Art & Cutlural Hub

Alserkal Avenue

The Site is situated in the heart of Dubai, in the industrial area of Al Quoz, The Alserkal Avenue. The Site is easily accessible by primary and secondary roadways. Alserkal Avenue is an industrial compound hosting warehouses in the industrial zone of Al Quoz, in Dubai. The area is an arts and culture district for Dubai with home to twenty-fve contemporary art galleries and arts spaces in a one-block radius, the highest concentration of art galleries in one area in the region. Galleries in Alserkal Avenue are distinct and characterized by individual programs that represent emerging, mid-career and established artists as well as hosting exhibitions, talks, panel discussions, young collector’s auctions and community events. Other landmark venues are Carbon 12, The Junction, The Fridge warehouse, A4 Spaces, Custot Art Gallerie, The Jamajr, Warehouse 83 and many more. So, I choose site ‘B’ as you can see in the site selection process.

Steel Trussed rafters can be designed for very long spans, ranging from 15-45 m. They are usually fabricated from timber or steel, and are spaced at suitable centers to carry purlins. They typically have a low pitch to give acceptable rainwater run of and can give reasonable daylight spread from roof lights. While they have the advantage of reducing roof volume, the depth, and hence volume, increases with the span. The Breathe Brick is designed to form a part of a building’s regular ventilation system, with a double-layered facade of the specialist bricks on the outside, complemented by a standard internal layer providing insulation. At the center of the Breathe Brick’s function is cyclone filtration, an idea borrowed from modern vacuum cleaners, which separates out the heavy pollutant particles from the air and drops them into a removable hopper at the base of the wall.