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EDITOR’S NOTE Last week, The National newspaper revealed that, to date, Dubai was the most-booked holiday destination from the UK in 2022. With the pandemic, hopefully in the rear-view mirror, the UAE’s hotel operators are looking forward, like every other industry to getting back to normal. Our February issue, focuses on two of the biggest hotel groups in the UAE; the Double Tree Hilton who have a new waterfront property opening in Sharjah and Jumeirah Hotels on the famed Jumeirah Beach Road in Dubai. We speak to the head of the Landscape design in charge of the team responsible for beautifying and maintaining these iconic properties on a daily basis and find out how they create those Instagramable moments for their guests with their innovative landscape designs. See our cover story on Page 14 to read more. Continuing with the behind the scenes theme, we hear about the inner workings of the Landscape design at Damac Hills, a luxury residential community located in Dubailand, just off Hessa street. Page 8

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Over in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we feature what has been described as a “pioneering cognitive city,” Oxagon will be located in the north-west of KSA, strategically near the Suez Canal on the Red Sea coast. Read all about this new industrial and logistics hub on page 24 We also share architect DB studios post make-over of a minimalist home, known as ‘JD House’, in the Islamabad suburbs on page 30 Enjoy the issue!

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CONTENTS

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Building Beverly Hills Landscaping Dubai’s busiest hotels Zero + Infinite From Coast to Campus

JD HOUSE Telling the Stories of the Past Redefining an inner city urban block in Ekaterinburg

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I NEWS AND EVENTS

Global experts gathered at Expo 2020 Dubai to discuss the future of travel and urban landscapes as part of:

SingapoReimagine Global Conversations series The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has concluded a successful forum on the future of travel and tourism, including the importance of sustainability in attracting the next generation traveller. Organised in partnership with Intelligence Squared, the forum is part of STB’s SingapoReimagine[1] Global Conversations series. The session last Saturday (22 Jan), brought global industry leaders together to exchange ideas and explore collaboration opportunities to reshape travel for Singapore and the world. Titled Reimagined Cities: Can cities leverage urban design and technology to attract the next generation traveller?, the conversations provided insights into the recent shifts in global travel trends, and ideas on how to appeal to travellers in the new world. The event shone a spotlight on urban design and technology, and featured insights from industry experts, such as Dr. Barkathunnisha, Co-Founder, World Women Tourism and Founder of Elevated Consultancy & Training, as well as Mr Xavier Anglada, Managing Director at Accenture - Innovation, Digital Transformation, Energy Transition, who were joined virtually by Mr Michael Magill, Managing Director of RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd Middle East.

Attendees , for example, learnt about the need to shift towards a more traveller-centric marketing approach from a destination-centric one. Others were encouraged to take the time to understand the ‘new generation traveller’ and how best to meet their needs such as through sustainablydesigned cities that feel authentic, yet eco-friendly, smart and convenient. The session was moderated by Ms Sarah Khan, the recently appointed Editorin-Chief of Condé Nast Traveller Middle East, and covered a variety of topics, including how the tourism sector can adapt to changing consumer preferences by employing artificial intelligence and technological innovations; how cities are creatively deploying architecture to design tourist attractions of the future and, ; how sustainability is influencing where people choose to travel to, where they stay, and how destinations like Singapore are transforming in tandem with these needs. Dr. Barkathunnish said: “I learnt so much about sustainable urban design during this fascinating forum and I felt so honoured to be a part of it. Together we raised pertinent issues and challenges and also came up with strategic ways that cities can stand out from the competition and lure in the next-gen traveller.” Meanwhile, Mr Xavier Anglada commented: “The session presented

audiences with a thought-provoking debate about how travel and tourism is being reinvented in the new COVID-19 world. We explored how travellers’ needs have evolved, and the role technology is playing in providing hyper-personalized experiences for the new traveller.” Mr Michael Magill added: “Overall, the event was an inspiring fusion of ideas about how we can integrate cities and enable them to live in harmony with the natural environment. As well as being essential for the future of our planet, this shift has also been inspired by the average traveller’s desire to live a more sustainable life.” Finally, event attendee Dr. MACMunir Ahmad Chaudhry, Chairman of Aspires Invest said: “I’m so glad I took the time to attend this wonderful forum and I really feel like I learnt so much from it. Each one of the panellists was excellent and had lots of fascinating insights to add. It was a truly eye-opening glimpse into the world of travel, and I was most interested to hear how the world’s most innovative cities, such as Singapore and Barcelona, are reinventing their spaces, and making their urban landscapes smarter and more liveable in order to become more attractive to both tourists and locals alike.”

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Providing visitors with a glimpse on what life will look like in 2071.

The Museum of the Future:

