The Royal Atlantis
Hotel + Residences
Dubai, UAE
The Royal Atlantis
New York, USA
New York, USA
The Royal Atlantis
The Royal Atlantis
The Royal Atlantis innovates on typical hotel and residential design by introducing substantial areas of true open space into the building – elevating the experience of beachfront resort living up from the ground throughout the forty-five story linked towers above. From afar, the 806-key and 256-apartment resort complex is instantly recognizable as a terraced screen, open to the sea. This striking profile provides the unique experience of seamless indoor and outdoor living by splitting the typical hotel/residential ‘resort slab’ (familiar from so many resort cities globally) into discrete volumes separated to create fourteen ‘sky-courts’ and twenty ‘sky-terraces.’ The terraces and sky-courts allow many apartments or hotel suites to access truly private outdoor spaces, each featuring plunge pools and gardens. All are tuned to amplify shading and direct prevailing breezes over water and vegetation creating private oases passively cooled and comfortable for much of the day, most of the year. The massing breaks down the size of the project, offering a humanscale and creating a sense of porosity and lightness. Though a singular structure, the Royal Atlantis is actually two buildings, each with its own entries, identity and form: A hotel tower, to the west, is separated from the residential tower, to the east, by an 80m tall x 50m wide arch that is spanned by a connecting bridge featuring a dramatic roof-deck and sky-pool with unique views of the Gulf and Dubai skyline. Within the bridge is located the ‘bridge suite’ with its own pool and court centered on the arch - a future pre-eminent entertaining location in the emirates. The pool-bridge frames a grand gateway, updating the recognizable form of the Atlantis ‘Arch.’
The Brand
The Royal Atlantis Dubai is the first project of the new “Royal Atlantis” brand: updating the original Atlantis theme concept with the contemporary sophistication of the One & Only Brand while creating an entirely new and innovative hotel concept.
View from Palm Jumeirah Causeway
The Brand
The Brand
Atlantis: Past and Future
The new Royal Atlantis is located on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah Island, the emirate’s premier resort destination.
New York, USA
New York, USA
The Site
1 Palm Jumeirah 2 Dubai Airport 3 Dubai Creek 4 Downtown Dubai 5 Jumeirah 6 To Abu Dhabi 7 Existing Atlantis 8 Royal Atlantis Site 9 Dubai Marina
The building serves as a complement and termination to the existing Atlantis Dubai, itself one of the city’s iconic buildings. Together, the two form a resort precinct and entertainment destination. The siting of the Royal Atlantis maximizes views, and naturally separates conference, hotel, and residential facilities, providing each with dedicated drop-offs, entries, gardens, and views while remaining connected as an integral whole. The remainder of the site allows for stand-alone villas, restaurants, and beaches.
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The Site
The Site
Destination Dubai
The Site
The Site
Elements of the Royal Atlantis
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1 Conference Drop Off 2 Hotel Drop Off 3 Residential Drop Off 4 Conference Center
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The Royal Atlantis breaks down the scale of the resort’s program into a series of discrete, humanscaled blocks arranged for optimal views, stacked to span over dramatic voids called ‘sky-courts’ and stepped to form a tower that contains multiple levels of ‘sky-terraces’ and penthouses.
Concepts
Concepts
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Concepts
Formation Each of the blocks contain floors of typical suites and apartments, while the sky-courts/terraces become gardens-in-the-sky for major suites and duplex residents affording views over Dubai. Passively ventilated by littoral winds, shaded by the blocks above, and regulated by the cooling effects of water, these unique outdoor spaces are comfortable most of the year and offer a world-unparalleled amenity.
1 | Base Program
2 | Fragment for Scale + Porosity
3 | Optimize for Views
4 | Extend into Landscape
- Separate Hotel/Residential
- Create Sky-Courts and Sky-Terraces
- Step Profile for Better Views and Terraces
- Podium Village with Porosity and Human Scale
- Organize Podium Program
- Give Tower Human Scale
- Create Atlantis Arch + Bridge Suite
- Multiply private/public terraces
- Curve Plan for Maximal Dubai/Gulf Views
- Extend language into site buildings
Concepts
Concepts
Solid + Void
Sky-Courts + Terraces
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F&B
Sky Courts
Residential
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Sky Terraces
Amenities
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Elements of an Icon
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1 Conference Center 2 Milos Restaurant 3 Hotel Lobby 4 All Day Dining 5 Sky Court (Typical)
6 Sky Terrace (Typical) 7 Residential Lobby 8 Sky Pool 9 Atlantis Arch
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1 Conference Center 2 Milos Restaurant 3 Hotel Lobby 4 All Day Dining 5 Sky Court (Typical)
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Concepts Façade
Concepts Façade
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1 Standard Hotel Floor 2 Sky Court Hotel Floor 3 Sky Court 4 All Day Dining 5 Conference Meeting
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Typical Plans + Sections
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1 Main Entry Lobby 2 Sky Bridge Suite 3 Sky Bridge Pool 4 Typical Resi Floor 5 Resi Sky Court 6 Resi Lobby 7 Atlantis Arch 8 Sky Court 9 Sky Court (Below)
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Tower The bulk of the Royal Atlantis is split evenly between hotel and residential floors, connected by a sky-bridge that houses a unique ‘bridge suite’ centered over a contemporary adaptation of the famed Atlantis arch.
Tower
Tower
The Tower: A Human Scaled Assemblage The sky-courts and sky-terraces on both sides of the building serve as the iconic feature of the project. The tower facades elegantly accentuate the building’s dramatic form and impressive length and punctuate the sky-courts and cantilevered end terraces with facades of jewel-like detail and articulation. All facade elements are crafted to amplify the play of light and shadow in the region’s strong sunlight.
Looking Up
Tower from Palm Lagoon
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Tower
Within a Sky-Court Pool
Sky Terrace
Interior
Interior
7 Panels Types with A/B sub-types Define All Elevations
A/B Base Panel Types from Consistent Arrangement of Profile and Color
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Tower
Module Typology Diagram
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Tower
Site June | 2017
Construction
Construction
Construction
Site June | 2018
The Royal Atlantis Dubai, UAE Civic + Cultural, Hospitality, Mixed Use, Residential 193,600 m2 / 2,083,600 ft2 795 Rooms / 231 Residences
Client: Kerzner International (KID); Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) Team: Dynamic Engineering Consultants (Architect of Record), GA Design (Interior Designer), SM Design (Interior Designer) Design Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, PC KPF Team: Design Principal: James von Klemperer Managing Principal: Richard Nemeth Senior Designer: Elie Gamburg Project Manager: Terri Cho Team: Lisa Kenyon, Joseph Hong, Michael Wetmore, Wells Landers, Paul Bae, Chen Jin Tianwei Ye, Alexandra Barletta, Gyu Jin Hwang, Hyunji Choi, Wei He, Nancy Nichols Competition Team: Elie Gamburg, Lisa Kenyon, Mark Nicol, Katsu Shigemi, Dan Menino, Gyu Jin Hwang Copyright: 2018, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC Published by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036