Gold Construction and Real Estate Projects Design · 2023
The Ark Business District Commercial Complex
- A' Design Award 2023 Gold Winner in Construction and Real Estate Projects Design
- Awarded April 15, 2023
- CLIENT: Innovation Design Studio
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About The Ark Business District Commercial Complex
Comprised of 11 buildings in total, the thriving business district fuses modern functionality with a streamlined design philosophy that considers the outdoors as part of your workday by introducing open to sky courtyards and irregular open spaces within the buildings. A parking area spread across two levels along with car drop-off spots available at each building, ensure a smooth journey for all visitors. The commercial and retail area on the ground level boasts a dynamic dining and shopping experience, with renowned brands and global cuisines coming together in one lively and bustling space.
Innovation Design Studio's The Ark Business District Commercial Complex represents a distinguished achievement within the contemporary tradition of organic architecture, where biomimetic formal strategies merge with sophisticated commercial programming to create environments that elevate the quotidian experience of urban commerce into something approaching the sublime. The design demonstrates remarkable compositional intelligence through its deployment of sinuous, flowing floor plates that extend beyond their structural cores in dramatic cantilevers, creating covered outdoor spaces that mediate between interior and exterior realms while providing essential solar shading in warm climates. The technical accomplishment evident in the seamless integration of these curvilinear concrete elements with extensive curtain wall glazing speaks to advanced engineering coordination and construction methodology, suggesting a design team thoroughly versed in contemporary digital fabrication and parametric modeling capabilities. Thematically, the work engages with enduring architectural questions concerning the relationship between built form and natural systems, with the undulating horizontal bands evoking associations with geological formations, water in motion, and the organic growth patterns found throughout the natural world. The strategic incorporation of vegetation at multiple levels, from street trees to terrace plantings to rooftop gardens, reinforces this biophilic agenda while contributing to environmental performance through passive cooling and stormwater management. The visual rhythm established by the repeating yet varied floor plates creates a musical quality, suggesting the measured cadence of waves approaching a shore or the layered strata of sedimentary landscapes. This rendering invites consideration of how commercial architecture might transcend mere functional accommodation to become a source of visual delight and environmental harmony, prompting viewers to reflect upon the potential for contemporary development to enhance rather than diminish the quality of urban experience.
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- Unique Properties
- Our thriving business district, comprised of 11 buildings
in total, fuses modern functionality with a streamlined
design philosophy that considers the outdoors as part
of your workday. A parking area spread across two
levels along with car drop-off spots available at each
building, ensure a smooth journey for all visitors. The
commercial and retail area on the ground level boasts
a dynamic dining and shopping experience, with
renowned brands and global cuisines coming together
in one lively and bustling space. - Dimensions & Packaging
- The project is consisted of 11 buildings surrounding different size piazzas that are the beating heart of The Ark Business District. The piazzas offer a variety of urban experiences that enable the workday to be sprinkled with some leisurely moments.
Land Area: 64,385 sqm
Overall BUA: 362,327 sqm
Buildings Footprint: 31,652 sqm
Outdoor spaces: 32,733 sqm - Tags
- Business, Office-building, Business-district, offices, retail, mix-use, mixed-use, innovative-design, design, architecture-design, commercial, complex
- Production Technology
- Efficiency is everything. Smart technologies are at the
core of what we do. Using a Building Management
System (BMS), The Ark Business District will utilize the
latest in property technology applications allowing
the project to leverage various efficiencies; moreover,
facilities will be automated with minimal need for
human manpower. Our buildings will operate with
systems that communicate to deliver data, thereby
enabling efficient usage of resources, adjusting cost
in real time, and improving the quality of life of the
tenants. All BMS systems are interconnected with
the possibility of modification upon request via a
community application. - Design Challenge
- The main challenge while designing this project was the level difference within the site and how to make use of that 8m difference creating an interesting integrated outdoor space.
The other challenge was to come up with innovative office configuration to make it appealing for the client i.e. creating private offices that are designed as semi-standalone
spaces, in which tenants can enjoy their
own private entrance, cores, reception and
services. We also have shared creative workspaces offering the
office occupants a change of scenery when holding meetings, creative brainstorming sessions, or project development sessions. - Project Duration
- The project is under construction.
Located in the heart of New Cairo, approximately 35 km East of Cairo downtown in an area of already livable new development. The site is 5 minutes drive from Ring road through road Ninety.
The site is also indirectly accessible through Cairo-Sokhna road, Intermediate ring road, which ties the location with Greater Cairo districts. - Operation Flow
- The business district is treated as livable experiences and not just as administrative buildings.
High-end retail brands and world-class global cuisines
meet in this thriving commercial space, pulsating with a
vibrant energy. The commercial area enjoys a spacious
boulevard that cuts through the retail strip, while abundant
green spaces and delightful water features add to The Ark
Business District's recreational experience. The space is
designed to promote ease of movement, relaxed circulation,
and a sociable communal feel.
Retail tenants are provided with back of house areas, for all
units, which include storage and loading docks. These areas
are conveniently located adjacent to each unit. - Inspiration
- The concept of dynamic and movement of buildings represent the evolution, motion, progress and continuous development of human beings physically and spiritually.
Reflecting on the user, breaking monotony and boredom, spreading the spirit of vitality and excitement.
The buildings turn from the state of stability to an active project where interactions between inside/out happen simultaneously - which is confirmed by introducing outdoor business terraces, open to sky courtyards for penthouse offices, irregular open spaces. - Image Credits
- Main Image 3D Artist & Illustrator Innovation Design Studio
Image #1 3D Artist & Illustrator Innovation Design Studio
Image #2 3D Artist & Illustrator Innovation Design Studio
Image #3 3D Artist & Illustrator Innovation Design Studio
Image #4 3D Artist & Illustrator Methanoia
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The concept of dynamic and movement of buildings represent the evolution, motion, progress and continuous development of human beings physically and spiritually. Reflecting on the user, breaking monotony and boredom, spreading the spirit of vitality and excitement. The buildings turn from the state of stability to an active project where interactions between inside/out happen simultaneously - which is confirmed by introducing outdoor business terraces, open to sky courtyards for penthouse offices, irregular open spaces.
Creating a pleasant work space for the user, having enough open spaces, common workspaces, retail in the lower levels - anything that would make the employees happy to and excited to come to work which will impact their wellbeing and productivity.
We are looking forward to watch the project being built and operating the way we imagined it - they already started the construction phase.
The project is commissioned by The Ark Development and we were hired to come up with the Business district concept design.
The design was done for a specific Developer
Because we love architecture and it's very inspiring to work in a business/commercial complex
We used Autocad, Photoshop, 3D Max