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Editor’s Note As landscape architect Marlon van Maastricht pointed out in this month’s featured interview on page 22, the pace and speed at which projects are conceived, built and delivered in the GCC (usually within 2 years) is unparalleled in the global market. It’s no surprise then that there are 13 new hotels expected to open this year in Dubai alone. This is on the back of an impressive 2018, which saw lavish hotels opening everywhere from the Palm to the Marina. However, one of the most hotly anticipated properties to open late last year was the Bvlgari hotel, which opened on Jumeirah Bay Island in Dubai. On page 12 we take a look at the impressive new hotel’s landscape design which is a nod to its Mediterranean roots and ultra-stylish vibe. We also feature the newly opened Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai on page 38. As the name suggests it will be a hub for art in the region, as well as promoting educational and research initiatives within the local community. Hopefully our feature will entice you to visit the center in the near future and enjoy its curated exhibitions and installations! Lest we forget our international projects, including a vertical green community for the elderly in Singapore.

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contents March 2019 - Issue 141

Creating a Mediterranean landscape feel for the flagship Jumeirah Bay Island

How Sustainable have we been?

Interview with Marlon van Maastricht from Khatib & Alami

Inside a chic andalusian Bungalow in Green Community West

New multi-functional “Design and Build” park opens at Dubai Silicon Oasis

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Jameel Arts Centre opens in Dubai Singapore’s Green Community

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BURJ JUMEIRA DESIGN REVEALED

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, recently unveiled the design for Burj Jumeira, an aerodynamic, 550-meter tower located in the Al Sufouh area of the popular Jumeirah neighborhood of Dubai. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), the skyscraper will be one of the tallest buildings in the world. The first phase of the project will be completed in 2023. Located directly between the iconic Burj Al Arab Jumeirah hotel and the Sheikh Zayed Road, Burj Jumeira will become the new focal point in the Dubai skyline and in the Jumeirah neighborhood. Its upper stories will feature world-class dining, active programming, and multiple observation

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The tower will be the centerpiece of this new urban district: a highly walkable, mixeduse community that will include residential, commercial, and hospitality functions. The district will be yet another asset to Dubai’s tourism industry, while also increasing connectivity and providing additional amenities for the surrounding areas.

decks with 360 degree views of Dubai. A reflecting pool at the base of the tower has been designed for reconfiguration into a staging structure, which will provide a premier space to host cultural events. At the periphery of the tower, a new retail destination will seamlessly flow into the surrounding neighborhood. “Burj Jumeira is bold, elegant, and dynamic,” said SOM Design Partner Mustafa Abadan. “It will tower over Jumeirah as the centerpiece of the neighborhood, and will feature a synthesized architectural and structural design.” Burj Jumeira’s impressive height and unique, bifurcated shape were made possible by a collaborative design approach, led out of SOM’s New York office. The building’s high-performance architectural and structural design are integrated into a singular expression. The geometry of the exterior bracing is optimized to strengthen the tower against lateral forces and the building’s form aerodynamically mitigates the wind loads. A panelized metal facade system seamlessly blends into the structural system, and the central void creates the space for Burj Jumeira’s panoramic views. The tower’s flowing design emulates the regional dunes and oases of the United Arab Emirates, while its spherical observation deck is evocative of the native gulf pearl. In addition to providing architectural and structural services for Burj Jumeira, SOM is designing the master plan for the surrounding Downtown Jumeira.

About Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is one of the leading architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban planning firms in the world. Since its founding more than 80 years ago, SOM has earned a reputation for design excellence with a portfolio that includes some of the most important architectural accomplishments of the 20th and 21st centuries, and has been a leader in the research and development of specialized technologies, new processes and innovative ideas, many of which have had a palpable and lasting impact on the design profession and the physical environment. The firm’s longstanding leadership in design and building technology has been honored with nearly 2,000 awards for quality, innovation, and management. The American Institute of Architects has recognized SOM twice with its highest honor, the Architecture Firm Award—in 1962 and again in 1996. The firm maintains offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dubai, and Mumbai. Credit: Architect, Structural Engineer, Designer of the master plan - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

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Dubai’s first building biologist receives global recognition Pooja Srivastav awarded ‘Adam Global Outstanding Leadership Award’ for her efforts to create toxin-free, sustainable body, buildings and structures in the UAE and across the world Rt. Honorable Paul Clark, Past Minister of State for Her Majesty the Queen UK presented the award In recognition of her efforts to champion the cause of sustainability goals in the UAE and across the world, Dubai’s first building biologist, and CEO of Shreem International, Pooja Srivastav was awarded the prestigious “Adam Global Outstanding Leadership Award”. Pooja Srivastav is a pioneer in bringing energy solutions to the UAE and is a known electromagnetic radiation expert. She also possesses a deep understanding of Geopathic Stress – a distortion of the earth’s natural electromagnetic field that weakens human immune system, thereby making us more vulnerable to illnesses. Commenting on the occasion, Pooja said: “I’d like to thank Adam Global for acknowledging our efforts. This will serve as an encouragement as we aim to create further awareness about ‘Green buildings’ which are eco-sustainable and emit positive energy, inside and outside. World over, builders and developers have begun using building material that reduces electromagnetic radiation and geopathic stress, a pollution that many people are not aware of, but which has consistent and gradual impact on our physical and mental well-being”. Pooja has been consistently working with different organizations, creating awareness for mothers, children and young students and participating in events such as Walk for Dubai, energy sessions for students at Westford University, holistic sessions for ladies’ groups in the UAE and self-care sessions for corporates such as Danube Welfare Center – all in line with meeting

Vision 2021 goals of the UAE. She further conducted awareness programs on Electromagnetic Rectification and Geopathic Stress Rectification at Saudi-German Hospital (Dubai), Aster Hospital (Dubai), Prime Hospital (Dubai), Dubai Silicon Authority, Hamariya Free Zone and Skyline College University (Sharjah). “Our vision is the same as that of the UAE government, and we’re working towards reaching the sustainable goals set by the government. We also aim to create further awareness in the UAE so that all of us can work towards an environment free of toxins,” added Pooja. The award was presented by Rt. Honorable Paul Clark, Past Minister of State for Her Majesty the Queen, United Kingdom. The ceremony, which took place during the three-day Adam Global International Business Conference, was attended by Lords, ministers of state, ambassadors and business icons from the UK and Europe. More than 200 business leaders from five continents representing over 100,000 corporate clients, investors and business owners participated in the event. Taher Akhter, Founder and Chairman of Adam Global appreciated Pooja’s initiative to promote geopathic stress rectified buildings, and said: “We are proud to recognize Pooja Srivastav at the Annual General Meeting in Dubai with the Outstanding Leadership Award. Adam Global has associate offices in more than 200 countries and gathering such as this provides talents like Pooja a great opportunity to network with all our cross country officials”.

