Mangrove House | Majid Sarmast

Mangrove House is designed as a Temporary living house for a young family, in which owner plan to combine long periods of rest with other activities.The site is characterized by the omnipresence of an overwhelming landscape, facing Mangrove Islands whose main sight is the Persian Gulf. By this, one of the main concerns was to generate different instances of relationship with the environment, capturing evocative views of the breathtaking panoramic view. Thus, the house consists of two concrete body in north-south direction, which contain common areas, bed units (the west aisle) and dependencies of the inhabitants (the east aisle ). The link between these bodies is a gallery which hosts access transparent and communicates the interior spaces of the house. Between the two, appears a third not built body, which the terrace is developed. To protect from the wind and give livability to this, proposes an linear shape between the West nave and East of the building. The different views of the house seeks to frame fragments of landscape to create unique relationships with each place. It also seeks to achieve harmony with the environment through the use of White color applied to the material, recreating the game of whites that represent the sand formations of the area.