Shaded landscape walkway with a water channel and a sculptural marker at dusk

16 · Public realm

Landscape Walkway

Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Category
Landscape
Sector
Public

Overview

A contemporary landscape experience built along one continuous route. A shaded walk, a water channel running beside it, and a sculptural marker placed where the walk changes direction and needs a reason to.

Presentation sheet

The presentation sheet as issued — floor plans, zoning and circulation diagrams, form development, section and material palette.

Presentation sheet for the landscape walkway — floor plans, diagrams, section and material palette

Design narrative

One route, and everything hung off it. Seating, planting, lighting and the water channel are all set out from the same centre line, which is what keeps a long walk from becoming a sequence of unrelated episodes.

The channel is shallow and continuous. It cools the air beside the walk, it gives the route a sound, and it stops the paving from reading as an expanse.

The sculpture is placed at the turn rather than at the end. A marker at the end of a walk rewards the people who finish it; a marker at the turn tells everyone else where the walk goes next.

Materials

  • Split-face natural stone cladding in raking afternoon light

    Natural stone paving

  • Board-formed concrete surface showing pour lines and aggregate

    Sand-blasted concrete

  • Shallow water jets rising from stone paving in a public space

    Water feature finish

  • Dark metal fins shading a glazed recess, warm light behind

    Metal sculpture

  • Mature palm and native planting against a low sun

    Planting palette

Scope
Landscape architecture, infrastructure
Status
In design

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