Jumeirah Central Market

Jumeirah Central is a new urban quarter located between Burj Al Arab, Palm Jumeirah and the Mall of the Emirates. Departing from the usual car-dominated master plan, Jumeirah Central will be defined by a series of mixed-use blocks connected by shaded pedestrian routes, interspersed with parks and urban squares.

Project Details +

Project Details

LOCATION: Dubai, UAE

CLIENT: Dubai Properties

DATE: 2016–present

STATUS: Concept Design

SIZE: 130,000 sqm (residential north 19,000 sqm, residential south 14,500 sqm, hotel 10,500 sqm, office 26,500 sqm, F&B mid block 5,200 sqm, market hall & supermarket 5,200 sqm, basements 49,000 sqm)

Credits +

Credits

ACME: Iria de la Pena, Ifigenaia Dilaveraki Friedrich Ludewig, Irene Squilloni, Thomas Soo, Gulsah Unal, Boni Yuen

Extend park

Buildings & podium

Pedestrian routes

Program

The Market block will be one of the first blocks to be developed, and will test a number of assumptions made in the master plan. The block is defined by six independent buildings which come together to create an internal shaded market between them.

A large office building with internal shaded atriums and a solar fin façade defines the eastern side, and a five-star hotel hotel the western side. Two residential towers with self-shading planted balconies define the corners of the block, a supermarket closes the corner to the street and a terraced restaurant building defines the edge of the major new park.

Each building stands on its own, and defines a series of urban routes and laneways between them. A tension concrete roof spans between the buildings, providing shade but letting air circulate between the buildings. The internal market emerges as a public space between the buildings, defined by the edges by the adjacent buildings, and activated by the inhabitants and flâneurs that use the internal space as a shaded urban route through the city.