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BASIC CONCEPTS
a . THEME
"TWIN COLUMNS SUPPORTING SKY ON THE DUNE"
Twin 200 metres high-rise towers rise from the roof of the low-rise building below which has a grand curve of the dune. This twin "Columns" appear like crystals upheld from dune forming an urban picture frame; It can be seen as anew symbol of Doha and a future gateway for Qatar.
b . LOCATION
This project is to develop
a site of 17ha adjacent to Aladdin's Kingdom, located about 7km
from downtown of Doha to the north.
Arabian Gulf extend to the north of the site and the environment is developed as housing in accordance with the increase of population.
c . COMPOSITION
This Project is composed
of twin 200 metre towers and Gulf Dome to the northside, and a
500 metre long Dune Mall towards the southside. The twin towers
include a hotel, condominiums and offices. The Dune Mall consists
of huge commercial facilities. The twin towers and Dune Mall are
connected by four pedestrian decks over the center street, and
a huge parking lot is situated along the underground level.
d . CONTENTS
EAST TOWER & WEST
TOWER
The high-rise zone consists of twin towers,
East Tower and West Tower, connected at the low-rise levels. The
East Tower has office spaces from the 8th floor to the 17th floor,
condominium spaces from the 19th floor to the 45th floor and a
sky restaurant on the top floor. The West Tower has office spaces
from the 8th floor to the 17th floor, hotel spaces from the 19th
floor to the 45th floor and sky restaurant on the top floor. In
the low-rise zone, there are shopping spaces from the ground floor
to the 7th floor.
DUNE MALL
Dune Mall is a huge shopping
area ( about 139,000m2) which has a 500 metre long carved roof.
The inner space is separated by nine atriums which have access
visibility to the north-south direction for emergencies.
GULF DOME
Gulf Dome has the operable
open-close roof, a big pool with an artificial tidal wave and
two tennis courts in a large space of about 18,600m2. The roof
canbe left open throughout most of the year, excluding summer
months, to provide natural wind and sunlight. The air conditioning
system for the summer season consists of macro air conditioning
and local air conditioning. The roof of dome is equipted with
solar cell panels to provide the use of abundant solar energy
for saving energy.
SUBGRADE PARKING SPACE
This building
has huge underground parking facility for about 4,200 vehicles
that allow easy, efficient access to the each facility.
Copyright 2009 Ver.8 MYA