Masterplanning
‘Koy’ (Zekeriakoy), Residential Development, Istanbul
Design and Design Management for a 48 Hectare Residential masterplan for Istanbul based developer Siyahkalem, to create a district of 1,167 luxury residential dwellings of various sizes and types with a 15,000 sq m retail centre, schools and mosques. A total BUA of 220,000 sq m is planned on hillside terrain heavily wooded with 7,700 listed trees, occupying 118,000 sq m, which is to be preserved as a public park. The project is being built-out over a number of years with Phases 1 & 2 completed by 2020.
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Luxury Residential & Boutique Hotel, Dubai Water Canal
Masterplan for part of Dubai Water Canal comprising three buildings; a mixed use building with Boutique Hotel and four very high end Penthouse lateral apartments of GFA of 12,391 sq m and two Luxury Apartment buildings with 147 apartments of 23,660 sq m for Developer MERAAS, as part of a masterplan on Dubai Water Canal. Project Director and Design Management of all disciplines including Interior Designers; project taken from inception to Scheme Design.
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One Central, Dubai, UAE
Design Management of a re-masterplanning exercise of an existing masterplan, which was initially developed in 2008, adding a new Theatre complex, two five star hotels and a four star hotel, and three high density luxury residential apartments towers, as well as additional retail at street level and creating a main central square. Total BUA 560,000 sq m.
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Ejabah Masterplan & Concept, Makkah, KSA
Design and Design Management working with the Client, Muthmerah, to establish a viable approach on a steeply sloping site with limited access. The key objective was to limit excavation of the mountain to 300,000 cubic metres, a task that could only be monitored by the early implementation of a BIM model to quantify such metrics. A total BUA of 181,600 sq m was proposed on a site area of 18,800 sq m resulting in a very high density with 5 hotels and serviced apartments.
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Sir Bu Nuair, Island Resort, Arabian Gulf
Masterplan, Financial Feasibility and ROI analysis for a UAE based developer, comprising a 100 key boutique Eco-resort with Marina as well as an Education and Activity Centre catering to schools, private villas and a self-sufficient community including retail, staff accommodation, recreation facilities and utilities incorporating eco-friendly power generation and waste water treatment and off-grid power back-up. The construction of docking and storage facilities was identified as the first basic requirement. Visitors would typically arrive by air, landing on an existing 800m runway or by seaplane whilst supplies would be brought by boat. The Island also hosts sailing events and is a destination for overnight sailing. A total BUA of 35,000 sq m was planned.
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Koy Istanbul by Hopkins Architects (Dubai) Ltd
Koy Istanbul by Hopkins Architects (Dubai) Ltd
Sir Bu Nuair, Island Resort by Hopkins Architects (Dubai) Ltd