Incubator

American University of Sharjah, College of Architecture, art and Design, Sharjah

Project idea

The DEIRA: Design Incubation Centre provides space for artisans that are interested in investigating and developing craft based businesses. After analyzing the precedent and context conditions, the designing process started for an infill project, Incubator. The “incubator” is a business model that facilitates novel ideas relative to modes of production, product & craft generation. It contains offices, meeting rooms, exhibition spaces, retail, and working spaces.

Project description

The project is divided into two buildings, a high rise building and a low rise one, that are connected with a landscape path. The high rise building's lower floors are public and as we go up it gets semi-public and lastly private. While the low rise building, which is two floors high is totally public with a green roof. It accommodates a library and research areas etc.

Technical information

The use of the concrete screen resists heat, take longer time to peal off, fire protection and also as an insulation layer that delays heat flow into the structural steel. With a sand layer covering the outer face of the concrete scree, to add durability and as an anti-corrosive materials. Also the sand is a local United Arab Emirates material, therefore connects the building to the local identity.

Documentation

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