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Location: Seashell Compound, North Coast, Egypt

Architect: Mohamed Fares

Interior Designer: Mohamed Fares

Developer: Seashell, North Coast

Photography: Nour Refai

The Shell House is a playful, thoughtful, and generous abode that embodies the spirit of Summer. It’s bright and bold approach to design defines this beach house as both fun and comfortable. Alchemy’s interior design for this house thrives in it’s North Coast location.

The design brief was for the property to be a luxury villa that is an extension to the host’s personality. A beach house that is a lively and welcoming, spacious and considerate. Alchemy needed the interiors to be a bright reflection of it’s surroundings, taking inspiration from the Summer season. Bold block colours are paired with natural materials for an eyecatching partnership. Playful design emulates the host’s personality, with unconventional shapes being used within the living spaces, and novel design techniques that can be found in all corners of the home. The layering of different textures gives depth and gravity to the space, whilst still keeping a light and open feel to the interiors.

Sitting on the Mediterranean Beach of the north Coast of Egypt, Alchemy wanted the design of the home to benefit from it’s location as well as it’s inhabitants. Putting the fourth dimension – Time – into consideration meant that the designers allowed the natural light to throw shadows throughout the day, introducing a dynamic element to the interiors. It is the input of this element that helps to capture the essence of the sea by allowing the golden light of the sunset to engage with the house and interact with its textures, angles, and lines. This dramatically ties the house to it’s location as the two work together to express the true design potential of the property.