The beauty of places is above all in the good memories they leave in our mind.
– Hakima Kettani
The riad architecture ultimately has ancient roots in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern domestic architecture. In addition to the existing influences of Greco-Roman culture in the Mediterranean, the formation of the Islamic world after the 7th century also spread and established these architectural models across the region and all the way to al-Andalus in the Iberian Peninsula.
The ancient Roman city of Volubilis also provided reference for the beginnings of riad architecture during the Idrisid Dynasty in Morocco. Interior gardens were a popular feature of architecture in the Islamic world because water and greenery were associated with images of paradise in Islam.
This type of construction, is a key distinction of Islamic architecture and remains remarkably consistent throughout the Arab world, from private dwellings to places of worship through to the grandest palaces. The inward facing scheme of the Riad is designed to maximize family privacy from the outside world. Such privacy is highly prized, conforming to Islamic cultural norms.
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