A New Beacon for knowledge and innovation Often, we find ourselves wondering what the future could look like, envisioning an array of possibilities and questioning our own positioning in the world of tomorrow. What will our life look like? What will the future hold for our children? Today, the future is at the very doorstep of humanity, the opportunity is here as we believe that the future is something we ourselves can design. Driven by the wise vision of its leadership, as always, Dubai has brought to life a one of a kind hub, for visionaries, talents and great minds from around the globe to shape the future, it is the eagerlyawaited “Museum of the Future”, which will open its doors to the rest of the world on February 22, 2022, welcoming guests to embark on a journey to the year 2071. From Dubai and the UAE to the rest of the world, the Museum of the Future is a ‘living museum’ aiming to contribute to a deep intellectual movement, through connecting thinkers and experts from around the world and acting as a test bed for future generations to create innovative solutions for the challenges facing society. As described by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, the Museum of the Future is “the most beautiful building on Earth”. It is a spectacular building that speaks Arabic, representing the revival of Arab excellence in the fields of science, mathematics and research, and an appreciation of the past Arab intellectuals that aims at resuming Arab civilization and renaissance. Rising 77 metres above the ground, the striking structure is an architectural marvel, built by using robotic technology and with an emphasis on sustainability. The building is powered with 4,000 megawatts of solar energy. The pillarless structure is home to seven unique and distinct floors. For its visitors, the museum comprises an unparalleled window to experience the future in all its aspects and dimensions. The Museum of the Future employs the latest technologies of virtual and augmented reality, data analysis, artificial intelligence and human machine interaction. Answering many questions related to the future of humans, cities, societies, life on planet Earth and outer space, the museum’s exhibits orchestrate a world beyond human knowledge, providing visitors with innovative experiences unfold across five different exhibitions that explore the future of space travel and living, climate change and ecology, health, wellness, and spirituality.

Coming face-to-face with never-seen-before space technology and getting introduced to humanity’s home in outer space, the visitor’s journey begins in the depths of our solar system. Paying tribute to the inspiring Emirates Mars Mission project that saw the Hope Probe successfully enter Mars’ orbit last year, this exhibit compliments a crowning milestone for the UAE and the Arab World. The Museum of the Future experience encourages its visitors to partake in special missions and, unlike a traditional museum that showcases fragments of the past, it provides a portal to the future, in a scientific attempt to explore its variables, potential challenges and expected characteristics. The immersive experience will also see its visitors in an entirely new environment as they are re-introduced to planet Earth, the future of healing, sustainability and bioengineering technology. Reflecting the UAE’s ongoing work in sustainability and environmental stability, this part of the visitors’ journey also highlights the UAE position as one of the first countries to announce its commitment to achieving climate neutrality by 2050, and a homage to the country’s efforts in planning to host the 28th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 28) in Abu Dhabi in 2023. In an environment centred around health, wellbeing and the sense of self, visitors will embark on a peaceful and empowering journey, as light will be shed on reconnecting to human senses and learning to detach from the personal immense use of technology. The Museum of the Future will also showcase novel innovations from the near future through its partnerships with industry-leading companies and organisations to highlight emerging technologies and trends created for the betterment of humanity. Believing that the future does not have an age preference, this museum will provide children with dedicated experience that encourages their youngest minds to explore and learn several futureproofing skills through an open-world experience, in a step that helps them to innovate, and allows them to create the future they look forward to and to be a pivotal part of its characteristics. As the new global scientific landmark and a beacon of knowledge, the Museum of the Future will become the headquarter to the ‘Great Arab Minds’ initiative, launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in search for 1,000 great Arab minds.

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I LIVING STANDARDS

Building Beverly Hills As expectations for higher quality living standards continually increase amongst UAE residents, developers are turning to innovative landscape designs to set them apart

Spanning 42 million square feet across Dubailand, DAMAC Hills is home to an array of residential properties. Fondly referred to as the Beverly Hills of Dubai, it boasts collaborations with worldrenowned brands, such as Fendi Casa, Roberto Cavalli and Paramount Hotels and Resorts. Stylish villas and spacious apartments overlook the Trump International Golf Club, Dubai –one of the emirate’s largest golf courses – while four million square feet of lush greenery surrounds the development.

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The neighbourhood includes 37 hectares of open spaces consisting of areas for play, sports, family recreation, walkways as well as large lakes and swimming pools — making it one of the largest parks in the region. The neighbourhood also boasts a lush ring road that serves as a green ribbon that connects verdant villa gardens to the lush greenery of the park. The generous space allocated to the park has proven to set a new benchmark for affordable luxury resort lifestyle living in the UAE. A community for all ages The facilities are designed with every age group in mind and are therefore laid out in a hierarchy of spaces that range from formal to informal, and active to passive. This philosophy was behind the conceptualisation of the park. Apart from the 18hole links style golf course, the park also boasts amenities such as a community wave pool, a skate park, a bike trail, a fishing lake, a petting zoo, horse stables, a dog park, and a host of sports facilities.

Highlighting nature with landscape design The park’s design language represents the ancient sands of the desert and is the inspiration in forming the parks meandering pathways, lush gardens, and vast lawn areas. This also factors into how the park’s grading has been considered. DAMAC opted to maximise the existing site levels and minimise the cut-and-fill of the project. Softscape strategy played a huge role in creating the lush green park now being enjoyed by people of all ages and backgrounds. Numerous existing trees and palm trees are retained with

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native trees such as Acacia arabica and Prosopis cineraria, along with others bringing the desert landscape to life and simultaneously providing shade to park users. Desert dune typology is also represented by the distinctive shapes and layouts of the shrubs and groundcovers that could be utilised in both formal and informal planting strategies. This includes Tecoma stans, Crinum asiaticum, and Sesuvium portulacastrum to name a few.

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Malibu Beach: First of its kind in the UAE The UAE’s first residential wave pool in the heart of the desert, Malibu Bay is a highlight of the community. The attraction was designed as a sandy inland beach and luxurious lagoon style swimming pool surrounded by palm trees and tropical plants. Landscape elements such as the use of beach sand, in-situ concrete paving, to coconut palm trees, and Malibu-inspired graphics and signages are used to instantly transport residents to the Californian coast.

