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Weshah

Residential

Programme
Residential
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Practice
Axio Architects
My contribution
Planning, 3D development, facade design and detailing
Vertical facade screens framing Weshah’s courtyard and glazed circulation core

The idea

A residential development organized around open courts and connected passages. The massing studies trace how the footprint opens, rises and steps back. A continuous family of vertical screens gives the separate volumes a shared architectural language.

01 / Design study

Site & massing

From site footprint to articulated volumes: six selected stages from the original design sequence.

01 / Site
01 / Site

01 / 06

02 / Design study

Planning

The ground and upper-floor plans show the courts, residential units and circulation within the developed footprint. Open a drawing to inspect it at full size.

Ground floor
Ground floor

01 / 04

03 / Design study

Facade & threshold

Vertical fins wrap the upper volumes and turn inward at ground level. The screen gives the street a consistent rhythm while revealing the spaces behind it.

The facade screen from the street
The facade screen from the street

04 / Design study

At ground level

Stone paving, planting and the glazed circulation core
Stone paving, planting and the glazed circulation core
Stair, bridge and courtyard threshold
Stair, bridge and courtyard threshold

05 / Design study

The whole composition

The residential frontage
The residential frontage

Next project / 03

Haya

HAYA tower with a screened upper volume above the street