Jumeira Gardens: A Super-City Within Dubai
Posted By Mike Chino On October 13, 2008 @ 5:00 am In Architecture,Urban design | 17 Comments
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As the inexorable juggernaut of Dubai [5]‘s construction boom wears on amid a turbulent economic era, the city recently unveiled an incredible new development that is intended to cement its status as “a global city of the future”. Master-planned by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill [6] and Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture [7] and developed by Meraas [8], Jumeira Gardens is a modern megopolis [9] that will feature no fewer than three soaring superstructures designed by AS + GG [7]: 1 Dubai, Park Gate, and 1 Park Avenue. Although the super-massive project will consume approximately $95 billion, it’s encouraging to see that the entire community has been designed with sustainability in mind.
Conceived as “an integrated city within a city”, Jumeira Gardens [10] is designed to be a mixed-use development that incorporates low, medium, and high-density zones for business, residences, retail, leisure, and recreation. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill [6] master-planned the East Park Zone, while Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill [7] master-planned the Atrium City area. Although plans are still being finalized, Meraas Development [8] has confirmed that “‘Green’ buildings and construction, resource conservation and overall sustainability will inform every aspect of this new district, with tools such as intelligent infrastructure technology and cutting-edge eco design serving to reduce the district’s collective ecological footprint.”
Chicago-based Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture [7] are credited with designing scores of other structures [11] that incorporate sustainable strategies [12]. The centerpiece of Jumeira Gardens will be 1 Dubai, A tri-partite skyscraper that will rise to 3281 feet, making it the third structure tower in the UAE. Its soaring towers will be connected by a series of glass suspension sky-bridges.
Park Gate comprises six mid-rise towers that are arranged in facing pairs. A hanging garden canopy stretches between each set of structures, providing shade and cooling the neighborhood by as much as 10 degrees centigrade.
The smooth curves of 1 Park Avenue evoke Dubai’s historic relationship with the Arabian Gulf. The 1,800 foot tower will incorporate solar panels, wind turbines, and a variety of other sustainable strategies in its design.
Excavation for Jumeira Gardens has already begun, and the development is expected to take 12 years to complete.
+ Skidmore, Owings & Merrill [6]
+ Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture [7]
+ Meraas Development [13]
Via World Architecture News [14]
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[5] Dubai: http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/09/rotating-wind-powered-tower-to-begin-construction-in-dubai/
[6] Skidmore, Owings & Merrill: http://www.som.com/content.cfm/burj_dubai
[7] Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture: http://www.smithgill.com/
[8] Meraas: http://meraas.com/en/projects-jgc.htm
[9] megopolis: http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/25/ziggurat-dubai-carbon-neutral-pyramid-will-house-1-million/
[10] Jumeira Gardens: http://meraasdevelopment.ae/en/projects-jgc.htm
[11] structures: http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/03/06/world%E2%80%99s-first-positive-energy-building-planned-for-masdar/
[12] sustainable strategies: http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/03/27/smooth-operator-the-clean-technology-tower/
[13] + Meraas Development: http://meraas.com/
[14] World Architecture News: http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=10472
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