A Sinuous Landmark Defining and Integrating Connections
The Gateway Towers, as the name suggests, are a set of identical twin towers framing the entrance from Sheikh Zayed Road into the Al Khaleed Al Tejari 1 Street leading to the Business Bay area of Dubai’s coast. Rising to 72 floors from twin L-shaped podium level base flanking the road corners, the towers majestically define not just the entry to a prime business district, but also the surrounding cityscape with their tall, iconic, steely pinnacled spires which are second only to the Burj Khalifa.
Size: 72,77,000 SF Services : : Master Planning, Building
Design - Architecture, Landscape
Design, Interior Design Concept Collaboration : Stantec (Formerly Burt Hill) Jayesh Hariyani while Director at Burt Hill
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A Sinuous Landmark Defining and Integrating Connections
The Gateway Towers, as the name suggests, are a set of identical twin towers framing the entrance from Sheikh Zayed Road into the Al Khaleed Al Tejari 1 Street leading to the Business Bay area of Dubai’s coast. Rising to 72 floors from twin L-shaped podium level base flanking the road corners, the towers majestically define not just the entry to a prime business district, but also the surrounding cityscape with their tall, iconic, steely pinnacled spires which are second only to the Burj Khalifa.
Having composite panel clad surfaces curvaceously looping around
pervasive glazed facades, the 26 m high bases to both towers house
branded retail outlets and recreational facilities including a variety of soft
and hard landscape elements adorning the street shoulders at the
ground level and the green podium on the top. While active fronts light up
the roadside, two levels of malls line the ribboning circulation paths
within. The foot bridge from the Business Bay metro station connects to
these inner and outer circulation spaces, which in turn connect across the
two towers a glass bridge at the podium level through, together forming
an unbroken sequence of pedestrian movement enhancing the vibrancy
of the retail and recreation spaces.
Sinuous bands seem to slice away from
these base elements to rise up as
symmetrical cylinders wrapped in steely,
glassy high-tech aesthetics, punctuated
by lit up slits. Adorned throughout their
height by traditionally inspired and
intricately designed perforated
geometrical screens, the towers
delineate an iconic gateway that is at
once international of substance and
local of flavor.
A Fabric of Multiple Yarns – Infrastructure, Retail, Hospitality and Residences
A plethora of mixed-use programs get covered within the
premises of the Gateway Towers. A vibrant and seamless
pedestrian path gets chalked in and around the bases
connecting the metro station at one end, across the street via
a bridge, and to the Business Bay in the final lap. Vehicular
movement on Sheikh Zayed road and Al Khaleed Al Tejari 1
Street have been addressed and organized. Business spaces
including malls, individual entities and offices mixed with
recreational and F&B outlets find premium interfaces at the
base of the towers. While one entire tower has residential units
viz. 1, 2, 3, and 4 BHK premium urban homes up to the 72nd
floor, the floors on other tower are divided between luxurious
serviced apartments and a 250 key boutique hotel. The living
spaces in both towers are arranged around an elaborate
central circulation core which connects down to multi-level
parking facilities, and the outer surfaces afford the residents
breathtaking views of Dubai round them. Residential lofts are
also available, lining the street side edges of the L-shaped
bases.
A Development that
Integrates along
Multiple Axes and
Parameters
Translating Big Data into Transformational Infrastructure
An investigative approach to the design was applied wherein critical
data was collected and analyzed regarding the anticipated flow of
pedestrian and vehicular traffic in all directions, sun angles and heat
generation, energy requirements of various functions and spaces,
material, financial and human resources required at various stages of
the project, and many others. The analysis of this data was synthesized
by a collaborative team of designers, engineers, BIM experts, animators
and landscape architects in a complex coordinative process through a
real time integrated application of energy modelling, animation, BIM
and financial modelling. The result was the installation of a set of apt
sustainable infrastructure that transformed, added value to and
enhanced this space into a global benchmark for urban planning and
design, and an iconic landmark for Dubai.
“A Metaphor for the Twin Peaks of Iconicity and Integrative Efficiency.”
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