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DAMAC’s sustainable strategy With the sheer size of the park and the factors and typology in the design, the Park has added to Dubai’s biodiversity through its planting of native vegetation that provides a habitat for local fauna. The water bodies are carefully placed in their proposed locations in order to maximise the cooling effect through the park and utilises TSE for plant irrigation. Modern drip irrigation technology is also utilised to reduce water usage.

Technical Design Team from left: Daryl Gonzales (Landscape Architect), Jade Caluag (Landscape Architect), Bothayna Tawfik (Vice President – Design) and Jinmo Jung (Director – Landscape)

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I HOTEL

Landscaping Dubai’s busiest hotels An insight into the landscaping of Jumeirah Group’s stunning beachfront properties by its custodian – Mario Matyas Covering an area of more than 600,000m2 and spanning 2km of private beachfront, Jumeirah Group’s iconic Madinat Jumeirah, Burj Al Arab Jumeirah and Jumeirah Beach Hotel are some of Dubai’s most scenic locations. Designed and constructed over the past 20 years, approximately 30% of this extensive footprint features soft landscaping, creating lush green spaces for residents, guests and visitors to enjoy. Maintaining these picture perfect spaces requires constant upkeep to maintain the aesthetics and design characteristics, as well as updating to ensure that they are sustainable with minimal damage to the surrounding environment. A resort-within-a-resort, Madinat Jumeirah is peppered with an considerable amount of lush greenery, with more than 4,500 palm trees and thousands of ornamental trees making for some stunning Insta-worthy photoshoot locations in Dubai. Large lawn areas and kilometers of pathways nestled strategically throughout the resort seamlessly link guests to each interconnecting

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hotel, culminating in the mega Madinat Jumeirah resort, which is unparalleled in Dubai, the region and perhaps even the rest of the world. While Madinat Jumeirah is a truly breathtaking experience for Dubai’s discerning travellers, it is a real challenge for the teams responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the resort’s landscape. Operated out of Jumeirah’s Central Engineering Hub, we look after the landscape maintenance of the beachfront properties and resorts, as well as new implantations of soft and hard landscaping, including internal infrastructure, irrigation, swimming pools, water features, external lighting, furniture, signage, etc. In 2021 alone, we planted more the 120,000 shrubs and countless groundcover plants, along with 350 new palm trees, nearly 450 ornamental trees, including a 250-year-old olive tree that made found its home at one of our recently launched dining venues, La Plage by French Riviera. That same year, we recorded a combined work duration

of 350,000 hours maintaining and executing our landscaping projects, which included our ongoing green waste removal operation that saw nearly 20,000m3 of waste removed along with up to 100 tonnes of pre-mature date fruit cuttings discarded which are required to be cut manually from thousands of date palms by our professional tree climbing team. As the initial landscape was designed nearly two decades ago, we found ourselves having to systematically re-define areas which required uplifts, and then re-design, specify and supervise the execution of these out of the landscaping department. Currently, we are working on a complete uplift of Jumeirah Al Qasr’s arrival area with the support of our landscaping contracting and design partners. Next month, we aim to uplift several of our gorgeous Jumeirah Dar Al Masyaf Villas, followed by a full refurb of the soft landscaping in Jumeirah Beach Hotel’s Beit Al Bahar villas.

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So far, we have completed dozens of projects, enhanced around 15,000m2 of space and added approximately 3,500m2 of new soft landscaping in 2021, including our newest attraction – Inside Burj Al Arab, which now allows everyone to visit the iconic Burj Al Arab Jumeirah accessed via our new landscaped buggy paths. Furthermore, we undertook several enhancements and landscapes changes to make way for Jumeirah’s several new restaurant launches along the beachfront properties including, La Plage by French Riviera – a project that was very dear to me. With the fantastic vision and support by our CEO – Mr.

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José Silva – the team built a new beach terrace as an extension to the existing French Riviera restaurant in Jumeirah Al Qasr. A true gem of a project, we were able to re-plant a 250-year-old Olive tree in a “Pon Pon” shape within the vicinity of the restaurant. Last year also saw the launch of the Madinat Jumeirah Irrigation Project implemented to increase the consumption from the Treated Sewage Effluent (TSE) network, rather than relying on alternative water supplies. A project which requires new pipelines and a state-of-the-art irrigation tanks and pumping stations, we are aiming to increase the TSE consumption up to 70 percent of the resort’s requirement once established.

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The Central Engineering Hub at Jumeirah Group oversees quite a number of extensive landscaping projects, which was a challenge I opted for when joining the group back in July 2019. Besides the landscaping, we also look after our beach and indoor planting as well as special restaurant constructions, for example, the mirror cladding of the iconic SAL restaurant at Burj Al Arab Jumeirah. .

I EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS

ZERO + INFINITE Green educational environments for science scholars

In Buenos Aires, capital city of Argentina, public education is essentially represented by the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Founded in 1821 and nowadays one of the largest and most prestigious in America, this university has thirteen different faculties and 300,000 students enrolled. The Faculty of Hard and Natural Sciences (FCEN or Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales) has around 6,000 researchers and scholars and over 1,500 ongoing research projects financed

by the University, the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) and the National Agency of Science and Technology. Historically, inter-university and faculty exchange programs and agreements have been key to FCEN’s development and this great incentive for the internationalization of higher education and academic exchange has been the inspiration for exceptional students and graduates to carry out outstanding

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projects and careers. Indeed, the Zero + Infinite project was born out of the union of two exceptional minds: Sebastian Ceria, the Argentinean mathematician and founder of New-York based software company Axioma and the Uruguayan globally-renowned architect Rafael Viñoly. What these two professionals have in common with each other is that they earned their undergraduate degrees at the University of Buenos Aires and that, after many years and successful international careers, they had the chance to give back to this educational institution and to education at large. Still, when asked about any bonds with the project, architect Viñoly says that before any nostalgia, what he considers as a clear priority “is to improve the infrastructure of education everywhere”.

