Anna Villa II

Anna Villa is located in the Anna residential complex on a 1,188-square-meter plot. The design process began under conditions in which the site’s original natural slope had already been altered and leveled. The project was defined as a three-level villa consisting of a duplex residential unit above a parking and shared facilities level. From the outset, the villa was conceived as a holiday retreat, primarily intended for leisure use and hosting guests.

The first major design challenge stemmed from the villa’s adjacency to a neighboring property on the western side, which was constructed on a sloped site and developed with a greater number of floors. Placing the basement on the lower level would have intensified the height difference with the neighboring villa, while improving spatial continuity between the main living areas and the courtyard. Conversely, constructing all levels above ground risked transforming the villa into a three-story apartment-like volume with limited connection to the outdoor environment. Ultimately, the design team decided to build all three floors above ground and elevate the southern courtyard through landfilling in order to establish a direct relationship between the main living level and the yard, while maintaining a villa-scale facade.

This strategy enabled the integration of service spaces such as the caretaker’s unit, storage, and guest parking within a southern volume partially embedded into the raised courtyard. A fourth volume emerged at the southern edge of the site adjacent to the street, while the main parking area was connected to the elevated courtyard via a tunnel beneath the filled landscape.

The project’s primary concept is defined by three stacked volumes. The middle volume is rotated along its axis to create voids and a green roof. The lower volume houses parking, mechanical rooms, and shared amenities such as a cinema, gym, and squash court. The middle volume contains the main living spaces, including the living room, lounge, kitchen, and swimming pool, while the upper volume accommodates four bedrooms and a private lounge. This configuration frees the space beneath the bedroom block, resulting in a 100-square-meter column-free reception area formed by a 10-meter cantilever. Large sliding windows provide maximum visual and physical connection to the terrace, pool, and outdoor amenities. The rotated roof becomes a green terrace for the master bedroom, and the interplay of water and greenery across different levels creates diverse living conditions throughout the villa.

Granite stone is the project’s dominant material, extending from exterior volumes into interior spaces in selected areas. Interior design emphasizes the harmonious integration of furniture, lighting, and accessories with the project’s volumetric logic and functional organization.