Instead of designing a house — BAYT+ offers a family of collective parts. Each part (living, kitchen, majlis, bedroom) is a modular unit that can be configured individually by future residents to create individual and affordable homes with unique character. Each home is tailored to its user’s needs and local context. These blocks are pre-assembled using advanced low-carbon techniques and are optimized for privacy, daylight, and cross-ventilation. The result: a scalable housing platform that balances identity and adaptability, while allowing the home to evolve with its inhabitants and local context.

The layout follows a carefully orchestrated spatial rhythm, balancing public hospitality and private retreat. Flexible zoning supports both privacy gradients and social rituals, blending adaptable living with intimate cultural gestures. Central courtyards and majlis anchor communal life, while quieter zones offer shaded, naturally ventilated spaces for rest. The water courtyard merges a hammam-inspired plunge pool with a mashrabiya-shaded whirlpool. A desert rock garden planted with ghaf and sidr trees enhances evaporative cooling and brings local character to the landscape.

On the ground floor, four interlocking volumes — Living + Majlis, Dining, Kitchen + BOH, and Study — are organized around a central axis. This open yet bounded layout is inspired by loft living but is grounded in traditional Emirati separation norms. The majlis anchors the hosting culture with dedicated access and a shaded courtyard. The upper floor houses three private bedrooms wrapped in a perforated blue screen. This operable façade manages light and privacy while reinterpreting Mashrabiya and Sadu motifs. Each room opens to a terrace overlooking the internal garden.

A modular system of multifunctional freestanding units, each tailored to anchor routines, embedding infrastructure, and adapting to diverse spatial needs across the home.

Interior finishes fuse traditional craft with contemporary luxury: clay ceilings, flax mesh, hand-finished stone, brushed metals, and smooth rammed earth walls that flow outdoors. The material palette stages a transition from raw nature to refined living — a sensory experience shaped by the outdoors yet enabled by precision fabrication and embedded intelligence.

From Majlis to Kitchen, Bedroom to Dining, the core responds to program and atmosphere — enabling tradition, hospitality, productivity, and rest to coexist fluidly.

Inspired by local vernacular, cross ventilation is driven by the stack effect enhanced by a wind catcher on top of the roof. The thermal mass of clay stabilizes interior temperatures, while operable screens or integrated sunshades help prevent overheating and offer privacy.

Local material knowledge meets robotic precision: earth-based mixtures are compacted using CNC-controlled formwork, ensuring expressive texture, structural consistency, and scalable production in pop-up factories using regional resources.