El-Shorouk Villa

It was desired to design a palace-like home in El-Sherouk City to resemble Heliopolis' old homes. With its classic vernacular style, the villa was designed to be a healthy home from a sustainable point of view; featuring high tech home automation inside. Through high ceilings, brick cladding, and clay roof tiles as well as GRC ornaments; the palace essence was achieved. Wide skillfully placed windows allowed healthy ventilation, a surrounding landscape shaded the villa from the high temperature of El-Sherouk city, and solar panels/water heaters on the roof acted as a renewable energy source. Through 600 m2 as foot print for this huge villa, vast spaces were allowed in the interiors; where the living area overlooks - and is directly accessible from - the pool and surrounding landscape. Honorable stairs were granted for the lengthened reception, as well as an elevator to the upper floor where there are master bedrooms, bedrooms, and terraces. A basement was designed with a gym/sauna added to a parking and extra living space; while the roof hosted a small apartment as a penthouse for the family guests.

Farmhouse Apartment

A farmhouse apartment is not really something you see very often in the heart of New Cairo. That thought alone has inspired us to work tirelessly on designing an outstanding model that will truly wow. The journey was exciting; however it surely was not easy. We took it upon us to transform this 280-square meter apartment into a luscious mix between raw and bold designs with a hint of a contemporary style all while keeping the image of a classic farmhouse.

Our vision was to create a non-traditional farmhouse. The designs we sought marked a great challenge in terms of finding the suitable pieces of furniture, locating the right materials, and lastly, mimicking the theme in the truest methods possible.

We used several types and textures of wood along with playing around with contrasting materials and furniture to perfect that authentic farmhouse look. Finding thematic, practical furniture was not easy; but thanks to our suppliers Dokkan and Exotics, we were able to put up something beautiful at the end. Moreover, we stressed on the uniqueness of the style from the get-go. Therefore, we had to design many of the pieces in-house or have them custom-made for our project; the room cabinets, kitchen, dressing room, as well as the dining room. On the other hand, we had to adjust the dimensions of the rest of the store-bought furniture to fit.

The colour palette we used from SCIB had dominant white, beige and greyish hues. Moreover, we used bricks and stones from Murano Stone for the office and living room walls to replicate the intense look of a farmhouse.

One of the key elements in this project was keeping a natural, vintage look without compensating on the quality of the materials or furniture. For the office room, we designed two libraries which embrace a captivating antique look. In that room as well as with the rest of the apartment, we used unique furniture; mystic coffee corner, TV unit, wooden beam roofs, naturally scarred wooden surfaces.

Our team has managed to keep the raw farmhouse style by putting up different types and colours of wood, adding bold wooden beams in the roofs, also, using informal scarring and scratching on wooden surfaces in the kitchen and the kids’ room.

Sodic Apartment

This Sodic West apartment gained an interior design that emphasized warmth and emotion through earth tones applied in finishing and furnishing. The indirect lighting, through spotlights and shadow gaps, added to the emotional ambiance. Golden lighting pendants also harmonized with the classy modernity of the design which gained a contemporary touch. The wall panels, the cladding, and the patting; at the living area and master bedroom, emphasized the targeted style and added to the honorable theme desired; which merged with simple modernity creating a sense of elegant calmness.

Dar Eluloum Library - Competition

Methods joined the international competition for redeveloping Dar Al-Uloum Public Library and surrounding campus in Al Jouf Region of Saudi Arabia. The aim was to develop new programs, maximize community spaces, and connect the library with the surrounding establishments; including Al Rahmaniyah Mosque and Schools; to form a holistic campus. The urban concept was inspired from the layout of the area, with its cubic module of building blocks - represented here through pathway concrete tiles, water features, and tree pods. The structural system of the library building was preserved, along with surrounding existent trees; while adding a steel structural system to support the proposed and future vertical extensions. Preservation, as well takes place in two different aspects which are the landscape, where the trees were kept in its existing place as a kind of sustainability, also the structure system of the old library had been preserved, adding to that a light steel structure system to the new extensions. The library was designed to host a variety of upgraded facilities; including kids’ area, women reading hall, internet station, and a variety of cafes, reading halls, as well as meeting rooms, added to the double-height auditorium and main entrance atrium. Bridges connecting the architectural masses here represent the chosen circulation arteries; enabling interesting views! An inner court among the services area brought natural lighting to the indoors, and the new finger plan of the building allowed light and natural ventilation penetration throughout the building, and gave the chance for “terraces” of gathering or casual outdoor reading!

