Home of the Week: Villa XY by Mohamed Amine Siana

Behind the wall.

Home of the Week Siana Residence

Set near Casablanca on Morocco’s Atlantic Coast, this house looks to both the future and the traditions of Moroccan architecture. Designed by Mohamed Amine Siana, a Casablanca native, the house adds to the growing—and striking—portfolio of the young architect.

Made to be shared by three generations of a single family, the house accommodates comfortable multigenerational living, with grandparents on the ground level, kids in a top-floor perch, and the parents’ primary suite in between, on a mezzanine overlooking both the courtyard garden and the double-height living room. Wood-covered ceilings create a sense of warmth and resonate with the earthy palette of the furniture.

 

Yellow Wine Bar Cart

 

Siana Residence living area

 

 

Siana Residence couches and coffee tables

 

On the side facing the street, Siana rendered the façade as a solid wall. This created the privacy and sound abatement the family wanted, but as a testament to Siana’s subtle thoughtfulness, that privacy came without compromising the architectural expressiveness of the wall. Its form cuts a striking profile, but he also gave the wall depth, expressing an interior staircase on the building’s exterior by peeling away the white plane of the outer surface beneath the stair treads to reveal concrete underneath.

 

Siana Residence kitchen

Bathroom Villa XY

Concrete entranceway and stairs

 

 

Siana Residence entrance and kitchen

 

Siana Residence Panorama

 

 

Siana Residence entrance

 

Over time, a jacaranda tree planted in front of the house and behind the outer wall will create colour, form, and shadows against the white surface.

What the front side offers in privacy, the rear provides in tranquility. A courtyard garden with a pool allows for indoor-outdoor living in this year-round warm climate. The abundant sun and good growing temperatures also mean the family can grow vegetables in a potager and use the open kitchen, creating further connectivity between indoors and out.

 

 

Siana Residence Villa XY Pool

 

Siana Residence Villa XY car garage

 

Villa XY at night

 

Photography by Doublespace.

 

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