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s the summer heat intensifies in the UAE, Landscape heads to Europe, Lebanon and Montenegro to bring you a selection of the most intriguing landscape architecture and urban planning projects that have caught out eye over the past month. From a costal retreat on the Lebanese southern coastline, page 44 to an exclusive green residence undercover in Montenegro, page 56 and an urban regeneration river project in the outer lying areas of Beirut, page 22.

Back in May, Geoff Sanderson owner of Smart Landscapes attended Abu Dhabi’s first ever landscape summit for us and he reports back on Estidama’s guidelines for producing greener cities whilst maintaining (Abu Dhabi’s) cultural identity.

Never before has this been so important with the immersion of so many innovation buildings in the UAE and with Ramadan just around the corner it’s the perfect time to reflect on our cultural identity and although we are blessed with visionaries we must be mindful of the past and as Geoff points out never lose our cultural heritage. See page 10.

Enjoy the issue and have a peaceful Ramadan!

John Hampton

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Contents July 2013- Issue 73

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How to produce smart landscape

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Turning an Urban Garbage into an Urban Park

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Al Mafraq Dialysis Center... a regionally suited landscape design

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A serious new chapter in Dutch Design�.

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Blue Stream part of Grand Mosque Landscape Beautification

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A Coastal Retreat

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Interview with the Principal of Klingmann Architects + Brand Consultants

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Touristic Economy

The value of urban regeneration

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Fountains

Aerators

Circulators

Moisture Sensing Central-Satellite Control Systems

Moisture Sensing Solar Controllers

Micro-Irrigation & Light Powered Control Products

VALVE & FILTER

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News & Events Upcoming luxury residential homes to overlook two stunning courses designed by golfing legend Greg Norman

Jumeirah Golf Estates expects handover of 160 Whispering Pines villas to commence in Q4 2013

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umeirah Golf Estates (JGE) has announced that its first set of villas under the luxury residential golf community located along the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road in Dubai are expected to be handed over in the fourth quarter of 2013. Comprising 160 villas, the first batch is part of Whispering Pines, a collection of three- and four-bedroom homes overlooking the Fire and Earth courses designed by golfing legend Greg Norman.

The Earth Course has the distinction of being the venue for the DP World and Race to Dubai Championships since the last four years. The latter is the season-ending tournament on the PGA European Tour, which was attended by more than 58,000 spectators last year.

“All the communities at JGE are surreal, you have to see it to believe it. The Mediterraneanthemed villas in the one–of-a-kind Whispering Pines community come ready with landscaped gardens, swimming pools and a garage. The community is surrounded with lush green landscaping and water features, establishing Whispering Pines as a true haven of peace and serenity. Inside, each home features premium quality kitchens and appliances, smart home solutions, and topof-the-line audio-video equipment”, said Muna Al Haddad, Commercial Director at Jumeirah Golf Estates.

Jumeirah Golf Estates also revealed that the handover of 99 villas from the Flame Tree Ridge community, a cluster of larger

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Muna Al Haddad Commercial Director, Jumeira Golf Estates

four- and five-bedroom homes, is expected to commence handover in the first quarter of 2014. JGE is also the Master Developer of villas in the Fireside community, a unique part of the development which gives homeowners the choice of 11 architectural styles and a variety of interior options, the world’s leading interior and furniture company, to create individually-designed plots.

“The Whispering Pines will offer a glimpse of what one of Dubai’s highly anticipated developments has to offer. Residents will be treated to spectacular views of courses designed by none other than Greg Norman himself. There are 12 more upcoming communities surrounded by world-class golf courses which will firmly establish Dubai as a golfing haven and JGE as one of the region’s most attractive sporting and leisure destinations. In a couple of months we expect to begin handover of Flame Tree Ridge to sustain the momentum of JGE’s rise to fame in luxury residential golfing,” said Yousif Kazim, General Manager, Jumeirah Golf Estates.

Jumeirah Golf Estates is located between Green Community and Dubai Sports City off the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road.

It is currently in Phase A of development and includes the 18-hole Fire and Earth courses each. The residential communities that are part of Fire include Orange Lake, Fireside, Sienna Lakes, Sienna Views, Juniper Way, Valencia Grove and Flame Tree Ridge, while Earth comprises Sanctuary Falls, Whispering Pines, Wildflower, Olive Point, Lime Tree Valley East and West and The Sundials communities.

The ongoing phase encompasses 375 hectares of the development’s total 1,119hectare land parcel, incorporating 13 planned residential communities of 1,050 villas.

Seventy-five per cent of all properties face the golf courses, with the rest facing lakes and nature strips. Owners of every villa will be provided with a golf cart which can be driven to the courses on customized roads.

A total of more than 3,000 workers currently are working on the entire project.

Yousif Kazim General Manager, Jumeira Golf Estates

JGE is the Master Developer for Phase A’s Fireside, Flame Tree Ridge and Whispering Pines communities which it offers as builtform residential properties. It offers plots in the Juniper Way and Wild flower districts as well. The other communities are being built

by JGE’s sub-developers such as CHI for Lime Tree Valley and TULIP for Olive Point and Sienna Lakes.

2013 Solar Project of the Year Hydroturf and Incon win the 2013 Solar Project of the Year.

Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance, oĸcially inaugurated the Middle East Electricity and Solar show in February 2013.

As part of this presƟgious exhibiƟon, outstanding achievements in the growth and development of the Middle East Energy industry were recognised.

“This is one of the most important projects by the Ministry of Public Works and is the Įrst of its kind where solar energy was used for street lighƟng,” says David Chambers, Director of Sales – EMEA, Trojan BaƩery Company .

Wadi Sidr is one of the most remote areas in the Fujairah province of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Its rocky and mountainous terrain has kept high capacity electric lines from reaching part of this region.

In August 2011, the government approved installaƟon of Solar street lighƟng on a 12 km area to improve safety.

In addiƟon to improving visibility at night, the project brought lighƟng to more than 800 homes. So an improvement in safety and in quality of life!

Incon was appointed the contractor and they worked with Trojan and Hydroturf as the supplier of the support baƩeries needed for this project.

404 stand alone photovoltaic polemounted street lights were installed.

Each street light in this project consisted of one 245W polycrystalline photovoltaic module, one 160W LED light, a charge controller and two Trojan deep-cycle 8D VRLA baƩeries.

Trojan baƩeries were chosen for this project due to their reputaƟon for high-quality and durability.

A superb combinaƟon of Trojan research and development into renewable energy baƩeries, Hydroturf’s established local baƩery support and Incon’s quality design and construcƟon made this the ‘2013 Solar Project of the Year’.

Mohammad Hashique with Colin Baxter, Managing Partner of HYDROTURF.

Andy Riddle, GM and Mohammad Hashique, Regional Sales Manager, HYDROTURF ENERGY receives the award for 2013 Solar Project of the Year.

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News & Events New model has just been launched, reinforcing the ts industrie multivegetation chippershredder range: the tiger

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or this occasion, TS Industrie will be unveiling one of their newest innovation. Born of an analysis of the European market over the last 12 months and fully responding to the expectations of our partner dealerships and their clients, the TIGER promises to become every landscaper and tree specialist’s best friend!

This new mobile multi-vegetation chippershredder, equipped with TS Industries patented Mixed Rotor, is multi-purpose, compact, light and displays high performance chipping and shredding all types of branches and green waste of up to 5 1⁄2” (14 cm) in diameter. Whatever the choice of engine

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TS Industrie, one of the European mobile wood chipper and chipper-shredder market leaders will be participating at the Saltex show on 3rd, 4th and 15th of September at Royal Windsor Racecourse in England. type, ER petrol version (Kohler 25 hp) or DR diesel version (Kubota 25 hp), your TIGER falls into the “light goods“ category weighing in at less than 750kg. This undisputed advantage means that any LGV licence holder can tow it.

The TIGERS large and low loading hopper features a 16” (40 cm) wide conveyor feeder as standard, equipped with teeth

to assist the transport of green waste: the overall design increases output (up to 17 m3/h) while reducing work strain.

An ideal companion for small teams and medium size clearance sites, the TIGER transforms branches and green waste into “Eco mixed Chips”: a mixture of stripped wood and green fibres suitable for mulching and composting.

or the first water park of its kind for BIG4 in Victoria, the company took all steps to ensure that its new zerodepth multi-level aquatic play area scored all the points in bringing even more fun to family holidays, providing the perfect place to cool off over the lovely long, hot Swan Hill summers.

