Plateau ParadiseLeopold Banchini Architectss Dar El Farina relies on sun, soil, and water in MoroccoByKelly Pau December 26, 2024Interiors, International (Rory Gardiner)SHAREFrom afar, Dar El Farina practically blends into the flat, desert-like plateaus of Al Haouz, a province in the central part of Morocco. Its linear volume and rammed earth walls blend into the textures of the beige landscape. If it werent for the various structures on its roofstepped, circular, and rectilinear volumes perched atop the residence like its own city skylinethe house would be easily missed at a distance.Leopold Banchini Architectsand local architect Sana Nabaha designed Dar El Farina as an off-grid house that is part of the land physically and aesthetically while standing out against it. The rural home is situated parallel to Al Haouzs main infrastructure: amesrefor small water channel filled a few times per year for agriculture, and akhetaraor an underground draining gallery built to bring water to Markesh from distant groundwater. Like a line drawn in the sand, Dar El Farina divides the space in two. On one side of the home, the desert land is preserved and remains scarce. On the other side of the residence, a lush garden stretches the length of the structure, filled with plants native to the area and alive thanks to the sites water infrastructure.Read more about the residence on aninteriormag.com. Morocco