Interdisciplinary Education, or CELFI, an unprecedented undergraduate course of studies which seeks to provide scientists with the tools to work on complex problems, by the interaction of interdisciplinary fields of expertise. This initiative was part of a program financed by the Latin American Bank of Development (2015) in which one of the foremost items was the construction of a first-class building that would house the new CELFI’s classrooms. The FCEN’s Calculus Institute and the graduate studies for Sciences of the Atmosphere are the other two important programs whose state-of-theart labs, academic offices and learning spaces would be housed in the same building. Nestled in the heart of the UBA’s campus, a 60-hectare piece of land claimed from the river in the early 1960s, and near other academic buildings, Zero + Infinite is comprised in a total area of 17,200 square meters. Connected with an existing building of the faculty (Pavilion 1), via a pedestrian path lined up with the main access and running along the full extent of its

Sebastian Ceria was the primary donor to the overall project and architect Viñoly donated the architectural design. The local counterpart was the Minister of Science and Technology of Argentina (2007-2018) and current Secretary Jose Lino Barañao, who in 2009 embarked on the creation of the Latin-American Center of

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shortest side, Zero + Infinite offers a clear relationship with the traditional cluster of the campus’s buildings. In turn, it offers a fresh imposing and landscape-reflecting image which contrasts with that of the old compound. The context and the site’s existing conditions defined the project in several ways: 1) the established trees planted in the site, which make up the woodlands of the UBA’s campus, were essential for delineating both shape and position of the building’s two courtyards, 2) the connection and relationship with the nearby FCEN’s pavilions and 3) the site location very near to the glide slope of Aeroparque (the local airport for domestic flights) were primary influences on the building’s overall shape and low-slung massing. Although the final project was named by mathematician Sebastian Ceria after the silhouettes of the courtyards, “zero” and “infinite”, the shapes and especially the exact location of the largest patio were a mere response to the need of maintaining as much as possible a stand of old-growth trees, bringing nature into the building and activating the outdoor spaces. In this sense, Rafael Viñoly states: “The trees came first because the most basic sustainability practice is to preserve what nature has taken decades or longer to build”. During the construction’s preliminary stages, site’s surveys and assessments determined that the typical soil conditions of the reclaimed ground had affected the formal growth of the trees’ root system (extending horizontally into the land) and, as a result, successful processes of tree transplanting were possible only in some cases. The local team, which was in charge of the Infrastructure Department of the National Secretary of Science of Technology, included a specialist in Botany and an Agronomist who, after an in-depth analysis of the conditions of trees and the established large shrubs planted in the affected site, indicated which ones would

be able to bounce back after the construction process, which ones would be able to be transplanted into other locations in the campus and which already unhealthy ones would not survive any stress. The transplanting was 100% successful and allowed the creation of new green areas in the campus; on the other hand, the trees now standing in the “Infinite” courtyard, especially and carefully treated during construction, provide the sense of life originally sought by the project. The rich interaction of building and landscape is not only given by an almost 8,800 square meter-green roof or by the utilization of geothermal energy for the building’s cooling system but also, mainly, by the strong visual interconnectedness generated throughout the floor plates and with the enclosing natural areas. The see-through structure provides an amplified perception of space and brings the natural elements of both the surrounding landscape and that of the two green courtyards into the building, making tree tops and lawn areas seem to extend from the outside to the indoor spaces and vice versa, almost blurring this usually clear differentiation.

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El nuevo edificio para la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires es conceptualmente un edificio independiente, que brinda la máxima flexibilidad de los usos actuales y futuros, respetando el medio, vinculando y jerarquizando el edificio existente. Una volumetría simple de Planta Baja y un Piso, con dos patios abiertos que permiten el vínculo con el exterior. La Planta Baja contiene el acceso principal, que vincula el ingreso peatonal de los dos edificios. Este acceso fuertemente delineado genera para los peatones el vínculo entre los dos edificios con un dialogo entre los espacios públicos, semipúblico y privados, aéreas cubiertas, semi- cubiertas y descubiertas. En sus funciones, toda el área perimetral de la Planta Baja está destinada al sector de Aulas. Localizando el mayor tráfico de estudiantes en esa planta y permitiendo la máxima vinculación del alumnado entre sí y un sencillo vínculo con el edificio existente del Pabellón 1 y Pabellón 2 Las áreas restantes de la Planta Baja generadas alrededor de los dos patios, respetan los arboles existentes y sirven de respaldo de los servicios tales como: Salas de Reuniones, Salas de Servidores, Salas de Proyectos, Cafetería, Centro de Copiado, Areas de Encuentro y Areas de Lectura. El Primer Piso a la misma altura que el nivel del edificio existente del Pabellón 1, alberga las Bibliotecas y el sector comprendido por las Oficinas y Sector Administrativo. Todas ellas dispuestas en el perí¬metro del edificio y de los patios, brindándoles luz y ventilación natural. La vinculación con el nivel inferior es por medio de 5 escaleras ubicadas en el espacio cubierto de tal manera que son de fáciil visibilidad y acceso. Adicionalmente 5 núcleos verticales de servicio incluyen escaleras de emergencia, sanitarios y ascensores de carga y principal. La comunicación entre la bandeja del primer piso y las oficinas que circunscriben los patios se vinculan por medio de puentes, brindando una integración al conjunto que permite conexiones de los distintos departamentos entre si y una fuerte vincu¬lación espacial y visual con el nivel inferior. En el primer nivel un puente cubierto vincula el edificio existente con el nuevo edificio y brinda de cubierta para la circulación inferior entre los edificios a nivel de Planta Baja. Se materializa la envolvente con una piel de vidrio reforzando sus líneas verticales por medio de parasoles de Aluminio que brindan un control térmico y control de visuales. Con el volumen geométrico de un ángulo agudo, se refuerza la primitiva conexión entre el Pabellón 1 y el Pabellón 2, creando una calle lateral.

