Hanged Gardens Villas Tower

The concept responds to the main challenges: -

1- The economic challenge: -

The proposed investment is to construct the main structure by the main developer and offer the villas lands at floors for the end user and interested developers to design and construct their own villas and units following the tower main planning conditions and regulations

That will reduce the initially invested amount to 30% of the regular expected cost.

 Further investment cost reduction will be expected from the proposed triplex floor height which will reduce 2/3 of the typical floor slabs

The proposed system for the unit’s substructure to be from light structure systems like LGS or AAC which save time and cost plus the light weight benefits on main frame.

 The proposed concept will minimize the long-term operation cost by the main investor.

2- The structural challenge: -

Simple structure with central concrete core of 15.8 m X 14.6 m to withstand the main seismic and wind load with three horizontal bracing services floors.

3- The lifts challenge; - 

Ten high-speed lifts proposed in the tower, six of them are dedicated for residents, while two lifts move directly to the recreation public open roof floor and one for the firefighting requirements, while the last lift is for the furniture and services transport.

The residents’ six lifts are divided into three set, each two lifts are dedicated for each group of five triplex floor. Stopping each eleven meters to let the lifts move in their full speed to transport the resident in fast and efficient way

4- Sustainability challenge: - 

The floors are open for natural cross ventilation at eleven-meter height and 3-meter width lanes along the floors with vegetation at each end

Vegetation used along the lanes with grass interlocking pavement

Automatic misting system proposed to cool the lanes in high temperature times using the in house recycled used water of the resident

2/3 of the units are 100% independent de-attached villas while the other 1/3 of the units is 75% de –attached

Less than 50% concrete RC quality is used in similar tower because of using triplex height floors and it substitutes the light structure 

5- Identity challenge: -

Traditional design lanes proposed among the villas at typical floors referring to the traditional (HARA) in traditional architecture.

Each block proposed to have special style from the regional architecture.

Traditional ornament to be carefully selected to be used in the CNC covering the vertical ribbons on the side elevations and around the podium floors