I urban nature park
Mid East’s first urban biodiversity park is a gamechanger for the region’s public realm.
Recently opened in Abu Dhabi, Al Fay Park is a new kind of urban nature park By: SLA With its innovative biodiversity, microclimate and social activities, Al Fay Park is a paradigm shift in how to design and implement nature in the dense megacities of the Middle East. Gone are the water-consuming and soulless ‘Las Vegas landscapes’ of the past. Enter Al Fay Park – a new 27,500 m2 public park in downtown Abu Dhabi that signals a new kind of Middle Eastern city development: Driven by inclusive nature rather than iconic buildings.
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Al Fay Park is designed by Danish naturebased design studio SLA for the client Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport and has been dubbed ‘a game-changer’ in how to design and implement city nature in the dense megacities of the Middle East. The park is the first urban park in UAE that uses biodiversity to enhance the local microclimate as well as the social public realm. The park design is devised through SLA’s inhouse biologists and planting experts’ yearlong research