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The glass façade, with reflection of trees and blue sky, and the green roof, which when seen from passing airliners restores the image of the riverfront natural landscape, both mediate the relationship toand drag on- the environment. Inside the building, a double height glazed atrium flows between the interior and exterior perimeters which comprise classrooms and support spaces for students in the main floor and offices, conference rooms and labs in the first floor. Except for the classrooms, distributed around the building’s exterior perimeter with wide open views, all learning spaces and offices are enclosed in glass to allow natural light into the center of the plan as well as to create a more transparent, collaborative environment of intellectual exchange. In this sense, the building is developed on just two floors to amplify this so essential interconnectivity, something that architect Viñoly stresses by explaining that “vertical stacking balkanizes communities because people are less likely to move vertically than horizontally, especially if they can’t see each other”. Regarding resource optimization, the structure of the facade is made to perform multiple duties. By extending the vertical aluminum fins out perpendicular to the glass surface (and shading it) the solar gain and energy consumption are dramatically reduced, the structure against wind loading is stiffened and

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the visibility into the classrooms from the exterior is controlled, generating a measure of privacy that balances the preference for open views. According to Viñoly “Every building, every significant investment of capital, especially for a public university, must optimize. It’s the only responsible approach to construction in this day and age but, though it may have been less vivid in the past, it has always been a key responsibility of the architect. A building for research and education in the natural sciences - especially one being completed in 2019, under the menace of climate change - must be even more focused. If an iconic image emerges from all of this optimization and detailing, it is a natural byproduct of building’s essence.” . Location: City of Buenos Aires, Argentina Location: City of Buenos Aires, Argentina Designers: Rafael Viñoly Architects (New York, USA) Local Project’s Management: National Secretary of Science and Technology of Argentina, Department of Infrastructure: Director Bruno Spairani/ Local Management, representing Rafael Viñoly Architects: Sebastian Goldberg Client: FCEN: Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) Date of Completion: August 2019 Total area: 17,200 m2 / Green roof: 8,760 m2

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Oxagon masterplan, Image © [NEOM]

From Coast to Campus A destination brimming with unexplored potential, embracing science, nature and context as a living system.

Strategically located in north-west Saudi Arabia, positioned near the Suez Canal on the Red Sea coast, Oxagon will become a pioneering cognitive city where business, industries and lives are built as a blueprint for the future of work, living and sustainability. Oxagon is planned as a logistics and industrial hub for NEOM, and the Kingdom. With a diameter of 4.3 miles (7 kilometres), covering a total of 30 square miles (48 square kilometres), and home to the world’s largest floating structure. Landscape architect Morphis, based in Hong Kong and London, has laid out their landscape vision and design proposals in collaboration with architects WilkinsonEyre and engineers Buro Happold for Innovation Campus at Oxagon; a worldclass destination for nature to thrive, innovation to invest and for workers and visitors alike to enjoy

a celebrated local culture for the future. The brief called for a design which NEOM’s guiding principles to promote a healthy and sustainable lifestyle as a catalyst for economic growth and diversity in NEOM City and the wider Kingdom. Brimming with unexplored potential, Innovation Campus will become a sustainable, yet contemporary landscape rooted in the culture of the Kingdom’s community to harness the spectacular contextual jebels, framed by the everchanging wadis. Cooled by the Red Sea breeze to create a sensitive biophilic and geological context, the coastal treatment and protection will avoid disruption to the existing marine reedbeds, including coral reefscape to showcase reef restoration innovations and accelerate conservation solutions in a changing climate.

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Innovation Campus will become a living sensorium of tactile experiences, aided by the holistic zero water waste strategy and energy innovation. A landscape which will evolve over time as a biophilic system to allow nature to thrive and to achieve net gain sustainability goals, supported by safe

pedestrian, cycle and electric vehicle movement and technology-based campus branding. The design vison encapsulates an approach of respect, as well as enhancing and celebrating the existing ecological assets and biodiversity within the development.

