Canal District, Waterfront

Dubai, UAE

Client: Nakheel Properties
Completion: 2010
Area: 3,300,500 sf plus parking

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 US Green Building Council'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. This master plan has already received an award from Architectural Review magazine.