Canal District, Waterfront Sustainability Guidelines

Dubai, UAE

FXFOWLE has master planned 200 hectares of land as the largest new sustainable mixed-use development in a high-growth district within the UAE, designed to the standards of USGBC’s LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED ND). The Master Plan divides the site into eight smaller districts, pierced with water canals and connected by a new light rail system and a series of parks and pedestrian boulevards. Careful massing of low, mid and high-rise buildings allows a cohesive urban fabric to emerge. FXFOWLE’s sustainable guidelines ensure that all future buildings on site will be LEED Gold, and that through a total system approach, resources will be shared between energy systems, wastewater systems, and building water-use.