Ammar Apartment — the living room at dusk, with the timber slat screen and the dining room beyond
Apartment interior design · Riyadh · 2026

AMMAR
APARTMENT

شقة عمار

LocationRiyadh
ProgrammePrivate apartment
Design & deliveryAMSY Group
Design leadMohamed Bider
01 / The concept

Warmth in
the everyday.

A new ground-floor apartment in Riyadh, handed over as a bare white shell, becomes a calm home in earth tones: lime plaster and microcement, a timber slat screen that divides living from dining without closing it, woven pendants, olive trees, hand-woven rugs — and two bedrooms that open onto their own small courtyards.

My role

All studies, the interior design concept, the material and lighting design, the visualisations, technical drawings and the BOQ (bills of quantities) for this apartment were prepared by Mohamed Bider for AMSY Group.

  • Site survey of the shell
  • Space planning
  • Interior design concept
  • Material & lighting design
  • Visualisation
  • Drawings & BOQ
1

Long living and dining room, divided by a timber slat screen.

2

Bedrooms, each opening onto its own walled courtyard.

8

Materials and colours in one warm palette.

2026

Shell survey in April, design in June.

02 / Location

Riyadh.

The apartment is in Riyadh. It is a private home, so the map shows the city only — the district and address are withheld.

Location planAmmar ApartmentRiyadh · city level only
  1. 1Riyadh — private home, exact location withheld
Saudi Arabia · Riyadh
City
Riyadh
Building
Ground-floor apartment with two courtyards and a planted entrance passage
Privacy
Exact location withheld — private residence
03 / Existing condition

The shell
today.

The site visit of 18 April 2026: a new, bare apartment — white walls, a pale stone floor, linear air slots in the ceiling, tall sliding doors onto narrow courtyards, and the stone-clad entrance wall outside.

The long living room, April 2026
Living and dining, looking back
The inner hall
The kitchen bay as handed over
The master bedroom on its courtyard
The guest bedroom
A side courtyard
The entrance passage
The stone-clad entrance wall
Reading the brief on site — the majlis, living, dining room and kitchen counter marked on the shell
A bathroom, already finished
04 / Design studies

Studies.

The apartment read as layers, as a zoning plan and in section. Select a study.

Exploded axonometric — The apartment taken apart: the ceiling with its coves and track light, the furniture layer, and the shell — the long living and dining room, the kitchen, two bedrooms on walled courtyards and the planted entrance passage.
05 / Materials & colours

Earth,
timber, weave.

Lime plaster and microcement for the shell; oak slats and reclaimed timber for the screen and the low tables; terracotta, bouclé, rattan and jute for softness; a hand-woven red rug in every room.

Lime plaster#E3D3BC
Microcement floor#CBBBA3
Oak slats#A07850
Reclaimed timber#5A4232
Terracotta#B5583A
Bouclé#EFE8DC
Rattan & jute#C49A5C
Hand-woven rug red#8E2A22
Material board — plaster, microcement, oak slats, reclaimed timber, terracotta, bouclé, rattan, jute, rug and linen
A vignette — clay lamps and vessels on a reclaimed console under woven pendants
06 / Visualisation

Living, dining,
kitchen.

One long room, kept open: a low sofa on a hand-woven rug, a slatted oak screen that filters the dining room behind it, woven pendants over the table, olive trees in clay pots — and a plaster island in the kitchen bay.

LivingThe living room in the morning light
LivingLiving and dining at dusk
DiningThe slat screen and the dining room beyond
Today — The kitchen bay — the shell in April 2026 and the designDesign — The kitchen bay — the shell in April 2026 and the designTodayDesign
The kitchen bay — the shell in April 2026 and the design
KitchenThe kitchen with its plaster island and oak cabinets
07 / Visualisation

Bedrooms on
courtyards.

Each bedroom opens through full-height glass onto a small walled courtyard: a low timber bed and bench, linen and woven pendants inside; olive trees and a timber pergola outside.

Master bedroomThe master bedroom and its garden courtyard
Master bedroomThe master bedroom under timber beams
Guest bedroomThe guest bedroom
Today — The courtyard bedroom — the shell in April 2026 and the designDesign — The courtyard bedroom — the shell in April 2026 and the designTodayDesign
The courtyard bedroom — the shell in April 2026 and the design
Guest bedroomThe courtyard bedroom
08 / Development

Design
development.

Earlier rounds of the same rooms: a paler living room, a master bedroom with an armchair and cactus courtyard, a darker guest bedroom with rattan wardrobes.

Living room — an earlier round
Master bedroom — an earlier round
Guest bedroom — an earlier round
Scope of work

Scope.

What the design covers.

Living & dining

Space planning, the oak slat screen, furniture, rugs and lighting for the long room.

Kitchen

A plaster island with oak cabinets and open shelving in the kitchen bay.

Bedrooms & courtyards

Two bedrooms with timber beds and benches, opening onto planted courtyards.

Light & material

Warm cove and track light, and one eight-material palette for the whole apartment.

Design & delivery: AMSY Group. Sources: the shell survey of 18 April 2026 and the design visualisations of June 2026. Visualisations communicate design intent.

All studies, the interior design concept, the material and lighting design, the visualisations, technical drawings and the BOQ (bills of quantities) for this apartment were prepared by Mohamed Bider for AMSY Group.

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