Landscape framework approach © [Morphis + WilkinsonEyre]

‘Respect and insert’ approach to sensitive building and landscape integration © [Morphis + WilkinsonEyre]

Intelligent massing at the earliest stages of urban planning included harnessing local opportunities and building orientation as part of an integrated microclimatic response. Benefitting from solar energy for passive heating in winter, prevailing winds as a cooling mechanism, and creating shelter and shade from unwanted solar gain and glare, the architectural ‘Super Canopy’ - a simple, yet sophisticated piece of passive design, is essentially a shading devise that will create a comfortable transition from semi-enclosed to the external environment beneath. A canopy that will also allow for a fantastic and verdant landscape to thrive, balanced with admitting daylight and low angle

solar energy for passive heating in winter creates a comfortable external environment for people to move around and to engage. Embedding a smart landscape design approach to creating climate responsive design is imperative to the success of the landscape – passive cooling and shaded corridors benefit from scooping prevailing winds. Sheltered canopy spaces from unwanted solar gain further enhances engagement of the landscape, along with developing technology principles around integrating solar harvesting surfaces in the landscape. The design encompasses a coherent ensemble of animated places, as a series of hierarchical destinations

I SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE throughout the campus, framed by new innovation buildings. Each of the core spaces encourage interaction and collaboration through social setting, a platform for learning as important as focused formal innovation and creativity to positively impact the physical and psychological wellbeing of the workers and visitors alike. Natural systems, existing features and new active and passive recreation collide to create a large public Sketchbook design evolution © [Morphis + WilkinsonEyre] open space. Smaller courtyards and plazas are also integrated into the campus to provide comfortable spaces to enjoy. During winter months stormwater surges can create drastic landscapes and wadi valleys. A holistic water management strategy captures rainwater run-off in a series of terraces where it is treated and cleansed, slowly discharging clean water for planting irrigation, and surplus for run-off into the Wadi and the Red Sea in reduced flows. During dry seasons, the terraces are enjoyed as an extension of the public space as natural open space typologies. Illustrative landscape masterplan © [Morphis + WilkinsonEyre] By evolving the landscape with urban eco-systems as bio-filters, makes a positive impact on atmospheric CO2 trends. Combining the effect of multiple passive and active measures, Innovation Campus will be able to run on 100% clean renewable energy all year long and achieve restorative carbon balances. The design aims to create a fully sustainable water cycle in an arid environment by welcoming the latest innovations as well as minimising demand, monitor and manage usage, maximise efficiency and re-use to ensure positive water cycles and net zero waste discharge. Innovation Campus planting strategy is formed by An integrated landscape and architectural experience local and native species selected from the region and © [Morphis + WilkinsonEyre] ultimately expanded to the wider environmental strategy of irrigation, water treatment, and water reuse. These species respond to heat, salinity, soil conditions and

3D rhino design evolution © [Morphis + WilkinsonEyre]

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An integrated landscape and architectural experience © [Morphis + WilkinsonEyre]

reduced irrigation requirements to align with NEOM’s environmental and sustainability goals. Native planting species have been selected to enhance the local ecosystems and ensure species will grow in harsh conditions. Plants chosen are adaptable to high salinity, dry and hot conditions. The diversity of species encourages wild flora and fauna to self-germinate and encourages the growth of natural habitats. Through extensive plant research into the Kingdom’s flora and fauna, the team were able to create a planting design approach ‘at one with nature’ as well as responding to the seasonal variation of the planting through colour, fruit and fragrance.

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Colour is an integral element in the Kingdom’s natural landscape - while its perception is subjective, it is key to orchestrating spatial experiences and directly influences the soul. It’s the inner beauty of invisible design, turning the ordinary into the extraordinary, the past into the present, and the present into possibilities to create inclusive life which grows continuously in time and space. Along with physical form, spatial articulation, and the expression of materiality, colour is an essential medium through which our landscapes are experienced as a sensory perception – its effects are both symbolic and emotional. Mark Blackwell, Creative Director of Morphis says: ‘Innovation Campus’s new landscape is crucial to

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simultaneously transform and unite its waterfront and Jebel hinterland. It will be spectacular and dynamic, beyond imagination, rooted in the culture of Kingdom’s ambitions for a diverse community delivering a thriving, well-served and sustainable landscape. We need to continue to explore more integrated approaches to challenge some the conventional and create solutions to reduce energy demands and increase renewable energy supply / re-use, implementing hybrid functionality and ultimately to work towards a more balanced supply.’ This unique masterplan for Innovation Campus represents a significant investment to deliver a unique setting to allow Oxagon to breathe, grow and adapt to changing social, technological and economic conditions, holistically integrating landscape architecture, architecture and engineering. Author Mark Blackwell, Creative Director at Morphis, based in Hong Kong and London.

Native and adapted native planting typologies © [Morphis + WilkinsonEyre]

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JD HOUSE

A minimalistic home dominated by a 40-yearold ficus tree in the Islamabad suburbs By DB Studios

‘JD House’ was named after the initials of one of its owners, a well-travelled couple who wanted a minimalistic yet striking home in a lush green neighborhood of Islamabad. The travertine cladded house framed with large trees dominates the surrounding neighborhood architecture. Inside the boundary wall, crisp warm

travertine with rustic slatestone covers the driveway while captivating greens create a welcoming environment. The main entrance of the house is accessed through a wooden bridge with a glass railing hoovering over a sunken patio. Placed over travertine floors among broad leaf plants and neatly clipped

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ficus topiaries, visitors are greeted with a rustic terracotta fountain that adds a calming note to the entrance area. The main lobby of the house captures the essence of centuries old Tivoli travertine and bears the magnetism of light and shadows depicted by a 40-year-old ficus tree placed in the courtyard of the

house. At first glance, it appears that the house is built around a huge ficus tree but in reality, it was placed after the structure was completed over a carpet of crushed black slate. Parallel to the driveway, there is an open green laid with grass accompanied by a multi shot lagestonia tree with two cristagalis and an age old grey stone

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carved pot filled with deep red panissitium grass. A solid log of acacia serves as a bench for resting, while rustic lamps give a nod to the notion that landscape minimalism is about simplicity and attitude. “The secret of happiness, you see is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less” Socrates.

