Villa Jakaranda_04

Villa Jakaranda_04
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Villa Jakaranda_04
© Alessio Mei

VILLA JAKARANDA_04

Sophia Sebti Architecte + 212/Conception

ARCHITECTS
Sophia Sebti Architecte 212 Conception

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Sophia Sebti

MANUFACTURERS
AXOR, AutoDesk, Flos, Saba, Sepalumic, AIT MANOS, JNF, Trimble, VARELA

DESIGN TEAM
Salma Slaoui

ENGINEERING
BET Rouane, Intertechnic Etudes, CCL

LANDSCAPE
Daniel Berger

COLLABORATORS
Prestobat

WOODWORK
Menuiserie Loudiyi

PHOTOGRAPHS
Alessio Mei

AREA
444 m²

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Casablanca, Morocco

CATEGORY
House Interiors

VILLA JACARANDA_04 is located on a 470 m² lot in the heart of a residential neighborhood in Casablanca.

Villa Jakaranda_04
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Villa Jakaranda_04
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The scope of this project was to bring openness to the garden by letting the exterior communicate with the interior and vice versa.

This geared the architecture DNA towards the use of a specific material palette: white exterior walls, exposed concrete ceilings, oak wood, white perforated façade panel, black perforated metal interior staircase, zellige tiles and also plants.

Villa Jakaranda_04
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Villa Jakaranda_04
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The white recalls Casablanca traditional and local architecture which date back to the Protectorat Period.

The South Façade upper level cantilevers out on a black aluminum curtain wall , and it is partially covered with white perforated metal panels to both serve as brise soleil, and bring in privacy.

The oak wood and the diverse greenery produce warmth and freshness to the exposed concrete ceilings and walls.

Villa Jakaranda_04
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Villa Jakaranda_04
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The project originated from the use of specific materials such as exposed concrete ceiling which allows to maximize floor height.

This choice of material for this Villa bring verticality to the volume in response the programmatic elements given by the client which was to insert a mezzanine level in half of the living volume.

The project has been designed to comply with its local but also 2020 Casablanca context: open space and 4m high glass panels which bring openness to the space as well as transparency to the garden.

Villa Jakaranda_04
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Villa Jakaranda_04
© Alessio Mei
Villa Jakaranda_04
© Alessio Mei

The exterior and the interior become one. The villa is also a beamless volume as it is built as a post tension structure.

The roof becomes the final and fifth façade where elliptical skylights have been carved in the concrete slab to bring in zenithal light to the first floor rooms.

Villa Jakaranda_04
© Alessio Mei
Villa Jakaranda_04
© Alessio Mei
Villa Jakaranda_04
© Alessio Mei


Villa Jakaranda_04
© Alessio Mei
Villa Jakaranda_04
© Alessio Mei
Villa Jakaranda_04
© Alessio Mei
Villa Jakaranda_04
© Alessio Mei


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Basement Floor Plan
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Ground Floor Plan
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Mezzanine Floor Plan
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Upper Floor Plan


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North Elevation
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South Elevation


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Section BB
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Section CC


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Staircase Detail

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Fireplace and Bookshelf Detail