurant and main kitchen, designed to cater for 60+ covers. State-of-the-art kitchens and service facilities were designed to match an ambitious gastronomic offer.

A total of 7x luxury rooms (potential of up to 7x more) were fitted in the upper levels with the highest standards of comfort. Hotel rooms range around 14sqm, designed to provide modern comfort and technology withing the historic Victorian character of the venue.

_SCHWARZES HAUS

Hamburg, Germany
Private Residence | 260 sq m
Commissioned Study 2016

This project aims to re-purpose a prefabricated 1960s suburban detached house into the house and gallery of an introverted artist in Hamburg. The challenge lies in the ambition to preserve the existing structure whilst converting internal layouts and proportions entirely, to suit the new user’s need for privacy.

A new staircase ‘spine’ is introduced, reorganising the house’s layout and connecting it to the enlarged and upgraded garage building, connected to the main house through a proposed bridging glazed corridor.

The proposed double height living room area, opens towards the upper floor’s new gallery space. The basement level is extended to open the user’s offices into an external private sculpture courtyard, protected from views from the neighbours.

_BARRIO SAN MIGUEL

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Residential Senior Complex | 8,500 sq m (100 units)
Commissioned Study 2016

Team: Emergent Design Studios + RVdG Arquitectura y Urbanismo

Sited in a hill top overseeing San Miguel de Allende, this Senior Care centre seeks to combine Mexico’s rich architectural and cultural influences with modern construction, to create a senior living complex offering world-class residential comfort in an integrated and relaxed community environment.

This residential-led complex was originally conceived on the basis of desirable senior resident & visitor experience journeys. In this way, every detail is designed to deliver senior focused comfort and hospitality, balanced with a wide range of indoor/ outdoor amenities and facilities.

Panoramic views into downtown San Miguel are proposed for the majority of the units, planned around a multi-level courtyard, formed of terraces and gardens offering meeting points and amenities of varying characters to the residents.

_OXFORD ROOFTOP COMMUNITY

Oxford, United Kingdom
Pre-fabricated Housing Complex | 24 units - 15,000 sq ft
Commissioned Study 2017 - WAN Urban Challenge Award Winner 2017

Oxford’s town centre offers limited opportunities for new housing development today. Our proposal is to re-use an extensive, existing rooftop above a local supermarket store and transform it into a vibrant site for a community accommodating 24x new homes and ample landscaped amenity areas.

All units are fabricated off-site to allow the development to avoid shutdown of the store underneath. These prefabricated modular homes will be craned-in and installed on an offset structural grid, transferring loads onto the existing 1970s structure.

A range of one and two-bedroom unit types and sizes are proposed. Main access is directly from the High Street and the central landscaped space will consolidate this community focused development.

_MEXICO @ EXPO MILAN 2015

Milan, Italy
National Pavilion | 3,500 sq m
National Competition – Shortlisted 2014

In collaboration with Techniker (structural), ECOstudioXV (m&e/sustainbility), KVR (landscaping) and Anamnesia (scenography)

Our proposals for the National Pavilion of Mexico for Expo Milano 2015 celebrates the theme “Feeding the world, Energy for Life”. Mexico’s gastronomy stand amongst the most prominent universally. We were inspired by the sustainability and technological innovation of our pre-Hispanic civilisations, the culinary transformation of the colonial time and the ongoing challenges that migration represent today.

This scheme is based on a semi-open pavilion. A large belvedere open towards the Expo, in which exhibition spaces are accommodated to display the diversity and authenticity of food products from Mexico based on the cycle cultivation, processing, distribution and consumption. This highly sustainable, monumental structure prefabricated in CLT (wood) is clad with a combination of trombe-wall and sunshade membrane systems.

_PIZZABUZZ @ ALPHABETA

London, UK
Restaurant - Brand | 350 sq m
Completed 2015

Pizza Buzz is a new restaurant typology in London, where customers create their own ‘bespoke’ pizza with high quality local products, ready to eat in only 120 seconds. This single aspect unit is located between Shoreditch and the City, at the ground floor of the exciting new Alphabeta development.

