Bridges District, Dubai Creek Harbour, Dubai

A mixed use, residential masterplan, the Bridges District occupies a unique site along Dubai Creek.  The urban nature of the project is punctuated by the landscape, and the unique topographic change & slopes within the site are used to accentuate, create interest & promote interaction with the public realm environment. 
A linear spine connects through the centre of the development, with a formal urban park at its heart.  An active waterfront promenade extends the length of the project, with a ‘creek front’ Urban Beach area located centrally for use by residents.

Location: Dubai
Site Area: 150,000 sq.m.
​Function: Public Realm, Parks, Waterfront Promenade & Urban Beach​

Surf Ranch, Abu Dhabi

The first of its kind, Surf Ranch is a mechanical surf park bringing the sport to a region where surfing is not otherwise possible. 
The design narrative & character work to address the question, what is surf culture in the middle east?  How do we blend Californian influence, with the local vernacular. 
The landscape became a tool for crafting & guiding the visitor arrival experience, from the gateway, first ‘glimpse’ of the wave, beachside arrival, then ‘view from the line up’. 
A diversity in the landscape has also been protected, to accommodate operations ranging from the day-to-day through to large scale international events. 

Location: Abu Dhabi
Site Area: 300,000 sq.m.
​Function: Parks and Recreation

HUD Sports Hub, Abu Dhabi

The project sits at the heart of the Sports & Recreation district on Hudayriat Island. At the centre a large flexible plaza space acts as an events space, designed to host a wide variety of events. 
The broader opens space network connects through four (4) active spines that provide a unique activity / amenity within each while connecting the broader masterplans assets through a well defined off street, circulation network. ​

Location: Abu Dhabi
Site Area: 47,000 sq.m.
​Function: Sports and Recreation

Marsana, Hudayriyat

Marsana is an absolute waterfront destination on Hudayriyat Island, Abu Dhabi. The development includes a mix of F&B & Retail Units, along with a variety of open space activity & recreation areas, playgrounds, water / splash park, skate park & beachfront recreation spaces. 

Location: Abu Dhabi
Site Area: 88,000 sq.m.
​Function: Mixed Use / Destination

Historic Fort Destination, Al Ain

Located in Al Ain, the project is a remote Fort / Outpost with historic significance, having been the place of territorial battle. 
Its remote location drives an aspiration to create a ‘destination’, to create a cultural site that protects and celebrates its historic importance, but also an active and engaging space, where visitors can interact, engage & ‘learn through doing’. 

Location:Abu Dhabi
Site Area: 50,000 sq.m.
​Function: Cultural Destination

The Grove Saadiyat

​The Grove development sits at the heart, along the axis of the three (3) museums on Saadiyat Island. Public realm is the connector, the fabric that weaves the overall development story together. The plaza connection design responds to the individual museum influences, these influences meet in the heart of the development. This point becomes the central node, the axis, the vortex & the beginning of the journey to the museum spaces. 

Location: Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi
Site Area: 100,000 sq.m.
​Function: Mixed Use / Destination

Hayat Island, RAK

Hayat Island in Ras al Khaimah is a large mixed use island development, including residential villas, town houses and apartments. The development also includes 2 signature hotels and an active high-end waterfront promenade. The design focuses on the creation of an active and engaging destination, the key to this is a connected, engaging  and interactive public realm environment.  

Location: Ras Al Khaima, UAE
Site Area: 570,000 sq.m.
​Function: Mixed Use / Masterplan

Ajdan Waterfront, KSA

This project, located in KSA, focuses on the creation of a mixed use waterfront / retail and F&B destination. The project includes a retail village, interactive facades,  alfresco dining areas and ephemeral, flexible events spaces. ​

Location: Al Khobar, KSA
Site Area: 18,000 sq.m.
​Function: Mixed Use / F&B

Dubai Water Canal

The Dubai Water Canal development includes a number of development plots, directly adjacent to the recently opened Canal. The formal, structured landscape design character works with the mixed use programming to deliver a cohesive public realm environment. Following the development of this formal design language, the landscape design character varies as it moves from one end of the development to the other, carrying the overarching design language through all plots while allowing for enough variance to offer a unique and bespoke product to each individual asset.

Location: Dubai, UAE
Site Area: 38,000 sq.m.
​Function: Hospitality / Retail

Bahrain Financial Harbor

This project is a retail, F&B mixed use development in the center of Bahrain. The project includes an active and engaging waterfront promenade lined by restaurants, cafés and coffee shops. The central space is the heart of the development and includes high end cafés and retail outlets. 

