With distinct areas for family life and entertaining, this private residence features an outdoor living space with a pool, grotto, and bar. The Mercury Villa seeks to match all cultural expectations for the Dubai Hills development regarding scale and proportion while exceeding them with detail and craftsmanship. From the grand living room to the pool bar and lounge, grotto, and grounds, every aspect of the project was designed to curate exceptional experiences. The design separates private and family spaces from those intended for entertaining and exhibition by a canyon that divides the form into two nearly separate masses. Each mass is shrouded with a perforated wrapper on the exterior and a wooden liner on the interior to clearly delineate the three layers of the envelope’s performative assembly.
