![]() But if you let yourself be inspired by your surroundings and forego any attempts to create an east coast or non-desert landscape design, deserts actually provide fantastic opportunities to show off regionally appropriate design. True, It is all of these things and more. The challenges are often dramatic and therefore frequently mentioned. thus, the landscape emphasises the fort and the cultural foundation as the main visual anchors.Wherever a desert landscape gardener finds herself-in southern Nevada or California, in Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas-she is working with a very special mixture of soil, water, sunlight, air, cold, and heat that offers challenges and unusual opportunities. along the transitional zone, the landscape changes from horizontal planes to slanting surfaces that gradually grow into actual buildings for food and beverage facilities, ancillary functions, and culminating with a musallah prayer hall at the north-eastern corner of the site.Īll components - from sitting bollards, surface patterns, lighting concept, and building volumes to the interior’s floor plans, doorways, and furnishings - are subtly integrated into the overall urban landscape topography and merge with the park to be experienced as natural landscape elements. The geometries of the urban landscape intentionally land between building and landscape, with the tone of the concrete matching the color of the natural sand. ![]() the design articulates an architectural interpretation of abu dhabi island’s coastal landscape of sandbars, mangroves, and the salt flats’ distinctive cracked patterns, drawing connections between the center of today’s metropolis and the natural setting from which it emerged. The two landscapes are connected by a public urban space emerging from formations of ‘cracks’ and geometric shapes defined through an irregular voronoi pattern. opposite, a paved and programmed area with intensified planting surrounds the cultural foundation building, thus combining the desert landscape with the modern city grid structure. a plain and open desert-like landscape around the qasr al hosn fort reinstates the building as a free-standing landmark on sand like it was before the modern city rapidly sprung up. Reintroducing the coastal desert landscapeĬEBRA architects’ al hosn masterplan emphasizes its own duality by dividing the site diagonally into two contrasting landscapes. these include restaurants, cultural centers, a prayer hall, and an open landscape with water features and shady pocket spaces for retreat from the middle eastern sun. the vivid public park further adds several new functions to the al hosn site, making it an asset to the entire city of abu dhabi. ![]() by introducing this new type of locally rooted urban landscape, the project creates a coherent dialogue between the two contrasting buildings on site. With its al hosn masterplan and landscape, CEBRA (see more here) hybridizes the historic context with a contemporary expression. Images © mikkel frost (founding partner at CEBRA) | public spaces to respect the old ![]() the landscape will conserve the site which surrounds the fort, along with the city’s ‘cultural foundation’ which dates back to the 1980’s and was designed by a group founded by walter gropius (see more here). the newly completed park by CEBRA is a celebration of this historic place. later, it had been extended into a palace, ultimately gaining recognition as the birthplace of the capital city. it had long stood as a watchtower to protect the only freshwater well on the island. working in close collaboration with the city’s department of culture and tourism, the team describes the ambitious project as ‘a magical portal to a future inspired by the past.’ overall, the design was greatly informed by the heritage of the surrounding area - reinstating the qasr al hosn fort as the cultural heart of abu dhabi.īuilt in 1760, this fort stands as abu dhabi’s oldest and most important building. Al hosn: celebrating the history of abu dhabiĭanish architecture practice CEBRA takes to abu dhabi, completing its al hosn masterplan and landscape.
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