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AUS architecture students unveil unique design-build project Architecture students and faculty from the College of Architecture, Art and Design (CAAD) at American University of Sharjah (AUS) celebrated their most recent outstanding achievement yesterday, February 17 at the unveiling of the Tarkeeb Gate House and Garden, CAAD’s first standalone, habitable structure created by students. The Tarkeeb Gate House and Garden was created as part CAAD’s Design-Build Initiative, which sees students executing full-scale architectural projects of various scales from conception to final construction. Led by Professors of Architecture William Sarnecky and Michael Hughes, the project was completed with the dedication of faculty and students, and was made possible by contributions of time, materials, equipment and labor from several outside sponsors. These sponsors and contributors include Dubai Metal Industries, Habitus, Qasioon Trailers Industries, Gibca Ltd, Fast Construction, Andrew Paddock Engineering, Fagerhult Lighting, along with University City Services, Voltec, AUS Project Management Office, AUS Facilities Department and CleanCo. “Over the course of the project, more than twelve people representing seven companies have donated time and expertise to assist participating students as they worked from the initial, conceptual stage, through to construction documents, and finally to the full-scale construction,” said Hughes. “Along the way, our design-build students have developed collaborative relationships with craftsmen in the building industry and developed new skills by working with professionals in the HVAC, millwork, glazing and metal-working trades as

well as consultants from the allied professions of engineering, contracting and landscaping,” he said. Sarnecky describes the Tarkeeb Gate House and Garden project as unique in both its design and its execution, with the initial project brief including the design and construction of a replacement for an aging guard booth at the entrance of a restricted parking area on the AUS campus. “The design-build team, composed of our own architecture faculty and students, expanded the brief to include new programmatic elements such as a shaded observation porch for the guard and a garden space with a drinking fountain to be shared by students, faculty and staff who work on campus,” said Sarnecky. Responding to the intense UAE solar conditions, the Tarkeeb Gate House features a new exterior sun shade or “parasol” which was created to reduce the intensity of the sun’s effects on the air-conditioned booth and thereby reducing the demand for electrical power while simultaneously creating a new shaded space to be enjoyed outside the air-conditioned structure. Taking into consideration both form and function, the parasol is composed of steel bar grate and shades an observation porch adjacent to the gate checkpoint on the north side, providing both cross-ventilation and visual access. A second, larger, shaded garden space on the south side provides respite and drinking water, and over time, newly planted greenery will provide additional shade. Dr. Varkki Pallathucheril, Dean of CAAD, said the college’s Design-Build Initiative is a significant component of the fiveyear Bachelor of Architecture program offered at AUS, with the Tarkeeb Gate House and Garden providing an excellent example of its success. “Those who are entranced by the outcome of this designbuild project will likely not realize the complexities that went into

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OMNIYAT ANNOUNCES LATEST RECIPIENT OF ZAHA HADID/OMNIYAT HARVARD GSD FELLOWSHIP FUND Architect Aiysha Alsane currently pursuing a master’s in landscape architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design Omniyat has announced its latest recipient of the Zaha Hadid/Omniyat Fellowship Fund, a prestigious program supporting talented Arab architect students in honor of the late Dame Zaha Hadid, world renowned architect and designer of the luxury property developer’s flagship building,The Opus located in the heart of Downtown Dubai. Aiysha Alsane, the latest addition to receive the fellowship fund is a Kuwaiti architect currently pursuing a master’s in landscape architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD). The young architect, who works for international design firm AGi architects, was involved in notable academic projects at the GSD under the tutelage of prestigious professors. The fellowship has funded part of her master’s education. Omniyat established the Zaha Hadid/ Omniyat Fellowship as an homage to Hadid’s extraordinary contributions in architecture and design. The Fellowship provides financial aid to qualified candidates of the UAE and the rest of the Arab world who are enrolled in the GSD Master in Architecture program. Omniyat CEO and Executive Chairman Mahdi Amjad led the unveiling of the Fellowship back in 2016 at Harvard GSD, where Hadid taught as a Design Critic in Architecture in 1986. A recipient of numerous awards, Hadid was bestowed the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004, making her the first woman to do so. She was also the first woman to receive the Royal Institute of British Architects’ Stirling Prize. Amjad said: “We are pleased with Aiysha’s accomplishments at the GSD. Studying her past projects, we were intrigued by her curiosity and unique execution, complementing Omniyat’s commitment to develop signature buildings with striking design and architecture. We

believe Aiysha embodies what Zaha stood for as she advocated for designs that went beyond the norm. We hope to continue inspiring a new generation of designers in a bid to discover talent that will sustain Zaha’s legacy and works on the international stage.” Alsane said: “The Zaha Hadid/Omniyat Fellowship has allowed me to pursue a professional degree at one of the most prestigious programs in a field I feel passionately for. It has made one part of graduate school easier, and for that, I am very grateful.” Alsane was engaged in noted projects at the GSD that were products of a highly collaborative environment. During her first semester, she and her two team members designed a project titled “Symbiotic Infrastructure,” a working landscape where people engage with the water process consolidating otherwise distant processes in the treatment and consumption of water in urban living. She was also part of a team of 12 students who worked on a comprehensive project titled “Regenerating Sovereignty.” The site of the project was the Juana Diaz Watershed, home to the defunct Fort Allen US Military Base. Both projects along with another personal project for a separate course were nominated for Platform 11, the GSD’s “annual compendium of select student work, events, lectures, and exhibitions.” She is now participating in a project in which the site is located in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, a rural area with rich archaeological history. Alsane is also an active member of Women in Design and participated in the organization of Convergence. ‘Women in Design’ is a student group “engaging students, staff and faculty to think about the role of women in the field.”

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Creating a Mediterranean landscape feel for the flagship Jumeirah Bay Island

By: Cracknell

Introducing the sixth Bvlgari branded resort, set on Dubaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manmade Jumeirah Bay island this flagship addition to the growing brand introduces a richness and luxury truly worthy of ultra high-end resorts. The Bvlgari Jumeirah Bay has many firsts for the brand including a Marina and Yacht Club nestling beautifully within the sculpted seahorse shape of the island. The design language carefully marries Mediterranean charm with subtle timeless glamour. 12

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Jumeirah Bay is home to Bvlgari’s flagship Middle Eastern resort, managing to astonish and surprise even in a city known for redefining the standards for luxury. The 158,000 square-metre project includes the Bvlgari Resort, 15 private exclusive private villas, six residential buildings with 173 apartments, and the Marina and Yacht Club, a first for the brand. Cracknell undertook the landscape design of all open spaces associated with the hotel, hotel villas, marina apartments, yacht club and private villas. Island approach and the Public Realm – a curated arrival experience that delights the senses The island’s position is ideal for its breath-taking views of the coastline and Dubai’s skyline, and the arrival experience quickly transitions visitors from the bustling urban hub of Dubai to a serene Mediterranean coastal atmosphere of richly layered forms, colours and textures. The approach to the island presented various design constraints, whereby Cracknell needed to subtly screen back of house services, distribution boards, and other infrastructure obstacles with the additional obstacle that the utility access corridors precluded the use of large trees or heavy concrete in some areas. Cracknell’s solution was to introduce a sculptural screen weaving through the plant material offering a curated arrival experience.

