Abu Dhabi, UAE · Community masterplan · 2020 — 2021 · Alchemy Design Studio
Jiwar Al Qasr
Native planting, shaded routes and a screen language drawn from regional pattern — a proposal for public space that works in Abu Dhabi's climate.
- Location
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Year
- 2020 — 2021
- Sector
- Mixed Use
- Scope
- Concept Design — Architecture + Masterplan
- Status
- Competition entry
- Role
- Senior Design Architect
The project
The starting point was the site's maritime history and its climate. Vegetation, shading and microclimate were treated as the primary material of the public realm, with routes and courtyards positioned to stay usable through the day.
The architectural identity comes from the same source: patterns extracted from regional heritage become screens, canopies and shading structures that respond to sun, orientation and the pedestrian. Submitted as a competition entry.
“Shade as the primary material of public space.”
Process
The concept drew on the site's maritime history. Regional patterns were extracted and abstracted into screens, canopies and shading structures, developed alongside a material palette and massing studies for the competition submission.
Material palette
Pattern study 01
Pattern study 02
Massing study
Massing study — street elevation
What I did
- Led the concept design process under the Design Director
- Developed the architectural narrative and façade identity
- Guided massing, façade and storyboard studies
- Prepared the competition submission
Colophon
- Location
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Year
- 2020 — 2021
- Sector
- Mixed Use
- Typology
- Community masterplan
- Scope
- Concept Design — Architecture + Masterplan
- Status
- Competition entry
- Role
- Senior Design Architect
- Client
- Imkan Properties
- Storeys
- B + G + 3 / Masterplan
- Software
- AutoCAD, Revit, Adobe CC