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Project Name:
JABAL OMAR TOWERS |
Location:
Mecca, Saudi Arabia |
Nos. of Storeys:
7 apartment towers @ 35-storeys
2 hotel towers @ 50-storeys
Retail Concourse @ 4-storeys
4 hotel blocks @ 15-storeys
Areas: Gross : 878,880
sq.m.
Nett : 565,650 sq.m.
Prayer Terraces & landscaped gardens:
94,000 sq.m.
Carparking : 309,000 sq.m.
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Client:
Makkah Construction and Development Company
Date Start:
Design Completion Date: -
Site Area:
232,000 sq.m.
Plot Ratio: 1 : 3.8 |
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Design Features
The key design considerations
for Jabal Omar Towers are speed of accessibility (to al-Haram
during prayer call) and views affordability (from each
apartment unit and hotel suite to al-Haram) and accommodation
of a high population density for the pilgrims for prayers.
The site is on a mountainous terrain overlooking the al-Haram,
the Muslim holy site in Mecca.
The proposed development is divided along the mountain
ridge, defining 2 sides of the development; one facing
al-Haram and the other sloping away from al-Haram. The
development facing al-Haram on the Eastern side contains
a retail concourse and a network of pedestrian access
routes down the mountain leading to the Haram area. Hotel
and apartment towers are situated on the mountain ridge
for maximum views, while the Western side of the development
are dedicated to carparking and vehicular access.
The key design features are :
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A green park environment is created
for pilgrims, by landscaping of the carparking block
roofs and concourse roof which are connected via
landscaped bridges. The water supply for greening
of the development comes from recycled "grey"
water of the development. The concept seeks to create
a balance ecosystem on the site of both organic
and inorganic aspects of the ecological environment.
At its simplistic level of sustainable design, the
landscaping over the roofs literally provides a
“green” scheme. |
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JABAL OMAR TOWERS
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Tower built forms are shaped
for maximum facade area with views towards al-Haram,
using a number of tower typologies (i.e. the “A”,
‘V’, ‘H’, ‘M’
and composite shapes). |
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The use of evaporative cooling
shafts within some of the towers as passive low
energy cooling for comfort for the users. |
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Provision of a central promenade
(i.e. the concourse) as a “collector”
to “chutes” to al-Haram. A combination
of elevators, escalators, travelators and walking
is considered for reducing the travel time. Travel
time analysis have been studied to verity the time
needed to reach the Haram for the rooms of each
tower. |
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The urban design device is the
creation of a new “rim” facing al-Haram
areas. A new benchmark height is proposed as an
urban design height limit for future development
of the five mountains surrounding al-Haram. This
is derived from the average height of the mountains.
This strategy for a new protective rim to the holy
area becomes a model for the development on the
other surrounding mountains. |
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| Project Team : |
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Principal-in-charge :
Dr. Ken Yeang
Design Director :
Ridzwa Fathan
Design Architects :
Kenneth Cheong
Portia Reynolds
C&S and M&E Engineers :
Saudi Consulting Services (Riyadh)
Bioclimatic Consultants :
Battle McCarthy Consulting Engineers (London)
Dr Baruch Givoni (California)
Perspectives Illustrator :
Peter Edgeley (Melbourne)
Landscape Consultant :
Simon Saw Landscape & Planning (KL)
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Project Architect :
Andy Chong
Design Team :
Ong Eng Huat
Ng Chee Hui
Lena Ng
Peter Fajak
Loh Hock Jin
Shahrul Kamaruddin
Maulud Tawang
Wong Yee Wah
Celine Verissimo
Drafting :
Mah Lek
Loh Mun Chee
Margaret Ng |
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