UAE

Sea Cliff

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Project Brief

Sea Cliff is a residential development on Dubai Islands that reinterprets a uniform mass into a more articulated architectural presence.

Through facade and landscape interventions, the project introduces depth, variation, and human-scaled spatial moments that transform the building into a layered residential environment.​

The design reshapes the monotone mass through controlled slits and carved pockets that introduce depth, hierarchy, and human-scaled moments across the façade. These interventions create terraces and outdoor lounges that extend living spaces outward while framing views and reducing the building’s perceived bulk. A restrained palette of bronze metal, travertine, and dark mullions defines a cohesive architectural language, where vertical slits emphasize proportion and slenderness, and layered façade elements operate as a system rather than a surface, unfolding gradually to reveal varied spatial conditions from different perspectives.​

Project Info

A composed facade using vertical articulation and carved pockets to create depth, rhythm, and a clear architectural identity.

A layered landscape organizes amenities into active and private zones, with lounges, cinema areas, and decks extending activity across multiple levels.​

Design Development

The design evolves through the refinement of massing, facade articulation, and landscape layering into a cohesive architectural system.

Form, facade, and landscape evolve together, creating a layered spatial experience across the building and its landscape.

"The starting point was a mass that felt too monotone and lacked moments at a human scale. We reworked the unit distribution to improve the massing and then introduced slits and carved pockets to break the volume down and create a more articulated and engaging facade."

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  • Team

    • Hamdi Adam

      Founder & Managing Director

    • Mohid Hussain Rashid Hussain

      Design Architect

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