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A towering cluster of three majestic ancient baobabs are mirrored in a reflective roundabout water feature, providing living sculptures that simulate their native marshland setting. Exclusively imported for the project, the Australian trees were sustainably resourced, having been rescued from an area slated for agricultural development. Sweeping pathways, mounds and sculptural walls create a buffer between the hotel and privately-owned villas. The landscape is punctuated by tall palm trees and bespoke pebble shaped seats offering informal seating in shaded areas. Resort and Gardens – an Italian coastal village atmosphere overlooking the Arabian Gulf As one of only six Bvlgari resorts in the world, Jumeirah Bay is a flagship property representing unparalleled luxury, peace, and calm. As with the other Bvlgari resorts, the celebrated Italian architectural firm of Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel has designed the Dubai property. A boulevard of mature Indian almond trees lead up to the gate providing a serene canopy of dappled shade, from which the hotel and view of the marina emerges. Visitors are welcomed with the experience of surprise and delight as the open Italian piazza is revealed framed by a bespoke design of polished granite bollards with brass bands and the signature

Bvlgari pattern. At the centre of the piazza lies the Bvlgari logo set into the paving in brass lettering. Following the architectural theme, Cracknell chose a landscape character that is understated, yet elegant, expressing the glamour and heritage of the brand’s essence. The resort beach club is set in a lush tropical garden with an oval pool blending perfectly with the aquamarine Arabian Gulf. The perfect setting for relaxation, celebrations and social gatherings. A citrus garden, reminiscent of an Italian courtyard garden, is framed by vine covered pergolas and fragrant potted citrus plants lining pebbled walkways providing the exclusive venue and perfect backdrop for private weddings, fashion shows and launch events. Marina and Yacht Club – a prestigious private experience and a Bvlgari first Bvlgari’s first Marina and Yacht club complements the development with a prestigious destination for dining and relaxing on Jumeira Bay. An Italian coastal theme is expressed through larger elements such as limestone paving slabs as well as with subtle details like the Bvlgari signature logo recessed into the paving in brass lettering. To complete the look and feel, selected site furniture such as the Sedis Bench designed by Antonio Citterio and bespoke decorative pole lights with suspended lanterns line the promenade. To ensure unobstructed views of the marina, bespoke bollards and chain links were placed on the edge of the marina key wall, ensuring public safety whilst giving a feeling of a traditional Italian harbour. The Yacht Club offers high end dining in a members-only club setting, with views of the marina and its superyachts reinforcing the development’s exclusivity. It is complimented by a simple, yet elegant, pool tiled with Sukabumi stone, giving a mesmerising turquoise jewelled effect, and is framed by dense planting and tall Washingtonia palms, with private cabanas placed neatly around the pool.

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Residences- opulent living with privacy and calm Landscape elements in the residential areas are carefully designed to create a sense of calm and distance from busier areas of the island. The marina apartment residences are nestled against a terraced Mediterranean garden backdrop of scattered olive trees, and herbaceous plants and grasses. The hotel villaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s road corridor is softened by fragrant frangipaniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, lush planting of exotic palms, as well as shrubs and groundcovers. Elegantly shaped street lights, ambient lighting and high privacy walls create a sense of quiet and community, making the larger thoroughfares seem smaller than they are.

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How Sustainable have we been? By: Jean-Claude Melone

Landscape architect Jean-Claude Melone reflects on his professional journey with candid and positive self-criticism

Landscape Design projects are usually divided into two; those that never make it off the drawing board for various reasons, and those that evolve into real life projects. Ultimately, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one or the other, Schemes that despite the designer spending a lot of effort, often burning the midnight oil in preparing elaborate presentations, will never be implemented. (Unsuccessful design competition entries fall into this category.) While on the other hand, there are design proposals that are well received by the client, meeting approval and construction budget, going all the way through to implementation. If the designer is fortunate, he will contribute to a project during the construction stage, approving shop drawings and materials, making post-contract decisions and design adjustments to suit site conditions and constraints, seeing the result of his efforts unfold. This is an extremely Project No.1: Dubai Outsource City (formerly Dubai Outsource Zone - Phase 1) Completion: 2007 Design intent: Based on the theme of an oasis in a concrete environment, this scheme provides vehicle-free, outdoor spaces featuring ponds and streams, meandering paths with stone bridges and plazas. Shaded seating areas allow for rest and contemplation, providing a welcome relief to office staff working shifts 24/7. The food court terrace, with a 6m high retaining wall, provides a vantage point for Al Fresco dining over the water display of the main lake feature. Settled LED accent lighting extends the outdoor experience through the night hours, providing a surreal effect with a

instructive stage for a designer. Site experience is necessary to ensure that our designs do not become abstract and unbuildable documents. But what happens when the project is handed over and the landscape goes through several maintenance contracts over the years? We are often too involved with new projects and caught up in the circle of life to pay a visit, several months or years later, to check how sustainable our design ideas, no matter how brilliant on the drawing board, really proved to be under the test of time. Non-disclosure agreements and professional secrecy often preclude the use of current and recent project material for publication purpose. I have therefore opted to re-visit three Dubai projects I have designed or contributed to, that were completed more than 10 years ago, to find out how sustainable these Schemes really were.

Dubai Outsource City Landscape masterplan - Based on the theme of an oasis in a concrete environment

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Settled LED accent lighting extends the outdoor experience through the night hours, providing a surreal effect with a blue light background

The lawn areas have been affected in some locations by the dense shade of the tree canopies and by overwatering

blue light background along with the transparent facades of the building’s “wind towers” reflecting on the surface of the lake.

Recent visits positive observations: The overall intent seems to have been generally achieved. The outdoor spaces, although restricted in their footprint, are really popular with the staff, especially in the cooler months. People appear to be enjoying the ground level environment to relax their mind and stretch their legs. Birds have made the trees their home and their singing, added to the sound of the water streams, creates a soothing background effect conducive to relaxation. The vertical lines provided by the Washingtonia palms, now mature, compliment the G+3 buildings’ architecture rather well. The hardscape material has aged reasonably well over the past 12 years despite the constant utilization of the paved areas. This is partially due to the more favorable dry micro-climate conditions of the City. Unlike similar projects, located closer to the shoreline, where the ambient humidity contributes to premature ageing of materials.

