Injaz Square
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Dubai, UAE阿拉伯联合酋长国 迪拜 Luxury Residential & Commercial Complex豪华住宅及商业 750 Apartment Units750 间公寓单位 Architectural Concept建筑设计 2008

This seven-building residential development sits on the border shared by the Contemporary and Traditional urban planning zones of the Business Bay and Burj Dubai District. Developments here aim to position the U.A.E. as the global commercial and business centre of the Middle East.

The wadi, Arabic for ephemeral water courses that form after heavy rain, lies at the heart of this project’s concept to cultivate pockets of greenery within an architectural form that would not normally encourage such growth. Wadi are associated with life and centres of human population in arid Arab countries because they are vital sources of sub-surface water. Existing within spaces carved out by the transformative processes of erosion, they coexist with canyons to provide better protected environments that can nurture life in the desert. As such, this project’s concept is inspired by life’s ability to adapt and flourish even in the most difficult conditions.

It is in allusion to this phenomenon that this project’s ‘eroded’ building form offers a wadi-like contextual topography in which to cultivate a naturalistic pattern of floral growth. The form was derived by extruding a volume of ‘rock strata’ within site parameters, then ‘eroding’ it to define the wind tunnels, view corridors and circulation paths. Eroded negative spaces lay the foundation for gardening and plant growth throughout the development.

On the ground level, these spaces make up a topography of wadi, comprising perpetually shade-giving courtyards that interconnect and a sandy, soft-edged swimming pool akin to a filled wadi. The selected softscape’s alternation in flowering periods highlights changes that mark passing seasons: for example, the Desert Holly, blooming from January to April and the Brittlebrush, blooming subsequently in spring, collectively evoke the passage of time. Other life-giving ecosystems dwell comfortably, forged by larger species such as the Juniperus Procera which provides excellent shade and screen protection from sandstorms common in Dubai.

The façade design reflects the process of simulating the effect of a sand storm on a wall of locally-sourced brick, and covers each building with its erosive effects. Interstitial wadi-like spaces between the outer, climatic, breathable skin façade and the habitable space of the apartment unit regulate temperature by allowing for ventilation within the interstitial space.

Bridges linking the residential buildings at different heights present opportunities to create an ‘oasis in the sky’. The undulating profile of the continuous roof garden fashioned also by the differing heights of the buildings it connects creates shaded wadis which cool the units beneath and form an oasis-sky garden. Hardy perennial plants were chosen for their water-storage abilities characteristic of desert plant life to help minimise maintenance.

在商务湾(Business Bay)和迪拜塔区(Burj Dubai District)这两个现代传统城市规划区的交界处,坐落着这个由七栋大楼组成的住宅项目。在这个区域内,所有项目都是顶级的典范,充分展现出阿拉伯联合酋长国是中东地区的全球化商业和商务中心。

阿拉伯语中的“Wadi”意指“旱溪”,是只在大雨后才形成的暂时性水道。这个项目就是以“Wadi”为概念,在一种通常不利于栽培植物的建筑形态之中,培植随处可见的小型绿色空间。“Wadi”与干旱的阿拉伯国家人口的生活和文明中心息息相关,因为它们是地下水的重要来源。它们是在侵蚀作用对环境构成改变的过程中所形成的,同时与峡谷共存,以更有效地保护在沙漠中有利于培育生命的环境。事实上,生命的能力如何在最艰苦的条件下,去适应和繁衍,正好启发着这个项目的概念。

为了模仿“Wadi”现象,这个项目的建筑形态被打造成有如被“风蚀”的自然结构,形成“Wadi”般的背景形貌,栽培出按照自然定律而变的花卉生长模式。通过在基地界限内挤压出如“岩层”般的建筑整体,然后一层一层地从表面开始“侵蚀”出风洞、观景廊和动线路径,整个建筑形态得以成形。项目内的各个被“侵蚀”出来的虚体空间,成为了培植园艺和植物的地基。

在地面上,多个长期绿荫处处的庭院相互连接着,加上一个覆盖着细沙、仿如注满水的旱溪般的不规则游泳池,构成了流露着“Wadi”特色的地形。经过细心挑选的软景观的花期交替变化,凸显了季节的转变。举例说,在一月至四月期间绽放的沙漠冬青,以及随之在春季盛开的扁果菊,全体诉说着时间的流逝。在较大型的植物品种如非洲刺柏的保护下,其他富有生命力的生态系统可以享有非常充足的遮阳和屏障防护,免受迪拜常见的沙尘暴的影响,自在舒适地生长繁殖。

我们在以本地砖料建造的墙壁上,模拟出沙尘暴的效果,其过程全部被记录于立面设计上,“侵蚀”作用体现于每一栋大楼上。在适合当地气候的透气外层幕墙与公寓单位的可居住空间之间,是允许自然通风的“Wadi”式间隙空间,有助于温度调节。

于不同高度连接各住宅大楼的桥梁,组成了一个“空中绿洲”。连绵起伏的屋顶花园连接着高低不同的建筑物,创造出阴凉的“Wadi”,使被遮挡着的住宅单位变得凉快,同时形成一个空中绿洲花园。为了降低保养的需求,我们选择在花园里种植拥有沙漠植物的优良储水功能的多年生耐寒植物。

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