Design Team : Dilshad Backer, Santhwana Lal

Villa Landscape Design in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

Project Overview

Location: Noya, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Type: Villa
Completion: 2025
Scope: Landscape & Exterior Design

Design Narrative

This project explores a contemporary approach to apartment living through a dialogue between rich natural materials, sculptural forms and refined detailing. Set within Botanica Tower in Dubai Marina, the residence was designed to create a sense of continuity across its open living spaces while allowing individual rooms to develop their own atmosphere.

Natural stone becomes a defining element throughout the home, from the expressive Indian green marble used as a bedroom feature to the distinctive Calacatta Viola marble introduced within the bathrooms. These stronger material moments are balanced by warm timber cabinetry, understated finishes and carefully selected furnishings, creating contrast without disrupting the overall sense of cohesion.

The planning connects living, dining and kitchen areas into a fluid sequence, while more private spaces shift towards quieter textures and intimate details. Lighting is used to accentuate the variation in stone, wood and surface finishes, giving the apartment depth as the natural light changes throughout the day.

Yas Island

Yas Island is a major leisure and entertainment destination in Abu Dhabi, known for attractions such as Yas Marina Circuit, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, Yas Waterworld and Yas Bay Waterfront. Alongside its hospitality and entertainment offering, communities such as Noya provide contemporary villa living close to the island’s beaches, parks, retail destinations and family attractions. Landscape design in this setting needs to create private outdoor spaces that feel calm and residential while responding to the island’s modern architecture, strong indoor-outdoor lifestyle and Abu Dhabi’s hot, coastal climate.