DUBAI RENAISSANCE, UAE, DUBAI, 2006

High rise mixed-use building initially planned for the Dubai Business Bay

A single monolithic volume constructed, like an elevator core, in one continuous operation – 200 meters wide and 300 meters tall comprising of offices and business forums, hotel and residential suites, retail, art and urban spaces.
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FACTSHEET

Status:
Competition

Client:
Dubai Properties

Site Competition:
Dubai Business Bay

Site Current Proposal:
Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary

Program:
Total 425 500m2: Residential 67 800m2; Hotel 76 200m2; Offices 125 000m2; Retail 16 500m2; Parking 120 000m2; Culture 57 000m2

COLLABORATORS

ARUP
Cecil Balmond, Chris Carroll, Craig Gibbons, Alistair Guthrie, Gaspar Dorey

Inside Outside
Petra Blaisse, Rosetta Elkin

Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design
Konstantin Grcic, Nitzan Cohen

Lerch, Bates & Associates
Adrian Godwin

Dorsser Blesgraaf
Renz van Luxemburg

Ducks Scéno
Michel Cova

Models
Vincent de Rijk

Photography
Hans Werlemann, Frans Parthesius

Irma Boom Design
Irma Boom, Sonja Haller

Art
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Chris Dercon

Tate, London
Sir Nicholas Serota, Erica Bolton

Serpentine Gallery
Julia Peyton-Jones, Hans Ulrich Obrist

CREDITS

In charge:
Rem Koolhaas, Fernando Donis

Team:
Katrin Betschinger, Miho Mazereeuw, Laurent Troost, Martin Gallovsky, Ben Milbourne, Maria Derevencova, Katharina Gerlach, Mihal Gdak, Beatriz Minguez de Molina, Bart Schoonderbeek, Anneke van Zuethem, Clement Blanchet, Suzannah Waldron