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Maxx Royal Maldives from the air: a heart-shaped island wrapped around a lagoon, with villas among the palms and jetties over the water

Maxx Royal Maldives

Maxx Royal Maldives from the air: a heart-shaped island wrapped around a lagoon, with villas among the palms and jetties over the water
Maxx Royal Maldives from the air: a heart-shaped island wrapped around a lagoon, with villas among the palms and jetties over the water

Maxx Royal Maldives

Maxx Royal Maldives from the air: a heart-shaped island wrapped around a lagoon, with villas among the palms and jetties over the water

An island project that seeks a new experience within the familiar rather than a spectacular architecture; sea, sand, wind and shade are accepted as essential parts of the architecture, and the buildings choose to disappear into the island rather than stand in front of it. Built around privacy, intimacy and calm, the design uses courtyards and eaves to give people small “niches” to lean back into within the endlessness of the ocean.

Location

Maldives

Client

ETS

Year

2026

Status

In Construction & In Progress

Program

TOURISM

MASTERPLAN

Design Team

Abdurrahman Çekim, Çağla Makara, İrem Cihanoğlu, Behlül Kıryolcu, Görkem Elbir, Gülefşan Kabalar, Şule Aydın, İdil Çekim, Alican Tüfenkoğlu, Kağan Rüstem, Hatice Özcan, Feyza Aksamaz, Ayceren Karabıyık

Aerial view of overwater villas lining the reef, a white beach and the palm-covered island
High aerial overview of the long, slender resort island curving around its lagoon in the open ocean
Close aerial view of thatched-roof villas, a long pool among the palms and the beach
Turquoise lagoon framed by stone breakwaters and white sand, with villas set among the palms

Gallery

  • Aerial view of overwater villas lining the reef, a white beach and the palm-covered island
  • High aerial overview of the long, slender resort island curving around its lagoon in the open ocean
  • Close aerial view of thatched-roof villas, a long pool among the palms and the beach
  • Turquoise lagoon framed by stone breakwaters and white sand, with villas set among the palms

Location

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