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Building Interior Decorating of Gate Village, Dubai International Finance Centre by Hopkins Architects. A mixed development at the social heart of the Financial District.

Gate Village, Dubai International Finance Centre - Hopkins Architects

Lying adjacent to the Gate building, the project consists of a complex of ten buildings on a raised podium of car parking, which is enclosed by perimeter live/work studios. The podium level is pedestrianised with shops and restaurants.  Above, are offices and apartments, with penthouses on the top two floors. The height and mass of the buildings is designed to shade the podium streets naturally, as in traditional Arab villages, tempering the harsh climate.

Gate Village, Dubai International Finance Centre - Hopkins Architects

The pedestrian streets vary in width and length and open onto larger piazzas. The use of shop canopies gives a human scale. Stone is used throughout on the facades, but with differing texture and treatment according to their orientation.  Deep window reveals shade the glazing, while allowing daylight into the buildings.  Other shading devices to the windows have been developed from traditional mashryabia screens.

Gate Village, Dubai International Finance Centre - Hopkins Architects

The building group is divided up by a series of large external stair towers, which create a strong identity for the development.  The thick concrete walls of each tower have a high thermal mass, which helps to temper the internal environment and reduce solar gain.

For more information, please visit Hopkins Architects website.

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