BASTAKIYAN ARCHITECTURE

Bastakiyan Architecture

Bastakiyan Architecture

The master plan of Madinat Jumeirah refers to the re-development of a 9,000,000 (nine million) square meter land area, conceptualized to be a part of the 2015 strategic plan for Dubai. The development consists of 12 districts with an envision built up area of 14,000,000 (fourteen million) square meters. The Madinat Jumeirah will aims to cater to a population of 50,000 to 60,000 residents.the project will cost approximately Dh350 billion (approx. $95bn).The announcement comes along with a global downturn that has shattered investor confidence worldwide, but goes on to show that Dubai is determined to continue with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

Madinat Jumeirah will be built over a period of 12 years, across an area north of Sheikh Zayed Road between Diyafa Street and Safa Park. Meraas Development has commissioned architect Adrian Smith of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture to design four new projects as part of the Jumeirah Garden master plan. In contrary to most Dubai urbanisations, this one will be erected on built-up ground, Al Satwa is a lively quarter of about 100.000 people. In the next years, the mainly poor and lower middle class inhabitants have to leave their houses, shops, workshops and apartments for demolition. They may get a financial compensation, but many of them are not able to pay the higher house prices or rent in Madinat Jumeirah. It is a case of top-down gentrification by pure capital interests: Al Satwa's area is - adjacent to Financial District, Burj Dubai and Business Bay - a pearl.

The development will redefine living standards of the people living in neighbourhoods of Dubai, The project will comprise seven distinct areas, taking up approximately 110 million square feet of land, including the self reclaimed artificial islands. One section will host Dubai Park, which will be half the size of Safa Park.Phase one of Jumeirah Gardens will cover around 820,000 square metres.

Madinat Jumeirah will comprise six main blocks of high-, mid- and low-rise office, retail and residential buildings, two hotels and a high-end shopping area. Completion of phase one is expected to be completed by the end of fourth quarter of 2011 and the whole phase will be fully ready in 2013.Madinat Jumeirah will also comprises a huge park which will surround all the residential apartments, villas and other office and commercial buildings. This development primarily consists of the re-development Satwa and Al-Wasl, with the inclusion of newly developed islands off the coastline of the primary land mass development. The develpoer Meraas is planning eight landmark buildings in Madinat Jumeirah, which are 1 Duabi tower, 1 Park Avenue, Meraas Tower these both buildings will be the tallest buildings in this project and one of the tallest in the world. The project also include Park gate which will comprise a complex of six buildings.the self reclaimed artificial islands will be made up of east bay and coastal and will mainly ...