BIG4 invested in a brilliant Crystal Blue PolySoft surface to complement the multicoloured play equipment, consisting of three waterslides, an 8.5 metre super splash tipping bucket, spray cannons and interactive ground sprays, to keep kids entertained for hours on end. The appearance of the colourful polyolefin particle-based PolySoft surface at BIG4 Swan Hill Caravan Park follows the successful PolySoft surface installation and positive reception from guests and management at another BIG4 holiday park, North Star Holiday Resort in Hastings Point, NSW. According to Heath McCurdy, owner of Swan Hill BIG4, when planning the playground, they had none other than PolySoft’s independently tested and accredited surfacing product in mind for a seamless soft fall surface to keep everyone safe and injury-free. As part of the goal to attract a greater number of visitors to the park, especially families, safety considerations for children were paramount.

PolySoft’s versatile qualities for wet areas,

PolySoft makes a splash at Swan Hill PolySoft has partnered with BIG4 Holiday Parks, one of the leading names in Australian holiday parks with 180 parks nationwide, to provide the innovative safety surface for a brand new $800,000 aquatic playground in its caravan park located in the scenic town of Swan Hill, Victoria, along the banks of the Murray River. its durability and excellent safety standing, as well as its attractive appearance, were key factors cementing it as the surface of choice in the installation at Swan Hill, performed by the experienced team at RubberTough Industries (please see our website for contact details), a certified PolySoft installer contracted to lay the surface. PolySoft is hygienic and non-toxic, possessing a high non-slip and impact attenuation rating, as well as anti-fungal and heat-reducing

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properties, enabling safer barefoot play for visitors to the water park under the hottest conditions. The pigments in PolySoft are also specially designed to resist the effects of UV radiation and chlorine, ensuring a bright long-lasting look, requiring a low level of maintenance.

For more information about PolySoft surfacing, please call our friendly team on 1300 308 037 or 02 96210 7231.

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News & Events In response to Asia’s emerging markets and a growing client base, EDSA, an internationally renowned, full-service planning, landscape architecture and urban design firm, has expanded its footprint by opening an office in the heart of Shanghai.

Double Moons Bay EDSA Announces Establishment of Asia Office in Shanghai, China Huizhou, Guangdong, China

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ith direct access to China and many prime destinations throughout the region, this strategically located office provides for greater client interface and immediate access to EDSA’s wealth of experience. Most importantly, this expansion will improve EDSA’s service to existing clients by facilitating communication and providing design expertise. As an added benefit, the well-positioned office is poised to maintain close representation during the construction phase in an effort to preserve the design

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integrity of our client’s projects.

EDSA entered the Asia-Pacific market in 2000 “China is an important market for and the sheer scale of projects and potential advanced, energetic beachfront community incorporates continuedThe growth for EDSA and we have in China prompted the firm to formunique a joint living, leisu natural The 78.2-hectare Spanish-style deve embracedentertainment the opportunity toand practice in thisexploration. venture – EDSAOrient, in Beijing.

Since culturally-enriched region.

Our success is center, then, the Chinese economy has sales continued to commer 5-star hotel, a dynamic town yacht club, marina, center, a testament to the dedication, flexibility and boomproducts presenting an need forranging EDSA’s from beac residential.

A variety of residential areadded provided diversity canal-side of our staff,” explains Douglas expansion.and “China’s rapid development multi stories to apartments oceanview condos.pace A beach prom C. Smith, EDSA President. “Our vision and speed at which projects are moving from to provide opportunities for the public to access and enjoy the beautiful 5 ki is to capitalize on EDSA’s worldwide the design phase to implementation supports Electrical carts are promoted as the main transportation tool within the com experience and expand our presence the need to have people on the ground friendly paths, courtyards and gardens are niched throughout the neighborh throughout Asia by developing an EDSA capable of designing aesthetically appealing, park has been restored along the inner bay sidesite of the encouraging t branded studio to augment our U.S. based culturally-enriched plansproperty, and offering of a successful andcontinues sustainable comm efforts inimportance the region.” of nature in the stewardship on-site project management”,

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EDSA provided the conceptual master plan for the whole site and has finished construction administration services for Phase I (14.4 hectares) and is currently

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Smith. The Shanghai office provides for improved international communications – allowing design work to be undertaken in either the United States or in China with a consistency in skill set, talent, expertise and quality control.

EDSA’s portfolio includes more than 150 projects in Asia ranging in scale and scope from resort destinations, and residential communities to public waterfronts, community ‘green space’ parks, themed attractions and urban mixed-use, entertainment districts.

Among the more than 40 distinct, cuttingedge projects currently underway in China alone are the world-renowned Mission Hills Haikou Hot Springs and Spa; the deluxe beachfront community of Double Moons Bay; the commercial, residential and entertainment district of Clearwater Beachfront & Marina; the world-class hospitality and residential destination of Zhongtie International Eco-city; the unique, revolutionary international tourist attraction of Lingshui Water Town and the eco-friendly Dalian Wolong Bay International Business Center.

EDSA’s team leadership for the Shanghai office includes Mr. B. Scott LaMont – Principal & General Manager, Mr. Greggory R. Sutton – Principal & Director, and Mr. Courtney J. Moore – Vice President and Vice General Manager, bringing more than 40 years of combined experience to this initiative. EDSA Principals LaMont and Sutton have been committed to practicing in Asia for many years, yielding a unique understanding of their clients’ business goals and objectives as well as the cultural, environmental and social needs of the people, their traditions and customs, affording EDSA the knowledge and resources to

successfully expand and execute a client’s vision. Additionally, Vice President Moore’s global hospitality, residential and urban design project expertise has taught him how to successfully build a team and manage, design and construct word-class projects in foreign markets.

“Asia is a very dynamic entrepreneurial environment,” states Scott Lamont, EDSA Principal. “Our strategy is to grow the office into a full-service design and construction administration studio grounded in EDSA’s culture and more than 50 years of worldwide experience. The Shanghai Studio brings U.S. leadership and an internationally trained staff providing the best in design and planning expertise to our local clients.”

“Asia is growing faster than any other region in the world and has become an economic and industrial powerhouse. We have seen improvements in infrastructure and strong capital investments throughout the region which continues to create new development opportunities for our clients. It’s a market where EDSA’s expertise in planning and design can have a positive impact on the well-being of people and the places where they live, work and play”, concludes LaMont.

With more than five decades of experience and hundreds of completed projects on six continents, EDSA has been improving the way the world looks, one project at a time, with integrity, inspiration and professionalism.

For more information, please visit the EDSA virtual home at www.edsaplan.com or contact Jim Lee, Quinn & Co., at +1 (786) 465-2840 or jlee@quinnandco.com.

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How to Produce Smart Landscapes

Abu Dhabi held their landscape summit in May this year.

By: Geoffrey Sanderson: Principal Director, GCLA International

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bu Dhabi’s Urban Planning Council has set guidelines and regulations that encourage a clear identity for urban centres drawing from their cultural heritage. ESTIDAMA is used to supply the functional and cultural rules for the continuing development of Abu Dhabi, however there are contentious functional and aesthetic issues and a misunderstanding of how to represent cultural heritage in a contemporary mode. Functional issues are easier to deal with than cultural ones. The interpretation of cultural heritage seems to manifest itself in built form.

The Roots of our landscape art; formality, plants under control...... no longer resemble their natural character. Moghul influence over nature, a philosophy spread far and wide even shaping Renaissance Europe.

In geopolitical terms it would be difficult to connect the urban, rural and nomadic people of the UAE with an architectural history if it were not for Islam. The fact that the religion adopted architectural and landscape forms reminiscent of a perception of paradise is really the only definite design based cultural

roots. Moors, Moguls and Ottomans created very fine examples of these roots and to this day they underscore the concept of urban landscape. The life of the fishermen, the pearl divers and traders, the farmers and the Bedouin all contributed to utilitarian forms and patterns that add to the cultural heritage.

The life of the desert, the sea and the oases added still more giving the landscape industry a rich character to choose from.

It is however, the so called Islamic Garden that still has the biggest influence on the landscape industry, defining patterns, selection of plants and the stewardship of public realm landscape.

