Natura May - June 2013 | Page 107

SİYAH VE BEYAZ, KAMUSAL VE ÖZEL, DIŞ VE İÇ, DOĞU VE BATI, KADIN VE ERKEK: TASARIMIN İKİLİ YAPISINI OLUŞTURAN KAVRAMLAR... BLACK AND WHITE, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, OUTDOOR AND INDOOR, EAST AND WEST, MAN AND WOMAN, ARE SOME OF THE MANY DUALITIES OF THE DESIGN. AVLULAR, GÖLGELİ ALANLAR YARATIRKEN TÜM MEKANLARIN GÜN IŞIĞINDAN FAYDALANMASINI SAĞLIYOR. COURTYARDS ARE NOT ONLY SHADED OUTDOOR AREAS BUT ALSO ALLOW DAYLIGHT INTO RECESSED INNER SPACES. Located on a main highway in Kuwait, the houses differentiate themselves from their surroundings by their stark façade design. The architects state that with two contrasting colors, they designed the façade to define the individual houses, while achieving unity amongst all six. White stucco material is used as the base for all the houses