Vitta Villa from the street, afternoon light on the stone and the terraced slope

A stone house in Al-Kursi on a stepped plinth, ten metres above its street.

817 m²built area
3levels
Built area
817 m²
Plot area
1,866 m²
Levels
3
Year
2026
Sector
Villas
Services
Architectural design, Structural design, Permits and approvals, Construction supervision, Project management
Challenge
Sloping or difficult plot

About the project

The plot of Vitta Villa in Al-Kursi rises from the street toward the back boundary. The ground floor of the house sits at 49.25 m, about ten metres above the street entrance at 39.5 m. The design treats that climb as the first part of the house: a vehicle ramp at 13.3%, an outdoor stair and an elevator take people from the street-level guard room up to the main platform.

The ground floor is split into two wings around a central entrance hall. On one side are the salon and the dining room. On the other are the family living room, the kitchen with a separate preparation kitchen, a play room, and a steam room and sauna. The service rooms and the maid's room form their own group behind the stair. The living spaces open onto terraces and an 84 m² pool on the same level.

The first floor holds four master bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, and a shared living room that opens onto terraces. The roof floor adds a multipurpose hall, a bedroom and a coffee corner.

Outside, the volumes are clad in natural stone laid in 12 cm courses, with fair-faced concrete bands at the floor slabs, HPL panels and full-height glazing toward the pool terraces. Retaining walls hold the terraces against the slope.

Story · 6 chapters

A sloping plot turned into levels for living

On a sloping plot in Al-Kursi, the design started from the levels before the facade: where the house meets the ground, and how daily life spreads over three levels. The images in this story are visualisations that explain the design, not a record of construction works.

01

The story started with the land

The slope of the site was the starting point.

Plot area
1,866 m²
A sloping plot with trees and rocks at dusk, neighbouring houses and the valley behind
Visualisation based on a photo of the site
02

Excavation prepares the place for the house

From a sloping plot to levels that can be used.

Visualisation of the excavation showing the house platform and pool cut into the slope
DiagramIllustrative diagram of excavation and levels, not a record of works
04

Spaces follow life

Guests and daily living on the ground floor, bedrooms on the first, and flexible uses on the roof.

Bedrooms on the first floor
4
The massing with labels showing the uses of the ground floor, first floor and roof
DiagramIllustrative diagram of how the uses are arranged

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