Instead of paradise gardens being contained within the wall of a palace, the concept now extends over an entire city, far beyond realistic and sustainable resources.

Moghul garden

Oasis Bedouin tent

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Therein lies a conflict as the paradise garden was also about an abundance of water.

Interesting that attempts to create such gardens where water was a problem, such as Fatehpur Sikri in Uttar Pradesh, failed and the city was abandoned.

Abu Dhabi and Dubai, infact, all cities in this region have serious issues with water availability. Using fossil fuels to provide irrigation water, even as treated effluent, cannot continue indefinitely as the region expands and the returns on exported fuels exceeds the benefit of fuelling water desalination and sewage treatment plants.

Alternative energy forms may not be able to sustain even the present level of water production let alone attend to the needs of food security.

ESTIDAMA is very clear about water conservation and has challenged us all to change our habits and take sustainability seriously, and not just to treat sustainability as a cliché. The future landscape character that respects ESTIDAMA regulations needs to be better understood rather than contested.

Islamic landscape patterns and forms can still be a part of the contemporary form of cities. What needs to change is the plants we use, management of soils, delivery of water and the way we maintain landscapes. The public realm character should be reshaped by a combination of an improved understanding of these functional matters in partnership with a better understanding of cultural heritage.

Public realm status quo derives mostly from interpretations of cultural traditions by designers who are not locals and who have a cursory understanding of the region’s cultural heritage. Most manifestations of design are either a stereotype or at a grand scale. The grand scale is represented by buildings appreciated best at a distance, some of which are very fine and provide excellent contemporary understanding of cultural heritage. Similarly some bridge balustrades, central median barriers, underpass murals and occasional art works. All are essential aspects of a city but they don’t derive from the community, they are provided for the community, which is quite different from the community feeling part of the city. How then can the community contribute to urban character? What opportunity is there for public art? Where are the minutiae shaped by the community?

Despite the very fine exceptions such as the great gifts like the Grand Mosque and by some major infrastructure, competing commercial

buildings define the region’s cities. The community has no role to play in the public realm. Galleries are full of excellent work by local artists but their efforts are rarely seen as part of daily life. Modern streets comprise bland building entries, commercial icons, functional pavements, fittings and furnishing; so far, any sense of place is missing.

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will be enriched by the population as the evolution continues. How the cities evolve and how closely they keeps a sense of place depends as much on the landscape industry as it does on the other design and management professions and the municipalities.

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Great cities need to have personality derived from the grand projects and from its community; from subtle details and often from trivia that collectively define a city. The strength of local identity has much to do with self esteem and the recognition that their culture is as good as other major societies around the world. However, self esteem is lowered by the predominance of global influences shaping the city.

Through history, merchants dressed their buildings to appeal to the wider community, religious buildings had entrances crafted by artisans and traders displayed their wares enticingly.

Poetry, music, dance, calligraphy and food are all part of life and need to be a celebrated part of the public realm.

So where is the “rich global heritage”? I have no doubt that while the cities of the UAE are still very young, over time they

Managing water is a significant responsibility for the landscape industry. Respecting the culture is equally significant; bringing the two together requires an open mind, one that is prepared to work with ESTIDAMA, and learn from the much needed changes it introduces.

While the cultural roots of the region’s landscape are, on the one hand, the paradise garden and on the other hand the vastness of nature, it is timely that we bring the two together in a urban context.

We are locked into a mindset that resists change. That mindset includes a familiarity with a limited selection of plants introduced mainly from South Asia, along with a comfortable understanding of their maintenance and application of abundant water,. Plants are shaped, garden beds neatly swept and green waste disposed of wherever it can be out of sight.

So often well intentioned landscape designs that contest this embedded phenomena come unstuck as the maintenance team sets about trimming and cutting, raking up mulch and

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c u lt u r a l h e r i ta g e generally undoing the design intent. Just who is the designer? Arabian Ranches is an example of this, familiar to many.

Science has a vital role to play; science will provide evidence of the correct amount of water to supply plants; the water needed to reach field capacity and no more and the period that elapses before more water is needed.

Science will also tell us of the importance of biodiversity and explain why plants need to flower and set seed and why leaf litter is an essential part of animal/bird habitats (yes there are other species beside man).

Leucophyllum frutescens in full flower.

and water management. This intellectual growth enables us to open our minds to new methods of irrigation water delivery, methods of soil building, use of locally occurring (native) plant species as direct replacements for the familiar sub tropical species. We baulk at the concept of shaping plants, cutting off flowers, removing Date fruit before it ripens (because it makes a mess). We begin to realise that leaf litter is essential to plant growth and there is a huge shortfall in food security so why throw away fruit that is such an important part of UAE culture.

Irrigation research

Leucophylum fruiticosum Bumble bee pollinating Calotropis procera

Irrigation research

Soil Science is well documented concerning the need to build soil using leaf litter and composted green waste. The city dump is no place for such a resource in a desert environment where organic content of soil is almost negligible.

THE SCIENCE OF IT ALL Science and arts come together to teach us about the harmony of cultural traditions and the science of soil building, biodiversity Soil research

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Plant selection based on greater use of local species needs science to develop cultivars that have attractive foliage and longer flowering periods as well as better root architecture and are more able to cope with extreme environments.

There are plants thriving under desert conditions that would be well able to replace the ubiquitous Petunias and Marigolds. The original paradise gardens displayed only locally occurring species so it is not out of character to do the same in the UAE.

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A realistic knowledge of tree roots and a proper understanding of how water is stored in the soil and utilised by plants are two more essential aspects of our work. Traditions and half knowledge, assumptions and dogma have no place in the landscape industry regulated

by ESTIDAMA. We have a long way to go to realise a truly smart landscape.

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Petunias, Zinnias, Marigolds are part of the global landscape they are not related to the region’s cultural heritage. These plants have been cultivated and hybridised using the same science that can be applied to hundreds of local species.

Native vegetation

New technology is already in use to ensure trees grow well without disturbing pavements and without conflicting with underground utilities.

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to vary utility locations can all contribute to better accommodation of trees that can have some impact on the public realm.

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public art

ATERPE by Juanjo Novella - Artxanda Balcony - Bilbao and an small reply was installed during 4 month at GUGGENHEIM BILBAO MUSEUM. - 2006 - steel - 12 tons, 6 X 6 X 3 meters - Budget: 139.200,00€ Client: Basque Goverment President Office.

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Within a program of historical memory, we developed this project called “safe haven”.

It should address the issue of civil war and my proposal chose to use a tone that extol human values in ​​ a contemporary optics, avoiding war epic imagery. Today this sculpture is one of the most important icons of Bilbao and the Basque Country. Each year receives homage and pilgrimage and is one of the most important “have to see” of tourism.

A scale replica was placed in mirrow position by the GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO and was exhibited for four months, among which were the summer season, allowing for a global reach.

By Juanjo Novella

an anyone imagine a city devoid of Art? And I do not mean artistic elements adorning the streets but the city itself devoid of the optics of Art. A city without perspective or artistic dimension would be nothing but mere human warehouses, where the comings and goings of its inhabitants would put in evidence of only alienation and spiritual death of our species. The real art in a city is created through its layout, its

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Concept idea (not performed), with natural elements, sieves light and generating shadows.

Concept idea (not performed), with natural elements, sieves light and generating shadows.

“PAMPOL” by Juanjo Novella - Sant Llorenç D ́Hortons Gateway (walkway) BARCELONA Artwork Was first prize award. 2006 - Steel - 7,8 X 10 X 3,5 meters Budget: 154.200,00€ Client: Municipality In the setting access, of Sant Llorenç , a beautiful town of Barcelona, ​​this large piece was installed, which allows stunning views of the valley of the Penedès. Pampol takes advantage the magnificent light of the Mediterranean to offer a wonderful and ever- changing play of light and shadows.

The sculpture was installed in the walk and citizenship has been taken as a meeting point and today is a real square for the city, and Pampol, its most significant icon.

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public art Concept idea (not done) with Arabic texts.

Concept idea (not done) with Arabic texts.

architecture, its urban furniture; all this combined with pieces of public art create a city’s landmarks and milestones.

Idea, concept (not done), to creating a habitat in open space.

ARCO” and “LA ROSA” by Juanjo Novella - Veredillas Park, Torrejón de Ardoz - MADRID 2008 - Steel and Painted steel- 20 X 10 X 6 meters and 6 X 4 X 7 meters.