Location: Kingdom of Bahrain
Site Area: 35,000 sq.m.
​Function: Mixed Use / Retail and F&B

Madinat Living, Dubai

Madinat Living is located in a prime waterfront location, within Dubai. The development will connect directly to Madinat Jumeirah, therefore further leveraging this well established asset. 
The development is primarily residential use, apartment living, however, it will also have a mixed use / commercial & retail element to service visitors & residents alike. 
The architecture responds to Madinat Jumeirah, and so the landscape will respond in a way that creates the appropriate aesthetics and ambiance. ​

Location: Dubai
Site Area: 260,000 sq.m.
​Function: Residential

City Walk Central Park & Residential Podiums

​The Landscape Vision is to create a ‘green heart’ at the center of the City Walk development. The park is designed to cater to the needs of City Walk residential community. Providing a variety of amenities for residence to use, increasing the quality of life & providing a unique residential lifestyle offer. 
A 50,000 sqm Oasis, the park is designed to incorporate vast areas of green space, open lawn & mature canopy trees. Woven within will be a network of passive & active recreation experience. 

Location: Dubai
Site Area: 50,000 sq.m.
​Function: Residential

Project Solitaire, KSA

Project Solitaire is envisaged to be a ‘jewel’ within the city of Riyadh. The concept looks to create a tough outer shell to withstand the often harsh external elements, protecting & sheltering a beautiful ‘jewel’ within. This ‘jewel’ is a vibrant, protected & comfortable external environment. 
The development moves across three (3) levels, the landscaping acts as the visual connection between them. The design takes references to the precious stones of the project namesake. ​

Location: Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Site Area: 60,000 sq.m.
​Function: Retail

Al Dabbiyah Masterplan, Abu Dhabi

The Project Vision is to create an absolute waterfront development, to accommodate high end residential properties with waterfront views & direct marine access. 
The preliminary study looks at a variety of options, exploring a number of possible configurations for the masterplan layout. Importantly we have studied how these various masterplan options maximize waterfront views & marine access, while providing a balanced equity for plots throughout the project. 
This is a preliminary document of initial ideas & visions for the project & will require further development & refinement. 

Location: Abu Dhabi
Site Area: 1,000,000 sq.m.
​Function: Residential

Alexandria Facelift, Egypt

Located in a rapidly expanding growth corridor of Alexandria, the development is envisaged as a catalyst for the redevelopment of the local neighbourhood. 
Primarily a residential masterplan, the development is hinged on Retail + F&B Anchor which will be developed to support the growing local residential community. ​

Location: Alexandria, Egypt
Site Area: 260,000 sq.m.
​Function: Residential

Bateen Liwa Resort

The Bateen Liwa Resort is a unique, bespoke Hotel & Private Villa experience in the Liwa region of the UAE. The resort is an ‘oasis in the desert’, a place to escape, appreciate the natural beauty of the natural environment, while enjoying a luxury experience.
The project takes advantage of the unique, breath taking natural scenery allowing visitors to experience the desert from the comfort of their accommodation. It also celebrates the cultural assets that tie the heritage of Emirati people to the desert and its ecosystem. 

Mina Waterfront

Located at the gateway to Mina Port, the Mina Waterfront Plaza acts as a gateway into the revitalized Mina District. 
Importantly it also acts as  forecourt to the newly redeveloped Fish Market. Allowing the heritage of Abu Dhabi’s sea-faring past to be protected, remembered & celebrated. 
An important part of the scheme is to protect, celebrate and educate the city’s relationship & reliance on the gulf, its strong connection with it. 

Memorial Park

Located within the Grand Mosque District, this re-development creates a public open space asset, acting as a HUB for visitors to explore the broader district. 
The park also works to passively provide an education experience for users, covering broad topics of the Emirates history, culture & future aspirations.
Most importantly, the park provides a space to gather, interact & socialise for residents and visitors alike.  

Global Business School

​The development is a Post Graduate, Higher Education Institution, located in Jeddah, KSA. The landscape areas were developed to form ‘extensions to the classroom’.  
The landscape focuses on the creation of a tangible open space asset for the institution, providing functional, highly activated, engaging and safe environments for all.

Mayan Plot 05

This project is the development of a waterfront residential precinct, including the development of mid-rise residential apartment towers, beach front villas and town houses. The project includes a beach front public realm interface, along with a large open space podium pool and recreation area for residents. 

Souq al Mina

Souq Al Mina is an existing, heritage development in the Mina Port District of Abu Dhabi.  
The re-development of Souq Al Mina regenerated the site, creating a Retail, F&B and Lifestyle destination, while protecting the character & historic roots. The revitalization of the site carefully considered and protected the heritage value. Creating a new destination, while protecting the authenticity of the Place. 

Al Qala Park

Surrounding the offices of Abu Dhabi Executive Office (ADEO), Al Qala Park creates an outdoor, open space for staff & local residents. 
The diverse range of activities & amenities focus on the creation of outdoor rooms. It encourages users to ‘step out of the office’, creating spaces for outdoor meetings, lunch & break social gathering, along with passive & active recreational opportunities.
The design also works hard to establish a comfortable micro climate, with the goal of increasing park usability throughout the year, and day to night.  