The vertical lines provided by the Washingtonia palms, now mature, compliment the G+3 buildings’ architecture

Lessons learned and advisable improvements: The lawn areas have been affected in some locations by the dense shade of the tree canopies and by overwatering, thus requiring recent replanting. Looking back, extended paved areas with more seating and ashtray type litterbins at selected locations would be of good use to meet their popular demand. More beds of shade resistant ground covers, using the successful project palette of Rhoeo discolour, Setcreasea purpurea and Pedilanthus tithymaloides, which proved to be the right under-storey choice, would also be beneficial.

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Project No.2: Bu Kadra Interchanges Completion: 2004 Design intent: At the time of design, these strategically important interchanges serving Ras Al Khor Road, Dubai-Al Ain highway and Al Khail Road were not considered as urban since located on the outskirts of a rapidly expanding Dubai city. The focus was to integrate the road geometry with its loops, ramps and bridges, in an informal landscape setting. The waving forms of the adjacent desert dunes, observed in a satellite image of the area, were naturally extended in the conceptual Landscape layout, creating the outlines of the scheme planting masses. The Italian Chef, Gino Di Campo, says: “You do not put the sauce into the pasta, you add the pasta into the sauce.” Likewise, for a highway junction landscape to be well received and appreciated as a natural setting and to the right scale, one should feel that the road was built in a densely-vegetated zone. Not that the planting was added later in the available spaces. To achieve this illusion, the softscape, and essentially the trees, must flow through and cross over six lanes of dual roads. The presence of an existing Bosque of Ghafs, with historical value in the old roundabout junction that got upgraded led me to use hundreds of the UAE’s national tree as the main feature of the scheme. This was a fair nod to Nature in an area close to the Ras-Al-Khor wildlife sanctuary. Recent visit positive observations: The Ghaf trees have really matured and provide a welcome relief from the heavy road traffic of concrete mixers and container trailers, forming a visual and sound barrier for the large population of Flamingos who made this end of the Creek their Winter home. In that respect the connection with

The waving forms of the adjacent desert dunes were naturally extended in the conceptual Landscape layout

The trees must flow through and cross over six lanes of dual roads

Nature was done in a sustainable way. The Ghafs are easy to maintain and, at 7m spacing with stone mulch beneath, their average TSE consumption is equivalent to less than 2 Litre/m2. In Landscape terms, less is often more and a simple plant palette, limited to a few drought resistant and native species, often provides better results than a wider range of perhaps more exotic plants. The 1m wide concrete buffer introduced on the highway shoulder for the first time on this project, has served its purpose of providing a clean edge between the asphalt and the softscape. By the same token, it has extended the road surface and provided a safe vehicle emergency pull over area.

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I insight Lessons learned and advisable improvements: At the start of the Millennium, TSE was plentiful and needed to be utilized through irrigation or large excess of production would overflow in the Creek. As such, large lawns were included in all Junction projects. Ironically, and to the delight of the Ras-Al-Khor Flamingos, the overflow contributes to the presence in large numbers of waterborne insects necessary for the birds diet. The Public Realm green footprint has expanded within Dubai City over the years. The TSE has become more precious, especially in the Summer months, although DM irrigation application rates have also been rationalized. With the quality of synthetic grass improving all the time, natural lawns could be replaced by artificial turf in future if the TSE production gets critical. The existing sprinkler irrigation installations could remain in place and be used sparsely, just to remove any dust deposit on the synthetic mats. Several Junctions have been successfully treated with similar material on Sheikh Maktoum Highway in the Abu Dhabi Emirate. Narrow gaps acting as footpaths were added during the maintenance period every 3m to facilitate the periodical pruning of medium height ground covers such as Portulacaria afra. Thinking

The mangrove creates a visual and sound barrier for the large population of Flamingos who made this end of the Creek their Winter home

back, these ground cover beds could have been narrower. Dwarf red Sesuvium portulacastrum could also have been utilized in lieu and would have added contrasting color. This Succulent creates a dense burgundy ground level mat that can be stepped over by the maintenance crew, growing far more slowly than its green Sesuvium cousins. Its use could have avoided the maintenance footpaths.

Project No.3: Jumeirah road Completion: 2006 Design intent: The Jumeirah Beach road runs parallel to the coastline. It has become one of the busiest and most popular streets in Dubai. Framed by high end commercial outlets, shopping malls, clinics, villas, Mosques and beachside parks, it offers various characters depicted in the overall zoning hardscape treatment. The lack of records for the routing of existing utilities represented a challenge for this 14.5km fast track and team effort upgrade project. The service lines high density offered limited opportunities for avenue trees at the time, beside the central median where palms were given priority. Feature vehicular paving was introduced at junctions and elevated pedestrian crossing nodes for traffic calming. This pioneering streetscape project also included the first (10km) dedicated urban cycle track in Dubai. The custom designed wave module pedestrian fence and the concrete bollards with integral rubber ring protection have since been adopted in other feature projects such as the Palm Jumeirah and various pond parks.

The various characters were depicted in the hardscape treatment.

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Recent visit positive observations: DM Horticulture and Irrigation Department have engaged in the planting of Avenue trees and imported palms ahead of Dubai Expo 2020 event. This is a welcome initiative and Jumeirah Road (along with Al Was’l Road and Umm Suqeim Road) has been one of the first streets to benefit from this ongoing upgrade.

Feature vehicular paving used at Jumeirah road junctions and pedestrian crossing for traffic calming in this pioneering project

Lessons learned and advisable improvements: Time has taken its toll on the vehicular paving material that has eroded in some locations. Granite or basalt stone setts, although far more expensive, would have been a more durable alternative. The concrete bollards are showing signs of wear and tear due to the underground and ambient salinity. Chewing gum deposits on the granite paving are also noticeable but so hard to eradicate without public self-control. Despite the large number of zebra crossings and raised crossings provided, some reckless pedestrians are still jumping over and damaging the fencing provided in the central median. “In our trade, ego can often be our worst enemy and be counterproductive. We must be true to ourselves and have the honesty to recognize our errors of the past and learn from them to grow stronger”. Jean-Claude finds it a necessary undertaking to go through a candid and positive self-criticism. “This article is dedicated to my father who instilled in me his passion for mother nature and sadly passed away during the writing of this article.”

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Marlon van Maastricht Senior Manager – Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning & Design Departments – Khatib & Alami

Please give us a brief about your educational background and your experience in the GCC area. I graduated in 2002 from the International Agricultural University Larenstein in Velp, The Netherlands, with a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Management. My Major was Landscape Design. I’m a bit of a Nomad, so after my graduation I spent four years in Malaysia, followed by two years back in the Netherlands, eight years in Saudi

Arabia, and 2019 will be my fourth year in the UAE. I’ve set up and run my own company in KSA, so my Saudi years were an important entrepreneurial school for me. To beef up my Continuing Professional Development (CPD), during these last four UAE years, I have become AILA & IFLA Chartered, obtained my Project Management Qualification, and started a Master of Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology from New York in City Sciences, which I will complete and graduate from this year.

