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Project Brief
Set on Hayat Island, the project called for a balance between density and openness — a performance-driven design that unites architecture and landscape.
The challenge was to create a beachfront residential landmark that embodies coastal living while ensuring every unit enjoys panoramic sea views.
Project Info
Location:
Hayat Island, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
Project Status:
Under Construction
Type of Service Provided:
Lead Consultancy
Category:
Residential
Client Name:
Ellington Properties
Area:
56, 493 sq. m.
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Flowing lines and layered terraces shape a sculptural form that fully opens to the horizon, celebrating sea and sky.
Design Development
From contextual studies to computational modeling, the design evolved through an analytical yet poetic process.
The project is raised on a podium housing parking and amenities, with residences above, enhancing upper-level views and offering glimpses of the sea from the lobby.
Layered terraces cascade like gentle waves, unfolding into outdoor spaces that capture the sea's rhythm and embrace Hayat Island's coastal landscape.
Cantilevered terraces shade the building and reduce solar gain, making environmental performance part of the architecture.
"XYZ Designers shaped Porto Playa around the rhythm of the waves, using form, terraces, and computational tools to maximize views, light, and spatial quality - creating spaces that enrich the everyday life of residents."
team
Team
Khaled Alshamaa
Founder & Principal
Hamdi Adam
Founder & Managing Director
Ahmad Feras Arar
Head of Project Management Unit
Angela Abelgas
Assistant Project Manager
Khalid Telfah
Associate Senior Architect
Tarek Daker
ID Director / AWD - Founder & Director
Fadi Bitar
AWD - Interior Design Manager
Sohaila Elazhary
AWD - BIM Technical Project Lead
Samar Dahdouh
AWD - Conceptual Lead / Managing Partner
Ammar Faroug Mohamed
BIM Manager
Ahmed Hosieny
Technical Manager
Khaled Ismael
MEP Manager
Myca Yutuc
AWD - FF & E Manager
Alaa Halabi
AWD - Interior Designer
Mohab Yassin Mohamed Yassin
Associate Technical Design Manager
Ahmed Hammad Hammad Ali Easa
Senior Technical Architect
Adel Maarouf
Technical Architect
MHD Wael Jalaleddin
Planning Manager
Sub-consultants
Next Engineering
MEP ,STR & Architectural
Next Engineering
Enabling work
Planerr
Landscape Design
Cundall
Acoustic
Osool
FLS
Signage
Limah
Cost
HQS
TIS
VNC
Soil Investigation_Gecons
Foundation / Al Mamaas

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