1/27/2024 0 Comments Alula saudi arabia resort![]() Nouvel views this resort as an opportunity to bring to life a strong spatial, sensorial and emotional experience on the borders of nature, architecture and art – where the sound, musicality, harshness, tactility, power and complexity of nature are everywhere, from finely chopped stones on balconies to the singular granularity of each rock wall, all becomes an artwork in itself.ĭesign displaying the view from within the resort over the landscape of Sharaan “Every urban act is an act of architecture. Jean Nouvel integrates the way Nabateans interacted with their environment, both verticality and horizontality, to reconnect to the earth and build sustainable habitats, away from the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter.Ĭoncept rendering showing an aerial view of the resort built into the majestic Sharaan Nature Reserve. Inspired by the Nabateans, it plays on the old ways of living to build on the present and meet the challenges of the future. To do this Nouvel has introduced a new typology of architecture never seen before, using abstraction, sculpting within the landscape itself rather than competing with it. Jean Nouvel explains how he’s adapting old ways of life to our modern world, minimising the impacts on natural and urban landscapes. “ Envisioning the future is a never-ending obligation that requires us to be fully alive to places in the present as well as conjuring up the past.” “AlUla deserves to acquire a degree of modernity,” he suggests. Nouvel’s commitment to respecting AlUla’s landscape and ancient heritage has not meant shying away from modern architectural ideas. We have to safeguard a little mystery as well as the promise of discoveries to come.”Ĭoncept rendering of a pool area displaying the interaction of modern designs mixed with the Nabatean way of using light, shadow and rocks. It’s vital we keep all its distinctiveness and conserve its attractiveness, which largely rests on its remote and occasionally archaic character. Every wadi and escarpment, every stretch of sand and rocky outline, every geological and archeological site deserves the greatest consideration. Nouvel emphasised the importance of preserving such a unique landscape: “AlUla is a museum. image © Jean NouvelĪs the concepts were unveiled, architect Jean Nouvel described AlUla as “The coming together of a landscape and history The history of past civilisations in an extraordinary landscape – the only place to create such a masterpiece.” The designs shows guests within the resort built into the landscape (patio). In a world-first, this 2,000-year-old architectural legacy is being revived by Jean Nouvel for potentially the first time since the Nabataeans carved into the region’s millions-of-years-old sandstone rock. Located deep within the Sharaan Nature Reserve, the designs draw on the nearby Nabataean wonders of Hegra, Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. Inner courtyard resort concept: “Architecture is there to put its stamp on places and bear witness to the evolving spirit of the times.” -JN. This world-first in contextual architecture will take visitors on a vivid sensory and emotional journey through time, ushering in a new era in design where every future detail will tell a story of the landscape’s past. With the concepts taking a curatorial approach, architect Jean Nouvel celebrates AlUla as, “the coming together of a landscape and history The history of past civilisations in an extraordinary landscape.”ĭesigns show Jean Nouvel’s modern take on millennia-old Nabataean ways of living with monumental designs carved into the rocks that sustainably respect and preserve AlUla’s landscape by drawing on concepts from the nearby Hegra, Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. ![]() New Jean Nouvel concept designs unveil a new era in architecture: a world-first ‘masterpiece’ resort hidden within the rock dwellings of AlUla, Northwest Arabia.
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