THE VALIDATION GATES
01
SITE IDENTIFICATION & INITIAL SCREENING
Identify plausible sites and test the basic relationship between landscape, access, tenure, utilities, neighbours, permitted use and commercial relevance.
EVIDENCE NEEDED TO ADVANCE
Credible site pathway
Initial owner or tenure verification
Preliminary access and utility review
No obvious fatal planning or environmental conflict
02
LAND FRAMEWORK & PRE-FEASIBILITY
Establish whether MIRAGE could lawfully and economically occupy the site for the intended duration and complete intended use.
EVIDENCE NEEDED TO ADVANCE
Viable ownership, lease, AOT or partnership pathway
Preliminary legal and planning review
Initial topographic, infrastructure and constraint assessment
Compatibility with the complete opening scope
03
PROFESSIONAL CONCEPT & STUDIES
Translate the vision into a coordinated site-specific programme and test architecture, operations, kitchen, access, acoustics, safety, water, wastewater and environmental requirements.
EVIDENCE NEEDED TO ADVANCE
Appointed relevant professionals
Coordinated preliminary design
Defined study and permission pathway
Initial professional cost framework
04
BUSINESS MODEL & CAPITAL PLAN
Test local demand, pricing, capacity, staffing, operating periods, revenue environments, costs, working capital and governance against the real site and scope.
EVIDENCE NEEDED TO ADVANCE
Evidence-led operating model
Site-specific capital requirement
Risk register and contingency approach
Credible funding and governance pathway
05
APPROVALS, FUNDING & PROCUREMENT
Align permissions, definitive scope, capital, professional responsibilities, suppliers and long-lead items before physical commitment.
EVIDENCE NEEDED TO ADVANCE
Required approvals or lawful pathway
Funded and governed delivery scope
Validated procurement plan
Clear responsibilities and controls
06
DELIVERY & PRE-OPENING
Complete site works, modular installation, equipment, recruitment, training, operating systems, partnerships and controlled testing.
EVIDENCE NEEDED TO ADVANCE
Safe and compliant physical readiness
Trained operating team
Tested systems and suppliers
Controlled opening plan
07
OPENING, OPTIMISATION & OPERATING PROOF
Launch carefully, observe real demand and operations, and improve the model with operating evidence.
EVIDENCE OF OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Demonstrated guest demand
Stable operating capability
Site and permission compatibility
Funding capacity
Clear operating evidence
STATUS IS NOT CLAIMED HERE
No gate on this page is described as completed. This page explains the sequence and the evidence each gate requires. Progress & Milestones alone records what has actually been verified.
CRITICAL DEPENDENCIES
These foundations sit beneath more than one gate. Until they are resolved with real evidence, design, cost, programme and commercial decisions all remain provisional.
01
SITE & TENURE
Shapes design, permissions, financeability and duration of investment.
02
WATER, POWER & WASTEWATER
Shape capacity, guest comfort, operations, the Oasis and accommodation.
03
PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT
Shape what may be built, operated, amplified, illuminated and restored.
04
LOCAL DEMAND & PRICING
Shape the offer, capacity, operating periods and commercial model.
05
TEAM & GOVERNANCE
Shape whether the project can move from founder-led vision to professional delivery.
06
CAPITAL & WORKING LIQUIDITY
Shape scope, procurement, resilience and the ability to open responsibly.
The complete MIRAGE proposition is intended to be delivered as one coherent opening scope, subject to site, legal, technical, environmental and financial validation. It is distinct from the development gates above, which describe sequential decisions and validations.
THE COMPLETE OPENING SCOPE
OPENING SCOPE
One Complete Destination
INCLUDES
Food & Beverage
The Oasis
Eco Lodge
Wellbeing
Social Club
Music & Culture
Private Events & Retreats
Guest Infrastructure
Staff Infrastructure
Technical Infrastructure
PURPOSE
Open one coherent destination in which food, landscape, wellbeing, play, culture, music and a limited premium Eco Lodge belong to a single guest journey. Final configuration and delivery remain subject to site, technical, regulatory, environmental and financial validation.
07 — KNOWN UNKNOWNS
Making unknowns visible prevents preliminary ideas from becoming accidental promises.
01 — Final site and land framework
02 — Planning and operating permissions
03 — Utilities, water, wastewater and infrastructure cost
04 — Capital requirement and operating economics
05 — Final professional team, governance and funding structure
EXPLORE THE PROJECT — SCROLL
01
Concept & Positioning
The category, guest proposition and relationship between MIRAGE’s experiences.
02
Why Taghazout
The place, audiences, demand context and seasonal logic shaping MIRAGE.
03
Site Strategy
The qualities, infrastructure and validation criteria required of the future site.
04
Architecture & Design
How light structures, serious operations and landscape may form a coherent system.
05
Development Roadmap
The gates, dependencies and decisions that lead from concept to opening.
06
Founder
The perspective, relevant background and role of the person developing MIRAGE.