Dubai Architectural Stories, Abu Dhabi, Unite

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Bach-Mühle-Fuchs

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Introduction
Q&A with Sonia Brewin-Mi.iller 4
Dubai Architectural Stories
Dubai Story-Lines Map 22
Dubai Architecture on Film 1+0
Draw Your Dubai Story-Lines Map
Share Your Stories
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Introduction
Dubai's identity can be best defined through storytelling. No longer new, and not quite a sage yet, J~9 .>f:R:tJ ~;i...JI ;:,! ,jb.J4_ ~ <tklg .~I ~I J)l;. v.o J..oi"~I <t.?,11 ...,.1L Jl ~~ -l.l..l.:><i ~
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experience the city through advice and anecdotes passed on by colleagues, friends, taxi drivers and ~ ~ .u.. .:..09 ··li,>.R:llg ~I ._,zl{..., ...,;>g ·~~)9 •r>&'!S ...... I f;;4 ~$SJ~ ~I YJ~l9 ~WI
even strangers. DUBAI ARCHITECTURAL STORIES is a concept built entirely on these foundations. ~~ E,9A.o J:.I> ,j.o ~Jl~I o.l.. .:if.l.! ..>ig .. .:.l,lli,.,;,..Jf o.U. .).c ~.; jUi ~ "~t.o......JI oJ..l ..:.~~ •
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they collected personal narratives of a few residents discussing their favourite location, building or 1"3 .>89 ··~·P .) ..iJ<>l:.o Jll .j4o .:.ilS :19-> ~,),).,;JI .:,~~I .:.S{.o~I u~I.:.! 1,;iS .Jllll uts....ii ~
area of Dubai. The compiled texts were then exhibited in the SVENM Alserkal Avenue space, titled .".j~l .:,.9 :4"91. ..:..li~I" :,:hi.<: w.,,,:; va.>->JJ ~I <iS'~l 4.>L....a .j ~~I u4l5.;JI ._,,;->"
Everyday Masterpieces: The Art of Buildings
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DUBAI ARCHITECTURAL STORIES, the booklet, builds upon the original project and is a unique 1&19ti;,\ .....,1..:..1.b...cJI w.J ~I~~~ .. :.ti,~..>>'?'-" v.o _,.:si ,i. ~~•"pl~· ~_,..:ig
collaboration between ArtMap and SVENM that celebrates more of such stories. It also lays l!i" yl.;;J asr~ J)l;. .,).cg ."pl~" as~ Ji9 .,).o 2018 pWI .j ~ f;;4}4ll -~~I t":l"Wi .,)~"
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team of SVENM. In a further partnership, the visuals for this supplement have been provided by • ~I •9-> ~ .j .1.cl...J .:ii ~~I >"'l.tsJl9 4_1S.oJI olt. .:.il'f' ~9 fa l;,i:J.<> J dJ..o....0..4.ll
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and Designers. These stories and visuals help to repudiate the popular misconception that every J~I ~I~ .,?11 l°'!"'l.Aill ~:~I .Jlo..JI ~.fa ~I ~~1_6.it. ~9 .~~ U~,>A!
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they encourage us to understand the semantics of design that make up the fabric of a dynamic city
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city, with artwork created specifically for this issue. The booklet ends with notes and materials on
making a mapping project, collecting personal accounts and building your own narrative of the city. J~ .j ..>~ ~,,S,i;o .)..c ...9~ .;.l9 ·~I ~~:ii ~ •oJ:l J .l1,..:JI J:a5 lb~ ~ .iJ T""4 .;:.39
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Introduction
Q&A with Sonia Brewin-Muller J9-0 ~9.H lt-i9--W C° <i_4Lli..o
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about urban space, it champions a wide variety of as Abu Dhabi Art (8 - 11), Dubai Design Week
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A passage in between two houses The Emirates Macaroni Factory
My favourite place in Dubai is a passage in between two houses that JUMEIRAH BEACH Between the seemingly endless car showrooms and the overblown SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD
leads to the Jumeirah beach. Every time I try to enter the beach from l~t):>L.:. Muscovite classicism of the JW Marriott hotel stands the Emirates .>.ilJ~IE_JL!.
