Located in Riyadh, KSA, LANDFORM house is characterized by its landscape strategy. Employing a formal vocabulary culled from the study of the region's past indigenous civilizations, the residence recreates a complete ecosystem in order to introduce, protect and improve the proliferation of local wildlife by enhancing biodiversity in a dense desert city. Crucial culturalreligious needs of Riyadh's traditional way of living are addressed using contemporary architectural & environmental solutions.

Green before their time, the Nabataeans perfected water collection & storage though the use of local materials in the deserts they inhabited. They used the landscape as their fortress, cunningly working in and within the earth to create their camouflaged structures. LANDFORM draws its inspiration from the land-embedded monuments they left behind. Local natural materials are used to translate landscape into architecture, creating a residence that appears to be carved out of the earth and rising from the ground, blurring the line between the natural and the artificial.

The strength of LANDFORM lies in its ecosystem approach. Extensive research and cross-referencing of the local flora & fauna is conducted in order to choose appropriate native trees and shrubs that will attract a maximal number of birds and urban pollinators to the site. Migratory species are also studied, as Riyadh is located on an important bird migratory path. An ecosystem is then recreated to protect, improve and help the proliferation of local wildlife. With two other neighboring projects underway we are replicating this approach allowing wildlife to jump from one project to the other, enhancing the overall biodiversity in a dense desert city