Retooling Pearl Marzook Complex
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Ras Salmiya, Kuwait
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Arabian Gulf
Site Plan
Large trees in pool pit
Peripheral access
Demolition debris compaction
Concrete troughs as datum
Scaling down open spaces
Pods of activities insertion
Ground Floor Plan
Duplex Apartments with Skip Stop Elevator
Duplex Typology - Upper Floor
Duplex Apartments Lower Level
Duplex Apartments Upper Level
Penthouse Apartments
East Elevation
PEARL MARZOOK COMPLEX RAS SALMIYA, KUWAIT Pearl Marzouq retooling by PAD10 comprised architecture, landscaping, interior, alongside with branding, signage and wayfinding for the 40,000 sqm project, on 11,000 sqm plot of land. After Pearl Marzouq once encroached on public property with its pool directly touching the sea, it now re-integrates with its surroundings by publicizing its once private courtyard. The central courtyard, ‘al-howsh’, was raised to meet the ‘artificial ground’ of the perimeter plinth and be one with the commercial pilotis floor, thus doubling its frontage. Raising the ground was mostly achieved by compacting demolished debris from facades openings and other demolition operations on the site. The new central courtyard design hold remnants from what was there; the pool pit was filled with soil for large trees, concrete troughs syncopated the building structural bays, the perimeter of the pool structure, and the inset concrete pods. A series of hyperbolic HDPE tensile membranes span between buildings, and are supported by them, to shade the courtyard from Kuwait’s sun.
Pearl Marzouq Complex
A C-shaped residential block flanks a central glass pavilion to the south, along the main road. The pavilion is reprogrammed as a main reception area, thus re-orienting and refocusing the once disparate access points to the different blocks into a main one through the central courtyard. 128 apartments of varied typologies; duplex units and multiple size penthouse units. The nine-storey residential buildings are sectionally composed of four duplex apartments topped by a penthouse floor. With a skip-stop elevator, the building section and façade reflect a richness in staggering the various internal conditions. The external sandstone façades are overlaid by expanded aluminum mesh to hold the aging sandstone in place, without concealment. The apartments’ reconfiguration and façade treatment reclaimed the breath-taking views all around. In the apartments, ‘bay-windows’ in the bedrooms were achieved by V-shaped balconies and relocating the closet spaces away from the façade.
Pearl Marzouq Complex
Client Aqarat Real Estate Co. Project Location Ras Salmiya, Kuwait Gross Built Area 40,000sqm Completion Year 2016
Architecture Firm PAD10 Architects www.pad10.com l info@pad10.com Lead Architect Naji Moujaes Team Johnny Salman, Peter Cleven, Mohammad Nizamuddin, Rohan Almeida, Raymund Yadao, Alia Azzeh, Aline Bablanian, Kholoud Salman, Yousef Nizami, Adiba Farhan. Photo Credits Sylvette Blaimont
Kuwait City Sharq 28 Jaber Al-Mubarak Street Khaleejia Tower, 9th floor T.+965 222 85 900 F.+965 222 85 901
Beirut Mar Mikhayel District Nahr Street Il Risveglio Bldg, 7th Floor T. +961 1 44 55 39 www.pad10.com