Vault on Vault

Located in Royan, with its northern façade overlooking the Caspian Sea, this villa was designed as a temporary residence for a five-member family. The design prioritizes complete privacy within the private spaces while transforming circulation and interstitial zones into fluid spatial experiences.
Rooms are conceived as autonomous capsules, separated and suspended like floating islands, with dome-shaped roofs reinforcing individuality. Vaults serve as both structural and architectural units, rotated and layered to create novel spatial compositions while supporting vertical loads through reinforced concrete and steel.
A central staircase links the two levels, while the open interstitial spaces act as dynamic circulation paths, blurring the line between movement and space, and transforming everyday circulation into a layered, immersive architectural experience.