Our design intent lies in converting the unit into an extension of the urban environment surrounding it, by echoing cultural references ubiquitous to the immediate context such as street art & materials like concrete, exposed steel and industrial lights.

Circulation is efficiently planned along the main pizza bar, adapting customer flow to Pizza Buzz’s unique service experience. All furniture and lighting was designed and sourced to express the raw qualities of fine materials, delicately assembled.

_LUPITA EAST

London, UK
Restaurant | 350 sq m
Completed – 2012

Located in the vibrant fringes of the City of London near Spitalfields Market, Lupita East is the second of a unique restaurant franchise at the ground level of a late 19th-century warehouse building. Veering away from the current wave of Mexican-street inspired restaurants in London, Lupita East was conceived to become a vibrant & contemporary interior, full of references to Mexican design & craft showcased in a traditional Victorian space. The entrance stairway and internal bars display a unique diagonal-pattern executed with bespoke hand-made Mexican Talavera tiles sourced exclusively for Lupita East. At both ends of the main room, were designed two features based on a composition involving a large number of exclusively designed, zinc-coated, steel objects by Tom Dixon, suspended organically to form a luminous hanging sculpture.

_MEMORIAL FOR THE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE

Mexico City, Mexico
Cultural Pavilion | 4,000 sq m
National Competition, Honorary Award 2012

In collaboration with Guillermo Ortiz Taboada

Our proposals for this international competition seek to commemorate the circa. 60,000 Victims of Violence in Mexico’s recent war against organised crime.

This deep and narrow site, is only accessed from Mexico City’s main vehicular and pedestrian arteries. Our proposal is based on a downward sinuous pathway formed by inclined walls, leading into a main, solemn space. The wall’s corrugation offers a different expression for the access and egress routes. The downward route displays ‘tombstones of anonymity’, listing numbers instead of the victims’ names. The main ‘solemn space’ is a vast circular area covered with empty bullet casks, each representing one victim. The egress route, ‘the ascent’, represents reconciliation, through mirrors reflecting all visitors in a communal experience of social responsibility.

_RED & YELLOW HOUSING / BATTERSEA

London, UK
Residential-led Mixed-Use Development | 28,500 sq m
Feasibility Study – 2013

This scheme was designed to accommodate 250 luxury residential units in Central London, offering a wide range of unit types with the availability of dementia support services. The concept is to transform a post-industrial site into a medium-density, mixed-use neighbourhood. We propose two levels of retail and public amenities open to the street as a ‘loggia’ typology, with a first level comprised of healthcare and private amenities, topped by residential towers with 1-2-3 luxury bedroom apartments.

_TOKYO HIPSTERS CLUB

Tokyo, Japan
Flagship Store | 1,000 sq m
Completed – 2006

With Tom Dixon

The neighbourhood of Omotesando in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the most recognized high-end retail destinations in the world. Tokyo Hipsters Club, a private fashion label, commissioned the British designer Tom Dixon to design and build its new flagship store. Marco Ortiz was invited to lead the architectural design of the project by Tom Dixon. This modest scale project, inspired the Beatnik movement of the 1950’s and 60s, seeks to provoke a reaction against stereotypes of aesthetic, hierarchy and tradition. The project is a concrete block and steel, which contains extensive open spaces, which are carefully articulated, accommodating trendy shop stands, music rooms and artistic performance areas.

_RESIDENCIAL BARRANQUILLA

Barranquilla, Colombia
Residential-led Mixed-Use Development | 70,500 sq m
Feasibility Study – 2013

Commissioned by a Colombian-American investment consortium, our proposal is primarily based on a ‘plinth & tower’ diagram, accommodating multiple uses – mainly residential medium-high type (410 units). Our concept design reduces the impact of the commercial plinth onto a sparse urban context through ‘green burms’, which provide the scheme with a unique identity at street level and protect the heart of the project in terms climate control and security. Above this ‘green plinth’, we propose 4 residential towers allowing for 8-units per floor (2 and 3 bedrooms), which are interconnected horizontally to increase efficiencies in the use of vertical circulation. At the center of the scheme, private amenities are proposed as an extension of ‘green burms’ – offering extensive gardens, sports and pools facilities for the exclusive use of owners.