Budget: 420.000 and 180.000 Euros = 600.000,00€ Client: Municipality This is an urban intervention project conducted with two sculptures and corrective measures in one of the parks. A large park was crossed by an avenue with the result that one of the parks, the smaller with a more occlusive design, looks like an unkind place where people did not dare to enter. The performance consists of a large arch linking the two spaces and the placement of a sculpture in the small park, also removal of visual barriers and remodeling of the park, have made possible the ennoblement of a central area of the city, now entirely won over to the city and with an artistic performance that is one of the most important icons of the city.

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The Art and Architecture of a city walk together in tandem in this sublime work of humanity that is to build cities. Cities that are an extension of our body, they are the suit of a social body, the armor and protection of a people. Art in public spaces away from ornamental and decorative function is to ensure health and energy in the community. Public Art is a very powerful tool in raising awareness and stimulating the senses within the public realm. Man depends on his environment and establishes a transcendental and spiritual relationship with it, to the extent that it creates its own scenario and the need to act on it. Human

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“Gurasoeen Etxea” SESTAO – Bilbao.

2009- Steel, 14 tons , 6 X 10 X 3 meters – Budget 149.000,00€ Client: Basque Goverment President Office and Municipality At the beginning of a promenade, serves as a link between open space of waterfront and urban grid.

beings crave the stage for the expression of all dimensions of their being.

Having overcome through time, the needs of a sculpture purely filled of historical references and within a contemporary landscape as open and global, public sculpture needs to connect in a special way with the location in all its magnitude and the international artistic discussion, failure to do so, wasted efforts, synergies and resources that the city today claims to itself and on the other

“CORAL” Santoña, Santander, SPAIN- 2007Steel, 4 tons , 7,5 X 2 X 2 meters – Budget 80.000,00€ Client: Municipality It is a piece which uses its visual presence in the site as back bone emerged after convert two car streets for pedestrian in the old town.

That street area now, plays as a square.

hand distorts the meaning and the reading of a consistent, quality urban planning.

Public sculpture works in generating and projecting prestige of our cities, as a major engine of self-esteem in people. They are Art assets and significant elements proposing itineraries and representing milestones in urban planning. Among its benefits, sculpture also has palliative and corrective resources when used to create order in a degraded urban space or poorly conceived. It also mitigates negative impacts…

When considering the display of Public Art, proposals should be closest to the people, history and customs, and especially the place, not just as if it were the mere placement of a flower vase , it requires integration and adaptation in its maximum expression. Even more, public sculpture should grow from the place itself. Projects must be as committed to the place so that one should not be

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understood without the other’s presence.

Our habitats must be recognized in its monuments, icons and signals of identity, these are references for which the world’s citizens recognize cities.

Beauty, harmony, serenity, excitement, prestige, stimulation, highlight, to remark, emphasize, etc.., Are qualities to pursue and find in each public art project, which is why each project should be understood as a source of essences, an open artwork with multiple simultaneous readings and be able to walk in the history of the city without complex. Put another way, must be able to grow old with nobility.

Art in public spaces stimulates and

generates health in the person and to the space gives a kind of “mind”, it makes it intelligent. It dignifies our environment and human testimony is evident, necessary footprint, briefly, humanizes our habitat.

How to understand public sculpture without the presence of its main interlocutor, the citizen?. In these proposals, at least in mine, the citizen is not a taxable person or a mere spectator, but rather it is a key player to understand the whole work and to activate it to “turn it on”. People can live sculptures and can observe the environment in a very special way, always different. In those artworks people find endearing shelter and a way to participate in the city from the excitement.

Art helps us feel the personality and character of our cities and to be perceived by the people who experience it. It allows us to efficiently and essentially project an image of our city. It is one of the most efficient ways to create branding. With these projects, we construct to ourselves, we grow. But the most important is the enjoyment that it brings every day in our present and results in a richer life that is enjoyable and fulfilling.

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Rehabilitation Program for Fawar Antelias River:

Turning an Urban Garbage into an Urban Park

By Yasmina Nublat, MA

Background and Context:

Antelias is a town in the suburbs of Beirut traversed

by Fawar Antelias River. The town holds a rich archeological, historical, cultural and geological background that goes back to the years 35’000 before our era but Fawar Antelias River lost its cultural and ecological identity over the years.

Due to many driving forces such as population growth heavy sprawling urbanization with lack of planning policy control, the river water quality and the ecosystem got contaminated. In fact, Fawar Antelias River had been severely infested by pollutant agents mainly due to direct sewage and chemical discharges in the River, putting pressure on water quality, aquatic habitat, fauna and flora but also on the aesthetic properties of the riverside.

Fawar Antelias River was ranked as the second most polluted river in Lebanon with damaging impacts on the watershed, springs and ground water.

Interviews with experts from the Lebanese Ministry of Environment (MOE) confirmed the urgent need of a rehabilitation program.

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Interior & Landscape Architect

Project Brief:

The rehabilitation project proposed is a practical and executable solution merging two main interventions: the mechanical rehabilitation of the river and the Landscape Design approach to create a River Park. The interventions planned for Fawar Antelias are to transform the abandoned “urban sewage” into a green attractive corridor and a dynamic public park along the river that will flow from its source in Fawar to the discharge point in the Mediterranean as clean as possible, respectful of the ecosystem and biodiversity.

The rehabilitation of Fawar Antelias River will benefit the city and the country by enhancing its ecological and aesthetical values, by developing a green corridor aiming to re-introduce the lost microclimate and ecosystem in the heart of the city, with riparian vegetation for natural healing and associated ecological diversity.

Riparian vegetation is essential to the aquatic environment because it provides food and shelter to a specific biodiversity and it is also important to prevent pollutants to enter the

river and affect the aquatic ecosystem.

The River Park will revive the heritage of the city by offering different cultural, social, economical, recreational, touristic attractions and at last, beautify visuals of the river. The main intention is to raise public awareness and government authorities on the importance of keeping urban rivers clean with the creation of educational panels along the river walk.

Rehabilitation Program:

The rehabilitation program proposes to clean the river mechanically by diverting the sewage discharges to a Waste Water Treatment Plant and by removing manually algae and solid pollution from the River in the objectives to reach a higher quality of water and a cleaner discharge in the Sea. This approach is the only effective system for the rehabilitation to be beneficial, although the surrounding urban context sets many constraints on the landuse and pollution. For the program to be optimal, the work does not stop at the river only. It has to envelop the whole river basin as the urban watershed comes from

upstream flows: River Basin Management.

By applying laws and regulations for the River and concentrate the rehabilitation and landscape design on the River, the overall river catchment is being under rigorous control and therefore, the rehabilitation program proposed in the following report can be efficient. The upstream will benefit from a legal rehabilitation program while the downstream will subsist a mechanical and manual rehabilitation intervention.

It is a necessity to recreate the long lost ecosystem and unique biodiversity, while providing public spaces and attraction for the residents and tourists.

Design Program:

By combining the rehabilitation methods with a Landscape design approach, the ending result will advise the creation of a “Green Corridor” all along the river, acting on the ecological, social, recreational and touristic aspects, beautify visuals and propose cultural movements for the citizens. It also has a great potential to host cultural and artistic movements or events all year long, transporting the silent river to the dynamic city.

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Concept:

Before 1960, Fawar Antelias was an important river that served as a source of irrigation for Antelias’ agricultural plots: The River gave life to nature. From 1960 until today, the river suffered from the engine of urban sprawl and was left behind the development, letting it become a polluted water course, losing its original identity to industrialization and infrastructure, transforming it into an “urban sewage”.

The concept of the design approach is

therefore based on the idea that the river is dead; it has lost its identity. This image is related to its actual environmental conditions, its physical separation of the city without any purpose or identity. The dead tree trunk also reflects deforestation of the region.

As trees are symbols of life, now it’s time for Nature to bring back the River to life.

Therefore, the design project aims to bring the river back to life, give it an identity and a role in the developing city and merging the existing green plots of the area and

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create one massive green patch.

With this concept, the design features can be pushed to a deeper level while it is possible to apply the design lines on typical tree bark lines, made in geometric shapes and creating plans and elevation lines while also using wood as a primary material.

