Articles by Hana Abdel

This 13500 sft office space split into four levels was approached with a unique concept of doing away with the quintessential solid partitions and replacing them with honeycombed cardboard adding texture and form to the space. The honey comb boards were laid in layers in different profiles so as to form free flowing curves.

Located among a tranquil landscape of Roi-Et, a province in the South-Eastern region of Thailand, the context already offers a sense of retreat that becomes the purpose of this residence. Conceived as a group of interrelated dwelling spaces, the owners intend for the place to be many things. Not only a house for two, a doctor and his mother, it also includes spaces that anticipate future extended family. Thus the house need to answer to diverse requirements of the Thanapase family that foresees three generations living in it. 

In accordance with the study carried out by the city of Bègles in the context of the development of the Place du 14 Juillet, the buildings are installed in R + 2 at the alignment of Avenue Jules Guesde, while sparing in the center a wide break which gives access to a new public plot, bordered by two commercial premises.