CASE STUDY - Golf Building - Dubai Hills

GOLF BUILDING - DUBAI HILLS

? Architectural Consultants: Whitespace Architects

? Project Type: Residential Community

? Site Area: 5,732.95 sqm

? Total Area: 18,027.4 sqm

? Storeys: G+ 2P + 9 +ROOF

? Number of residential units: 238?

? Year: 2019?

The Golf Building project sits within the new architectural hotspot of Dubai Hills Estate, alongside one of the biggest golf courses in the world. This project is defined by experiential moments and discovery, giving residents and visitors access and the view of the course whilst reinforcing its identity as a gateway to Dubai. The project is a midrise building with nine storeys and two levels for parking with amenities on the roof level.

The main objective of the design is to define and showcase the view of the golf course for all residents.

The main design strategy is to maximise the linear GFA by aligning with the golf view, and also by pushing and subtracting to increase and define the corners to add more visual views.

One of the project challenges was that it had to merge with the view and the landscape. However, with a? height of 9 floors in addition to 2 -floor parking, the design needed to be more compressed vertically and stretched horizontally by stepping the last 2 floors, also to define the penthouse and the rooftop amenities to express the full golf view.?

The target of GFA does not give the chance to shrink the platform of the last two floors, so the decision was made to add two-bed units on the second podium floor with a private garden where the required parking lots can be covered on the ground floor+Podium floor + half floor. This gives the chance for stepping the podium itself, which minimises the feeling of a bulky look. We emphasised the horizontality of the building by adding thick slabs with different profile edges through the floors to give the feeling of dynamic horizontal lines, presented in deep terraces for activities merged with the view.?

The Second proposal’s main design strategy was to have two-liner massings, one is double load while the other is single load. The two massings are on two different levels? - the higher in the back to add more view, in addition to the area for the huge double roof.

The idea of massing with open angles was to maximise the view for both buildings. The design of big frames in the facade is to frame the view with angle partitions for privacy, adding screens in the east facade to protect from the sun and to define the two massings, and to give the feeling of contrast between solid and void which makes the building unique?.