Masdar Eco Plaza

Eco Plaza enhances and further activates existing, under-utilised open space within Masdar City.
With Masdar City being the heart of sustainable development in the region, Eco Plaza works within the current context & environment, incorporating activities, passive & active sustainable design solutions.  The plaza seeks to further sustainability and value in the public realm, intertwining opportunities for education & public awareness within the design solution. 

Ansab Square 

This Mixed Use development is centred around a large central courtyard space, the ‘heart’ of the project. This area features an expansive water feature to aid localized cooling and a variety of landscape amenities. 
The landscape also works to both physically and visually connect the entrance/ gateways to the central space. Drawing people, into and through the site. 

​ECT, Masdar ​

​This project includes the development of a new Campus for the Emirates College of Technology (ECT). The site is located within the sustainable master planned community, Masdar City.  With sustainability at its heart, the landscape design also focuses on the creation of an active and engaging campus environment, working to stimulate and facilitate collaboration and a collective approach to learning and education.  The Landscape concept references a Circuit Board, ‘connecting’ all elements of the development through a series of connected pavement features. 

Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal

The Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal creates a new gateway to Dubai & the UAE. The landscape design responds to the strong design geometry of the architectural facade, translating this into the horizontal plane & informing the design of all landscape spaces within. 

Bee’ah Headquarters

The project is a development of a headquarters for the Bee’ah Environmental Management Company. 
Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the building references the local sand dunes, nestling into its natural context. 
The landscape supports this concept by creating a network of smaller sand dunes that radiate from the building, varying in height, form & planting design. The landscape also works to integrate sustainable design principles, both passive & active. 

Other Projects

Tahlia Street
This project is a retail, F&B mixed use development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The design creates an activated street frontage and features tiered ‘green’ architectural terracing to ensure an active, vibrant and engaging façade.  The Central Plaza space features F&B Retail Kiosks, creating a ‘gateway’ to the central core of the development. 

Aldar HQ
The project looks to improve the quality of ‘life’, activity & experience within the recently developed office building. 
The design encompasses both the ground plain & rooftop terrace.  The ground floor focuses on user, employee & visitor arrival experience, while the rooftop areas focus on a zone for staff to work, socalize & ‘get active’. 

Mountain Lodges 
This development is a low impact, environmentally sensitive eco lodging facility located in the mountains of Hatta. The design & construction process has focused on minimizing the development ‘footprint’. The landscape works to reinstate & heal the natural environment, returning it to its natural state. 
The design uses local site materials, plants & works closely with the natural environment. 

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Ghadan 21 Quick Wins 
The Quick Wins is one of the first projects to be realized through the Ghadan 21 initiative. The projects look to create a tangible, legible & measurable impact on the local existing urban fabric. Furthermore the intention is for these small intervention to act as a catalyst for the further urban regeneration of the city. 

Future Parks
Future Parks is a part of the Abu Dhabi Ghadan 21 initiative & includes the development of four (4) of the city's major existing parks. With the intent of providing  a world class public realm for the city, these parks are being redeveloped into examples of Public Open Space development in the region.

Waterfront Royal Villa
This project includes the design of a 4000m2 Royal Villa. The villa is located directly adjacent to the waterfront and is split across 3 levels. The site includes a private beach, board walk, indoor Pool & Gym.  The contemporary style features a series of ‘ribbons’ which wrap the buildings, integrating the connections between internal and external spaces. 

Entertainment Pavilion
This Pavilion is designed to accommodate functions and events of up to 250 people. The Client brief was to create a functional and flexible multi-use space, that would integrate within the existing architectural design of the adjacent Palace while still being recognisable as an iconic architectural structure.

Sea Palace Abu Dhabi
The large Palace site includes a diverse range of functions and activity zones. The gardens support this by creating a series of outdoor rooms and activity zones within the development. Aperture worked on the overall site master plan development, external landscaping and architectural building facade design.

La Mer
This project creates a mixed use / F&B / Leisure destination in the heart of the 
La Mer development. The design is highly active and engaging and features a vast array of custom designed landscape elements. Public Art and interactive landscape features along with a diverse planting pallet.

Royal Majlis 
The project looks to create a retreat, a place for both business & pleasure. 
The landscape supports this, through the creation of a variety of design characters, responding to the site’s functionality. 

Khalifa Park 
One of the oldest parks in the city, the redevelopment scheme looks to protect the heritage, both physically &  experientially.  The design is sympathetic to the original language, using it as a platform for the re-development, bringing the park design & amenity forward into the present. 

Teamlab Phenomena
teamLab Phenomena is a multi-sensory, interactive digital experience destination. We worked on the visioning and ‘ideation’ of the development. The scheme references the UAE’s natural environments, inspired by the shapes and forms of the desert sand dunes, to seamlessly blend the architectural & landscape spaces.