Villa El-Hag Mahmoud Al-Kassas

Notes

The villa is part of a group of three villas, on Al Haram Street, all designed by Sayed Karim and belonging to the Al-Kassas family.

This villa is the smallest out of the three. It consists of an apartment and a duplex, each with a separate entry point. The apartment is on the street and garden level, while the duplex starts on the first floor and is accessible from an external staircase.

The living space and dining space were set in a single room open to a large balcony. A small semi-circular space is attached to the dining space and overlooks the garden; it was conceived for morning coffee routines. The garden can be accessed from several external stairways attached to the façade. A prominent element within the building’s exterior composition is the apparent U-shaped staircase, which leads to second floor. The second floor consists of the bedroom spaces with balconies overlooking the garden.

Sayed Karim uses highly geometrical architectural language; the villa’s volume is conceived using basic geometric shapes like squares, rectangles, and circles. This geometrical character is further emphasized with the façade’s linear articulations.

Check also Villa Ibrahim Al-Kassas Bey and Villa Abdel Meguid Al-Kassas Bey.

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