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What made you want to be a landscape architect? And describe your approach to Landscape Architecture? I’ve been creatively inclined and drawn to nature from a very young age. The boyhood dreams always included being a jetfighter pilot and an architect. But I wore thick glasses since primary school and wasn’t very good at Math’s during high school. So when I found a tiny little green brochure at school, with a (loosely translated from Dutch) title saying something like “Green is the way of the walk,” promoting a Bachelor in Garden and Landscape Architecture, I almost instantly knew that would be a perfect fit for me. I loved nature and I loved design: “Let’s Go!” My approach to Landscape Architecture is holistic. We are Place and Experience Makers, and in order to do that, we have to be multidisciplinary. In that sense, the term and textbook definition of Landscape Architecture covers our daily work better than what a stranger perceives when you tell them you’re a landscape architect. Many people assume we are plant specialists designing gardens and parks, with a job which is closer to a horticulturist than an architect. Wikipedia will tell you that “Landscape Architecture” is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, behavioral, or aesthetic outcomes.” This is all true and applicable. In terms of approach I’m sure every Landscape Liwan 2 Development, Dubai UAE

I interview Architect strives to achieve this, as do I, but landscape, or perhaps more accurately the human environment, is not restricted to the outdoors, in the same way that Interior Design is not restricted to the indoors, and urban planning and architecture to the built environment. More than ever in our generation, it is the holistic, multidisciplinary approach to planning and design that creates the most interesting environments and experiences, contextually appropriate and functionally successful designs. The most invigorating aspects of my job, and passion as a creative, are the multidisciplinary interfaces and transitions between the planning, design and engineering of our environments as a whole, which in my perception, covers the entire experience and perception of both the indoor and outdoor space. Since enrolling in my Bachelor, this has evolved me in the past 17 years, to be as much an Urbanist as a Ruralist, and as much a planner, as a designer or engineer. This does not mean that I consider myself, or strive to be a Jack of All Trades, not at all, but I find it crucial to approach our work with an open mind from all angles all perspectives, and not be bound or restricted by background or discipline to achieve the best outcome within each project. As a new member of Khatib & Alami, Where do you start with a new project? Khatib & Alami works across all major planning, design, engineering, and management disciplines. My multidisciplinary background and vision also lies at the core of Khatib & Alami’s

company philosophy, and their approach to their scope of work, services, and the market in general. I have been appointed to lead and integrate Khatib & Alami’s Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and other design teams, including their Global Design Centers (GDC’s), which support our GCC and International projects on a technical level from abroad. My Khatib & Alami kick off therefore includes a status update and review of various ongoing and upcoming projects. I’m obviously in a warm-up period to get acquainted with all my new colleagues, the work itself, and the resources at my disposal. This enables me to hit the ground running, to start adding value and have a positive impact as soon as possible. My involvement in any new project would therefore start with a review of the scope, deliverables, timeline, and current status of each individual project and proposal, as would rationally be expected. Subsequently I will assess the required and intended creative and technical output of each project, and ask myself and the team whether we are on track to achieve the client, project, and our own objectives. In most cases followed up with the question, where we could and should add more value to achieve the best possible outcome. Khatib & Alami is involved in several landmark projects globally and in the GGC, and has been for decades. We were the lead consultant for the Dubai Silicon Oasis Development, the Damac Towers by Paramount, the Fairmont Dubai Hotel in Dubai, and the Marina Mall Extension Phase II and Phase 1 residential development at Yas Island Golf Course in Abu Dhabi, to name just a few UAE project examples.

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How do you see the future of the landscape industry in the GCC area? I think our industry has exciting times ahead. Top / down, step by step planning and design processes are a thing of the past. During the course of my career, Landscape Architects have moved from being the last entity at the table to design the spaces left over by the planners and architect, to lead projects, instrumental in every single stage of the comprehensive planning and design process from A to Z. Clients and stakeholders have become increasingly aware that in order to create successful environments, a projects and projects teams, must be lead and or driven by spatially programmed, user experience focused professionals that seamlessly integrate and utilize all the various disciplines and project components towards the best possible outcome for all stakeholders and the design itself. I’m obviously not implying that Landscape Architects will take over the role of Urban Planners, but I’m convinced they should walk hand in hand, side by side, challenging and complementing each other to broaden horizons and, together with all other disciplines, achieve new heights in quality, innovation, and sustainability. We are currently living in an era with unparalleled technological advancements. The IoT or IoE/IoA (Internet of Anything & Everything), Big Data, smart technologies and devices, new forms of mobility and transport affect every single aspect of the way we live our lives. It is unlikely that we will fly our cars to work anytime soon, but the first pizzas are delivered by driverless vehicles, and through our mobiles

we can now turn down the air conditioning at home and shut down the water due to a leakage, while we’re on holiday on the other side of the globe. As planners and designers we have a great responsibility anticipate and assess how our existing and future public domain, including infrastructure can and will have to be updated to facilitate and implement all the required, desired and undesired changes such as new forms of multi modal mobility. With the vastly dynamic landscape of technological advancement this is a challenging task, as the last two decennia have proven that yesterday’s fiction is today’s reality. I anticipate that landscape architects and urban planners will play a critical role in facilitating these inevitable transitions. What is the difference between the landscape industries here in the Middle East compare to other countries? What has been one of the main attractions for me to work and to continue to remain in the Middle East and Asia, is the exhilarating speed that projects get conceived and implemented. When you have an inspirational vision, the skills and resources to realize and implement the dream, plus the competence and persistence to sustain in front of demanding and dynamic clients, it is not uncommon to walk through a completed project, just two years after you put your first pen to paper. As you can imagine, this comes along with a few grey hairs and wrinkles after every challenge and accomplishment though, as these kind of processes, with expected outcomes to be at top international quality standards, are not for the faint hearted.

