The Ark Business District Commercial Complex by Innovation Design Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Golden A' Design Award in Construction and Real Estate Projects Design Competition Category.
GoldReal Estate· 2023
The Ark Business District Commercial Complex
Client: Innovation Design Studio
Golden A' Design Award Winner in Real Estate Category
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About The Ark Business District Commercial Complex
Comprised of 11 buildings in total, the thriving business district fuses modern functionality with a streamlined design philosophy that considers the outdoors as part of your workday by introducing open to sky courtyards and irregular open spaces within the buildings. A parking area spread across two levels along with car drop-off spots available at each building, ensure a smooth journey for all visitors. The commercial and retail area on the ground level boasts a dynamic dining and shopping experience, with renowned brands and global cuisines coming together in one lively and bustling space.
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About the Golden A' Design Award
The Ark Business District Commercial Complex is a Golden A' Design Award winner, an immensely prestigious recognition granted to first-rate, marvelous, and outstanding designs. Golden winners are exceedingly innovative, visionary, and glamorously dazzling creations that reflect the prodigy, wisdom, and prowess of their designers. The Ark Business District Commercial Complex is expected to be a highly praised, trendsetting, and monumental invention that delivers unprecedented value. This Golden A' Design Award-winning design is a spectacular, respected project that highly benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. The Ark Business District Commercial Complex creates intense feelings of desire, evokes passion, encourages creativity, and fascinates us.
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We design innovative commercial complexes, residential communities, and mixed-use developments across Egypt and the Middle East. Our award-winning team specializes in well-being architecture that harmonizes physical environments with human wellness. From concept to implementation, we deliver integrated solutions.
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What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
The concept of dynamic and movement of buildings represent the evolution, motion, progress and continuous development of human beings physically and spiritually. Reflecting on the user, breaking monotony and boredom, spreading the spirit of vitality and excitement. The buildings turn from the state of stability to an active project where interactions between inside/out happen simultaneously - which is confirmed by introducing outdoor business terraces, open to sky courtyards for penthouse offices, irregular open spaces.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
Creating a pleasant work space for the user, having enough open spaces, common workspaces, retail in the lower levels - anything that would make the employees happy to and excited to come to work which will impact their wellbeing and productivity.
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
We are looking forward to watch the project being built and operating the way we imagined it - they already started the construction phase.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Our thriving business district, comprised of 11 buildings
in total, fuses modern functionality with a streamlined
design philosophy that considers the outdoors as part
of your workday. A parking area spread across two
levels along with car drop-off spots available at each
building, ensure a smooth journey for all visitors. The
commercial and retail area on the ground level boasts
a dynamic dining and shopping experience, with
renowned brands and global cuisines coming together
in one lively and bustling space. - Dimensions & Packaging
- The project is consisted of 11 buildings surrounding different size piazzas that are the beating heart of The Ark Business District. The piazzas offer a variety of urban experiences that enable the workday to be sprinkled with some leisurely moments.
Land Area: 64,385 sqm
Overall BUA: 362,327 sqm
Buildings Footprint: 31,652 sqm
Outdoor spaces: 32,733 sqm - Tags
- Business, Office-building, Business-district, offices, retail, mix-use, mixed-use, innovative-design, design, architecture-design, commercial, complex
- Production Technology
- Efficiency is everything. Smart technologies are at the
core of what we do. Using a Building Management
System (BMS), The Ark Business District will utilize the
latest in property technology applications allowing
the project to leverage various efficiencies; moreover,
facilities will be automated with minimal need for
human manpower. Our buildings will operate with
systems that communicate to deliver data, thereby
enabling efficient usage of resources, adjusting cost
in real time, and improving the quality of life of the
tenants. All BMS systems are interconnected with
the possibility of modification upon request via a
community application. - Design Challenge
- The main challenge while designing this project was the level difference within the site and how to make use of that 8m difference creating an interesting integrated outdoor space.
The other challenge was to come up with innovative office configuration to make it appealing for the client i.e. creating private offices that are designed as semi-standalone
spaces, in which tenants can enjoy their
own private entrance, cores, reception and
services. We also have shared creative workspaces offering the
office occupants a change of scenery when holding meetings, creative brainstorming sessions, or project development sessions. - Inspiration
- The concept of dynamic and movement of buildings represent the evolution, motion, progress and continuous development of human beings physically and spiritually.
Reflecting on the user, breaking monotony and boredom, spreading the spirit of vitality and excitement.
The buildings turn from the state of stability to an active project where interactions between inside/out happen simultaneously - which is confirmed by introducing outdoor business terraces, open to sky courtyards for penthouse offices, irregular open spaces. - Project Duration
- The project is under construction.
Located in the heart of New Cairo, approximately 35 km East of Cairo downtown in an area of already livable new development. The site is 5 minutes drive from Ring road through road Ninety.
The site is also indirectly accessible through Cairo-Sokhna road, Intermediate ring road, which ties the location with Greater Cairo districts. - Operation Flow
- The business district is treated as livable experiences and not just as administrative buildings.
High-end retail brands and world-class global cuisines
meet in this thriving commercial space, pulsating with a
vibrant energy. The commercial area enjoys a spacious
boulevard that cuts through the retail strip, while abundant
green spaces and delightful water features add to The Ark
Business District's recreational experience. The space is
designed to promote ease of movement, relaxed circulation,
and a sociable communal feel.
Retail tenants are provided with back of house areas, for all
units, which include storage and loading docks. These areas
are conveniently located adjacent to each unit. - Team Members
- Design Director: Mahmoud Farouk
Managing Director: Alaa Abdel Hamid
Design Manager: Abdel Rahman Elshafay
Architect: Mahmoud El Amir
Architect: Ahmed Aly
Architect: Ibrahim Ismail
Junior Architect: Ahmed Nazir
Interior Designer: Ola Abdel Shafy
Design Management: Sandy Sawiris - Image Credits
- Main Image 3D Artist & Illustrator Innovation Design Studio
Image #1 3D Artist & Illustrator Innovation Design Studio
Image #2 3D Artist & Illustrator Innovation Design Studio
Image #3 3D Artist & Illustrator Innovation Design Studio
Image #4 3D Artist & Illustrator Methanoia
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