The main element of the River Park is the dynamic walk/bike track, naturally based on this approach. Then, worked on plan and elevation, the walk/bike track will create different experiences with different levels: over or at the level of the river.

River Walk opening to the Park, Wood Pier and Sculpture Garden

Mass Plan of the River Park

River Park Program:

• Children playgrounds • Coffee shops and restaurants • Cultural and exhibition center • Green shaded areas and relaxing refreshing spaces • River walk with picnic areas, sculpture Garden and Citrus community garden • Community agricultural garden with nursery shop and tool house • Antelias City Square • Sunday Market • Walking/biking track educational panels track

• Natural forest preserved with vitae track and fishing pond

Conclusion:

While worldwide increasing water demands and overall stress on resources, river conservation and prevention need to be recognized as the most important action.

Paying for access to water supply invokes rights to specific quantities and quality of water. Today’s “societal expectations” call for better ecological integrity of water bodies for ecological, health and recreational purposes. It is becoming a must to allow

natural resources to process their selfpurification engines and provide all the residents, from children to the elderly, a safe water quality and natural relaxing space to spend quality time and “get away “from the busy life style.

The concept of “making space for the River” should be made fundamental for riparian interest and protection of water ecosystem. By encouraging the society to embrace a green futuristic vision, Lebanon can promise longterm benefits from the rehabilitated river and its environment.

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Natural Reserve and fishing pond The case of Fawar Antelias is focusing on improving capacity of the river for the future as an Assisted Natural Recovery Program.

While it is simply not possible to go back to the original state of the river (quality of water and ecosystem), the aim of the rehabilitation of Fawar Antelias River is to get as close as possible to a good ecological state.

Wood Pier structural details and sustainable material selection

The Rehabilitation program and landscape approach for Fawar Antelias River could be used as a pilot project for Lebanese rivers. In 2013, it is unacceptable to see all Lebanese water resources highly polluted having dramatic impacts on public health. Changes need to be done.

Exploded Mass Plan showing the existing river within the city, the existing green plots and the intervention area

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Project Description Project name: Rehabilitation of Fawar Antelias River Location: Antelias, Lebanon Area: 5.8 linear hectares River Length: 1.82 km Topography: from 0 to 50 meters above sea level Completed dated: February 2013 Project Context: Academic Thesis Project for Master in Landscape Architecture at ALBA, Lebanon Proposal For: Antelias Municipality and Development Companies Contact: Yasmina Nublat email: nj.yasmina@gmail.com

Urban Agricultural Plots offering residents the opportunity to grow their own food and plants in rentable parcels

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heAl Mafraq Dialysis Centre has been a successful collaboration between the Stantec interdisciplinary design team and the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA). The result is a patient centric, contemporary and state of the art facility with an exterior environment that incorporates the sustainable landscape design values of the Abu Dhabi 2030 plan and Estidama.

Shaded seating and entrance

The design of the project executed by a collaborative team of landscape architects, architects and engineers allowed for a cohesive and fluid design process from concept to construction completion in 2012. This medical facility which is operated and managed by SEHA will serve a critical dialysis need for the Middle Region of Abu Dhabi.

The site provided an opportunity to connect the landscape design within the greater Al Mafraq Hospital campus allowing the landscape design language to complement the

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Erik Hokanson,

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Liam Farrell

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new Al Mafraq Hospital which is currently under construction. The Dialysis Center is part of an overall master plan designed by Stantec which embraces the Abu Dhabi 2030 plan and a vision for sustainable development incorporating the long term goals of SEHA and the Al Mafraq Hospital campus. An area of municipal land between the plot and the road was incorporated in the Dialysis Center site and landscaped to be integral with the overall project design. This was a move that was fully endorsed by the PRFD (ADM) in terms of integrating public and private landscapes together to make a better and more cohesive public environment.

Sustainability is evident in all aspects of the project landscape design with an emphases being placed on low water consumption and use of locally sourced materials and plants. The design team worked with the sustainable design principles defined by Estidama and Pearl rating system, although the project has not been submitted for certification at this time.

A wide range of sustainable design elements and practices were used for the exterior elements of the building and landscape, these included: • Relocation of mature trees, including native ghaf and sidr trees back into the project.

• Plant palette selection focusing on low water requiring plants and native/naturalized plants.

• Zero installation of conventional lawn grass.

• Specified water saving soil amendments save around 40% of annual irrigation needs.

• Wide use of gravel mulch in garden areas helps prevent soil erosion and impedes evaporation.

• High-albedo, light colored paving strategy employed to reduce the heat island effect.

• Shrub and groundcover planting directly next to the building to help lower the heat island effect.

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• Water feature with no jets or fountains – to minimize water loss

• Deep architectural overhangs and canopies provide shaded building access points and shaded outdoor waiting areas.

• Installing a smart irrigation system incorporating features such as a central control system, flow sensors, weather station.

• All architectural shade elements have been designed with high SRI value materials and finishes.

• Provided connection to the Abu Dhabi TSE network for irrigation water.

• Building orientation and placement of aluminum architectural sunshades incorporated to reduce solar heat gain.

• Internal roadway lighting with full light ‘cut off’ past 90°.

• “Barrier-free” access for disabled/mobility challenged people, zero level access points.

• The combination of both natural and architectural shading elements provide increased thermal comfort along pedestrian pathways connecting the parking areas to building entries.

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Florian Klein

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• Insulated aluminum cladding and insulated Low-E glazing used to reduce solar heat gain.

• No water is used for heat rejection in cooling towers.

• Solar water heaters hidden on the roof fulfill all of the Dialysis Center’s hot water needs.

• Building Management System utilized to control, monitor, and document building energy and water usage, to reduce overall consumption.

Landscape Design speaking the same language as the building architecture

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Two prominent horizontal volumes define the building architecture and the Dialysis treatment pods within. The landscape design embraced the architectural language and made use of equally compelling volumetric forms that emanate from the architecture.

The result is a strong interplay between the horizontal movement of architecture, interiors and landscape, through paving

Shaded pathway

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bands, massed planting and raised landscape elements (stone filled gabions).

which provide planting and water elements directly to the façade of the building.

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Implementing sustainable landscape design The relocation of around 15 mature trees, including the iconic Ghaf, Sidr and Date Palm, were moved from the construction site and ultimately planted back into the project.

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by SEHA from the projects beginning. These mature trees were relocated to a temporary nursery area directly adjacent to the project and then relocated back to the project as part of the new landscape design.

The primary plant palette was carefully chosen in terms of water use and survivability for the region. A selection of locally occurring species were used (Leptadenia

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pyrotechnica, Lycium shawii, Calotropis procera, Dodonea viscosa, Adenium obesum, Pennisetum setaceum) as well as a wide range of naturalized and low water requiring plants (Atriplex nummuleria, Atriplex halimus, Leucophyllum frutescens, Carissa grandiflora, Pennisetum rubrum, Nerium oleander) and a range of low water requiring succulents and groundcovers (Optunia microdasys, Agave marginata, Euphorbia milii, Sanserveria trifasciata, Yuccaspp,Lantanacamara,Rosmarinusofficinalis, Alernanthera variegata, Drosanthemum hispidum, Lampranthus aurantiacus, Portulaca affra) Lawn grass was not used at all to further reduce water demand and maintenance costs. Gravel mulch was used extensively throughout all aspects of the landscape to provide relief from the planting, provide opportunity for direct storm water infiltration and to reduce irrigation water use. Stone filled gabion baskets were used as a decorative landscape element as well as a retaining element, designed to complement

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Client: Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA)

Primary Consultant: Stantec Consulting Ltd. Services Provided: Master planning, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Interior Design, MEP Engineering, Structural Engineering, Infrastructure engineering, and Construction Supervision.

Stantec Design Team

Erik Hokanson, AIA – Principal in Charge Liam Farrell – Lead Landscape Design Architect Serkan Akyuz – Landscape Designer

Florian Klein – Site Landscape Architect

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the exterior façade aluminium sun screens.

Water saving soil amendments were used as part of the soil mix, as well as a smart irrigation system which includes a central irrigation control system, weather sensors, shut off valves, flow sensors and ET station - all which combine to help save irrigation water.

Light colored stone and concrete paving was used to help reduce the overall heat island effect. Locally sourced gravel mulch was used extensively in the landscaped areas as a design feature to help create the natural and geometric patterns and to reduce the need to 100% coverage of planting.

Overall the Mafraq Dialysis Centre is a facility which incorporates contemporary architectural and landscape design principles, while keeping the needs of the patients and users in the fore front as well as providing good design practices which are in line with the Abu Dhabi 2030 plan for sustainable design.

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“The new ingenuity:

A serious new chapter in Dutch Design�.

Rietveld Landscape is a design and research office operating at the crossroads of architecture, science and art. The office is fascinated by city life and acquired an international reputation thanks to its unconventional ideas and interventions, which are often motivated by complex societal issues.

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ietveld Landscape developed the design approach of ‘strategic interventions’, which derives from the respective backgrounds of the partners: landscape architect Ronald Rietveld and philosopher/economist Erik Rietveld.

Besides them the design team consists of architect Arna Mackic and Atelier de Lyon.

Design research by varying multidisciplinary design teams consisting of scientists and other specialists leads to clear concepts, evocative visualizations, and radical novelty. A striking example of this is ‘Vacant NL’, the Dutch submission to the Architecture Biennale of Venice 2010, in which the potential of 10.000 governmentally-owned vacant buildings was shown and that now is central in the discussions concerning innovative re-use. Another example is the cut-through monument Bunker 599, which unorthodoxly questions the Dutch policies on monuments.

At the same time, it makes people look at their surroundings in a new way.

Rietveld Landscape has won several prestigious awards, including the Prix de Rome Architecture 2006 and the Rotterdam Design Prize 2011. The various juries emphasized ability of the office to cross and stretch disciplinary borders. The Rotterdam Design Prize characterized this approach as “The new ingenuity: A serious new chapter in Dutch Design”.

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Clients include the Ministry of Education, Culture & Science, the Netherlands’ Agency for Cultural Heritage, the City of Amsterdam, the Port of Rotterdam, House for Contemporary Art Z33 in Belgium, Project Office New Dutch Waterline, The Netherlands’ Architecture Institute (NAi), several provinces, Central Museum Utrecht and various international biennales of art and architecture.

Ronald and Erik Rietveld run their own Master’s program ‘Vacant NL’ at the renowned Gerrit Rietveld Art Academy/ Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam. The office is often invited for international lectures and symposiums or as curator/designer of exhibitions. The last couple of years it realized several location-specific installations that combined the qualities of local public space with an international vision and ambition. The work has been exhibited at the Kunsthal Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, the NAi, National Museum Oslo, the Dutch pavilion at the Venice Biennale, and in 2013 at the Istanbul Art Biennale.

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Fort Werk aan ‘t Spoel

Fort “Werk aan ‘t Spoel” is a national monument dating to1794. Part of the New Dutch Waterline - a military defense line making use of intentional flooding - it served to protect one of the inundation locks. The municipality of Culemborg and Foundation Werk aan ‘t Spoel would like to see the derelict fort become a public attraction. In its new function, the fort and a yet to be built fort house should be able to accommodate a wide variety of events and activities initiated by the inhabitants of Culemborg. Rietveld Landscape | Atelier de Lyon have translated these ambitions into a cohesive design in which the former inundation lock is referred to as well.

The design takes its inspiration from

the fort’s rich past without historicizing it. It can be understood as an enormous grass sculpture integrating both new and historical elements such as the bunkers, the bombproof buildings and an amphitheatre.

The project brings together several local and regional activities; as such, it forms an example of a new type of public domain and has the potential to become one of the most important attractions of the New Dutch Waterline.

Client: municipality of Culemborg Designers: Rietveld Landscape | Atelier de Lyon in collaboration with Anouk Vogel Architect Fort house: MONK Military historian: Douwe Koen Photographer: Rob ‘t Hart Location: Lek dike – Culemborg Status: completion Fall 2011

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Blue Stream Part of Grand Mosque Landscape Beautification

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he Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is known to be one of the world’s largest mosques. Adorned with 82 beautiful domes and 24 carat gold gilded chandeliers, it is known to accommodate up to 41,000 worshippers at once.

The architecture of the sight is spectacular with white marble walls, painted columns, and unique vitrals.

The scale of landscaping around the mosque is breath taking with reflective pools that illuminate both the white and gold colors shining in the sun as well as the phases of the moon at night. Hundreds of tourists flock to see and experience this magnificent structure every year.

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Mosque authorities for the development of urban landscaping of this grand spectacle.

Urban Design Projects

Blue Stream is the leading designer and manufacturer of street furniture and urban décor receptacles in the Middle East and South Asia. According to Managing Director, Mr. Suvarna Jeetendra, contemporary street spaces can be linked together to define and enrich community living. Thus reflecting the regions personality of embracing modern architecture with traditional influences.

“Most of our designs are project specific and we work meticulously with clients to conceptualize and develop a customized range of urban décor products for their projects. The final product material and structure is designed very much in

“The main focus was upgrading the existing urban furnishings around the mosque. They wanted to give the street scape a new feel and breathe new life into the environment considering the popularity the mosque was currently enjoying stood at 300 visitors a day. It is fast becoming one of the most visited monument sites in the UAE as well as a regular landmark in every tourist’s

conjunction to the layout of the street or area guaranteeing a perfect blend. The wide range of products offers each customer the exact kind of product that would match the ethos of their projects,” he explained.

Landscape Features

The scope of works included complete urban furniture design, fabrication, supply and installation of street furniture items.

Blue Stream has collaborated with the client closely to aesthetically design many elements that match the general layout of the mosque, focusing on bringing out the majestic and also serene and peaceful surroundings of the ambient environment.

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urban design finish involved lustrous polishing which corresponded with the existing rudiments of the mosque.

Furthermore the designs chosen also were architecturally similar or related to the design elements of the mosque.

There was a clear understanding between Blue Stream and the Grand Mosque management that the prestige and level of this project would be of one of the highest caliber in the world.

“Great lengths were taken to ensure that the final end product was not only extremely durable and of high quality but also had a fantastic finish and feel to it. The product was made from botticini marble and polished with a glossy finish as required. Also, the product has been offered with a strong warranty specification and provided with a special protective coating to ensure durability for the harsh conditions.

itinerary.” This had a lot to do with the management’s decision to upgrade the streetscapes and its capacity to contain all the visitors. Blue Stream worked very closely with the management with offering them renderings of their existing public space and how it would look along with the new street furniture layout.

Extensive Product Range

“The idea was to take actual images of the site and superimpose the suggested street furniture on to those images to give the client an actual idea of how the urban landscape would look when the new street furniture is bought in.

“There was a lot of collaborative work to finalize the finishing and the aesthetics of the street furniture so that the ambiance and the overall appeal of the mosque are mirrored in the implementation of the new street furniture.”

Project Specific

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Impressive Results

Being extremely pleased with the design and the overall effect on the urban landscape, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque are looking to collaborate further with Blue Stream in enchasing their public spaces and developing an actual vibrant feel to the external areas of the Grand Mosque project.

Blue Stream has worked with such iconic projects even in the past and continues to do so throughout the GCC and South Asia region. Close understanding of clients and their requirements especially on such wellreputed projects is a must and Blue Stream has successfully shown that it can collaborate on the highest level in terms of design, development, manufacturing, supply and eventual implementation of street design projects.

The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is another feather on the cap, which shows that Blue Stream has the capacity to work with all kinds of world-class projects to deliver truly breath taking public space designs.

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visitors to a contemplative walk or a refreshing swim in the sea.

The organic aspects of this project grew from the dedication to make it as ecofriendly as possible, carving the entire landscape around the already existing vegetation, fully aware that luxury lies within nature.

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With its paradisiacal beach, the lush greenery and exotic fruiting trees surrounding this stretch of beachfront property made this project exotic from the onset. To create a true natural haven and complete the existing Eden-esque atmosphere, raw materials, such as Ylang Ylang, were shipped in from Bali.

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A strong, early coordination between the architectural and landscaping work allowed for an ideal outcome, with nature at its core. The soft landscape made up of lawns, exotic and flowering trees, and shrubs, all seem to engulf the hard landscape made up of pools, kids pools, sundecks, bungalows, and restaurants scattered across the resort and positioned to give beachgoers an idyllic view from every angle.

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The true jewels of this project however, are the personal, serviced bungalows, with private Jacuzzis overlooking the sea and bubbling from a tailored garden that inspires comfort and escape. From these bungalows, we created a space that whisks visitors away to a destination far from the hustle and bustle of Beirut.

Project name: a coastal retreat Location: lebanon Area: (20.000M²) Completion date: 2005 Landscape architect: frederic francis Landscape design: francis landscapes Photography: fares jammal

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Anna Klingmann

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Can you give us a brief about your educational background and your experience in the GCC area?

I did my undergraduate studies in architecture at Pratt Institute in New York and completed my masters in urbanism and landscape at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. A few years later, I completed my Phd. in architecture and branding at the University of Arts in Berlin. My broad international education in a variety of related design disciplines in different countries inspired in me a deep curiosity for different cultures around the world.

I have since worked and taught in many different countries, including Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Oman, China, Afghanistan, Germany, England, Switzerland, Denmark, Morocco, South Korea, Bosnia and

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the US. I believe that this international outlook gives me a unique sensibility and insight into the different cultures of the world, which is also reflected in my design philosophy, which is always guided by a deep respect for the cultural heritage of each region and the belief that there is a truly unique potential and intelligence in each and every place.

Associated with that, I also firmly believe in a profound understanding of sustainable design, which is something that in my opinion cannot be standardized globally, since each place and climate demands a very particular interpretation of what a sustainable approach entails and demands.

We were fortunate to be involved in a lot of interesting projects in the Middle East over the past decade and look forward

to many more in the future. In Dubai, we worked on several mixed-use and hospitality projects with a focus on ‘place making’ and the creation of public spaces that would bring people from the enclosed air-conditioned space of the mall into the natural outdoors. The consideration of the outdoors as a public space required a careful designing of softscapes and hardscapes with effective shading strategies, the integration of soothing water features and natural cooling devices that would permit people to stay comfortable in the outdoors for most of the year. Over the past seven years, we completed several masterplans for mixed-use projects in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Lebanon, Abu Dhabi, Afghanistan and Egypt. What we find most engaging is the cultural diversity and the plentitude of unique landscapes of the Middle East. These cultural distinctions, varied topographies, and eco-systems offer valuable building blocks in the creation of destinations that are unique to each region.

When did Klingmann first set up business?

Since its formation in 2001, KABC has pursued an integrated approach to branding and environmental design— always with a strong focus on the local heritage. Our design approach is grounded in a deep understanding of different cultures and local environments to create competitive experiences that are sustainable, enjoyable, and therefore also profitable. The key to our success is the creation of masterplans from the insideout, by combining an econo­mically sound marketing plan with a cutting-edge brand vision, and a sustainable approach to urban design.

In the past decade, the office has completed several urban design schemes for large-scale mixed-use communities, most notably in the Middle East, as mentioned earlier, and, more recently, also China. All our projects are driven by the objective to create integrated neighborhoods that evoke a sense of place and belonging.

How has your business expanded since its inception?

We do a lot of research on global consumer trends and on locally differentiated sustainable building practices in the effort to create truly unique environments that benefit a variety of stakeholders in

Public plaza from above, mixed-use community, UAE a highly competitive environment. In the early stages, we did a lot of work, primarily in the hospitality and retail sector before we gradually expanded into the design of large mixed–use destinations that require the integration of a variety of disciplines and scales, Our work ranges from the more strategic

work of brand positioning and marketing to urban planning, landscape design, placemaking and architectural design down to the more intricate detailing of street furniture and signage. Through research, interdisciplinary collaboration and in­novation, we constantly seek to expand the boundaries between mas­terplanning, branding and environmental design.

What are the main challenges of doing business in the current GCC market post recession?

The availability of financing has changed dramatically since 2008. Undoubtedly in what is a very insecure global economy, architects and developers need to develop

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interview new concepts and strategies. Industry leaders need to think out-of-the-box on how to create innovative and meaningful projects with limited resources. Now, many firms are increasingly forced to work closely with partners and the community. Low risk projects, which also now require collaboration, have the highest potential to achieve lasting benefits. Designs that cater to the global investor are waning in favor of projects, which address concerns of the local community. In this new environment, there is an opportunity for designers to maximize limited resources and spur creativity. When the economy contracts, it forces architects and developers to do more with less, and that by definition is also a more sustainable approach. It is our recommendation that architects and Riverwalk with performance space, mixed-use community, UAE.

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Muttawar lifestyle community, Muscat, entrance view. landscape designers should embrace this challenge to come up with new, creative concepts while carving out interesting niche markets.

In your opinion, what changes need to be adopted in the GCC landscaping industry to become on a par with the rest of the world?

Each country in the GCC is different and offers an exclusive range of exciting projects and unique opportunities. By tapping into the diversity of cultures and eco-systems within each region, the landscape industry can leverage those differences to create truly unique destinations.

Site-specific projects embrace the potential of local intelligences, which might include the utilization of local plant species, building materials and construction methods, which cost less and are more sustainable. It is our belief that place-based strategies can effectively leverage local resources to create inimitable landscape designs that evoke a sense of place, that are meaningful to the surrounding communities, and therefore also truly interesting to the rest of the world.

Do you think that the international standards for the landscaping industry are too rigid and unrealistic or can they easily be applied when executing projects?

While quality standards are useful to some degree, I believe that each place needs to adapt its own specific interpretation to effectively leverage the potential of the eco-system, topography, climate, and soil condition. In this respect, I believe less in a standardized approach and much more in a customized approach that is carefully tailored to the needs, preferences, tradition and abilities of each region. This requires a nuanced strategy, which takes all these conditions into careful consideration in order to create an exceptional and truly sustainable landscape design, which is particular and unique to that specific city or region. However, what we sometimes find in the GCC are Western-style landscape concepts that are simply imported and applied in the region without any regard for the local climate and eco-system. While some of these projects are very aspirational and beautiful, they also require a lot of natural resources and are expensive to maintain.

What has been your experienced working in this field in the Middle East? Please differentiate Middle East to the other countries have you been worked before?

I love the Middle East because of its subtle yet sublime landscapes,

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B i on itne rs pv i re w at i o n is the differences in all these places, which makes them so exciting to visit. So rather than duplicating and exporting a particular style, we should strive to enhance the uniqueness of different places through a customized design approach. This becomes even more crucial in a globalized world where differences are rapidly disappearing.

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characterized by a stark beauty, strength, and vastness, which is also reflected in the culture of the people. On the other hand, of course, each country and region is so unique. Oman is very different from Dubai and also very different from Egypt. Each country has very singular features, which makes the Middle East such an exciting place to work in. I strongly believe, that this cultural and natural exceptionality should

be enhanced through a more responsive approach, which highlights the distinctive characteristics of each region and culture.

This approach of course, in the end, applies to all countries around the world, as each culture and country has its own particular features and preferences. Germany is very different from England and different again from the US – and even within the US, Arizona is very different from Michigan. It

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What is the most frustrating aspect of your work?

I believe that all designers and architects want to create a better environment. But so often, bureaucratic hurdles are in the way, which oftentimes can get quite frustrating. However, as we know, it is precisely the strategic overcoming of obstacles that makes for a good design in the end. Architects and designers have to be able to deal with all kinds of challenges be they budgetary constraints, technological constraints, local politics or time limits. The straddling of all these diverse issues is part of the design process and necessary to facilitate a successful project. The most rewarding experience as a designer is the rare moment when you can really make a difference in the daily lives of people, when you are able to create an environment that people can identify with and that brings a sense of pride and joy to a community.

How do you cope with having so many projects going on at once?

I mentioned some projects earlier, but of course they are all in different stages of the process and on different timelines.

While some are finished, others are in the development stages. But of course, an office always requires a lot of multitasking, which sometimes can get very stressful, if you have too many things going on at once. In the end, this comes down to sound time management and never underestimating how much effort it takes to create a good project. Each project is different in its demands and time constraints so one has but no choice to straddle all these issues, which can cause a lot of sleepless nights.

Where do you see the GCC in 10 years from now with respect to developments and landscaping?

I believe the trend is headed towards environmentally sensitive projects that are more community oriented and less catered

Watergarden_Esplanade, Thematic Parkscape, UAE, to impress international investors. As projects compete increasingly on a global basis in different markets, it becomes ever more important to create regional concepts that provide not only a standardized mix of convenience, diversion, and entertainment but also allow for an expression of cultural preferences, of site-specific interventions that respond to the particular climate, landscape, and topographical conditions of a particular place. This becomes not only attractive to the local community, but in the end also extremely attractive to visitors and tourists.

