I SUSTAINABILITY
Inspired by Mada’in Saleh
Inspired by vernacular architecture
Rooftop prairie
Seasonal rainwater catchment pond
LANDFORM House, an inhabited landscape:
How to build sustainably in the desert By: ADIB DADA
Lead Architect / Founder
Landform House is an example of an inhabited landscape turned into a garden paradise Located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, LANDFORM house is characterized by its landscape Strategy, and employing a formal vocabulary culled from the study of the region’s past indigenous civilization, the Nabateans. The residence recreates a complete ecosystem in order to protect, improve and help the proliferation of local wildlife by enhancing biodiversity in a dense desert city.
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LANDFORM house, inspired by the Nabatean settlement of Mada’in Saleh, is a reinterpretation of the Garden of Paradise. The structure of the residence has a serpentine form, starting with a series of planted terraces that articulate a spatial experience leading to an accessible roof: Three garden typologies (Janna, Bustan and Rawda), inspired by the traditional Islamic garden, unwind in a procession gradually