that exact point. Park the car, take of my shoes and step onto the sand Macaroni Factory. It is in entirely the wrong place on the Sheikh Zayed
of the sidewalk. It colours my beginning. Road, in a spot where you often get stuck in traffic. Those enforced
There is a serene tropical feel about it. An old Jumeirah beach house intervals have forced me to contemplate this relic on the edge of the
on the right has its garden extended onto the beach, with surf boards, Al Quoz Industrial Area. The building isn't much, a group of grain silos
fisherman's nets and hammocks shaded by palms. There is something beside a representational building in a late modern, slightly sub-Richard
fragile about it. Not sure how long it will last. Meier style.
I love passages, these mystical transition zones that connect and reveal, Although, with production facilities dating from 1979, this pretty much
w~ counts as heritage here. But in the way the industrial forms crash into
the commercial, and in the way the building stands as a reminder of how
Nemanja Valjarevic the city has exploded -swelling up what was once an industrial quarter
into its new downtown -it supplies a sense of the soeed of architectural
history here. One day, perhaps it will make way for a cultural building,
a Bentley showroom or a block of luxury apartments. Till then, it will
make me smile every time.
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Dubai Architectural Stories
National Bank of-Dubai Headquarters Emirates NBD Headquarters
I will always have a soft spot for the National Bank of Dubai headquarters DUBAI CREEK, DEIRA Apart from the old favorites, which disappear on a daily basis to provide DUBAI CREEK, DEIRA
in Deira. It is the building we moved to Dubai for. My dad was a structural o~.)1.J..lJP. space for glitzy new developments, my favourite site must of course be 0.>t.l '':.PJ~
engineer and was called over from Canada to project manage the one of the projects where I was involved as the co-designer and executive
construction. We'd kind of just heard of Dubai. It was 1993. Architect. The most famous of these is the Emirates NBD Headquarters,
By 1998 the building was complete and at 125m it was the fifth tallest a daring design which was internationally recognised and praised as the
structure in Dubai. At the time no building was allowed to be taller than most beautiful building of its time.
Dubai World Trade Center at 158m. The buildings is iconic and appeared on the one Dirham coins of the UAE
Elegantly timeless. Sitting right on the edge of the Creek, it was inspired to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the establishment of the bank.
by the dhow with its three parts: the hull, the mast and the sail, The Dubai's early economy, and therefore the financial strength of the bank,
curved golden glass facade reflects the sun's rays and distorts the Creek's was based on the trading route of the Creek and its boats, which is why
movements. It is quite a striking spectacle every day at dusk. the building's form symbolises the open sail of a dhow. Locally however
this buildings is familiarly referred to as 'the pregnant building' and. or
Nina Valjarevic 'the electric shaver' among other names.
Although people beyond the UAE perhaps know little about the significance
of this work (which I spent seven years of my life from concept to
completion working on) the design of the Emirates NBD Headquarters
has brought me lifelong creative acknowledgment, In the local community.
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Bani Vas Square The Courtyard
There are very few public spaces or squares in Dubai (malls don't count). The PREVIOUSLY NASR SQUARE A brave move by its founder Dariush Zandi, when it opened in 1998, ALQUOZ
most notable and oldest one is Bani Yas Square previously called Nasr Square, ~L...>"'U .:,I~ the Courtyard is a community business centre that marks the beginning j~I
and it's my favourite space in Dubai. of arts and creativity in Dubai in general and in Al Quoz in particular.
Fantastic for people watching especially with a shawarma and cocktail juice in I love exploring the various creative spaces and concepts it houses as
hand. It is vibrant, alive and a reminder of the Dubai that I grew up in. well as feasting on its beautiful aesthetics, greenery and many pretty
Like the people in and around the square (without whom the city would things. What is most striking about it for me though is the undeniable
not be possible) it i~ a part of town not celebrated and largely unnoticed. feeling of zen I get as soon as I step into the Courtyard. Jj; is a welcome
escape from hectic pace beyond.
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