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What are the main challenges of doing business in the current GCC market post-recession? I would not categorize local business challenges to be post- or prerecession, as GCC economies have suffered due to global issues such as oil prices and political tugs of wars ever since the 2008 recession. This has required business to rethink and restructure their approaches and setup to drive competiveness amidst higher demands for lesser returns. International businesses such as Khatib & Alami have therefore set up specialist design centers in cost-competitive countries, where there is access to strong talent pools. These kind of measures area an absolute must in order to compete, have a chance of winning work in the current market and subsequently have the ability to deliver the work at the price quoted. In your opinion, what changes need to be adopted in the GCC landscape industry to become on a par with the rest of the world? One change I would very much like to see is for regional governments to create a policy to increase the minimum required amount of landscape. In my opinion there should be more stringent requirements to increase the baseline of particularly shade trees and naturally shaded walkways for every future project, public or private, and the required minimum specifications of trees to guarantee instant impact. For example by making it a requirement that trees in public areas need to have a minimum trunk diameter of 8 cm and clear trunk of 3m upon planting , to ensure the public does not have to wait for several years before being able to comfortably walk the street on a hot day. Abu Dhabiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Public Realm Development Guidelines is a great policy example that can

serve as a benchmark for other Emirates and GCC Countries. Do you think that the international standards for the landscaping industry are too rigid and unrealistic or can they easily be applied when executing projects? Top quality standards have already become the baseline in the UAE, as most projects require compliance to minimum LEED Gold or Platinum and / or 3 or 3 Pearl Estidama. These requirements can be rigid and challenging at times, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consider striving for the very best unrealistic. In my opinion this should always be the objective. What is the most frustrating aspect of your work? And the most rewarding one? When working at the speed most regional projects are expected to be run and completed, it is crucial that the process is managed efficiently. This is not always the case. More often than not, designs, components, expectations, and requirements are changed up to the very last moment, during the design and implementation process, right up to the final moments prior to completion. This is normal to a certain degree, but it can be frustrating if a stakeholder changes something significant very late in the game, when there were plenty of opportunities earlier. This often results in wasting time, money, and quality of the final product. The most rewarding aspect of my work in the region is the learning curve. Given the working tempo previously described, standing still means running backwards in the GCC. If you can keep up, the GCC provides the opportunity of working on large, multidisciplinary projects, which materialize in a timeframe Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve not witnessed in any other part of the world.

I interview Who are your major clients and what major projects have you been involved with on their behalf? I have personally worked with government and private client, including Royal Families. In Malaysia the majority of my clients were developers, and in Saudi Arabia most of my projects were either for municipalities such as Riyadh, Al Ahsa, Dammam and the Eastern Province, or for the Royal Family and larger families such as Al Rajhi, Al Othman and Al Blehed. In the UAE most of my clients are master developers such as Emaar, Nakheel, Masdar and Aldar, and government entities such as DEWA, Abu Dhabi & Dubai Municipality. As someone who is well established within the industry, what do you see as the main challenges we face in the next 12 months. The market is slow at the moment, there are even grapevine whispers of a new recession, so I’d say the biggest challenge for Khatib & Alami will be to continue to distinguish itself from the competition in terms of creativity, quality, and stakeholder management, while staying competitive enough to win bids. Our business model with global design centers in Cairo and Bangalore to support the UAE business unit, has proven successful in doing so. Business is going very well for Khatib & Alami, so I’m confident we will have no issue accomplishing that. Any professional quote/sayings/or motto in life? Professionally I always try to undersell and overdeliver. This is very important in terms of client management to ensure we always stay one step ahead, but also internally to avoid always

running after the facts, which can burnout any individual or team. Personally I try to work hard, and play as hard. The only way to sustain the level and tempo required in the GCC, is by taking the time to wind down in my free time, socially with my family and friends, but also to recharge individually, which in my case is through music and cycling. Finally, please conclude by evaluating Khatib & Alami position in the market and share any relevant information about current projects? Khatib & Alami was established more than 50 years ago in Beirut, Lebanon, by Prof. Mounir El Khatib and Dr Zuheir Alami, and today has a global presence of around 5,500 employees in more than 30 offices. Its holding company is registered in Singapore, and its Executive Office is based in Dubai. In 2018 K&A was recognised with multiple project awards from journals including ENR, Construction Week, MEP Middle East and MEED, and was named Consultant of the Year at the Construction Innovation Awards. This underlines the company’s strong market position, as well as its design capabilities. Some of the projects I’ll be working on include the Desert Rose, Tecom Parks and a major public realm design in Business Bay. As the Senior Manager - Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning & Design Departments, I will be working with a team of more than 100 planners, designers, engineers and specialists in five different countries, so 2019 will be an exciting time for me, which started with proudly joining K&A to strengthen the team and company towards a successful future.

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Located in Dubai Investment Park, Green Community West is the greenest living area in Dubai spread across 67 hectares of lush greenery. The community was developed by Properties Investment LLC, a sister concern of Master Developer Union Properties. Resplendent with landscape parks, abundance of trees that line the cobbled pathways and green walk ways, Green community truly lives up to its name. Milestone had a great opportunity to design the Andalusian style single story Bungalow. The client desired to make it lush green, spacious, easy to maintain and minimalistic design. They wanted to enjoy their dining experience, include a children’s play area and be able to sit under a pergola.

We created a design that is very minimalistic, contemporary and simple. The design ideology was to create useful spaces, defined softscape, immaculate mood lighting and elegance within minimalism. Repetition in design plays a key role. When you display numerous pots along a pathway, it creates a uniquely intriguing feature. Stepping stones, pots and lights are repeated to create a monotonous harmony. Elevations play a key role in any architecture and its achieved by playing with heights. Thus, key features like a raised pergola or dining table all need to be in sync. There needs to be sound reasoning why a particular feature is elevated and by how much height you give. In this case, planter boxes are raised to 15cms – 45 cms height to allow concealed LED lighting. The Pergola is at a height of 3m to create a spacious home extension with lighting and fan. A handmade white Pergola made from solid Indonesian Teak -Meranti wood was installed just outside the living and dining room to match the GRP trims of the villa. The 30 m2 pergola has a comfortable lounging area, dining table, buffet counter and storage. It’s also waterproof and includes a fan to keep guests cool and ensure a comfortable outdoor dining experience. The children’s play area is situated on the artificial turf, surrounded by lush greenery. Artificial turf has become the most desired solution for modern homes today as it saves huge costs on water and electricity bills and it’s easy to

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Step in-ground pathway lights guide the entrance pathway and LED strip lights in planter boxes add additional light. We used directional spot lights in the pergola to illuminate the lounge and dining, as well as up-down lights to highlight the pergola columns. All trees and plants are lit by tree enhancers of 8.5-12 watts and plants are lit by 4.5 wattsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lights installed approximately every two meters. This creates great illumination at night, allowing you to use the garden for dinners and parties. The landscape is built from the inside out. It creates a wonderful view from all windows of the property and promotes a calming experience as a result of the natural greenery. The client is living in his own personal resort that is extremely well equipped, comfortable and convenient. maintain. When the trees grow, and create shade, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to grow green carpet grass, resulting in patches due to the lack of direct sunlight. In most homes that are flanked by other villas, sunlight is scarce in pathways and therefore grass is not recommended in these areas. Fresh grass also requires irrigation sprinklers which means it needs wider, non-curved surfaces. Green community Bungalows are blessed with a spacious 8000-9000 square feet plot and a development area of 500650 m2 so creating an expansive green space made sense. Bambusa Vulgaris plants were used to cover large garage walls on either side of the villa and Ficus domes potted in the pots make a unique pathway design. Various trees were also used including Plumeira, which is naturally fragrant, Cassia Fistula, Bauhinia, and Lemon. The front entrance boasts a large trunk, 2-3 m height olive trees that have a trunk diameter of 30 cms and are at least 50 years old Bonsai trees. Jasmine Sambac, Murraya Panniculata create a natural fragrance in the backyard with Caecilpinia, Thivetia , Tecoma Stans, Jetropha being some of the tall bushes utilized.

