SPHERE BUILDING
2009
MIXED USE
LOCATION
DUBAI
STATUS
SCHEMATIC DESIGN
AREA
1.660.900 sqm
BUDGET
1.993.080.000 EUR
COMPANY
ADA BARCELONA ARCHITECTURE
AUTHORS
XAVIER CLARAMUNT
PROJECT TEAM
JOSÉ AHEDO, MARIA SOLÉ, MIQUEL DE MAS, JOAN CUEVAS, ORIOL BORDES, HILDA COMPTE, ADAM MENDOZA, ANKE SCHAUMBURG
The sphere building can be described as a nested ball where the first sphere distributes a mixed-use scheme along its perimeter: office, greenery and leisure facilities. A second sphere, which contains the first one, fulfils its built perimeter again with a mixed-use scheme, this time adding housing. The open space in between the two spheres grows an oasis, a green area protected from the hostile exterior.