Co-habitation: A Linear Dialogue in the Moroccan Landscape, Marrakech, Morocco

This experimental project redefines domesticity by exploring how architecture can foster both individual privacy and collective interaction within a working farm. By arranging two sixty-meter-long homes along a single axis, the design achieves seclusion through strategic placement rather than traditional physical barriers, allowing each structure to vanish from the other's line of sight. The result is an architectural study in balance, where the built environment serves as a conduit between personal reflection and communal life.

The Vision

The project challenges conventional residential layouts by proposing a linear form that stretches across the landscape. By placing the houses along a single line, the design democratizes access to the surrounding orchard views while ensuring that neither family feels the intrusion of the other. The progression of space is deeply intentional; private areas, such as the architectural and yoga studios, occupy the extreme ends of the site, while the social and guest quarters migrate toward the center to encourage interaction when desired.

Tectonics

The materiality of these homes is defined by a commitment to blending with the arid beauty of the Marrakech surroundings. The narrow, one-room-wide floor plan ensures that every interior space benefits from a double orientation, allowing the orchards to become an extension of the living area. This thin profile is not merely an aesthetic choice; it facilitates a seamless flow between interior and exterior, turning the landscape into a functional room of the house.

The Living Building

The architecture acts as a mediator between the private home and the public farm. By creating "colonizable" spaces—where guest quarters can be shared between families—the houses facilitate a modern take on co-habitation. This arrangement prioritizes environmental integration, as the homes are designed to be permeable, inviting the prevailing breezes and the character of the site into every corner of the domestic experience.

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