Current — MARK HADDAWY
A residential terrace precedent showcasing a bold curved concrete cantilever roof integrated with natural bedrock and a reflecting pool.
- What we like about this project
- Raw bedrock penetrates directly through the floor plate into the covered living zone.
Materials
- concrete
- stone
- glass
- water
Visual identifiers
- curved-cantilever
- concrete-roof
- rock-wall
- reflecting-pool
Style tags
- organic-modernism
- mid-century
- brutalism
- residential
Visual tags
- cantilever
- organic-architecture
- mid-century
- pool-terrace
- hillside
- Geometry
- Curvilinear cantilevered concrete roof slab supported by expressed concrete columns and sweeping organic rock formations.
- Facade system
- Open-air glazed walls set beneath deep concrete overhangs combined with integrated stone bulkheads.
- Structural guess
- Post-tensioned or reinforced concrete cantilever slab with point column supports and shear walls anchored into bedrock.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale featuring dramatic horizontal spreads and intimate outdoor pool zones.
- Lighting
- Bright ambient daylight casting soft shadows underneath the heavy concrete overhang, reflecting off the dark pool surface.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, monumental, and seamlessly integrated into its dramatic topography.
- Environmental context
- Elevated hillside or ridge site with expansive distant views and arid landscaping.
- Spatial experience
- Continuous transition from interior rock grotto to outdoor cantilevered terrace overlooking a sweeping horizon.
- Composition rhythm
- Sweeping horizontal curves contrasted by the vertical punctuation of raw concrete columns and jagged rock outcrops.
- Style reading
- Organic modernist hillside residential architecture
- Program
- Residential terrace and pool lounge
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, stone, glass, water
- Visual identifiers
- curved-cantilever, concrete-roof, rock-wall, reflecting-pool
- Style tags
- organic-modernism, mid-century, brutalism, residential
- Visual tags
- cantilever, organic-architecture, mid-century, pool-terrace, hillside
- Geometry
- Curvilinear cantilevered concrete roof slab supported by expressed concrete columns and sweeping organic rock formations.
- Facade system
- Open-air glazed walls set beneath deep concrete overhangs combined with integrated stone bulkheads.
- Structural guess
- Post-tensioned or reinforced concrete cantilever slab with point column supports and shear walls anchored into bedrock.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale featuring dramatic horizontal spreads and intimate outdoor pool zones.
- Lighting
- Bright ambient daylight casting soft shadows underneath the heavy concrete overhang, reflecting off the dark pool surface.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, monumental, and seamlessly integrated into its dramatic topography.
- Environmental context
- Elevated hillside or ridge site with expansive distant views and arid landscaping.
- Spatial experience
- Continuous transition from interior rock grotto to outdoor cantilevered terrace overlooking a sweeping horizon.
- Composition rhythm
- Sweeping horizontal curves contrasted by the vertical punctuation of raw concrete columns and jagged rock outcrops.
- Style reading
- Organic modernist hillside residential architecture
- Program
- Residential terrace and pool lounge
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture