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DECEMBER 2021

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EDITOR’S NOTE We would like to take this opportunity to thank our loyal readers and advertisers for supporting us throughout this challenging year. It hasn’t been the easiest of years as we still recover from the pandemic but we’ve adapted and persevered and we’re now brimming with hope and positivity for 2022! We have some exciting new plans for the year ahead that will improve and strengthen the publication and hopefully bring the professional Landscape and urban design community in the Middle East more connected than ever. We started this magazine 14 years ago for industry professionals to showcase their work and share knowledge and expertise with their peers. We also strived to provide inspiration to younger generations who are at the beginning of their Landscape design careers and create a platform for them to access mentors while they study. This continues to be our aim today, and we ask our contributors and readers to continue to be generous with your time and expertise as we can continue to learn and grow from each other. Our December issue includes award winning projects from China, a discussion on the importance of culture as a pillar of design with Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Grove project in the spotlight. We also review the Belgian Green Arch pavillion from Dubai’s Expo 2020, plus an interview with architect come entrepreneur Baharash Bagherian. Read on for much more. Best wishes for the year ahead!

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CONTENTS

December 2021 - Issue 174

Designing a cultural melting pot

Interview with Baharash Bagherian URB, Design Director

16 20 26

Green community hub

30 34 40 42

Fluvial Park in Santiago de Chile

The Green Arch A New Design for Multi-Generational Living in Kuwait

16 26

All roads lead to Rome Green Education Project Superbloom

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I NEWS AND EVENTS

HIGHEST HONOUR

American Institute of Architects award AUS designers for Al Janah Pavilion, Sharjah

Just a year after completing her undergraduate studies at American University of Sharjah (AUS), Egyptian architect Aya Rahmy’s concept design for the Al Janah pavilion in Sharjah, developed by Arada, has received a prestigious award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). During the 2018–2019 academic year, Rahmy and 13 of her peers from the AUS College of Architecture, Art and Design (CAAD) worked under the supervision of Associate Professor Jason Carlow to conceptualize, design and fabricate the pavilion, as part of a joint initiative between the university and the Sharjah-based developer. While all 14 students submitted initial design proposals, it was Rahmy’s that was ultimately selected for further development by a student design team and eventual construction by Arada. Rahmy and Associate Professor Carlow accepted the Commendation Award in the Open International Category from the AIA International Region at a ceremony in Dubai last week. “To have received such a significant award is very encouraging to me and my fellow CAAD students. This really paves the way for our future in this industry,” said Rahmy. The Al Janah Pavilion was officially opened in June 2021 and serves as a contemplative and iconic gathering space dedicated to the memory of Sheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi.

“It was amazing to be able to present the pavilion to the Arada chairman Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, but equally as special to show it to our own families. The realization that something we designed is built and out there for everyone to see and enjoy—that we can now walk inside our rendering—that was a magical moment,” said Rahmy. After an internship in which she completed the pavilion, Rahmy’s proven success led her to be employed as a junior architect with Arada, where she now works with a team of designers in the developer’s concept division. The young designer said her AUS experience prepared her well for success in the professional arena. “I’m a competitive person, so the fact that the architecture program was a competitive program to get into made it more appealing to me. We had to practice a lot of discipline and hard work to get through the program. At the time, perhaps I didn’t understand why, but once I started working professionally I really appreciated that I was already used to being held to such a high standard,” she said. Initially enrolling as an English language and literature major in the AUS College of Arts and Sciences, Rahmy made a last-minute decision to change her major to architecture, enrolling in CAAD’s one-year Foundations Program, which is a prerequisite for all CAAD students. “Before I started at AUS, I had so many preconceptions about what architecture was. My first class of foundation studies showed me just how creative the field is, integrating the fundamentals of art and design. The best part was being able to practice with different design methods and materials in the CAAD Labs,” she said. The CAAD Labs are the region’s most comprehensive and well-equipped design education facilities and include materials labs with a woodshop, metal shop, ceramics studio and casting lab; fabrication labs with laser cutting, 3D printing, CNC cutting and industrial robotics; and media labs with audio and video production, photography, printmaking and a media equipment center. At the very center of CAAD’s “culture of making,” these facilities offer students and faculty the opportunity to explore and experiment in their practice of cross-disciplinary design and enable the production of full-scale designs on campus at AUS. As a graduate of AUS, Rahmy values the relationships she has built with her own class members and the connections she has with CAAD’s impressive alumni body. “We stay in touch and share job opportunities. I’m also continuing to enter design competitions, partnering with some of my fellow CAAD alumni to put our work out there and challenge ourselves,” she said.

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I NEWS AND EVENTS

Al Fay Park is World’s Best Landscape Architecture Project Abu Dhabi’s popular park is named ‘World Landscape of the Year’ at the prestigious World Architecture Festival. Al Fay Park, Abu Dhabi’s new urban biodiversity park on Reem Island, is not only a popular place to play, meet and socialize for Abu Dhabians and their visitors. It is also the world’s best landscape architecture project. Such is the verdict by one of the world’s most prestigious architectural awards, the World Architecture Festival, which named Al Fay Park ‘World Landscape of the Year’ during its awards ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal this Friday. Out of more than 100 entries from around the world, Al Fay Park emerged victoriously. According to the awards super

jury, “Al Fay Park is a thoughtful and intelligent response which takes into consideration pressing contemporary social and environmental issues. It is more over a delightful and biodiverse oasis in a dense desert city.” The project’s designers, the renowned international nature-based design studio SLA, presented Al Fay Park for the World Landscape Festival super jury and represented the project at the award ceremony. “To win ‘World Landscape of the Year’ at the World Architecture Festival is a massive achievement and a

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huge recognition of the entire project team. Our ambitious clients The Department of Municipalities and Transport, and our amazing collaborators Parsons, iGuzzini, and Barari. The award is also a huge recognition of the people of Abu Dhabi and their amazing journey towards creating a sustainable, ecological, and world-class livable future for themselves and their coming generations. With its innovative biodiversity ecosystems, microclimate designs, and social activities, Al Fay Park is a great step in this direction,” says Rasmus Astrup, Design Principal and Partner in SLA. During the World Architecture Festival, Al Fay Park was also declared the winner of the ‘Landscape: Urban Context’ category. SLA also unprecedentedly won the ‘World Building of the Year’ award for their iconic Copenhill Waste-to-Energy Powerplant in Copenhagen, designed together with BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group. Al Fay Park was completed in November 2020 and inaugurated in January 2021. The 27,500 m2 park is specifically designed to provide both biological, environmental, and social benefits to Abu Dhabi. Al Fay Park is a paradigm shift in how to design and implement nature in the dense megacities of the Middle East. Making it both socially and climatically ‘the coolest place in town.’ Images: ©SLA/Philip Handforth

I CULTURAL HUB

In recent years, culture has been recognised by emerging newly-industrialised economies to have a positive impact on a wide range of sectors playing a vital role in bilateral trade, international relations and the development of strategic infrastructure. As a driver of development, countries around the world have been actively working to bolster and revive cultural infrastructure through various means, including investment in the sector and the engagement of governments, corporations, and individuals.

Designing a cultural melting pot Why Culture must be at the heart of design and innovation

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been growing, preserving and creating awareness around its cultural offerings by establishing museums, maintaining mosques and constructing cultural districts as part of its long-term economic diversification plans. So much so that initiatives have been instilled following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, to protect creative practitioners and the wider role of culture in the community. The ideology that culture is of great value has also been gaining momentum among designers, with many realigning their processes to give something back to the community in terms of identity, permanence and familiarity. Architects and designers are playing a vital role in the creation of cultural assets, integrating artwork into their projects and collaborating with artists to provide a contemporary narrative for our towns, cities and urban centres. Situated on the shorelines of Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island, is Saadiyat Grove, a mixed-use development that is the connective urban tissue linking three world class museums, the Louvre, the Guggenheim and the

Zayed National Museum, across culturally activated retail, hospitality, residential, entertainment, and leisure spaces. The spaces were designed by a team at CallisonRTKL’s innovative thinkers, master planners and talented architects to bring to life a vibrant community for Saadiyat Grove’s inhabitants, create an ultimate destination for residents and visitors alike and to inaugurate a creative district identity as part of the place making process.

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Immerse yourself in the arts Strategically located, Saadiyat Grove is a shining beacon that effortlessly complements the international arts scene of three iconic cultural icons. Drawing inspiration from the Louvre Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Grove mirrors the visual wonders of the Arabi-Galactic museum. The project is also a direct reflection of the creative elements and art pieces on display in the adjacent museums, Zayed National Museum and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. The

project is designed as a unified idea that connects and focuses the activities, ideas, partnership, architecture, landscape and amenities of the three, whilst always ensuring that the arts are represented sufficiently. “The masterplan is divided into themed districts, which draws its influence from the surrounding cultural infrastructure. Recognising patrons of the arts is vital to the design and can also be a tool used in incentivising the public’s passion for a particular aspect of culture,

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whilst also attracting inhabitants and visitors from various walks of life to the mixed-use development,” explained Prodipto Ghosh, Principal of CallisonRTKL Dubai office. The heart of the development is created utilising layers of residential units that offer a luxurious sense of place tucked inside the estate. The rooftops have been garnished with green scape terraces that add to the colour of the community. For visitors, Saadiyat Grove

also houses hotels; which immerse guests in the artistic and cultural atmosphere. Meanwhile, the retail space extends over 113,000 square metres and activates the shopping and entertainment components of the cultural district. Clinics, offices, and parking spaces are also available in the mixed-use development to ensure inhabitants and visitors are sufficiently serviced while also able to enjoy the cultural attractions.

I CULTURAL HUB Culture is here to stay The real estate sector in the Middle East has long been under pressure to provide quality leisure and entertainment destinations. However, socio-economics can often restrict the growth of the cultural sector at its roots. As people and institutions have become more appreciative and observant of their immediate surroundings, there has been a collective understanding across both mature and emerging economies that cultural infrastructure plays a significant role in ensuring citizen well-being and steering the growth of economies. This is mirrored by the great strides taken in Abu Dhabi to ensure the local cultural scene is maintained and developed, with the city’s appeal moving beyond sky-high towers and delving deeper into a grassroots artscene. Inside the striking sanctuary of Saadiyat Island, multiple museums, cultural centres, and attractions can be found between homes and other infrastructure.

By housing a mix of hotels, office buildings, residences, shops and museums, Saadiyat Grove seamlessly uses urban design techniques to weave cultural infrastructure and daily commodities together to create a community that is oriented around people, yielding economic and social benefits The project also encompasses the necessary building blocks that address sustainability challenges effectively. Through its solar hot water system, energy efficient appliances, insulated roof and wall panels that reduce heat gain, the natural light gained via windows and skylights, and the use of recycled materials in construction, Saadiyat Grove adopts urban technologies and scalable, smart city solutions. Thus, Saadiyat Grove contributes to the sustainability agenda while also enhancing the wellbeing of citizens to achieve a positive society.

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I INTERVIEW

Interview with

Baharash Bagherian URB, Design Director

A new local start up, URB, says it will shape the future by creating the next generation of net zero cities.

Building the Next Generation of Sustainable Cities Short for Urban, URB, is a new master planning and design consultancy head quartered in Dubai Design District led by entrepreneurial architect Baharash Bagherian. With over 16 years of experience Bagherian has worked in various senior roles for international architectural practices and was also the founder of the award-winning studio Baharash Architecture. Most recently, he was the former Design Director of Diamond Developers and led the designs of various sustainable cities across the globe, whilst leading and managing a team of Architects, Urban Planners, Landscape Designers and Interior designers.

Why do you think the time is right now to set up a business on your own? I founded URB (www.urb.ae) in 2021 to design the next generation of net zero sustainable cities. The timing to establish a company with this focus is more relevant than ever before. Rising population, urbanisation and the impact of climate change are increasing the need for cities to be sustainable, resilient and smart. Thus, the creation of net zero sustainable cities is no longer a choice, it has become a necessity. This requires planners with experience, technical know-how in designing and delivering such projects, which the market currently lacks.

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Did you feel constricted in your previous role with diamond developers? The decision to launch URB is based on my ambitions to take on bigger challenges and to share my expertise on a larger mega-scale, working with as many governments as well as developers from around the world to accelerate the world’s transition towards sustainable developments. How do you intend to create a blueprint for sustainable and innovative mega-projects in the region? Our primary focus is on the UAE and MENA region, given that sustainability is very limited here in its application on projects at a holistic level. This will allow us the opportunity to create the biggest impact in the industry by focusing on creative design solutions coupled with our unique sustainability DNA, which will cover all aspects of sustainability at a far more advanced level than before. We will look to create innovative designs that will inspire people to see the real value sustainability can add to their projects. We will do so by making all sustainability elements on projects a key feature of the design focusing primarily on passive solutions which does not require any extra costs. This requires working creatively with the client from the beginning of a project to develop a series of sustainable initiatives and targets without increasing the cost on the project. These targets help guide the design in the pursuit of its sustainability goals which will also become key features of the design. We will also look to enhance the social sustainability of projects through urban planning, as one of the best measures of what makes cities truly sustainable is how well people know their neighbors. Great urban planning can enhance social cohesion, stewardship, as well as engagement of people in their communities. Ultimately, there are many design strategies that we will use to improve the sustainability of cities. Our sustainability DNA is very unique and will allow us to shape developments towards becoming the best models of the next generation of sustainable cities. I believe creativity coupled with our technical know-how as well as our previous experience on such projects, will also allow us to have the biggest impact in the region. Do you think there should be a sustainability council/body established in the region to maintain and benchmark standards? A sustainability council that does not follow a tick-box approach to sustainability would be highly valuable. Such

a body would require a holistic approach to reviewing projects to cover all of the key pillars of sustainability. A council should also encourage a bottom-up approach to enabling sustainability by raising awareness of the value that sustainability adds to projects, as well as providing training. Sustainability usually means more initial expense for clients even if there are long term savings. How do you pitch this to clients/ governments? Contrary to common belief, good sustainable design does not require an increase in client budget or construction cost. Basic design decisions such as orientation, density and form provide the biggest environmental gains, yet these require the least financial investment. At the early stages of the project we are able to reduce a large amount of energy demand with no extra costs. Good sustainable design always focuses on passive techniques before considering any active strategies. Whilst active strategies such as incorporating renewable energy or recycling systems into projects do require an additional investment, the paybacks on these systems are recovered over the years from significantly reduced energy and water bills. How do you plan on becoming a global leader in sustainable design? There is a true sense of entrepreneurial spirit in our approach to design which separates us from other firms. Each project is driven by a process of investigation, experimentation and always asking “what if?”. The outcomes of these studies coupled with our expertise in urban planning which embodies years of research, testing, and implementation of sustainable solutions, form the basis of the design. Each project thus presents an opportunity for a new way of thinking, to provide a higher quality of life whilst also protecting the environment. Ultimately, our holistic approach to sustainability will enable us to become a global leader, by allowing us to create unique destinations that make people feel healthy to live in, inspired to work in and want to visit. Do you have any projects already in the pipeline? We are currently working on proposals for projects in Saudi, Oman and UAE. Further details will be revealed in due course once they are officially released to the public.

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GREEN COMMUNITY HUB

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A play and community plaza in the South Korean capital is exploring boundaries with its intertwined approach to living, working and socialising By: Carve A new public realm ArCloud Gamil is a new play and community hub in Hanam Gamil shopping mall in the bustling city of Seoul, South Korea. The large mixed-use development located at the foot of the Geurhasam mountain on the eastern edge of Seoul is a mix of larger housing blocks, single family units, commercial, recreational, and educational facilities- it’s physically tied together by a string of large green parks, a green corridor that encircles and interlaces the site. The Hanam Gamil shopping mall -its name somewhat deceiving, since it encompasses much more: is a modern hybrid city block, a stacked city that combines retail, housing, public facilities,

underground parking, rooftop parks and a central plaza- aims to become the lively centre of this new Seoul residential area. Green community hub When asked to design a green play and community plaza for the shopping mall, we soon realised that we should take the space for what it really is. We resisted the temptation to view it as a piece of nature within the shopping mall. Rather we saw it as a green urban park, serving the entire community. A unique space, conveniently located at the intersection of a network of green parks that surround and connect the whole new development.

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A new public realm that is inviting to all users, an attractive place that enables multiple ways of engagement; to take a break from daily routine, to spend time with friends and family, to play, be active, to socialize and to be enticed to go shopping. And as a bonus, it will attract new and reoccurring visits to the shopping mall. The public plazas of the Hanam Gamil mall are located on street level, directly linked to the surrounding green corridor, offering easy uninterrupted pedestrian access from all sides. A surprising and welcoming exception in a city that is dominated by cars. Retail units and other public functions are placed around the plaza at ground floor level and on the level below and above. The first floor is connected by series of stairs and escalators, while the main access to the lower level and the car park is organised via a large atrium. The lay-out of the public space, with direct horizontal and vertical access to a wide variety of functions, creates the experience of being in a dynamic, vertically stacked city. We counterbalanced this urban richness and density by introducing a softer layer that pays homage to the landscape and culture of Seoul. The hills and mountains of Seoul dominate the city, both

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in a geographical as in a cultural sense. We envisioned part of the plazas to have a similar green and rolling quality. Three central cores The strategically placed hills – green knolls of lush indigenous Korean perennials, shrubs, ornamental grasses and tall pine trees- form a rolling landscape and help frame and organise the entire space. They create two distinct plazas – one dedicated to play

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and the other to events – whilst respecting the need for clear sight lines and accessibility to the adjacent retail units. The third main public space is the atrium. Originally intended merely as a circulation space, we programmed and designed it as a place to spend time. The elevated floor in the atrium is part stairs, part performance stage or cinema and part playground.

life. The mall’s atmosphere is diverse, with a wide variety of spaces and activities and with noticeable changes during the day and the seasons. The community plaza is carved out as a valley in a landscape of green rolling hills. Its entire surface, except for the circular centre, gently slopes down towards the middle. This simple gesture creates an open multifunctional event space with a centre stage that can be used for performances, while the surrounding bowl-like surface can be filled with water, to be used as splash pool in summer and as an ice rink in winter. The floor of the play plaza is a playable and soft hilly landscape. It features multiple play elements like climbing grips, crawling tubes, rabbit holes and jumping platforms aimed at younger children. The arCloud: an interlinking and interactive sculpture Floating above this varied public landscape, and at some points touching it, we conceived a lightweight and cloud-like structure connecting the main functional cores of the public space. It is a transparent, playable and interactive (lighted) sculpture that will attract and engage visitors during both day and nighttime.

Graphic paving design A distinct floor pattern, inspired by the traditional Korean wrapping cloth and art form Bojagi, contrasts with the softer hills and visually links the three main public zones. The strong graphic lines of the Bojagi pattern, are integrated with lights and water jets to enable social activities and play. Play and community plazas In line with the brief, we envisioned the plazas of the mall to be the new public realm for the Hamil Gamil community: attractive and inviting spaces, aimed at celebrating the constantly changing rhythm of daily Image by: ©Carve Image by: ©Carve

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The structure visually links multiple levels and is accessible from different floors of the shopping mall. It is a sculpture -amorphous on the outside, geometric on the inside- that connects people, places and activities. Rising from the atrium, it stretches outside the glass walls, going towards the two main plazas: it interlinks these areas while keeping one strong identity. A part of the sculpture is accessible as play zone: from the parking level in the atrium children can climb up inside the structure using various climbing elements and relax on a suspended lounge net. This attraction makes the atrium much more than just a circulation space. In the Play Plaza, the cloud sculpture is supported by two large play towers. The two towers are interlinked via a routing through the sculpture, at approximately seven metres above the floor below. Children can climb up, find their way through the cloud and slide all the way down around the playtower on the other side. The idea for the sculpture ‘floating’ through the mall’s public space was developed from the client’s vast set of demands and functions to be hosted: ranging from a playground, a shading system and the idea to develop an outstanding

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unique element, while maintaining shop facade visibility. Since the early stages of the design process, we went for the idea of rising one strong shape that could hold and tie together all of the demands, instead of designing solitary solutions for each space. The arCloud has the appearance of a floating, amorphous sculpture even though it is built using a geometric construction, able to self-support on long spans. This structure has a great potential: it can be the perfect setting and carrier grid of an art installation or for an outdoor performance, involving light spectacle and even projections. It will be a spectacular view from the outside as well as from inside: imagine climbing through the sculpture while coloured lights change where ever you go. Seoul as metaphor It is hard to pinpoint the essence of Seoul in a single work or even a sentence. It truly is a multi-layered and multi-faceted metropolis, simultaneously steeped in tradition and future oriented, densely populated but still reasonably green, its inhabitants as car loving as they are outdoorsy, and its geography varied, from the flatlands along the plains of the river Han to the rolling hills and mountains that surround the city. We took all these notions and observations into consideration when designing the play and community plazas, ensuring we created a public area -a neighbourhood hub- that would celebrate daily life, therefore echoing, and be as rich, layered and dynamic as the city of Seoul itself. Client: Daewoo, Uri En Collaborators: BLAD, Walter Ryu, INPACT, Daewoo Location: Seoul, South Korea Design year: 2020 Phase: The building construction on site have already started Size: CA. 7200 m2 www.carve.nl IG: carve_nl

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THE GREEN ARCH A walk through the Belgian Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai

As the philosopher Gilles Deleuze says, “Believing in the world is what we miss the most. We have co mpletely lost the world. We have been dispossessed of it”. Effectively, today’s youth is stuck between, on the one hand, the denial of the latest climate-skeptics and, on the other hand, collapsologists warning us of the propable collapse of our civilization incapable of quickly reinventing itself to face the challenges of climate change. The theme of Expo 2020 Dubai, which runs until the end of March 2022, is “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future”. The architects behind the project, Vincent Callebaut Architecture and Assar Architects wanted to use this leitmotif to unite their respective expertise and clearly proclaim to the youth that architects and

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citizens are now able to co-build ecological, inclusive, and solidary cities. The Belgian pavilion is called “The Green Arch”, as it combines intensive greenery and futuristic design in solid wood. The pavilion aims to be exemplary in terms of sustainable development. It is an ode to regenerative circular economy, to biobased and geosourced materials, to the integration of bioclimatic rules and renewable energies, as well as to the preservation of biodiversity and nature. Located in the Mobility District, the architectural concept of the Belgian pavilion is to offer visitors the

largest shaded and naturally ventilated agora in the axis of the prevailing west-east winds of Dubai. Its programming is placed higher up to maximise the ground floor space for the public. This means that The Green Arch is based on a “bridgebuilding”, creating an immense vault with double curvature between its two pillars. This curvaceous vault is generated from a universal mathematical minimum surface called “hyperbolic paraboloid”. This paraboloid is built in CLT - Cross Laminated Timber - with more than 5.5 linear kilometers of spruce louvers generating a giant wooden Mashrabiya - which by rotating 180

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degrees - envelops the entire project to better protect it from solar radiation. The agora was designed as a shortcut, directly linking the Mobility District and the Sustainability District by crossing the pavilion. The street furniture in the public spaces on the ground floor is entirely made of 3D-printed white concrete. In addition to Belgian staples such as French fries, waffles, and chocolate merchants as well as the

bistronomic restaurant, the pavilion offers a view of the Belgian landscape of 2050 under the slogan “2050 Smart & Green Belgium”. Starting at the meeting space under the arch, great Belgian personalities draw like comic book characters announce the breadcrumb trail of the educational scenography imagined by our partners Facts and Fiction. The scenography is broken down into four highlights: First, the futuristic escalator, designed as a space-time tunnel, propels visitors towards the 2050 odyssey. Secondly, once again accompanied by the Belgian comic heros, the Future Mobilty Lab provides the three regions (Brussels, Flanders, and Wallonia) to exhibit the means they implement to move towards soft and low mobility-carbon at the national level. Third, the « Main Show” offers an immersive video-projection experience that erects a sustainable and resilient Belgium skyline for 2050. And finally, the “Belgium Mobility Hub” invites everyone, young and old, through unprecedented dynamic capture, to project themselves into the Belgian cities and ecological architectures of tomorrow. At the end of the exhibition, visitors are invited to taste Belgian specialties in the bistronomic restaurant

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“BeHappy” or on the panoramic rooftop offering breathtaking views towards the main dome “Al Wasl” to the East or towards the thematic pavilion of the “Mobility District” to the West. The “BeBizz” Business Center and its VIP Lounge also offer a high degree of flexibility in amenities to host business talks and international dialogues, to connect minds and create the desirable future. Symbolically, this slender bridge-building represents the dynamism and the plural singularity of federal Belgium and its Regions. Belgium is stronger when it is united!

It is a dynamic monolith dedicated to renewable energies, covered with a large photovoltaic and thermal solar canopy, producing electricity and domestic hot water for the pavilion’s self-consumption. It is also a biophilic architecture that hosts a rich program whose balconies and rooftop are plante, shrubs, and trees. These “breathable”, drip-watered facades, naturally refresh - through evapotranspiration from the plants - the large outdoor terraces where having fun is encouraged. The Green Arch perfectly expresses the concept of “Belgitude”, this typically Belgian aptitude for

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synthesizing in the heart of Europe the very creative Latin romantic spirit with the pragmatic ingenuity of Germanics and Anglo-Saxons. The construction is the result of a public-private partnership between the General Commissioner BelExpo, the Régie des Bâtiments, and the Besix construction company. In total, 93 companies took part in the project, 46 of which were involved in sponsoring the pavilion designed on the principles of the circular economy as a giant meccano. “The building will not be doomed to destruction” said Pierre-Yves Dermagne, the Belgian Federal Minister for the Economy. “Everything has been done so that it can be rebuilt, I hope, in Belgium”.

Plot: C77, Mobility District, Expo 2020 Dubai Plot surface area: 2,179.43 m² Gross floor area: 4,823.83 m² Planted surface area: 650 m², or 30% of the plot Client: BelExpo + Régie des Bâtiments Builder: Besix + Besix 3D Architects: Vincent Callebaut Architectures + assar architects Scenographers: Facts and Fiction + Envie F&B: Créneau International Structure Design Office: Ney & Partners + RBG MEP Design Office: MK Engineering + Jain Landscaper: Citiscape Photographers: Nizar Bredan + Greg O’Leary + Vincent Callebaut

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I CITY LIVING

Project addresses Kuwait’s housing shortage with community spaces at its core

A New Design for Multi-Generational Living in Kuwait Wafra Living‘s design by AGi architects proposes an innovative housing organization in Kuwait, a new type of multi-family living as a social response to housing needs in the country. The design is guided by the requirements of contemporary life while balancing traditional norms, and reintroduces urban life to the building level. The project is designed as a high-rise building set back from the street, with an L-shaped building

defining the street edge. It is conceived to maximize privacy within the community, whilst providing ample natural light and usable indoor and outdoor common spaces. Cuts have been made on the ground floors of the front building to provide better views for the tower apartments. The complex combines at different levels domestic and collective scales that are both private and public. The architecture defines the edge of the

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block and creates a series of open spaces within the plot for the community, with various uses. The building cantilevers off the ground to draw street life into the building. The ground floor level opens up to the neighborhood with accessible retail facilities on the street level, integrating into the urban fabric, and links up to a high square through an inclined, stepped garden. The project is composed of 16 types of living typologies -ranging from two bedrooms to fourbedroom duplex- distributed across five cores to cater to a variety of tenants. The project public amenities include multiple gardens, gyms, pools, kids playing areas, squash court, public terraces and community multi-purpose space. A “High Square” is created. It acts as a largescale, private communal area for all tenants that includes various landscaped pockets, pools, and access to the gym to enjoy leisure activities in a more private setting.

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The building envelope provides a safe environment for the inhabitants, protecting them from the hustle and bustle of the street. From this level, one can see an aluminum mesh: a double skin that climbs the internal facade containing the emergency routes, and conceals the various service spaces that do not relate to the public. Behind the lattice are the five cores, which connect the residential floors. Passive design techniques and innovative materials are used to maximize thermal insulation and minimize light consumption, also enhancing ventilation of the building, avoiding the “heatisland” effect that occurs in this type of urban development. With the pandemic, typologies like this one have taken on a renewed interest as they offer a variety of ‘communal’ and public space and how crucial it is to our well-being as a society. Wafra Living is socially driven, environmentally responsive and behavior-conscious. This development has set an example of how to approach urban issues and redefining areas; thereby becoming a catalyst for the city’s future growth.

Type: Housing | 56,000 sqm – Competition – First Prize Location: Jabriya, Kuwait Date: 2021 Client: Wafra Real Estate Co. Cost: Confidential Photography: Mohammad Taqi Ashkanani Instagram: @mashkanani Website: mohammadtaqi.com Awards: - Identity Design Awards 2021 – Shortlisted “Architecture-Residential” category • A’Design Awards 2012 - Bronze A’Design Award “Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category - Residential Complex” • MIPIM Architectural Review Future Projects Awards 2012 - Commended “Residential” • International Property Awards 2011 (IPA) 5 Stars Award Arabian Residential Property Awards “Architecture - Multiple Residence” • World Architecture Festival Awards 2011 (WAF) - Winner “Future Projects – Residential Building”. Authorship: AGi architects

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I PARK

Fluvial Park in Santiago de Chile Fresh designs for the riverbank

Santiago de Chile is a city that stretches out at the foot of the Andes and which is crossed by a canalized river from east to west. This river, called Mapocho, has historically been a very significant local landmark and the city has grown along its banks. The process of urbanization of this 34 kilometer-long course of water was quite unsustainable and in the early 1990s this linear space was the natural receptacle of wastewater, badly contaminated by city sewage and industrial waste. Now, since 2012 and as part of an ambitious publicprivate sanitation program called Cleaned Urban Mapocho and managed by Aguas Andinas (the largest agency responsible for water supply in Chile), the river was completely cleaned up and decontaminated. Served with

several wastewater treatment plants and a 29 kilometerlong wastewater pipe collector, this river became the first in Latin America to be completely cleaned from grey waters (although the water itself still looks murky, due to the large quantities of silt and mud the water carries downstream, the river now supports fish and birds). In this context and in line with the very traditional configuration of public linear parks in Santiago, most of them developed along the riverbanks, the new Fluvial Park appears as a singular project located by the Mapocho River. Originally, this park would be part of a much larger urban intervention along the full extension of the river, comprised in the Bicentennial Projects set out by President Piñera during his first administration (2010-

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2014), which would make “the river navigable”; however, it proved more possible and more realistic to start the river transformation and beautification by focusing on a single area. In this case, the selected large vacant area was found in a district with very few green public spaces. The project was donated to the city by Aguas Andinas and the design office in charge was Boza Arquitectos, whose founder architect Cristian Boza had been working for decades on possible alternatives for the river’s revitalization. The vacant area, which is located in western Santiago in a district mostly devoted to industrial developments, extends along one kilometer and was adjacent to a very well-established park in the city, of fering the perfect situation for the project to establish a clear continuity of green spaces in front of the river. The very different design approach and final image of the recently implemented park provides now a strong sense of novelty for locals. There are two urban situations newly generated by this project and which are quite innovative for a park in this city: one, the creation of an adjacent large surface of water for recreational uses and, according to the designers “to bring the river closer to the people”; two, the construction of artificial architectonic green slopes to define the borders of the park and the floating pieces in the new lagoon. The reason why this topography appears as innovative is primarily because of the geometrical design the slopes display, in opposition to the natural organic lines of the traditional parks in Santiago.

The construction of these slopes was also a decision that responded to the existing dirt and debris supply, gathered in the site over the years; the reutilization of this material was the most sustainable way that the designers found in order to generate the dynamic shapes they had envisioned for the park. The highest point of this series of slopes correspond to that of the City Bike Circuit, called Mapocho 42K in reference to the internationally renowned marathon and which goes across eleven different comunas (districts) in Santiago and extends along 42 kilometers; the incorporation of the bike path’s segment in the new park into this very popular recreational/sport program which the city started in 2009, has been a very positive planning decision. Overlooking the river and with the mountains as the perfect backdrop to the north and, at the opposite side, overlooking the lagoon and the park’s pathway and greenery, this elevated bike trail is today an urban success. The rest of the park’s pathway, 100% pedestrian, is an elaborate network which allows visitors to walk along the water edges, to go up and down the different slopes and to walk across the bridges which were built over the water to keep all spaces easily connected, granting a compact and fluent itinerary. In order to assure an easy maintenance and management of the slopes’ edges, the landscape plan was defined mainly with groundcovers and succulents and the large trees were saved to outline larger spaces, borders and a pedestrian avenue connected to the access plaza. Composed mostly of native species and with little water requirements, the planting list also responds to the decision of providing a diverse and wide seasonal color palette. A nice consequence of the colorful planting in the site was the considerable increase in bee species abundance and diversity. The water supply for the site’s irrigation is the central lagoon, which acts as a large on-site water reservoir. The diversion of part of the flow of the river was achieved with the inclusion of an inflatable rubber diversion dam which directs the water into the reservoir after a sedimentation process via an underground filter system. Depending on the river flows and the reservoir water levels, the water can be returned.

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The incorporation of this dam has definitely changed the look and feel of the riverfront in this area of the city and it has a wide variety of beneficial uses such as water storage and recycling, recreation and habitat; however, it can be argued that the natural behavior of the river waters has been changed too and that, as little as that change can be when compared to any potential benefits, it is still a significant change whose consequences may be seen in the long term. Of course environmental impact assessments were carried out by the agencies and governmental areas involved and the project is meant to be a positive addition to the area; in this sense, the Ministry of Public Works worked hand in hand with the designers and established the general criteria for the correct park’s implementation. While in the process of coworking, the Ministry of Public Works defined the social aspect of the site as paramount. According to this clear objective, the park’s program includes soccer fields, administration offices and service areas, water features and, of course, offers paddleboat rental (with very affordable fees). A large access plaza provides room for public events and craft fairs and one of the slopes was prepared to accommodate a large audience for free concerts and performance art. Placed into the soil and appearing as floating pieces on the green, custom-designed concrete benches provide seating area and can be also used as play structures for kids. The lighting plan was carefully planned and designed for every one of the spaces of the site and the many different possible uses, both at day and night. Fluvial Park, which was recently renamed Family Park, is definitely different from the rest of the traditional linear green spaces in Santiago de Chile because of its new physical, visual and conceptual relationship with the riverbanks and, especially, with the river waters. In times of urban adaptation and renovation necessary processes, this could be considered as a pioneering positive sign; however, with any innovative ideas, strong commitment comes along. Profoundly responsible decisions, procedures and monitoring actions are the signs which would make any urban intervention of this kind, highly positive. Time will tell.

Location: Santiago de Chile, Chile Designers: BOZA ARQUITECTOS (Cristián Boza D., Cristián Boza W., Diego Labbé, Eduardo Ruiz-Risueño, Michel Carles Tapia) Landscape designers: Pamela Olate, Pilar Lozano, Cecilia Vergara Lighting Plan: Paulina Villalobos, Pamela Padruno Client: Ministry of Public Works, Government of Chile Area: 20 Hectares Photograpy: Felipe Díaz Contardo / Guy Werbourne / María Cirano

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I HORTICULTURE

All Roads lead to

Rome

By: Dr. Mario Rossi

Managing Director @ ambientStudio www.ambientstudio.com

International Horticultural Exposition 2021 awards Dubai based Italian architecture studio for its project in Yanghzou, China

The Organizing Committee of the International Horticultural Exposition 2021 Yangzhou, China has awarded their prestigious Golden Award for ambientStudio’s project, Hortus Romani. The Chinese City of Yangzhou (Jiangsu Province) invited the city of Rome, Italy to participate to the Horticulture Expo 2021, held in Yangzhou from April to October 2021. ambientStudio was selected to be part of the team for the design of the Rome Cluster, under the patronage of Roma Capitale Municipality.

The team other half, responsible for the epop - a new model of sustainable building - is CITERA, InterDepartmental Research Center for Territory, Building, Heritage and Environmental of the Sapienza University of Rome - Faculty of Architecture. Award

The theme of the Yangzhou Expo was described to us as: Green City, Healthy Life Characteristics • Landscape Pattern Regionally Harmonious Coexistence • A Horticultural Gathering World Earth scapes • Urban Agriculture for Healthy Life and Social Cohesion • Events Manifesting Beautiful and Healthy Life • A Model & Good Practice for the Garden City • A Construction Model for Sustainable & Flexible Development

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The team decided to focus the participation on three relevant topics, defined as: Urban Agriculture Rome has the widest urban agriculture area in Europe and coordinates the Ru:rban cities network (EU Urbact Project) as the European lead city for urban agriculture competences. The activities of Ru:rban - Urban Agriculture for Resilient cities - aim to enforce the urban agriculture experiences, competences and regulations, boosting the food circular economy, permaculture and composting, improving healthy life, social cohesion and communities engagement, fighting social exclusion and poverty, allowing brownfield recovery. Vineyard and Wine Rome is a city of living history. An ancient landscape shaped by the hands of planners and farmers, where vineyards and olive cultivations marked the culture and food traditions. The Eternal City wine tour is a unique experience and the surrounding Lazio Region hosts experiences of great products and flavors. The vineyards culture in Lazio involves more than just great food and wine: Archeological excavation sites are dug on the border with vineyards, wineries are built on the relics of ancient sites and the breeze from the Mediterranean reminds you of the important wine trading routes during the times of the Romans. Vertical Green for Smart Sustainable Buildings Green and Smart Building represents the perfect integration to support the development of sustainable cities. Low Carbon Smart buildings are the positive catalyst towards sustainability and, even more than energy and technology solutions, the use of vertical green and roof gardens offer a great opportunity to change the image of the city toward a nature based revolution for a clean healthy urban life. A new sustainable buil ding called epop was specifically designed for the event.

Urban Agriculture Rome’s fertile landscape made it the ideal place for a city to develop and has had a profound impact on its history. Although the city has changed immensely over the years, surviving everything from barbarian attacks to world wars, its natural, physical landscape has remained virtually unchanged. Ancient Romans believed the Gods themselves chose the site that would become the most powerful city in the ancient world. They do say, after all, that all roads lead to Rome. In Italy urban gardens were born in the middle of the Second World War when a campaign was launched for the Orticelli di Guerra: all public green areas, in essence, were made available to the population to grow vegetables and legumes, with the ultimate goal not to leave even a piece of land uncultivated. After that historical period ended, no other similar experiences followed in our country, at least until today, when associations and groups of citizens began to think of urban gardens as a means of reviving organic agriculture and promoting a new type of sociality. Urban gardens are green spaces close to inhabited areas, mainly intended for the cultivation of vegetables and fruit for personal use. They represent a new concept of agriculture which sees the common citizen as protagonist, from the cultivation of his own garden to the harvest. The types of urban gardens are many and different from each other. The gardens of individual citizens (or condominiums) who directly exploit their city homes can be considered urban gardens, creatively transforming areas such as balconies, terraces or condominium areas for cultivation. Shared gardens; Social Gardens; Educational Gardens; Therapeutic gardens; Company gardens; Vegetable gardens on balconies and terraces; Raised gardens One type of urban garden does not exclude the other. That is, they can coexist and be offered within the same agricultural spaces managed by the same structure / organization.

I HORTICULTURE Vineyards and Wine Maybe Lazio isn’t the first place you think of when you think of Italy, but we bet Rome is. Capital of Italy, our Beautiful Country, the Eternal City (La Città Eterna) has been capturing the hearts of people for, well, eternity. Rome is a city of living history; the dust and the dirt, the noise and the vibrations, are the astonishing proof of thousands of years of tradition. That of course means deeply entrenched wine and food traditions. Which is why an Eternal City wine tour is such a unique experience.

Vertical Green for Smart Sustainable Buildings Rome has many kilometers of ancient walls and the garden of the Eternal City have always offered splendid visions of greenery. Green walls are vertical structures that have different types of plants or other greenery attached to them. Green walls differ from facades, which are often seen climbing up the outside walls of buildings, using them as structural support. In addition to the visual and biophilic benefits of all green walls, smart and active green walls can feature natural air purification and humidification thanks to the combination of enhanced air circulation, specialized growth medium, and technology. Living walls can make us happier and more productive, as they appeal to our innate need to be around nature. Bringing in natural elements to places where they can’t generally be seen lifts our mood, making us more alert and upbeat. This concept is also known as biophilia.

La cucina romana, famous for such dishes as carbonara, cacio e pepe and the exalted carfiofi alla giudia, links the ancient City to the rolling fields that lay on the outskirts. A food experience in Lazio involves more than just great food and wine though. Archeological excavation sites are dug on the border with vineyards, wineries are built on the relics of ancient sites and the breeze from the Mediterranean reminds you of the important wine trading routes during the times of the Romans. A trip to Lazio is the ultimate exploration of art and history, culture and cuisine. The very beginnings of the Western world can be experienced simply by setting foot on our cobblestone streets. They do say, after all, that all roads lead to Rome. We were keen to invite the Visitors of the Rome Pavilion at Yanghzou - to few virtual amazing walks thru. We intend also to bring together companies and stakeholders from the agri-food-wine sectors.

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I HORTICULTURE The project Hortus Romani - Rome Pavilion The now built pavilion we imagined has been a synthesis of an architectural space integrated with vertical and horizontal green solutions - vertical gardens and walls - different styles - that represented the material and immaterial excellence of the Roman City and Areas. The spaces we showcase are symmetrically aligned on three main axes. We represented the Giardini - Gardens of the our ancient City, beauty integrated within quintessential elements such: a small Vigna - Vineyard, a small Farm court, the Aia, some Urban Gardens, an Amphitheater and Open Public Space our Piazza - Square with a central semi detached Pavilion - our Open Sustainable House (Villa) the epop .

The Hortus Romani - Rome Pavilion has also small courtyard, symbolically portraying a classic Roman Villa. Inside we took the Visitors in a virtual series of experiences thru Space and Time with digital projections, live connections with City Events, Farms visits, Concerts, Events. The basic structure of the pavilion is a 160 sqm building we called epop on 2 levels. The project built is now an integral part of the Yangzhou Parks. info@ambientstudio.com “To build is to collaborate with earth, to put a human mark upon a landscape, modifying it forever thereby; the process contributes to that slow change which makes up the history of cities”

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Green Education

India’s Prestige University stands out for its dramatic Green building approach

Sanjay Puri Architects designed a 32-acre university campus in Indore, India that has captured the essence of why it’s so important for our educational institutions to be an example of sustainability for the young minds that are sculpted here. The main administration offices, along with an auditorium, seminar halls, library and cafeteria, form the functions of this forwardthinking university building.

As opposed to creating an imposing edifice, the building gradually steps up from the approach direction belying its 20 metre height. Stepped up from the northern direction, the entire terrace of the four-level building is accessible to the students and faculty members of the university, transferring into an open auditorium amidst the landscape. The multiple functional spaces within are interspersed, with naturally lit landscaped

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courtyards allowing indirect light to infuse the internal volumes at each level. The north lighting and courtyards are imbibed from traditional Indian architecture, creating an energy-efficient sustainable building with minimal dependence on artificial lighting and air conditioning. This is in response to the

climate of the city that varies from 30°C to 40°C for 8 months of the year. Varied sectional volumes punctuated by landscape create different experiences in each part of the building. A continuous diagonal indoor street, in addition to the numerous open courts, facilitate natural ventilation within the internal spaces.

Technical sheet Client: Prestige Education Society Location: Indore, India Gross Floor Area: 2,50,000 SQ.FT Principal Architect: Sanjay Puri Design Team: Sanjay Puri, Ruchika Gupta, Suzanna Machado, Omkar Rane, Devendra Duggad Credit to: v2com

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PROJECT SUPERBLOOM British landscape architecture firm, Grant Associates, will encircle the moat at the Tower of London with millions of flowers to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen. Coined as the ‘Superbloom’ celebration project, the Tower of London will be brought to life in joint partnership with award-winning landscape architecture practice Grant Associates and the University of Sheffield’s Professor of Planting Design, Nigel Dunnett – both of whom have extensive expertise in urban horticulture and landscape design. After a year of extensive testing and planning, 20 million carefully selected seeds will be sown in the moat in spring 2022, creating a vibrant sea of flowers which will continuously evolve from June to September, changing colours and patterns throughout the summer. For the first time, the space will be open every day for visitors to explore and see the spectacle of the flowers close-up, as the moat, which was built in the 13th century to keep people out of the Tower, becomes a welcoming new habitat for pollinators and seed-eating birds. The Tower’s ‘Superbloom’ will be the first stage of a transformation of the moat into a new natural landscape in the heart of the City of London, replacing the current lawn permanently. Grant Associates, the Bath-based international practice behind 2021’s Best Show Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, The Guangzhou Garden, and the world-renowned Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, is taking a collaborative role in designing the overall

visitor experience and technical design concept for the project, including the sequencing of experiences and flowering effects as visitors move around the moat. Andrew Grant RDI, Founder and Director at Grant Associates, said: “The prospect of transforming the Tower of London moat from barren amenity grassland into a spectacle of

