PROJECT BRIEF 07

THE GOAL WAS TO CREATE A COMMUNITY BASE ON HIGH STANDARDS & CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT WILL SHAPE THE LIFESTYLE OF ITS RESIDENTS TO BE HEALTHIER & MORE SOCIABLE. SITUATED IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE RURAL CITY OF RAS AL KHAIMAH, U.A.E, THIS PIECE OF LAND WAS IN A UNIQUE LOCATION OFFERING AMAZING VIEWS OF THE MARJAN ISLANDS TO ITS USERS .

THE GOAL WAS TO :

1. PROMOTE A MORE WALKABLE COMMUNITY AND STIMULATE A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE

2. FOCUSING ON UNIT AND LINKING PEOPLE TOGETHER BY STIMULATING MORE SOCIAL INTERACTION FOR A MORE EXTROVERTED COMMUNITY

3. HAVE A HIGH STANDARD OF LIVING WITH A SAFE BOND BETWEEN ITS MEMBERS

THE FIRST STEP OF THE STRATEGY WAS TO LAYOUT INTERSECTING GRIDS THAT WILL PROVIDE POINTS OF INTERSECTION WHICH ACT AS HUBS FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION AND A PHYSICAL EMBODIMENT OF 'LINKING' BY THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS THEN CONTINUED THROUGHOUT BY USING BRIDGES TO CONNECT THE PODIUMS TOGETHER AND RAMPS THAT CONNECT THE PODIUMS TO THE OPEN SPACES. THUS MAKING THE OVERALL DESIGN MORE COHERENT AND CONSISTENT WITH THE STRATEGY.

THE GRIDS ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WALK-ABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY I.E., A COMPLETELY CAR-FREE CENTRAL SPACE [CARS ARE ONLY AT THE PERIPHERY OF THE SITE, WITH THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING ACCOMMODATED ON THE PODIUM], DESIGNED TO BRING THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. TAKING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS INTO CONSIDERATION, GRIDS, BUILDINGS AND HIERARCHIES WERE DESIGNED AND CALCULATED TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM COMFORT, SHADE, WIND AND AN OVERALL MORE ENJOYABLE AND SAFER OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE.