Location
UAE – Sharjah

Client
Government of Sharjah - Directorate of Town Planning and Survey

Status
Concept design stage

Project year
2018

Urban fabric
A flexible bio compacted fabric was chosen, that could accommodate residential, office building, and commercial spaces. The flexible fabric enables the addition and deletion of parts of the front and rear interface and also allows changing the shape of the sky line with varied rhythms, thus achieving fabric’s functional flexibility.

Parks and walkways
The design is keen to provide the largest possible area for pedestrian and gardens and there is more than one alternative of the parks and the planning of pedestrian areas, with the possibility to choose between alternatives to conform to the function of buildings that can change from residential to administrative to commercial.

Hanging Gardens
Perhaps the most distinctive feature of this design is the provision of pedestrian hanging parks that can be used functionally to facilitate the transition between the two sides of the street, with the possibility of seating, innovative entertainment, and the ability to re-perceive the street and the various possible angles of visions. In addition, these gardens can be replicated in different dimensions to achieve a degree of shade, which is desirable because of the high temperatures in Sharjah.