2. Site Location & Context
Concept
single landmark tower
• 4 level basement parking
•95 Floors (mixed use)
•Hotel, recreation,
office, and residential
• retail zones @ level
+9.5m & 14.5 m
connected by bridge &
side road
• helipad – 96th & 97th Floor
LOCATION
•Located in the south of the Park Avenue
District of the D.I.F.C masterplan
•Site is bordered on three sides by highways
•To the East is 17th Street
•To the South is 23rd Street
•To the West is 312 road
•Placed in the NS axis with Dubai World
Trade Centre to North & Burj Dubai to South
3. Images / concept
• Clear public movement route
allows smooth transition from
bridge to tower to hotel
• Each buildings location
reinforces its rational context
as well to each other
• Informal public route offers
potential link into retail at base
of tower and hotel pubic
spaces
4. Images / concept
•Strong sense of place and containment created
between tower & hotel
• Southern facades of the tower and hotel offer
unimpeded views to Burj Dubai
• Northern facades offer views across
landscaped gardens
5. Office & Residential Drop off
+6.5 m Office Drop Off level
Office Floors 1 - 36
Ground Level residential drop off –
Large pavers reflect setting out drop off
area. Vertical stone sculptural features
highlight the arrival space
Residential Floors 39 - 60
6. Hotel Drop off & Reception Foyer
+9.5m Hotel & Service Apt Drop Off level –
Dynamic space contemporary shade
structure over clear piazza arrival space
with central water feature. Ambient
planting, paving and water wall helps
direct visitors to Hotel Entrance
Hotel Floors 61-83
Hotel Reception Foyer
7. Client’s requirements
• Transfer to BIM
environment
• Design development with
BIM technology
• Reconfirmation of design
by Revit and SAT
• Current focus – core &
vertical circulation
• Sheet generation for floor
plates & model
Car park level +3 – Hotel Entry
8. Jobs Done
• Floor Plate modeled along with walls & ramps
• Cores modeled
• On going – revisions to core & floors 37 & up
Car park level – Sections
