J6 Luxury Villas, Dubai

Mr. Aqeel was the principal architect for the development of the J6 high-end detached residential villa complex in Dubai. The composition of the house consists of four volumes juxtaposition in overlapping geometries. The first one is a transparent (glass) volume that contains the public spaces while visually connecting the indoors to the outdoors. The volume overlaps with a concrete shell containing the services and carved-out cave-like refuges that form the entrances to the house. 

The two volumes are partially covered on top, and a third projecting solid volume contains private spaces. The cantilever of this volume, though necessitated by the need for more space in the bedrooms, shades the glass volume while transitioning from the darker interior to the harsh and bright outdoors of the desert sun. A fourth cladded aluminum volume projects out of the solid volume, forming a terrace for the master bedroom while acting as a canopy for a car display platform (garage) below. The car display platform brings the car into the garden, making it an item of display, like a sculpture.

*Architects: Centimetre Cube, Dubai