Any professional quote/sayings/or motto in life?

There is a quote by Einstein, I like a lot: “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a

touch of genius --- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”

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How do you see Klingmann’s position in the market?

KABC has emerged as a niche expert in a variety of project types that encompass a regional flavor, sustainability, and sensitivity to the local landscape. We value projects that contribute to the well-being of society and in our work we consider all aspects of the project, client, and community. Essentially, we are a boutique firm and our unique position in the market results from innovative yet cost-effective work that has consistently met or exceeded our clients’ most demanding expectations.

Architecture and planning projects

currently in development include Balzac Coffee, a national coffee shop chain in Germany, and a sustainable office/ lab campus for the Zeijang Energy Company, which is part of a larger master plan for a technological park just outside of the city of Hangzhou and which won first prize last year. KABC designed this complex as two iconic volumes that communicate across a central landscape. Surrounding the two buildings, the landscape scheme is based on the region’s local wetlands and includes natural reeds, wildflowers, seasonal plants, and a series of ponds.

Here, people can experience a sense of the important heritage of this region within a green campus.

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ubbed “Galije” and located on a parcel of untouched coastline land in Montenegro, Wingfield group international are planning on building a green resort that is envisioned as a way to combine exclusivity with a responsible, sustainable embedding of the structure in its surrounding landscape. “The split/limbo we found ourselves in was to design an iconic exclusive luxury resort in projecting total of 100,000 library program that should be invisible. An exclusive residence under cover. “As a result we designed the whole project as an offset to the terrain and covered it with a blanket of the original landscape. Where a higher density was needed we lift the blanket to create a hill. The iconic hotel is formed by pulling the blanket in front of the cliff to create a even more dramatic overhang.

The more flat parts of the landscape hold the villa’s organized around their private patios facing the sea,” said the developers on their website.

It’s planned that the resort will contain 115 apartments, 87 hotel rooms, a restaurant, a pool, a parking lot and retail space. The idea is that the hotel is hardly distinguishable from the rough and green terrain except for its round windows showing through the grass.

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Through use of the natural topography, the resort will be constructed at varying levels in order to reduce possibilities of overlooking between properties. The environmentally friendly hotel block sits directly on the beach front with direct access to the Sea. The resort is perfectly located in a nature rich area but still only a short drive from the city of Budva.

Size: Phase 1: 11.900 sqm, 115 apartments, parking meters 5.500 Phase 2: 9000 m² hotel, 87 hotel rooms + restaurant + pool, 11,500 sqm, 111 apartments, parking meters 9.500 Phase 3 to 5: 33.100 m² apartments / villas, 15.200 sqm parking lot, 500 sqm retail

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Hilton Waldorf Astoria Hotel Project - Doha West Bay Damac Towers by Paramount Project - Downtown Dubai

Construction of a 42-storey Hilton Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

Hilton International (Dubai)

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Construction of Damac Towers by Paramount comprising a five-star hotel and branded serviced apartments.

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The Address Residency Sky View Twin Towers Project

Construction of 50-storey The Address Residence Sky View twin tower complex atop a ground podium, including a 180-room business hotel, residence and (532) serviced apartments.

Emaar Properties PJSC (Dubai)

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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (USA)

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Muharraq Theme Park Project

Construction of a Theme Park featuring an ice arena, aquarium, karting track and amusement rides, including large green areas, restaurants, a fitness club and gymnasium, an elderly centre and family resting areas.

Muharraq Municipality (Bahrain)

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Mixed-use Development Project - Meydan City

Construction of Club Vista Mare, a new beachfront residential and recreation project comprising (33) studio apartments, as well as eight cafes and restaurants, retail areas and gymnasium facilities.

Sobha Group (Dubai)

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Tilal Complex Expansion Project - Phase 3

Carrying out expansion of Tilal Complex consist of Muscat Grand Mall, offices, freehold apartments, four-star quality hotel apartments and a 5-star hotel - Phase 3.

Al Madina Real Estate S.A.O.C (Oman)

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Al-Batinah Sports Complex Project

Construction of Al-Batinah Sports Complex including 17,000 seating capacity international standard football stadium, a training ground, hockey pitch, (2 Nos.) tennis courts, a covered Olympic pool and multi-purpose gymnasium as well as medical centres and fitness facilities.

Ministry of Sports Affairs (Oman)

Oman

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Mutrafiah Housing Project (Phase 1) Jubail Industrial City

Execution of a housing project in Mutrafiah involving construction of (800) villas - Phase 1.

Saudi Arabian Mining Company (MAADEN)

Saudi Arabia

AECOM (Saudi Arabia)

Azmeel Contracting & Construction Corporation (Saudi Arabia)

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Al Baleed Resort Project

Development of a high-end resort in Al Baleed Village comprising a total of (136) rooms and associated facilities.

Musstir (Oman)

Oman

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Carillion Alawi L.L.C (Oman)

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Dubai Green Mosque Project

Construction of a mosque with capacity to accommodate (3,500) worshippers, conforming to green standards for reducing energy, water and materials’ consumption.

Awqaf & Minors Affairs Foundation (Dubai)

UAE

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Al Arif Contracting Company L.L.C (Dubai)

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Ad Duwayhi Gold Processing Plant Project

Construction of a gravity-CIL gold processing plant with capacity to process approximately 2 million tonnes of ore per annum.

Maaden Gold & Base Metals Company (Saudi Arabia)

Saudi Arabia

N/A

Hanwha Engineering & Construction (South Korea)

270000000

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Construction of a silicon metal smelter with capacity of 33,000 tonnes per annum.

Al-Braik Investments LLC (Dubai)

UAE

N/A

N/A

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Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build a ship repair and fabrication yard.

Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)

Saudi Arabia

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4000000000

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Silicon Metal Smelter Project - Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi Ship Repair & Fabrication Yard Construction Project Advanced Oilfield Chemistry Production Facility Project Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Plant Expansion Project

Construction of an advanced oilfield chemistry production facility.

Gulf Energy L.L.C (Oman)

Oman

N/A

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Carrying out expansion of the existing Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) plant to increase production capacity from 500,000 to 675,000 million tonnes per year.

Dubai Natural Gas Co. Ltd. (DUGAS)

UAE

Tebodin Middle East Ltd. (Dubai)

N/A

N/A

New Project

Jiyyeh & Zouk Power Plants Project

Construction of a power plant in Jiyyeh and Zouk with capacity of 272 megawatts.

Ministry of Energy & Water (Lebanon)

Lebanon

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Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (Denmark)

350000000

Current Project

Mafraq Solar Plant Project

Build-own-operate (BOO) contract for the construction of a photovoltaic solar power plant with capacity of 10MW in Mafraq.

Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build a substation with capacity of 380/132/13.8kV in central Jeddah.

Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources (Jordan) Saudi Electricity Company - Western Region (Saudi Arabia)

Jordan

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Philadelphia Solar Power Company (Jordan)

23000000

Current Project

Saudi Arabia

N/A

Siemens Ltd. (Saudi Arabia)

108000000

Current Project

Grand Basra Water Project

Execution of the Grand Basra Water project comprising a water distribution network, building a major pipeline to carry water to all parts of the province, and constructing a strategic storage tank with capacity of 50,000 cubic metres along with a pipeline to carry water to it.

Ministry of Municipalities & Public Works (Iraq)

Iraq

N/A

N/A

700000000

New Project

Bahrain Water Transmission Development Project

Carrying out upgrading and expansion of water supply system through construction and equipping of water stations, pumping stations, transmission and distribution pipelines and ancillaries.

Ministry of Electricity & Water (Bahrain)

Bahrain

N/A

N/A

650000000

New Project

Millennium Estates Development Project

Development of Millennium Estates residential scheme comprising luxury villas.

Meydan L.L.C (Dubai)

UAE

N/A

N/A

326000000

New Project

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Project - Al Khobar

Construction of DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel comprising (158) rooms featuring a variety of business and leisure amenities, including extensive meeting facilities of two boardrooms, a conference hall and two meeting rooms as well as a health club and swimming pool, two appealing restaurants and a lounge.

Hamad Abdul Aziz Al Mousa Trading (Saudi Arabia)

Saudi Arabia

N/A

Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Mousa Group (Saudi Arabia)

N/A

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Jeddah Central Substation Project

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