Square | Archiring Studio

PROGRAM: Multipurpose room Restaurant Youth hostel
LOCATION: Mahdia - Tunisia
AREA: 850 sqm
CLIENT: Tunisian Ministry of Sports
STATUT: Competition entry

- Construction of the ground floor in stones: Local materials, high inertia, thermal performance and a reminder of the monuments of Mahdia like the Great Mosque and the Fort.
Clear functional organization: Common spaces in ground floor and accommodations on upper levels
- Ground floor (common spaces) organized around a patio: Secure meeting space and an open air life. It also temperate atmospheres
- Reduction of external facilities to a strict minimum: reduced maintenance costs, outdoor spaces offered to the public; an urban space next to the sea
- All rooms look out to sea and sunrise: No compromises and strong idea leading to the shape of the building
-Pure and simple volumes: A square of stone for the ground floor and a white rectangle, for the upper levels which serves as an urban symbol
- Extension in height: reduction of the costs of structures and fluids homogeneity of the whole