Dubai International Financial Centre (D.I.F.C)

LOCATION

•Located in the south of the Park Avenue

District of the D.I.F.C masterplan

•Site is bordered on three sides by highways

•To the East is 17th Street

•To the South is 23rd Street

•To the West is 312 road

•Placed in the NS axis with Dubai World

Trade Centre to North & Burj Dubai to South

Site Location & Context

Conceptsingle landmark tower

• 4 level basement parking

•95 Floors (mixed use)

•Hotel, recreation,

office, and residential

• retail zones @ level

+9.5m & 14.5 m

connected by bridge &

side road

• helipad – 96th & 97th Floor

Images / concept

• Clear public movement route

allows smooth transition from

bridge to tower to hotel

• Each buildings location

reinforces its rational context

as well to each other

• Informal public route offers

potential link into retail at base

of tower and hotel pubic

spaces

Images / concept

•Strong sense of place and containment created

between tower & hotel

• Southern facades of the tower and hotel offer

unimpeded views to Burj Dubai

• Northern facades offer views across

landscaped gardens

Office & Residential Drop off

Ground Level residential drop off –

Large pavers reflect setting out drop off

area. Vertical stone sculptural features

highlight the arrival space

Residential Floors 39 - 60

+6.5 m Office Drop Off level

Office Floors 1 - 36

Hotel Drop off & Reception Foyer

+9.5m Hotel & Service Apt Drop Off level –

Dynamic space contemporary shade

structure over clear piazza arrival space

with central water feature. Ambient

planting, paving and water wall helps

direct visitors to Hotel Entrance

Hotel Floors 61-83

Hotel Reception Foyer

Car park level +3 – Hotel Entry

• Transfer to BIM

environment

• Design development with

BIM technology

• Reconfirmation of design

by Revit and SAT

• Current focus – core &

vertical circulation

• Sheet generation for floor

plates & model

Client’s requirements

Jobs Done

• Floor Plate modeled along with walls & ramps

• Cores modeled

• On going – revisions to core & floors 37 & up

Car park level – Sections

Building Sectional Elevation

Residential Floor Level 50

Podium level Study

Office Level 10