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New multi-functional Design and Build park opens at Dubai Silicon Oasis By: Shaaista Ahmed

The North Park is a brand-new community park for the residents of Dubai Silicon Oasis next to Cedre Villas. It is a remarkable turn-key project that was fully designed and constructed by Proscape LLC*, a leading landscaping company in the GCC. The new development covers an extensive area of 35,000 square meters where visitors will enjoy a thoughtful and beautifully designed park with multiple sports and leisure amenities for children and adults alike.

Dancing Fountain at Entrance

Proscape LLC invested a great deal of thought and planning in the choice of plants. The palms and trees have been cultivated, acclimatized and carefully imported for the project. The wide array of shrubs and ground covers have been locally produced in the in-house nurseries of Acacia LLC*, a reputed supplier of natural plants for landscaping projects. Ramped Stairway at Main Entrance

This one-of-its-kind park experience begins with the entrance, which features a unique stairway designed to enable access for pedestrians interlaced with a ramp for perambulated access. A little further inside benches are provided surrounding a scenic dancing fountain which lights up at night creating an eye-catching centerpiece. More benches are situated around the park for those looking to relax under the shade of a tree or possibly to enjoy a good read. Several benches have in-built solar panels which are connected to USB and power socket charging ports, as well as WiFi signal amplifiers.

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The park also features a full-size football pitch, a beach volleyball zone, a tennis court, and one multi-purpose court which are ideal for competitive and family sports activities. Artificial grass for the soccer pitch was supplied by the renowned Dutch company Five Star Grass. Other sporting amenities include a 500-meter

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jogging track that runs through lush green landscape and two outdoor fitness stations fitted with the essential gym equipment. For the more daring, a mini skatepark, designed by Hardcore Skateparks USA, offers a chance to begin a new sport or even develop existing skills. Additional facilities for children and families make the park a perfect place for weekend picnics. There are four barbeque stations that are very popular with visitors and allow park-goers to grill a fresh meal on the spot. A central plaza adjacent to the soccer pitch is set up to receive food trucks for snacks and occasional events. The gently contoured picnic areas provide a sense of seclusion and the soft ground is ideal for games and running. While parents cook and relax, children can play at the nearest of the two playgrounds that are furnished

with premium equipment supplied by Lars Laj, a leading Danish supplier of playground equipment. Incredible care was taken in choosing all aspects of the park, including the street furniture and drinking fountains that were supplied by Asbeton, Turkey; and the landscape lighting which was also designed and installed by Proscape LLC and supplied by Lumatec. The park also comprises ample parking facilities, secured fences with controlled gates and a security office allowing full access control. Turn-key refers to a one-stop solution project in which the complete works of design concept and detailing to construction and maintenance is accomplished by one company. The North Park was completed from beginning to end within the developer’s set budget and opened to the public on schedule. It has become extremely popular with residents and is worthy of an appreciative visit by anyone who is curious to experience a contemporary blend of design and functionality. Proscape LLC’s in-house design and build team was established in 2012 and has since delivered several prominent turnkey projects in the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain including Dar Al Wasl in Jumeirah and Skate Park in Business Bay.

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Jameel Arts Centre opens in Dubai

View of the peninsular site and surrounding waterfront promenade, at Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai. Courtesy of Art Jameel Photography: Rory Gardiner

Centre offers curated exhibitions, installations and commissions and acts as a hub for educational and research initiatives Jameel Arts Centre, an innovative cultural destination developed by Art Jameel, the independent organisation that supports arts, education and heritage in the Middle East, opened to the public in November 2018. Designed as a 10,000-square-metre, three-storey, multi-disciplinary space by UK-based Serie Architects, with Dubai-based ibda design as consultant architects, Jameel Arts Centre is the first non-governmental contemporary arts institution of its kind in the Gulf.

The overall composition is a series of rooms around courtyards, at Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai. Courtesy of Art Jameel Photography: Rory Gardiner

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The main entrance from the Jaddaf Waterfront Sculpture Park, at Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai. Courtesy of Art Jameel Photography: Rory Gardiner

The colonnade provides an interface between the Centre and waterfront promenade, at Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai. Courtesy of Art Jameel Photography: Rory Gardiner

The kunsthalle-inspired complex includes more than 1,000 square metres of dedicated gallery space, plus a 300-square-metre open-access research centre; events and screening spaces; a roof terrace; a restaurant; and a book and design shop. The Centre’s adaptable spaces reflect Art Jameel’s commitment to diverse programming across mediums and nurturing artist careers, as the galleries are deliberately designed in a variety of sizes and volumetric proportions to allow a flexible range of settings for exhibitions, site-specific installations and new commissions. Awarded to Serie Architects in 2014 through an international invitational competition, the design of Jameel

Arts Centre was initially conceived of as a family of forms bounded by a low colonnade. Inspiration for the building’s massing and spatiality draws from two regional architectural traditions on both intimate- and community-wide scale: the early Emirati Sha’abi houses that featured a series of rooms circling a courtyard, and the Madinat style of city planning characterised by an accumulation of houses with courtyards. Through a repeated juxtaposition of geometric forms and gardens, the Centre’s design fragments and tessellates the courtyard, continually layering a relationship between inside and outside, art and nature. Christopher Lee, Principal of Serie Architects, explained “We worked very closely with Art Jameel, listening to their needs, responding with architectural ideas, and discursively refining them. The architecture that emerged is one that is able to accommodate a wide range of uses and continues to evolve with the city its serves. It acts as a background structure for the life of the centre to unfold, without disappearing from view. Positioning galleries around courtyard gardens and framed views of the waterfront also serves to create moments of rest and connection, while providing potential spaces for commissioned installations.” Expanding beyond the static white cube experience, the Centre’s design emphasises a connection with the

