Wellness Residences at Jayasom AMAALA

We have built the Residences inside the same brief that runs through the rest of the property. The kitchens reach first for what the Farm Belt grows. Sourcing decisions are checked against measurement, not aspiration. Buildings sit low against the coastline; rooms feel quietly held rather than branded. Materials are what the climate accepts: stone, lime, lime-washed timber, woven palm. Walking distances are short; the ground around the residences was set down before the buildings were placed on it.

Ownership at Jayasom is built around continuity, not occupancy. Kitchen gardens, daily Wellness Advisor access, treatment rooms within five minutes of every residence, dining at Saratô under the same kitchen direction as the wider property. The Farm Belt sits at the same plot as the resort, so what the kitchens cook in the residences and what the kitchens cook in the property come from the same beds. Children's spaces, family programming, and the wellness-led education the children receive at the property are the same as the residences receive.

The relationship with Jayasom does not stop at the door of the residence. A Wellness Membership accompanies every ownership: an annual benchmark wellness assessment with the in-house clinical team; standing access to the Wellness Advisor for guidance through the year; treatment-room access at residence rates; dining at Saratô on the property's seasonal menu cycles; and eligibility for the seasonal practitioner programme that brings Visiting Practitioners onto the property in residency cycles.

Heah & Co drew the architecture. A practice with deep work across destination resorts, they were briefed to make the buildings recede in the right places: low against the coastline, oriented to the wadi behind, set back from the sea so that the water remains the foreground. Studio Carter handled the interiors, with a calibrated use of natural materials, pause-object detailing, and rooms that feel quietly held rather than over-styled.

Materials are chosen for the way they age and the way they feel underfoot at six in the morning. Stone, timber, woven textiles, plaster, and clay; finishes that carry the temperature of the day rather than fight it. Each residence holds the calibration of a small luxury hospitality property, without the staging of one.

Orientation matters. Residences are sited to capture the morning shade, the late-afternoon sea breeze, and the temperature swing between day and shore-evening that sets how the body settles. Planting is set before mechanical cooling is added; the cool starts with the wind and the trees.