Villa Air by ARK-architecture, A Meditative Dialogue Between Earth and Sky in Tunisia
Architecture Design of Villa Air
Description About The Project
Discover Villa Air by ARK-architecture in Morneg, Tunisia—an ethereal 1,500 m² residence that fuses grounded materiality with floating elegance, rooted in Mediterranean modernism.
The Project “Villa Air” Information:
- Project Name: Villa Air
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
- Project Year: 2024
- Area: 1500 m²
- Designed by: ARK Architects
A Floating Monument to the Tunisian Landscape
Set within a sprawling two-hectare hillside estate in Morneg, Villa Air by ARK-architecture emerges not as a statement of power, but as a study in restraint. The 1,500 m² home draws its compositional logic from the Jbal Errsas mountain range, which hovers in the distance like a silent anchor. From the first conceptual sketch, the design was guided by the tension between mass and lightness, expressed through a minimalist yet sculptural vocabulary.
“Villa Air is a built reflection of contrast—gravity against levitation, containment against exposure,” shared the design team at ARK-architecture with Luxury Houses Magazine. “We wanted the structure to feel embedded yet lifted, solid yet weightless.”
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Horizontal Strata and Architectural Suspension
Organized across three cascading levels, the villa is a composition of floating planes and refined voids. Bold cantilevered slabs, just 45 centimeters thick, slice through space like geological strata, extending outward with precision and poise. These daring projections serve not only structural and aesthetic purposes, but also provide passive solar shading calibrated to the Mediterranean sun.
The house is subtly choreographed with the terrain—never interrupting it, only responding to it. As the building steps down the slope, the massing softens, dissolving into the ground as though it has always belonged.
“The villa was never intended to impose itself upon the landscape,” the architects explained. “Instead, we let the contours of the earth write the rhythm of the project. We sculpted, rather than constructed.”
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A Delicate Weave of Light, Shadow, and Silence
Every elevation of Villa Air is a meditation on light and openness. The facades are meticulously composed of cut-outs and apertures, not merely for views but as experiential instruments. Internally, double-height spaces and clerestory windows orchestrate the entry of light in poetic intervals. Circulatory paths are deliberately designed as processional sequences, revealing framed glimpses of the surrounding hills at each step.
Materiality is equally serene: travertine, lightly sand-tinted concrete, and timber accents work together in quiet harmony. Pristine white walls act as canvases for the sun’s daily dance, animating every surface with ephemeral shadows.
“In Villa Air, light is a primary material,” noted ARK-architecture. “It sculpts the interiors, draws attention to silence, and brings depth to the most minimal of surfaces.”
The Poetics of Living in Suspension
Where most homes delineate thresholds, Villa Air blurs them. A careful gradation between interior and exterior spaces allows the home to unfold like a continuous spatial field. Terraces, verandas, and infinity-edge pools act as extensions of the architectural volume—drawing the eye, the body, and the mind toward the horizon.
The spatial composition is a layered negotiation between intimacy and openness. Each bedroom and social zone has been carefully calibrated for both retreat and exposure, revealing a nuanced understanding of privacy in an open landscape.
“Villa Air isn’t simply about function—it’s about experience,” ARK-architecture reflected. “We wanted the house to awaken the senses: to hear silence, to feel light, and to move through space as though floating.”
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A Contemporary Mediterranean Masterwork
As a realization of site-specific Mediterranean modernism, Villa Air exemplifies a design ethos rooted in clarity, light, and elemental beauty. The villa is not just a residence, but a philosophical inquiry into what it means to live in dialogue with place—where architecture serves as both frame and filter, stage and retreat.
Luxury Houses Magazine attempted to contact the current residents for insights into life at Villa Air, but no response was received at the time of publication.
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Photo credit: Bilel Khemakhem | Source: ARK Architects
For more information about this project; please contact the Architecture firm :
– Add: Sotomarket Shopping Center, Offc. 3 Mediterranean Highway, Exit 130 11310 Sotogrande San Roque, CÁDIZ
– Tel: 956 793 166/ 629 965 014
– Email: info@ark-arquitectos.com
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