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nature was irresistible and we look forward to seeing this historic evolution unfold over the coming months. This is set to be a highly significant transformation - one that will build on the moat’s legacy to create a nature-rich, sustainable landscape for the benefit of both biodiversity and the communities of the Tower, Tower Hamlets, London and all future visitors. We anticipate this bold intervention will be a catalyst for many other transformational projects across the country, bringing colour and life to renew our urban neighbourhoods.” In recent years, the Tower’s moat is best known for being the setting for two major commemorations of the Centenary of the First World War: the 2014 ‘Poppies’ and 2018 ‘Flames’ installations. However, the space has had many uses in its long history. It has housed a medieval orchard, a grazing ground for Victorian livestock, and even allotments during the Second World War. As recently as 1977, the moat was

An explosion of colour within London’s urban landscape, the Tower’s ‘Superbloom’ will also shine a spotlight on nature’s value to our wellbeing. The positive impact of green space on health is widely recognised and the pandemic has highlighted its importance. It is hoped that the transformation of the moat – a previously underused space – will inspire similar positive

used to mark HM The Queen’s Silver Jubilee with a garden display. In 2022, the ‘Superbloom’ will take inspiration from this long history, bringing nature back to the Tower’s urban landscape. When the flowers are flourishing, the ‘Superbloom’ will bring spectacular natural beauty to the feet of the Tower’s ancient walls, and it will introduce a new habitat for wildlife. The planting scheme will create a significant new and much needed resource for pollinators and seed-eating birds. Early tests in summer 2021 have already demonstrated the power of even a small number of flowers to increase the biodiversity in the moat.

change across the country. Schoolchildren are being invited to take part in a major schools initiative to support the project; growing their own displays, created from a special palette of seeds, to bloom alongside the one at the Tower – and learning about what gardens can do to improve sustainability and support ecology as part of that process. The Superbloom will be seeded in March 2022 and open in June 2022, but work to prepare for its installation has already begun this Autumn. Tickets for the display will go on sale on 6th December 2021.

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NEW & CURRENT PROJECTS Tender Cost (USD)

Post Date

Closing Date

12/11/2021

12/29/2021

667

12/8/2021

1/3/2022

933

12/8/2021

1/10/2022

12/2/2021

12/15/2021

1000

11/30/2021

3/1/2022

Saudi Arabia

933

11/26/2021

12/22/2021

Sultan Qaboos University (Oman)

Oman

11/26/2021

1/3/2022

Call-off Price Agreement for Landscaping ,Irrigation, Ancillary Works and Test.

Public Works Authority - ASHGHAL (Qatar)

Qatar

8585

11/25/2021

12/21/2021

Second Park Completion Work

Completion of the Work of the Second Phase and the Operation and Management of the Second Park

Dhofar Municipality (Oman)

Oman

256

11/24/2021

12/14/2021

Beautification Works

Provision of Aljanabiya Interchange Beautification.

Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning (Bahrain)

Bahrain

263

11/24/2021

12/22/2021

Landscaping & Irrigation Maintenance

Maintenance of Landscaping and Irrigation Services.

Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (Oman)

Oman

11/24/2021

1/3/2022

Gardens Maintenance Works

Maintenance and Operation of Gardens, Green Spaces, Trees, Irrigation Networks and Pumps.

Eastern Province Municipality - Emara (Saudi Arabia)

Saudi Arabia

5467

11/22/2021

2/1/2022

Gardens Maintenance Works

Arrangement and Maintenance of Gardens, Indoor and Outdoor Plants and Irrigation Networks.

Ministry of Justice (Kuwait)

Kuwait

1000

11/16/2021

2/13/2022

Plantations & Gardens O&M

Operation and Maintenance of Plantations and Gardens with the Scope of the North Municipality.

Riyadh Municipality (Saudi Arabia)

Saudi Arabia

1467

11/12/2021

12/29/2021

Plantations & Gardens O&M

Operation and Maintenance of Plantations and Gardens in the Malaz Municipality.

Riyadh Municipality (Saudi Arabia)

Saudi Arabia

1467

11/9/2021

12/23/2021

Indoor Plants

Supply and Installation of Indoor Plants at New Passenger Terminal Building.

Bahrain Airport Company (BAC)

Bahrain

10/29/2021

11/23/2021

Automatic Nursery System O&M

Maintenance, Operation and Provision of Spare Parts for the Automatic Nursery System at Warsan.

Dubai Municipality (Published on eSupply Portal)

Dubai

11/9/2021

11/21/2021

Seeds & Agriculture Materials

Supply of Seeds and Agriculture Materials.

Samaritans Purse (USA)

Iraq

11/9/2021

11/18/2021

Agriculture & Rural Empowerment Activity

Agriculture and Rural Empowerment (ARE) Activity - APS#001/Annual Program Statement.

Chemonics International (Lebanon)

Lebanon

11/24/2020

11/18/2021

Tender Name

Description

Client

Region

Vegetable Garden Seeds

Supply of Vegetable Garden Seeds.

Swedo Humanitarian Aid Organization (Iraq)

Iraq

Irrigation Gardens & Maintenance

Maintenance and Irrigation Gardens and Green Surfaces.

Ministry of Municipal & Rural Affairs (Saudi Arabia)

Saudi Arabia

Irrigation Maintenance

Maintenance and Irrigation of Gardens and Parks East of Taif.

Taif Municipality (Saudi Arabia)

Saudi Arabia

Home Gardening Materials

Supply of Home Gardening Materials Dap.

Welthungerhilfe (Iraq)

Iraq

Planting & Maintenance Works

Maintenance and Planting of the KISRs yards and gardens in Shuwaikh and external sites.

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)

Kuwait

Irrigation Maintenance

Maintenance and Irrigation of Gardens and Parks in the Center of Taif (Second Zone).

Taif Municipality (Saudi Arabia)

Afforestation & Irrigation Services

Maintenance Contract for Afforestation and Irrigation Services.

Landscaping & Irrigation Maintenance

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