Sameem Tallat Residences

The concept presentation takes the stratified cliffs of Tuwaiq as a starting point. The translation is not a replica of rock, but a way of thinking about depth: projecting planes, recesses and a continuous play of light and shadow.

A simple concertina diagram turns that reference into architectural order. The envelope folds into a sequence of inhabited edges, giving the building a changing presence as it is approached. The landscape becomes a design method, not an applied image.

The stepped profile is another thread in the project’s design research. In the concept presentation, a Najdi architectural outline is reduced to a clear graphic rhythm. The proposal carries that rhythm into the relationship between terraces, parapets and the silhouette of the building.

Rather than copying a historic facade, the design asks what can remain meaningful in a new residential setting. An edge can frame a view, form a threshold or give a sequence of homes a collective identity. Cultural memory is explored through space and proportion.

The ground-level concept plan describes a relationship between the residential building and its urban surroundings. A folded perimeter meets planted edges, entrances and spaces proposed for collective use.

The plan is a useful counterpoint to the exterior views: architecture is more than its silhouette. The transition from street to shared ground and from shared ground to home gives the project a social dimension. It frames everyday arrival as a sequence of spaces, rather than a single door in a facade.

The terrace view shifts attention from the city to daily life. Planted edges, outdoor seating and recessed rooms are composed as a series of thresholds, not as a separate landscape added after the architecture.

Each terrace gives the folded envelope an inhabited scale. The intention is to make outdoor space part of the residential experience: a place to step out, pause and look across the layers of the building. Planting reinforces that spatial character, while the relationship between homes and their outlook remains central to the design.

The concept plan makes visible the spaces behind the architectural image. Circulation, entrances and proposed shared rooms are arranged within the folded footprint. It is a design study of how a clear overall rhythm can accommodate different uses.

Read alongside the terraces and facade studies, the plan connects the expressive envelope to the organisation of daily life. The project’s ambition is not simply an unusual outline, but a coherent relationship between movement, gathering and the quieter thresholds that lead towards home.