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Caesar Chalet

Inspired from the beautiful beach of Caesar Bay, and the natural surroundings of blue skies and white sands; the interiors of this Chalet have been created to set a relaxing and relieving vacation mode. To offer even further relaxation, indirect lighting has been chosen to set the night mood through spotlights and shadow gaps; added to descending pendants of soft light. We selected every element in those interiors - every wall or floor texture and every fabric of furniture - to visualize and emphasize the calm beach sensation in a simple and eclectic modern context.

El-Rehab Villa

An interior design that reflects modernity and elegance was chosen for this villa in El-Rehab city. The reception hosts different zones separated through creative partitions; where hanging lighting and home accessories give significant appearance. A cosy living area for reading and relaxing connects us to the upper floor through a stairway of dark oak. Two master bedrooms are decorated with bed backdrops of neutral patterns, while the other two rooms are designed as mezzanine to make maximum benefit of the double height. One has a panelled white wall; while the other owns a refreshing wallpaper matching the HDF floors with the furniture items. As for the roof, it has glass doors and patterned/panelled wooden walls with neutral accessories emphasizing the calmness.

Sakkara Villa - Live Shots

In a land area of 1100 m2, this villa was designed to merge modernity and originality in relevance to its primitive surrounding countryside in Sakkara, Giza. Through a combination of recessed and protruding architectural masses, the villa obtained its unique form. The finishing varied between brickwork and earth/neutral coating tones. The landscape features a pool which embraces the villa with white marble edges and neutral terraces. Inside, the neutral walls and furniture are accentuated with a significant appearance of pink, turquoise, and purple through cushions and accessories. A quiet zone is created with white walls and curtains surrounding a purple sofa under natural light coming from the ceiling for calm reading. As for the kitchen, it connects with the space through glass for further modernity and to enable landscape views for the housewife. Black marble stairs take one upstairs, where the style gets Tuscany through a cladded corner and an air shaft in the living area, while getting contemporary through a master bedroom that boasts hotel luxury.

Sustainable Villa

The design is based on some sustainable techniques to create a comfort area that adapt with the climate change, starting by the orientation of the building which is tilted 45 degrees according to the north, the building are responsive to the solar orientation to reduce the energy consumption.

According to reduce the amount of solar radiation, all facades are blocked and movable louvers used to protect the pent-house to minimize the amount of radiation, all materials used has high u-Value.

Ventilation is maintained through creating stack effect and fresh breeze by adding water feature in the courtyard.

Aquamarine Hotel - Hurghada

At Aquamarine Hotel, Hurghada; METHODS and EBE-T executed the design of this focal area in collaboration with the furnishing-specialized sister company; KARAR. Wooden panels, contemporary furniture and consoles with matching accessories and arabesque windows, all created the luxurious contemporary classic design desired for this integral space.

Zayed Dunes - Villa

A home being designed with lighting in focus is what this project reflects. Our client, an engineer with quite an eye for detail, asked for an interior design that was simple, neat, modern, and practical. The design thus allows natural lighting with open social areas to let light move through, while artificial lighting was chosen in specific positions.

A realistic design, with finishing materials chosen to be available in the market, nothing custom-made, bespoke, or ornamented, Here came the challenge, in how to create something unique through all the whiteness and commonness of materials. More will be later revealed, when the design is complete, and further more when we execute it in reality.

El-Sheikh Zayed Twinhouse

This twinhouse in El-Sheikh Zayed city is home to two brothers. It was designed by METHODS from A to Z in a simple modern style that perfectly fits in its Zayed neighborhood. While the white facades reflect modernity, the use of natural materials; such as wood and bricks, have given it the warmth needed to depict the essence of a family house.

