To begin, the center encircles the plot, occupying all its accessible edges, to allow the outdoor community spaces to be sheltered within. The retail, publicly accessible functions run along the northern and western edges, in the form of a long l-sh
Another, smaller L houses the community spaces, and sits at the opposite edge, as the natural extension and end to the community's street network.
In between, an open and airy circulation blurs the edges of the inside and the outdoor to bring the experience of the pool and landscape to the entire project. Imagined as a long souk, the circulation is dotted with courtyards within and alongside i
On the western edge sits the f&b retail volume, with expansive glazed facades on both sides, and a repetitive grid to allow tenant and rental flexibility.
To break the monotony of the Souk, the eastern edge receives more varied functions: an entrance courtyard, acting as a buffer between the end of the public area and the community's; the community's multipurpose hall, only opening to the pool terrace
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The nursery building sits perpendicularly to this spine and creates its own secluded spaces along the width of the site, sheltered by the big wall of the supermarket at its northern edge.
Finally, the most commercial spaces occupy the northernmost edge, in close proximity to the parking and public entrance. All these fragmented experiences are wrapped in a single envelope from the outside to reclaim for the Centre a unified identity.
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