Chad Oppenheim's competition winning plan for a new Desert Lodges scheme takes the five star camp-outs that proliferate the Wadi Rum and blends them with minimalism, drama and, perhaps most importantly, sustainability

中东当代建筑有起起落落。但在大城市之外，情况就完全不同了。

五星夏令营“星下”是一个典型的提议，将豪华旅行与部落习俗结合起来。

这位以迈阿密为基地的建筑师已经将一系列的撤退缩进了岩石面，将建筑和围护的面积缩小到最低限度，以加强对地方的感觉。想象一下，一个约翰·劳特纳嵌入了一座山中，由纯净的混凝土形式、玻璃和水组成的薄片强化了它。

通过使用如此多的自然热质量，建筑师希望将人工加热和冷却保持在最低限度，并将节水和采收等要素纳入设计。在私人客户端开发中，根据架构师的说法，“沙漠之路”几乎所有的系统都在运行。如果现实与这些渲染的精确性相匹配，瓦迪朗姆很快就会被人们所熟知，而不仅仅是景观。

The welcome area of the development

As its name suggests, for Rock Lodge, the Miami-based architect has notched a series of rooms into a rock-face, paring back structure and enclosure to the bare minimum in order to reinforce the sense of place

Imagine a John Lautner embedded into a mountain, enhanced by pure concrete forms and sheets of glass and water

By using so much natural thermal mass, the architect hopes to keep artificial heating and cooling to a minimum, integrating elements like water conservation and harvesting into the design

View from the interior of Rock Lodge

Rock Lodge also incorporates infinity pools

A render of Reserve Lodge - another of the series of retreats in the development

The sweeping form of Reserve lodge incorporates a covered terrace

Reserve Lodge

The exterior of Tent Lodge

The exterior of Spa Lodge

In development by a private client, Desert Lodges is, according to the architect, very much all systems go and is expected to be completed by 2014