New Project in Dubai by Spanish Studio A-CERO

From the Archinect Competition News:

The Spanish architecture office A-CERO has won the restricted international competition of ideas for the design of a new exclusive residential zone in the Madinat Al Arab district, in Dubai’s coast. The new development includes a hotel, luxury apartments, commercial spaces, offices, a marina and leisure zones, comprising 450.000 sq. meters of built surface, near the third (and the bigger) of the Palms, on this ever changing coastline.

The project tries to build a new space from the relation between the gulf sea and the desert behind, through a volume composition where density and size progressively dilute into the water. The design is inspired by the ephemeral architecture of the local nomadic culture and the works of artist David Nash, an inspirational figure for the studio’s architecture.

The use of water, both as the main landscape element and as a natural climate conditioner, plays the most important part in the exterior design of this new project.

More information is available at www.a-cero.com