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Rendered view of the master plan Vilu Huraa

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Exploded Axonometric : Materiality

1.Aluminum sheet 2.Bamboo rafters 3.Bamboo purlins 4.Bamboo columns 5.Tempered glass balcony 6.Bamboo railing 7.Bamboo marine composite walls 8.Stud frame 9.Exterior bamboo marine structural panel 10.Tempered glass 11.Vertical crab farm frame 12.Bamboo table 13.Marine-grade timber 14.Geotextile protection board 15.Waterproof membrane 16.Bamboo hull structure 17.Fiberglass mesh coat

PATHWAYS OF SEAGRASS Plant-based lava-lapilli pathways evoke walking through seagrass meadows, gently guiding visitors from the entrance toward the home’s entry

THE SOFTENED EDGE A sliding partition opens the living room onto the kitchen and out toward the swimming platform, where a bed of sand underfoot brings the beach into reach before one slips into the sea

GROUND THAT PROVIDES Set among the lava-lapilli pathways, a sea grape farm turns the landscape into a source of income, letting residents harvest from the ground they live on.

THE ELEVATED GAZE From the first floor, a resident looks out across the seagrass meadow, the water’s shifting greens framed like a living picture beyond the glass.

THE CENTRAL SPINE—LAGOON UNDERFOOT A central spine of glass runs clear through every floor, drawing the lagoon up into the heart of the island, and the same glass floor carries unbroken across both levels and the hull below, so the water is always present underfoot, whatever the level.

THE VERTICAL CRAB FARM Rising through both floors, the vertical crab farm becomes a shared presence in the home and from the dining area within the living space, residents sit closest to it, sharing the table with the life it holds

Sectional Perspective : Eku'Vina'ge

When you enter the house, you first move through a space immersed in seagrass, creating a direct connection to the natural environment. The living area opens up views of a vertical crab farm wall, integrated into the structure and extending through the levels of the house.

Towards the back, a framed, movable seagrass system sits within the design, allowing interaction with a living landscape. From the swimming deck, the house further connects you to nature, with a relaxed hammock area for rest and pause.

As you move upstairs, the space opens to a social setting where people gather, with hydroponic plants forming a green backdrop. Throughout the house, human interaction is closely linked with the ecosystem, where activities like harvesting seagrass and collecting crabs become part of everyday life.

Section through: Huraa, Seagrass meadow & Eku' Vina'ge

Eku'Vina'ge Prototype : Concept

Before architecture, there is the lagoon.

Huraa Falhu is already a living geography of islands, reef, water, seagrass, mangroves, and memory. Boduhura, Kudahura, Vabboahura, Vahbohura, and Kanuhuraa form part of this larger lagoon body.

Among them, Boduhura, also known as Crab Island, carries a special identity.

Its mangrove can be read as the heart of the falhu: a place of shelter, nourishment, breeding, and life. From this heart, Vilu Hura, the Lagoon of Hura, becomes the intelligence of the falhu. It is not imagined as a settlement imposed on the lagoon, but as one that listens to it. It learns from the way seagrass bends with the current, how mangroves hold life, and how crabs inhabit the shaded edges of water.

Within this lagoon intelligence sits Eku’vina’ge, meaning “being with the seagrass.” The home begins with an entry through seagrapes, cultivated as a continuation of the underwater meadow into everyday life. Raised pods create the feeling of passing through a living seagrass field, where shade, salt air, and filtered light slow the body down.

At deck level, joali seating creates a place of pause close to the water. From there, the home opens toward the living and dining space, where the sofa, dining table, and ocean horizon meet in one quiet view. To the left, crab farming rises as a living wall, carrying the identity of Crab Island into the home. Light passes through it, revealing silhouettes of crabs in movement.

Above, the terrace holds a bedroom, hammocks, and hydroponic garden. Here, the experience becomes lighter, closer to sky, wind, and horizon.

Together, Vilu Hura and Eku’vina’ge imagine lagoon living as coexistence: with seagrass, seagrapes,

Vilu Huraa Masterplan : Problem & Strategy

Huraa needs new housing, which usually means reclaiming land from the lagoon. However, land reclamation can damage coral reefs and marine ecosystems.

This proposal instead creates a masterplan within Huraa Falhu that protects the lagoon’s largest seagrass meadows while providing housing for residents.

By connecting people with the lagoon’s natural environment, especially its seagrass and mangroves, the proposal creates a place residents can identify with while supporting long-term environmental and economic sustainability.

Final floor plans and elevations of Eku'vina'ge

Final Unit development sketch: Eku'Vina'Ge Top Left: The unit rests within the lagoon, held by open water on every side; from its rear, a designated walkway channel reaches back to bind it into the settlement’s social and economic life. Top Right:A single straight incision passes through the form, opening an unbroken thread from the front deck to the back, so the unit reads as one continuous space rather than a sequence of rooms. Bottom Left:Volumes are carved away at the front and back, opening the form to use: the front clears into a space for swimming, while the back, also the unit’s entry, gives way to sea grape farming, so arrival and cultivation share the same threshold. Bottom Right:To let the lagoon’s energy in from every side, a second cut crosses the form, thus opening it laterally so the water reaches into the unit from all directions at once.

Final masterplan development sketch

Final site analysis sketch for pamphlet

Final master plan sketch for pamphlet

Final cluster plan sketch for pamphlet

Masterplan Programmes : Vilu Huraa 1stpicture: The master plan includs housing clusters, community workspaces, workshops, kitchens, parks, and public facilities like the mosque, town center, clinics, and aqua collection hub, creating a more detailed and functional community layout. 2ndpicture The developed master plan explores the basic zoning structure of the site, organizing residential, economic, social, and institutional areas to establish the overall framework and relationships within the layout.