ZAYED HILLS

A hillside location… Cascading towards the north perceiving most a Zayed city and Al-
Ahly club… achieving a contemporary yet, mini- malistic residential complex in this
district was a competitive and challenging task. A collected theme, infinite and dynamic
unifying an exhaustive diversity of prototypes matching a diversified patterns of
families and age, so we can find separate villas embarrassing the most central plateau
and perceiving the recreational activities of the club. Heterotopia…
Second layer of plateaus overlooking the last one is having the twin prototypes which
are diversified through the topographical features of the land, some of those prototypes
are walk-out typology wherev er basement is perceived from the front yard, others are
walk-in where the basement is exposed from the road and the back yard. Third and upper
layers consisting the entourage of the whole com pound is the town house prototype
consisted of six units, four mid dle attached units and two corner ones, and the quadra
prototype consisted of four corner units. Fading process from the core to the
peripheries… from the separate to the town house was meant to achieve a hierarchy and
diversity within the iconic.
urban collector which will be perceived as kinetic loop cascading on the topography.
The other collected component embedded within the first one is dedicated to the
services which was divided in two connected entities one on the northern lowest plateau
ahead of Al- Ahly club is for public and semipublic activities, as we find an in trovert yet
extrovert plaza for food court and cafes, accompanied by a mosque, health activities and
commercial suburb mall. The other entity is central serving the whole compound having
the social, sportive and recreational activities of the club accompanied by indoor and
outdoor pools, spa and gym.
Those pools are interconnected with waterway stream passing by the different urban
entities of the complex. The upper gate is dedicated to the residential part, the lower
gateway is for services in addition to accessibility to games and courts area and another
residential gate. Sustainability is presented in the complex through a selection of
materials green roofs, usage of solar panels, waste management protocol, minimizing
man made input in landscape features, emphasizing natural ones…etc.