I educational Hub surroundings, a perspective lived out in Art Jameel’s programming. Set on a sliver of land that reaches out into Dubai Creek, Jameel Arts Centre is at once connected to and separated from the iconic skyscraper-filled skyline of Dubai. Colonnades create a porous interface between intimate gallery spaces and the social life of the public waterfront promenade, inviting visitors to navigate through and along the space. The decision to overlay galleries also serves to provide sightlines to several spaces from a single vantage point – be it a garden or another exhibition space – continually building connections between spaces and initiating conversation amongst viewers. The building’s surfaces incorporate an interplay between raw concrete and semi-reflective aluminium cladding, creating a subtle shimmer in response to the surrounding water and atmospheric changes, while its clustered form creates selfshading courtyards and allows for cross ventilation. The series of courtyard desert gardens that punctuate the architecture ensure that alternating encounters of art and landscape remain integral to the experience of the building, encouraging moments of repose. Designed by renowned landscape architect Anouk Vogel, Jameel Arts Centre’s seven garden installations reflect specific local and global desert biomes, with 33 species represented. The gardens feature a collection of sculptural plants native to the world’s deserts, while striking vegetal textures, subtle mineral hues and unusual paving provide each garden with a unique character. The distinct vegetation includes several endangered plants facing loss of habitat that have been individually saved from sites marked for destruction; the rare transplants include a Sesame Bush that is between 220 and 300 years old. Anouk Vogel, landscape architect, said “Plants grow according to geological and climatological borders, not political ones. Drawing connections across the globe, the individual gardens are inspired on the world’s major deserts: the Arabian, Australian, Chihuahuan, Namibian, Socotran and Sonoran deserts, as well as the Spiny Forest of Madagascar. The juxtaposition of their strong and radically different expressions enhance each space’s particular features, echoing the Centre’s focus on confluence and diverse communities.” The gardens also provide inspiration to a range of commissions and interventions debuting at the opening. On the roof terrace is the winning Art Jameel Commissions: Sculpture installation by Kuwaiti artists Alia Farid and Aseel AlYaqoub, entitled Contrary Life: A Botanical Light Garden Devoted to Trees. Shaikha Al Mazrou presents the first in an annual series of commissioned projects for the Artist’s Garden.

The arrangement of volumes draws from architectural traditions of the region, at Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai. Courtesy of Art Jameel Photography: Rory Gardiner

View of the Centre from across Dubai Creek, at Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai. Courtesy of Art Jameel Photography: Rory Gardiner

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The colonnade is an active social space, framing gardens and enlivening the waterfront promenade. The combination of garden and art continues outside to Jaddaf Waterfront Sculpture Park, the first open-air art park located in the heart of the city, and a collaboration between Art Jameel and Dubai Holding, the masterdeveloper of the wider Jaddaf Waterfront area. Created by the award-winning, locally-based architecture studio ibda design, the park serves as a bridge between the public corniche circling Jaddaf Waterfront and Jameel Arts Centre. Its undulating forms curve around large-scale installations, echoing the flow of the waterfront around the building itself. Inaugural sculptures positioned in the Park include works by Helaine Blumenfeld, Talin Hazbar and Latifa Saeed, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, David Nash, and Slavs and Tatars. Antonia Carver, Director of Art Jameel, reflected, “Our first permanent space, Jameel Arts Centre ushers in a new phase of development for Art Jameel, allowing us to expand our programmes, develop new partnerships and share the Collection with wide audiences. We’ve worked exceptionally closely with Serie Architecture and ibda design, developing the Centre and Park as flexible, open spaces that foreground the needs of artists and audiences. The collaborative, innovative approach of the architects sets up Jameel Arts Centre to fulfill its mission -- to present dynamic, thought-provoking exhibitions, act as a hub for educational and research initiatives, and continue to engage in partnerships with local, regional and international artists, curators and organisations.”

Project Name: Jameel Arts Centre Release Date: November 2018 Address: Jaddaf Waterfront, Dubai, UAE Website: jameelartscentre.org Size: 10,000 square metres Client: Art Jameel Architects: Serie Architects, London, UK Consultant architects: ibda design, Dubai, UAE Project manager: Manoj Philip John Contractors and consultants: Strabag, WME, and Sobha Landscaping

View of the Centre from across Dubai Creek, at Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai. Courtesy of Art Jameel Photography: Rory Gardiner

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Kampung Admiralty (Kampung meaning village in Malay) is Singapore’s first integrated public development that brings together a mix of public facilities and services under one roof that cater for its elderly residents. The traditional approach is for each government agency to carve out their own plot of land, resulting in several standalone buildings. This one-stop integrated complex, on the other hand, maximises land use, and is a

The ground plane is fully public, porous and pedestrianized. The floor tiles pattern, landscape and outdoor seats continue outwards from the plaza to activate existing connections to surrounding buildings. Credit: Patrick Bingham-Hall

prototype for meeting the needs of Singapore’s ageing population. Located on a tight 0.9Ha site with a height limit of 45m, the scheme builds upon a layered ‘club sandwich’ approach. A “Vertical Kampung” is devised, with a Community Plaza in the lower stratum, a Medical Centre in the mid stratum, and a Community Park with apartments for seniors in the upper stratum. These three distinct stratums

Studio apartment views towards the landscaped terraces and the Community Park help seniors feel connected to nature and to the community of users in the same development. Credit: Patrick Bingham-Hall

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The childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playground is nestled into the Community Park next to an outdoor exercise area, fostering intergenerational bonding. Credit: Patrick Bingham-Hall

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juxtapose the various building uses to foster diversity of cross-programming and frees up the ground level for activity generators. The close proximity to healthcare, social, commercial and other amenities support inter-generational bonding and promote active ageing in place. The Community Plaza is a fully public, porous and pedestrianised ground plane, designed as a community living room. Within this welcoming and inclusive space, the public can participate in organised events, join in the seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festivities, shop, or eat at the hawker centre on the 2nd storey. The breezy tropical plaza is shaded and sheltered by the Medical Centre above, allowing activities to continue regardless of rain or shine. Locating a Medical Centre in Kampung Admiralty means that the elderly residents need not go all the way to the hospital to consult a specialist, or to get a simple day surgery done. To promote wellness and healing, the centreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consultation and waiting areas are washed in natural daylight from perimeter windows and through a central courtyard. Views towards the Community Plaza below, and the Community Park above also help seniors feel connected to nature and to other people.

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The People’s Plaza is a fully public, porous and pedestrianised ground plane, designed as a community living room. I Credit: Patrick Bingham-Hall

The Community Park is a more intimately scaled, elevated village green where residents can actively come together to exercise, chat or tend community farms. Complementary programmes such as childcare and an Active Aging Hub (including senior care) are located side by side, bringing together young and old to live, eat and play. A total of 104 apartments are provided in two 11-storey blocks for elderly singles or couples. “Buddy benches” at shared entrances encourage seniors to come out of their homes and interact with their neighbours. The units adopt universal design principles and are designed for natural cross ventilation and optimum daylight. The Medical Centre wraps around the central courtyard Rain Garden, giving waiting patients a soothing, green view. Credit: Patrick Bingham-Hall

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