This office building is a bracing figure on a standard 60by90’’plot – a bijou for the office landscape of Abu Dhabi. Facilitated with an automatic parking system it is probably the first office building matching the new parking requirements of Abu Dhabi.

Day and night view from west

At the entrance of an urban development area in Abu Dhabi, it is a highly functional yet extraordinary office building. It is accommodating all the parking spaces required by the new ADM rules and still featuring a first-class appearance through an automatic parking system. An ingenious supporting framework intentionally gives the building its iconic zest. A column-free ground & mezzanine floor gives utterance to a progressive visual image.

Elevation east and north

Elevation south and west

The high performance glazing with integrated expanded metal is shaping the buildings glimmering appearance, but also saving a part of the buildings energy consumption whereas the natural day light is still diffused into the room. This is very important, because natural day light is a proven factor for a productive and healthy working environment. The complete roof of the building is covered by solar panels for cooling, which is saving another part of the buildings energy consumption.

Modell 1/100: detail facade

Modell 1/100: pavillon

Modell 1/100

Profile

CLIENT

Khalid Sedeeq M. Sameea Al Asmani, Abu Dhabi

LOCATION

+24° 28’ 4.52’’, +54° 23’ 5.86’’
Abu Dhabi, UAE

PROGRAM

Office +

BUA

11.960sm / 128.736sf

HEIGHT

56m

CC

AED 72M / $19.8M

YEAR

2006 – ongoing

STATUS

Submission

ARCHITECTURE

DENNIS LEMS ARCHITECTS ASSOCIATES, Wien – Abu Dhabi

STRUCTURE

RWT+, Wien – Abu Dhabi

SERVICES/MEP

ARKAN, Abu Dhabi

QUANTITY SURVEY

bdu, Wien

LOCAL ARCHITECT

ARKAN, Abu Dhabi

1/100 MODEL

Schmid+Schmidt, Wien

1/50 MODEL

DLAA, Wien – Abu Dhabi

RENDERINGS

MISS3, Brno

Abadi Arkan, Alexander Litschauer, Alfred Schmid, Anita Hochedlinger, Christoph Gauster, Dennis Lems, Dietmar Ronach, Eva-Maria Strieder, Guido Trampitsch, Harry Schmidt, Iris Brandstötter, Jakob Unterlerchner, Kareem Kareem, Mamdouh Hamouda, Manuel Ritter, Michael Prodinger, Mohamed Mofleh, Numan Halawani, Radim Petruska, Riad Saflo, Richard Woschitz, Robin Mangold, Silvia Lackner, Thomas Bärtl, Thomas Mayrhofer, Vit Musil