Bedaya Compound

Through 15 acres of land on the Cairo/Alexandria desert road, we designed the master plan for this small compound, as well as the architecture, interior planning, and furnishing for its 40 villas through four different models. With only 7% of land size as built area; the project gave much chance for landscape design. Touring around a pool that represents 6% of the land area are land plots that feature the villas; each having its pool and enough landscape greenery to suit a kitchen garden. The villas are interior-designed to feature open receptions that enable perfect ventilation to act as second homes; or even main ones; considering Bedaya's location which could be an extension to the 6th of October city.

El-Thawra El-Khadra Mini Compound

With a land plot of 9000 m2, it was desired to design 3 villas that harmonize in modernity, vary in utility, and require privacy. The family house, 950 m2 of area, was challenging in creating a villa design for a huge mass without looking like a 3-floor residential building. Had it been classic, it would've been easily a palace. In modernity, we solved this through basic and secondary horizontal lines and vertical intersections while varying the masses. The second villa was a 250 m2 guest house desired with a semi open view to maintain the privacy of the family house which was resolved through mass orientation. The third villa hosted 12 suites for service staff. The challenge here was how to let it blend without competing and without looking like a service building, where shading devices obstructed views to the family house and a buffer zone was used in the landscape. The landscape of this mini compound was designed to entertain the family through waterscape, greenery, and a variety of outdoor activities. Among the features used are a leveled kitchen garden, a water stream and water fall with a floating gateway, bridges across the stream, and a variety of seating areas.

Il Monte Galala

This proposal for Il Monte Galala features METHODS' Staggered Twin design, where two villas are merged vertically in one land plot; allowing the upper villa to benefit from the roof of the lower, while saving land and construction costs in a design that perfectly blends with the site. This Greek Santorini style with a Hawaiian touch has created environmental harmony, where both units are granted sea views and infinity pools in the terraces facing the seaside. In the landscape, breathing spaces that reflect the surrounding nature have been created with wide views designed for the living and dining areas.

El-Sheikh Zayed Sustainable Modern Villa

METHODS converted this Zayed villa from an ordinary to an environmentally-friendly and relatively energy-saving building. We created a double height space to act as an air tank for exchanging hot and cool air through a ceiling sky light, which also acted as a light collector for the indoor space. This, along with the wind catcher that takes the winds from the Northern façade to the spaces on the southern side; created a full cycle of air moving through the villa! A movable shading device was designed for the southern façade to track solar angles, and photovoltaic solar cells were planned for the roof to act as a source for renewable energy. Thick walls with insulation-filled inner gaps were chosen and reflective surfaces were designed for the finishing to enable natural light distribution. Indeed, the sustainable solutions made through this villa made it an environmental case study!

Zayed Dunes Contemporary Villa - Supervision

When the design gets out of the kitchen, it goes through development and integrations with other drawings to avoid on-site problems. Here came METHODS' role in this villa; as a coordinator integrating between the needs of interior design, electro-mechanical and central air conditioning works, plumbing, home automation, landscape, and waterscape. Some of the remaining civil works were also integrated with all of the above; being achieved by METHODS' mother company EBE-T; while home automation was implemented in the villa by our technical partner; Degla Tech. With a footprint of almost 500 square meters and a total built area of 1100 square meters; the design here was not a modern open space, but a rather privately-planned home that offered enclosed spaces for a gym, spa, and home office. The furnishing style was contemporary, Islamic at parts, while natural materials marked the finishing style. The outdoors were eclectically set up to host a geometric swimming pool, with side leisure areas and secluded lavish greenery.

El-Sheikh Zayed Sustainable Islamic Villa

Through METHODS' success in a previous sustainable design; word of mouth brought up this second sustainable project. The challenge was to make a design that is contemporary, Islamic, and sustainable despite the limits of being handed the design as a concrete skeleton that's already constructed. We introduced the Islamic style through motifs, a pointed arch, the use of wooden materials in the facades, and the mashrabeyas which act as shading devices reducing heat transfer. A skylight was created above an inner court here too; which acted as an air tank with windows in every level of the villa: the basement, the ground, and the first floors.