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Key elements of the landscape design: Main Lawn: The metal bowl filled with water reflects the surroundings and offers a glimpse of the grass and sky. The variety of plant heights echoes the change of level in the lawn, and key viewpoints are preeminent to create delightful new perspectives of the garden’s elements. The Mayan columns placed in ficus clusters reflects the ancient cultures of mankind. While silk floss trees placed among other foliage are the show stoppers! A 30’ft high wall Initially, the large wall dominated the right side of the lawn so we broke it down by placing large lagestonia trees which produce purple flowers, and clusters of tall ficus cone shaped topiaries to give the lawn a sunken effect. Two covered pavilions with travertine floors equipped with modern furniture and fountains create the perfect outdoor lounging environment to enjoy in all seasons.

I LIVING ENVIRONMENT Sunken Patios “RELAXING, RETREAT, and HEAVEN” were words the client used when he described his vision for the sunken areas connected to the dwelling spaces in the basement. We started with travertine walls and created water bubbles to go up through a rustic pot in combination with medium trees and strelitzia Nicolai placed against the rough travertine wall overlooking a carved wood bowl. The bowl is set at the perfect level so the surface of the water remains flat to mirror the strelitzia. Last but not least, the Zen patio connected to the sauna room is a combination of fragrant murraya exotica bushes with a river washed boulder. The cool charcoal grey tiled floor gives a serene and calming effect, making it the ideal place to relax in the sauna after a hard day at work.

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Telling the Stories of the Past

The new DoubleTree by Hilton Sharjah Waterfront Hotel & Residences is a tribute to its birthplace

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Inspired by Sharjah’s unique heritage and culture, the DoubleTree by Hilton Sharjah Waterfront Hotel & Residences sits comfortably within its environment as a modern interpretation of a classic design inspired by three key elements of local culture. For the first element, guests are greeted by a stylised vertical version of an historic banyan tree structure at the entrance. The Rolla tree was once a favourite spot for residents to sit under the dense shade of the branches to wait for the cargo boats arriving at the nearby port. The abstract tree

sculptures and contemporary majilis-style seating areas replicate these gathering points reminding guests of the welcoming culture of the emirate. The story continues, with a second element, through a modern interpretation of the arish style of housing, a traditional palm leaf structure of early UAE homes, through stylised cladding and installations cleverly incorporated into the public space of the lobby area. The third element is an acknowledgement of the UAE’s ancient art of pearling which is reflected in the luxurious materials used throughout the

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project and highlighted by a monochrome palette that borrows heavily from the blue shades of the ocean and the cool green shades of the Rolla tree accented by warm desert orange and lustrous pink pearl tones. Thoughtfully designed seating areas are enclosed by a wall library shelving treatment housing a large collection of contemporary art and books which is extended into the coffee shop with its large communal table and elegant counter detail. The wellness facilities include a spacious wooden-floor gym as well as a secluded indoor pool leading into a steam room and unique Himalayan Salt Sauna. Key Facts Client: Al Marwan Group Scope of work: full ID design for front of house and back of house as well as site supervision, façade design and complete lighting design. Total area of the project: over 30000 sqm Number of rooms: 264 guest rooms Contractor for fit out and MEP: Interior International Main Contractor: Al Marwan Constructing

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New template for a city block Dutch Architects and Polish Landscape Studio

Redefining an inner city urban block in Ekaterinburg The large residential complex of Forum City marries a dynamic metropolitan lifestyle and an intimate urban experience. Nine connected towers offer panoramic views over the city. The design restores the original block pattern of the urban plan, while creating an engaging street-level atmosphere. The buildings are integrated with ambitious landscaping to make healthy and lively environments to suit every kind of resident and commercial user. The design brings together urban planning, architecture and landscaping, to solve some of the most pressing problems facing inner-city life today.

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Repairing the City Plan One of the problems in the centre of Ekaterinburg, a capital of Sverdlovsk region with over 2 million residents, has been lack of human scale and fragmentation of public spaces. The original city layout, has been broken by subsequent changes and modifications, resulting in loss of connection between urban form and its functions. This became especially visible in many central residential neighbourhoods. When buildings do not align with roads, and the clarity of the layout becomes blurred, one street experience can be difficult to distinguish from another. Spaces become distant and uninviting, marked by characterless open spaces and omnipresent car parks. Combined with apparent lack of coherent green street infrastructure it can create a bleak experience, especially during cold Ural winters with harsh winds blowing the air that reaches temperatures well below -250C. Equally in summer when continental air from central Asia can elevate temperature to blistering +300C, lack of shade and omnipresent concrete can make the streets very unwelcoming. This was the case in the area where we

a unified facade with a free standing towers typology. As a result, the designers created a European-style metropolitan experience combined with a green city oasis at its core. Historical elements: brickwork and market In the nineteenth century, Yekaterinburg was predominantly brick-built, with impressive facades, and detailed brickwork everywhere. Many of these were replaced over the course of the twentieth century with concrete high-rises, cladded in steel and glass. The proposed design reflects the transition from past, to present and into the future. The outside facades are straight and of red bricks. The brickwork extends to the tenth floor at most, after which the taller towers climb up to a height of 100 meters, with mostly aluminium and

Forum City project has been constructed. The straight grid is a key historical feature of the a cityplan development. But often it has been lost because subsequent modifications did not follow the pattern. Forum City attempts to repair Ekaterinburg’s historical urban grid structure, through an introduction of a linear facades that stretches out along the thoroughfares surrounding the 103.000 m2 plot. The design combined

I RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX glass elements. On the inside, the facades facing the inner green courtyards are curved. It allows diagonal views between the towers to open towards the skyline of the surrounding city. This is the cityscape of a new metropolitan lifestyle: a dynamic environment where living, leisure and work blend seamlessly. The site of Forum City was for many years, the site of one of the city’s main open markets. This idea has also been integrated into the design. The existing elongated small shopping mall that extends along the eastern side of the plot will be directly connected to a semi-public courtyard with plants, benches and a fountain, where residents and visitors will be able sit down and relax with a drink. The covered food-court that lies in between is simultaneously a hint at the site’s past function as market and an answer to the modern urbanite’s desire for comfortable, safe dining experiences.

Greening the urban landscape Even by European standards, the green spaces created for this project are ambitious. Amsterdam practice LEVS Architecture worked together on this project with a landscape studio S&P Landscape Architecture – with offices in Warsaw and Ekaterinburg. Both companies share the ambition to use strong blend of architecture and landscape, also as a design method, to deal with concerns over biodiversity, climate change, and quality of life in densely urbanized areas. In Forum City project, a total of 150 mature trees will be planted, and thousands of shrubs and flowers will be spread out over the inner park, terraces and rooftops. These are commonly planted as saplings, that still need quite a few years to mature. Planting mature trees, in this case up to 25 years old, will have two important advantages. Firstly, their contributions to the air-quality of the neighbourhood will be immediate. And come next summer, the first renters will be able to enjoy the shade of trees and the cooling effects of large amounts of green surface areas around them. By planting a wide variety of tree species, the park should have an ever changing colour palette year-round. From evergreen silver pine trees, Canadian hemlock and mountain shrub pines, to different shades of green provided by several

species of maple and lime, that will turn yellow, orange and scarlet in Autumn. There will be interesting landscapes to explore twelve months a year. The colour range will be enhanced by flowering hydrangeas and roses in summer, and different bark colours of various dogwoods and willows in winter. All trees will come from nurseries in Holland and Germany, specialized in growing large specimens with welldeveloped yet compact root-systems, making it possible to transport them over long distances before planting. Importantly, the landscape hides 3-4 story underground car parks. Often, in other projects, such structures only allow for some grass and shrub cover. But here, the latest green roof technology have been used to ensure that a stable soil conditions will be created for intensive planting, in which big trees will thrive. Outside the buildings, places along the surrounding streets, that would otherwise typically host cars have been transformed into green boulevards and squares, where pedestrians and bikers will share a public space and where trees and plants will mark ideal sites to meet a friend or take a break. Linear avenues planted with linden and ornamental crab apples not only add to the visual appeal of the development, they also help to organize the surrounding public areas into zones suitable for different types of user, making the green spaces safer and more appealing.

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Where dreams become reality It is not a coincidence that European offices has been involved in this type of large inner city transformation project. One of the great opportunities while working in Russia, is to be given opportunity to transform significantly peoples quality of life, not only inside the buildings, but within the surrounding residential and public urban environments too. We are able to draw significantly from our working experiences in Europe where there is a strong tradition of combining the dynamism and activity of a large city with the intimacy of a secluded neighbourhood. Many of the future residents of Forum City aspire to having both. Open spaces between the towers and the intimate, layered park with easy transitions from semi-public to private areas, are intended to facilitate the mixing of these two complementary lifestyles. It is designed to make it possible for residents to move around, from house, to work, to leisure activity, to day-care centre, to grocery shopping, all on foot. A 15 minute neighbourhood, where all functions are within an easy reach. The landscapes that connect all these elements in the complex are full of small paths and intimate places to explore. Outside the block, along the streets, places that would otherwise typically host cars are have been turned into squares, where pedestrians and bikers share public spaces and where trees and plants mark ideal spots to meet up or take a break. The plan functions like a small city within a bigger city. From compact apartment to luxury penthouse, and from sky-bar to a bench in the park. From bicycle stand to parking below the trees, and from medical centre to Sunday market. Dreams for a new type of metropolitan, sustainable living environment in an inner city are becoming reality, also in Russia.

Location: Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation Name of the Project: FORUM CITY Client: FORUM Group Landscape Concept, Design & Construction Documentation: S&P Architektura Krajobrazu, Warsaw, Ekaterynburg www. sztulaipartnerzy.pl Architecture & Urban Planning: LEVS Architecten, Amsterdam www.levs.nl Design: 2017-2020 1st Phase completed: 2020 Credits Diagrams and Visualisations: LEVS Architekten Photographs: S&P Architektura Krajobrazu

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URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPE ISBN: 9781864706307 Author: Dieter Grau Hardcover: 256 pages

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Kuwait

1000

11/30/2021

3/1/2022

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

Tender Name

Description

Client

Region

Landscaping & Irrigation Maintenance

Landscaping, Irrigation and Indoor Plants Maintenance Services.

Oryx GTL (Qatar)

Qatar

Landscaping & Maintenance

Annual Maintenance Works for Green Landscaping in MIA Complex.

Ministry of Information Affairs (Bahrain)

Bahrain

Agricultural Maintenance Works

Maintenance of Agricultural Works for Special Education Buildings for Boys and Girls.

Ministry of Education (Saudi Arabia)

Agriculture Works

Supply and Installation of Agriculture Works.

Fence Construction Works

Tender Cost (USD)

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